Supporting Economic Diversification and Empowerment 3-5 JULY 2019 Summary Report Table of Contents Foreword by the Director-General 8 Acknowledgements 9 Overview of registered participants 10 DAY 1. 3 JULY 2019 SESSION 1: Plenary "Supporting economic diversification and empowerment". Organizer: World Trade Organization ................................................................................................................................... 12 SESSION 2: Thematic Focus Session: "Seizing opportunities for economic diversification". Organizer: World Trade Organization ................................................................................................................................... 24 SESSION 3: Thematic Focus Session "How can aid and 21st Century trade help to close the gender gap?". Organizer: World Trade Organization ................................................................................................................................... 27 SESSION 4: Side Event "Aid for digital transformation". Organizer: South Africa ........................................................... 30 SESSION 5: Side Event "Creating and Capturing value at origin: Tourism as a driver of inclusive and sustainable economic diversification". Organizers: World Tourism Organization, International Trade Centre, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ......................................................................................................................... 33 SESSION 6: Side Event "Trade capacity building in Zambia: A case study in country ownership and donor coordination". Organizers: Office of the United States Trade Representative United States Agency for International Development .................................................................................................................................................... 36 SESSION 7: Development Hub "Making the Grade: How TBT and SPS promote regulatory cooperation and help you trade". Organizers: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, World Trade Organization ....... 38 SESSION 8: Thematic Focus Session "E-Commerce: Potential and challenges for developing countries". Organizer: African Group ....................................................................................................................................................... 40 SESSION 9: Thematic Focus Session "Trade finance". Organizer: World Trade Organization ....................................... 43 SESSION 10: Side Event "The Employment Equation: Leveraging Aid for Trade to boost sustainable investment and jobs". Organizer: Germany ............................................................................................................................................. 46 SESSION 11: Side Event "Tourism financing for the 2030 Agenda". Organizer: World Tourism Organization .............. 49 SESSION 12: Development Hub "Trade and eliminating extreme poverty". Organizers: World Trade Organization, World Bank Group .................................................................................................................................................................. 53 SESSION 13: Side Event "From crop to shop: Unlocking women’s potential for sustainability in GVCs". Organizers: Finland, Ireland, International Trade Centre, United Kingdom ..................................................................... 55 SESSION 14: Side Event "Trade in knowledge today: Rethinking the link between intellectual property, trade and development". Organizer: World Trade Organization .................................................................................................. 58 SESSION 15: Side Event "Financing digital industrialization". Organizer: South Africa .................................................. 62 SESSION 16: Side Event "Trade for Peace through WTO accessions: Opportunities for the private sector". Organizers: g7+ WTO Accessions Group, The Netherlands ............................................................................................... 64 SESSION 17: Development Hub "Leveraging services for development: policies and prospects". Organizers: Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank Institute ..................................................................... 66 SESSION 18: Plenary "South-South and triangular cooperation: Supporting economic diversification and empowerment". Organizer: World Trade Organization ...................................................................................................... 68 AID FOR TRADE GLOBAL REVIEW 2019 – Supporting economic diversification and empowerment 2 SESSION 19: Side Event "Economic diversification and increase of exports from Angola". Organizer: Angola ........... 71 SESSION 20: Side Event "Leapfrogging the digital gap: Addressing practical challenges for scaling up digital trade". Organizers: Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Permanent Representation of Benin to the WTO ................................................................................................................................................................ 72 SESSION 21: Side Event "Gender integration in Aid-for-Trade Facilitation: Existing tools and lessons learnt in Aid for Trade Facilitation". Organizers: The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden, The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, World Customs Organization .................................................................................... 75 SESSION 22: Side Event "Facilitation 2.0 Lite". Organizers: World Economic Forum, Australia, Denmark ................. 78 SESSION 23: Side Event: "Promoting regional integration through MSME value chains". Organizer: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa .......................................................................................... 81 SESSION 24: Development Hub: "Global Value Chain Development Report 2019". Organizers: World Trade Organization, World Bank Group, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, The Institute of Developing Economies Japan External Trade Organization, The University of International Business and Economics. ............................................................................................................................... 84 SESSION 25: Regional Focus session: "Africa focus: Supporting economic diversification and empowerment". Organizer: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. ........................................................................................... 86 SESSION 26: Regional Focus session: "Asia and Pacific focus: Supporting economic diversification and empowerment". Organizer: Asian Development Bank. ...................................................................................................... 90 SESSION 27: Regional Focus session "Latin-America and Caribbean Focus: Supporting economic diversification and empowerment". Organizer: Inter-American Development Bank ...................................................... 94 SESSION 28: Regional Focus session "Islamic Development Bank Focus: Supporting economic diversification and empowerment". Organizer: Islamic Development Bank ............................................................................................. 98 SESSION 29: Thematic Focus Session “Women entrepreneurs: Making the Buenos Aires declaration happen”. Organizer: World Trade Organization ................................................................................................................................... 100 SESSION 30: Thematic Focus Session "Making e-commerce work for all". Organizers: Belgium, International Trade Centre, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, World Bank Group ........................................... 103 SESSION 31: Side Event "Cambodia Trade Integration Strategy 2019-2023". Organizer: Cambodia ............................. 105 SESSION 32: Side Event "Diversifying exports in fragile LDCs: Action for peace and poverty reduction". Organizers: Enhanced Integrated Framework, United Nations Development Programme ........................................... 108 SESSION 33:Side Event "Economic integration in the Maghreb: An untapped source of Aid for Trade and growth". Organizer: International Monetary Fund .............................................................................................................................. 111 SESSION 34: Side Event "From Aid to Investment: Supporting economic diversification and industrialization in Africa". Organizers: Permanent Mission of Japan to the International. Organizations in Geneva, United Nations Industrial Development Organization................................................................................................................................... 113 SESSION 35: Development Hub "Harnessing a joint public-private approach to facilitate trade in LDCs". Organizers: Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation, Enhanced Integrated Framework .................................................... 116 SESSION 36: Side Event “Women’s sport, trade, and economic empowerment”. Organizers: World Trade Organization ................................................................................................................................. 118 SESSION 37: Social event ..................................................................................................................................................... 122 3 AID FOR TRADE GLOBAL