idw – Informationsdienst Wissenschaft
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
idw - Informationsdienst
Wissenschaft
11/30/2011 - 12/01/2011 | Washington DC
The annual conference and the member meeting of the Trade Standards Practitioners Network (TSPN) in Washington DC are approaching.
A growing share of global trade is being carried out between developing countries and/or emerging markets. The enhanced South-South economic integration leads to growing interest in regional harmonization and equivalence among Private Voluntary Standards (PVS). Therefore, some developing countries pro-actively adopt agri-food standards in regional and inter-regional trade. Also, large national companies in the South tend to increasingly use PVS to avoid dual or triple track approaches regarding sustainability criteria.
In order to assess the role of standards in South-South trade regarding their potential development benefit the conference will draw a detailed picture of the diversity of products traded and the spatial heterogeneity of trade flow, and explore impacts, potentials and limitations of standards in the South-South trade context.
During three interactive sessions conference participants will have the opportunity to explore and discuss the sub-topics:
1. "Impacts of International Timber Regulations on South-South Trade"
2. "Drivers for Standardization and Harmonization"
3. "SME Traders and Importers in the South"
The Objective of this event is to give a space for versatile professional discussion on the South-South trade topic and also for the connection between representatives from diverse stakeholders in the standards field from all over the world.
Interested parties who unfortunately can not join the conference in person will have the possibility to participate in a virtual conference workspace in form of a webinar. This webinar will provide an opportunity to inform oneself about the topics beforehand and to follow the sessions.
A brief note on the Trade Standards Practitioners Network (TSPN; http://www.tradestandards.org/en/Index.aspx):
TSPN is an international network of multilateral agencies, bilateral organizations, research institutes, NGOs, and other practitioners in the field of sustainability standards. Bringing together the know-how of all members, TSPN's mission is to better enable developing countries to take advantage of and participate more effectively in standard-based markets.
Information on participating / attending:
TSPN welcomes all members and partners of the network.
Interested individuals or representatives of other stakeholder entities are also more than welcome.
For registration, please use the form at the TSPN 2011 Conference web site (http://www.tradestandards.org/en/Article.299.aspx). Please add your name to the file name and send it to info@tradestandards.org until the end of October.
There is no participation fee.
Date:
11/30/2011 08:30 - 12/01/2011 14:15
Registration deadline:
10/31/2011
Event venue:
The World Bank (J Building)
701 18th Street, N.W.
Washington DC
U.S.A.
20433 Washington DC
United States of America
Target group:
Business and commerce, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Economics / business administration, Environment / ecology, Nutrition / healthcare / nursing, Politics, Zoology / agricultural and forest sciences
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference, Presentation / colloquium / lecture, Seminar / workshop / discussion
Entry:
10/13/2011
Sender/author:
Oliver Hanschke
Department:
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit / Public Awareness
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event37214
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