{"id":2535,"date":"2022-11-08T13:59:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T19:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cf.iisd.net\/ssi\/?p=2535"},"modified":"2023-05-24T08:19:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T13:19:18","slug":"voluntary-sustainability-standards-investments-sustainable-agriculture-challenges-opportunities-waemu-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/events\/voluntary-sustainability-standards-investments-sustainable-agriculture-challenges-opportunities-waemu-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Voluntary Sustainability Standards and Increasing Investments in Sustainable Agriculture: Challenges and opportunities in the WAEMU region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/events\/voluntary-sustainability-standards-investments-sustainable-agriculture-challenges-opportunities-waemu-region\/#FR\">***Fran\u00e7ais ci-dessous***<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In cooperation with the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) hosted a two-day virtual workshop to examine the potential benefits of voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) operating in the region and how they might help policy-makers to further their objectives in the agricultural sector, specifically for products such as cocoa, cotton, cashews, and shea. The workshop convened government agencies from WAEMU member states, the private sector, producers, and development organizations. It provided an opportunity for participants to learn and engage in dialogue on the issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Date: November 28\u201329, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Time: 8:30\u201314:30 GMT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Online \u2013 by invitation only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/172.31.33.199\/ssi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nov-2022-uemoa-ssi-en-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nov-2022-uemoa-ssi-en-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nov-2022-uemoa-ssi-en-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nov-2022-uemoa-ssi-en-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nov-2022-uemoa-ssi-en.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"FR\">Les Normes Volontaires de Durabilit\u00e9 et l\u2019accroissement des investissements dans l&#8217;agriculture durable : D\u00e9fis et opportunit\u00e9s dans l\u2019espace UEMOA<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En coop\u00e9ration avec l\u2019Union \u00c9conomique et Mon\u00e9taire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA), l\u2019Institut International du D\u00e9veloppement Durable (IISD) a organis\u00e9 un atelier virtuel de deux jours pour examiner les avantages potentiels des normes volontaires de durabilit\u00e9 (NVD) en vigueur dans la r\u00e9gion et la fa\u00e7on dont elles pourraient aider les d\u00e9cideurs \u00e0 atteindre leurs objectifs dans le secteur agricole, en particulier pour des produits tels que le cacao, le coton, les noix de cajou et le karit\u00e9. L&#8217;atelier a r\u00e9uni les agences gouvernementales des Etats membres de l&#8217;UEMOA, le secteur priv\u00e9, les producteurs et les organisations de d\u00e9veloppement. Il a permis aux participants d&#8217;apprendre et d&#8217;engager un dialogue sur ces questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">D\u00e9tails<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Date: Les 28 et 29 Novembre, 2022 de 8:30 \u00e0 14:30 GMT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00c9v\u00e8nement virtuel- Participation sur invitation uniquement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/172.31.33.199\/ssi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nov-2022-uemoa-ssi-fr-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nov-2022-uemoa-ssi-fr-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nov-2022-uemoa-ssi-fr-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nov-2022-uemoa-ssi-fr-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nov-2022-uemoa-ssi-fr.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In cooperation with the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), IISD hosted a two-day virtual workshop to examine the potential benefits of VSS operating in the region and how they might help policymakers to further their objectives in the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":2536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/ssi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}