The report identifies five distinctive characteristics of natural resources, which may lead to different types of market imperfections. (...) I believe it is important to reiterate here the key insight of academic research on imperfect markets, i.e., in a world of imperfect markets, the proper policies are second-best, and the appropriateness of a policy should be judged by the nature of the underlying market failures.
(...) In the past, the GATT/WTO has successfully designed rules that consider the distinctive need of developing countries. Even for the same type of market imperfection, its effect in developing countries can be vastly different from its effect in developed countries.
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https://www.wto.org/english/re...r10_forum_e/wtr10_bin_xu_e.doc
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After much deliberation a three-tiered approach to measuring performance was established. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are measures taken to determine the achievement of desired results.
The KPIs are delineated along three distinct levels. The first, or highest, level are the corporate KPIs chosen by the Council, and specifically designed to meet defined criteria. (...) Deliverable KPIs are at project/key activity level and measure the most immediate results of the work activities, products or services delivered.
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https://www.icao.int/annual-re...ncy-corporate-performance.aspx
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The Office of the Special Adviser on Africa has a distinct mandate and a unique position within the United Nations system. It is strategically placed to serve as a key convener of the United Nations system and assist the Secretary-General in ensuring coordination and coherence in the Organization’s substantial engagement in Africa. It also plays the vital role of linking the United Nations leadership, Member States and other key stakeholders, including civil society, academia and policy experts, to help mobilize the United Nations system and the broader international community around the transformative vision for Africa articulated in the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063 of the African Union.
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https://www.un.org/osaa/content/advisory-role
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The Office of the Special Adviser on Africa has a distinct mandate and a unique position within the United Nations system. It is strategically placed to serve as a key convener of the United Nations system and assist the Secretary-General in ensuring coordination and coherence in the Organization’s substantial engagement in Africa. It also plays the vital role of linking the United Nations leadership, Member States and other key stakeholders, including civil society, academia and policy experts, to help mobilize the United Nations system and the broader international community around the transformative vision for Africa articulated in the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063 of the African Union.
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https://www.un.org/osaa/node/809
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Vigan, Philippines | Diversity of Cultural Expressions
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Vigan, Philippines
Vigan, Philippines
Engaging local communities in heritage safeguarding
The ancient city of Vigan (Philippines) is renowned for its well-preserved Spanish colonial architecture and planning and its fusion with Asian building design and construction. These distinct attributes contributed to the inscription of the property Historic City of Vigan on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999.
(...) Such strategies have demonstrated that empowering the community and local stakeholders in safeguarding heritage are key to ensuring sustainable urban development.
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He has been the recipient of various distinctions such as the IEEE and Swiss national ASE award, the SNF-PROFILE grant for advanced researchers, three ISO-Certificates for key contributions to MPEG-4 and JPEG 2000, and the best paper award of IEEE Trans. on Consumer Electronics.
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He has been the recipient of various distinctions such as the IEEE and Swiss national ASE award, the SNF-PROFILE grant for advanced researchers, three ISO-Certificates for key contributions to MPEG-4 and JPEG 2000, and the best paper award of IEEE Trans. on Consumer Electronics.
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Key Features of the Region
Latin America
► Latin America has a large multifaceted heritage, both in terms of built heritage and intangible cultural heritage, due to the multiple layers of history from several pre-Colombian civilizations, which form a sense of shared cultural identity within the region.
► Latin American cultural policies highly value indigenous cultures and biodiversity, constituting a distinctive policy model that is focused on cultural rights and cultural diversity for socio-economic integration.
► A recent policy shift towards exploring the full economic potential of the culture sector is opening up new opportunities for cultural expressions and new pathways for civil society and private sector involvement.
► National cultural policy frameworks have been reinforced in recent years, in large part thanks to the resolute impetus through several robust regional organizations, which have a long history.
► Strong regional cooperation can facilitate harnessing the 2030 Agenda to integrate culture into strategies to tackle challenges, such as urbanization, increasing inequalities, environmental degradation and climate change
The Caribbean
► The Caribbean is characterised by distinctive regional cultural expressions that have gained global recognition and that are inspired notably by the aspiration for emancipation.
