Side-Event on “Climate Change, Food Security and Trade” at UNCTAD XIII

SAWTEE, together with CUTS International, is organizing a discussion programme on “Climate change, food security and trade: Challenges and opportunities” at the sidelines of the 13^th Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XIII) in Doha on 24 April 2012 at 1430–1630 hrs in Auditorium 1. 

Participation in Green Growth Knowledge Conference

SAWTEE participated in the inaugural conference of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform scheduled for 12-13 January 2012 in Mexico City. The conference 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.