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This training workshop is part of a series of capacity building activities
for Africa planned during the second phase of the UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity
Building Task Force for Trade, Environment and Development (CBTF). It
responded to the capacity building needs identified during the CBTF Regional
Workshop on Post Doha Issues on Trade and Environment held in Cape Town,
South Africa on 22 May 2003, in which integrated assessment was highlighted
as a priority for further capacity building activities.
The training workshop targeted selected African research and training
institutions as well as economic and trade bodies in Africa. The objective
of the workshop was to train trainers as well as to introduce economic
and trade entities in the region to integrated assessment as a tool to
identify impacts of trade and trade related policies on environment and
development. The workshop aimed to provide participants with a better
understanding of the concept of integrated assessment and discuss possibilities
of its application in African countries.
In preparing for the training workshop, UNEP’s Economics and Trade Branch
(ETB) coordinated the development of a draft Training Resource Manual
for Integrated Assessment, which is based on the experiences gained through
18 country projects on integrated assessment of trade-related policies
conducted in all parts of the world. The training workshop provided an
opportunity to receive feedback from participants on the training resource
manual before its finalization.
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General
Introduction (Session 1)