► Due to the sub-region’s shared history of slavery and forced displacement of African, Indian and Chinese populations, culture has a fundamental place in Caribbean society due to its specific conceptualization.
► Evolving from an early approach to cultural policies that focused on the conservation of often colonial heritage, large-scale cultural events, such as festivals, opened up new pathways to an approach that takes into account the economic aspect of culture, as well as its social function.
► The strong regional dynamic provides great potential for innovative policymaking in culture.
► Whilst the integration of culture into broader public policy remains limited, the 2030 Agenda provides opportunities for culture to reinforce its contribution to sustainable development, particularly in sectors such as cultural tourism and the creative economy.
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Score: 751294.24
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https://en.unesco.org/culture-...trends/latin-america-caribbean
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Meanwhile, conflict and violence remain key drivers of internal displacement, also displacing millions of people annually. (...) This side event will explore the parallels and distinctions between internal displacement caused by conflict and disasters as well as good practices, challenges and opportunities in addressing these complex issues.
Discussion points
· Offer concrete examples of good national practices for reducing displacement risk associated with sudden and slow-onset disasters while often also managing the impact of other causes of displacement, such as conflict and violence
· Clarify the commonalities and the distinctions between displacement caused by conflict and disasters in terms of achieving durable solutions for internally displaced persons and why this matters
· Outline the evidence needed to inform planning, prevention and responses to better address protracted displacement crises arising from interconnected or multi-causal drivers and help secure durable solutions
Key concrete action points and recommendations/take away messages
· Some displaced people can never go back home after disasters or conflict, and this needs to be acknowledged, planned for and managed
· Reducing protracted internal displacement can only be achieved through durable solutions for people who are already displaced and preventing the conditions that force people to flee their homes
· Existing frameworks providing protection and support to IDPs should be implemented with adequate financial and human resources
· Stronger evidence on interconnected or multi-causal drivers and impacts of internal displacement is needed to inform better planning, prevention and responses to protracted displacement crises
Format
· Introduction (5 minutes) The Chair introduces the session, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of IDPs and the panelists
· Keynote address (7 minutes) UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of IDPs
· Panel discussion (25 minutes) The Chair asks the panelists questions in an interactive and conversational format
· Q&A (45 minutes) Discussion period with the audience
Chair and moderator:
• OCHA ASG/Deputy ERC Ursula Mueller
Panel composition:
· UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of IDPs, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary
· Government Representative – Bangladesh (TBC)
· Government Representative – Afghanistan (TBC)
· IDMC- Director Alexandra Bilak or Head of Policy and Research Bina Desai
· Envoy of the Chair of the Platform on Disaster Displacement, Prof.
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Score: 751294.24
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https://www.unocha.org/sites/u...20internal%20displacement.docx
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The framework commits members to “substantial improvements in market access for all products”. Three or four key points emerged in the bargaining over the framework: the type of tariff reduction formula that would produce the agreed result of “substantial improvements in market access”; how all countries’ sensitive products might be treated; how developing countries might be given further flexibility for their “ special products ” and be able to use “ special safeguard ” actions to deal with surges in imports or falls in prices; how to deal with conflicting interests among developing countries over preferential access to developed countries’ markets; and how to provide market access for tropical products and crops grown as alternatives to illicit narcotics . (...) Two controversial questions — whether the formulas should define overall maximum tariff rates (“caps”) and how sensitive products should be treated — are handled in a delicately-worded sentence: “the role of a tariff cap in a tiered formula with distinct treatment for sensitive products will be further evaluated”.
(...) The fine print carefully strikes a balance between different positions by saying the final result should also reflect “the sensitivity of the product”, and it sets some criteria for negotiating the expansion of tariff quotas that are open to all members (“MFN-based”, as distinct from quotas that are set aside for selected members).
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Score: 751294.24
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https://www.wto.org/english/tr...bkgrnd25_marketframework_e.htm
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