UNCTAD 14

From Trade to Sustainable and Creative Livelihoods: Biodiversity and Design – followed by a fashion show

Tuesday, 19 July
18:00-20:30, KICC Amphitheatre room

Tackling vulnerabilities, building resilience

Moderator: Guillermo Valles, Director, Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commoditieis, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Opening remarks: Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Panellists:

Raymund Furrer, State Secretary of Switzerland
Cyril Lombard, CEO, PhytoTrade Africa, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Martha Kangandjo, Manager, Eudafano Women Cooperative, Namibia
Steve MacFeely, Head, Development Statistics and Information Branch, Globalization and Development Strategies Division, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

The event will discuss the opportunities facing developing countries, focusing on lessons learned from African partners, in enhancing green, creative and innovative sectors that favour employment creation and enhanced livelihoods for rural and marginal communities. The discussion will also address some of the challenges involved in measuring these and other aspects of sustainable development, and how UNCTAD and other agencies are working together in this field. Through discussions and related the case studies, this event aims to convey concrete actions on how BioTrade supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goals 12, 15 and 17.

The Fashion Show will spotlight the experiences of the fashion industries in Kenya and Africa and highlight the strategic potential of the creative sector, especially designs, to generate new jobs, income and better livelihoods.

It will showcase Kenya's creativity, Kenyan entrepreneurship and how fashion, including ethical and ecological chic fashion, is having an impact on people's lives. The initiative will contribute to raising the visibility of innovative and creative Kenyan designers, artisans and local brands; strengthening the capacities and competitiveness of Kenya's creative products for trade and development, especially for SMEs; promoting partnerships and new initiatives in the Kenya Creative Economy sector; and influencing consumer values and aspirations for local products while at same time to continue to enhance their creative capacities for trade and development.

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Panellist Statement - Raymond Furrer, SECO, Switzerland	http://unctad14.org/Documents/U14ditc_d11_FromTrade_Pres_RFurrer_en.pdf	Panellist Statement - Raymond Furrer, SECO, Switzerland	2016-07-21T00:00:00.0000000Z	GP0\|#d6678fa0-ceda-4103-be9a-fc18c51e7c20;L0\|#0d6678fa0-ceda-4103-be9a-fc18c51e7c20\|Event Document;GTSet\|#60bbd025-61a4-47d0-918b-4c2a51f9bd7a	GP0\|#493b14a8-b938-4ca5-9e40-302650b335af;L0\|#0493b14a8-b938-4ca5-9e40-302650b335af\|English;GTSet\|#97fc69a2-c2a5-49bc-89dc-ef067f469a79
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Raymund Furrer

State Secretary
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Switzerland

Mr. Furrer is SECO's Head of the Economic Cooperation and Development Division and Delegate of the Swiss Government for Trade Agreements. His previous positions include Head of the Swiss Business Hub in the Gulf Countries, Consul General of Switzerland in Dubai, Head of the Multilateral Financial Institutions Unit in SECO's Economic Cooperation and Development Division, Senior Advisor to the Swiss Executive Director at the World Bank in Washington DC, Head of SECO's Bilateral Economic Relations with Asia, Head of a WTO section at the former Federal Office of Foreign Economic Affairs, First Secretary of the Swiss Delegation to the OECD in Paris, as well as various positions at the Asian Development Bank and in the private sector.

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Martha Kangandjo-Negumbo

Manager
Eudafano Women Cooperative, Namibia

Ms. Kangandjo-Negumbo has been Eudafano Women Cooperative's Manager since 2011, having previously held the post of Secretary from 2008 to 2010. She has also worked in the banking industry. She has participated in various platforms that deal with community development, especially on indigenous natural products, and supported the implementation of various projects and research. Martha was born in Ondangwa, a town in the Northern part of Namibia. She holds a diploma and degree in Adult Education and Community Development.

Cyril Lombard

Chief Executive Officer
PhytoTrade Africa

Mr. Lombard has been the CEO of PhytoTrade Africa since August 2013, having been involved in the natural products sector for 25 years, including establishing the first global production and supply of Marula oil. He is also a member of the project formulation team designing PhytoTrade Africa. He has held roles in Market Development, R&D including Intellectual Property, commercial partnerships and Access and Benefit Sharing. He also led the process in having Baobab fruit approved for use in the EU and the United States.

Steve MacFeely

Head, Development Statistics and Information Branch, Globalization and Development Strategies Division
UNCTAD

Mr. MacFeely is the Head of Statistics and Information Branch at UNCTAD, Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Policy Studies at the University College in Cork, Ireland and Director of the International Association of Statistics Education statistical literacy programme. Before working at UNCTAD, he was the Assistant Director-General at the Central Statistics Office (CSO) in Ireland. He has wide research interests, including family business, cross-border shopping, productivity, tourism, input-output, regional policy and data infrastructure.

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Global Services Forum

Tackling vulnerabilities, building resilience

Raymund Furrer

Martha Kangandjo-Negumbo

Cyril Lombard

Steve MacFeely

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