Participating in Green Growth Knowledge Conference

SAWTEE is participating in the inaugural conference of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform scheduled for 12-13 January 2012 in Mexico City. The conference is being organized by Mexico’s National Institute of Ecology (INE), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and World Bank offices in Mexico City.

Evaluating effectiveness of Aid for Trade

The Aid for Trade (AfT) initiative, launched during the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) held in Hong Kong in December 2005, came on the heels of several unsuccessful trade-related technical assistance programmes ostensibly designed to integrate developing countries, in particular least-developed countries (LDCs), into the global trading system. 

Participation in a Regional Workshop

SAWTEE participated in a regional workshop “Translating Commitments to Actions toward Results: An Asian CSO Regional Workshop on Food Sovereignty” being organized jointly by the Global Secretariat of the Alliance Against Hunger and Malnutrition (AAHM), which includes the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), among several other organizations, and the Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) from 22-23 August 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Participation in Regional Events

SAWTEE participated in “Project Learning Sharing and Dissemination Workshop on Climate Change and Food Security in South Asia”, organized by Practical Action Bangladesh on 27 June 2011 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. SAWTEE’s network partner CUTS International, India, in partnership with Practical Action Bangladesh, is implementing the multi-country collaborative research project entitled "Scoping Study on Climate Change and Food Security in South Asia".

Access and Benefit Sharing

SAWTEE participated in the workshop on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing on 16-17 June 2011 in Wageningen, the Netherlands. The meeting was organized by Centre for Genetic Resources of the Wageningen University and the International Development Research Centre, Canada. Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD) and SAWTEE shared the findings of their policy and grassroots work on access to genetic resources, benefit sharing and farmers' rights.

Programme on Aid for Trade Launched

SAWTEE, together with International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Geneva, has launched a programme to evaluate the effectiveness and development impact of Aid for Trade (AfT). SAWTEE has been involved in the process right since the inception of the idea in early 2010. One of its major contributions has been to prepare the methodology for conducting country case studies in six countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America/Caribbean. SAWTEE is also responsible for implementing the Nepal component of the programme.