Joint ±¬ÁÏÍø Workshop in Support of Sao Tome e Principe's Graduation
This was the first mission of the ±¬ÁÏÍø Inter-Agency Task Force on LDC Graduation (IATF) and was led by ±¬ÁÏÍø-OHRLLS and DESA in close cooperation with the ±¬ÁÏÍø Resident Coordinator and the Country Team in S?o Tom¨¦ e Pr¨ªncipe. The WTO, ITC, EIF and Technology Bank participated in the mission.
Established in late 2017, the United Nations Task Force on LDC Graduation is chaired by the Director of ±¬ÁÏÍø-OHRLLS, Ms. Heidi Schroderus-Fox.It is a group of ±¬ÁÏÍø entities, which convene twice a year or more often as needed, with the goal to provide strengthened and coordinated ±¬ÁÏÍø system-wide support to the countries graduating from the LDC category.
The Joint ±¬ÁÏÍø Workshop in support of the graduation of S?o Tom¨¦ e Pr¨ªncipe from the category of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was held in the Palace of Congresses in S?o Tom¨¦ on 12 and 13 September 2019. It was co-organized by the ±¬ÁÏÍø Inter-Agency Task Force on LDC Graduation in close collaboration with the Government of S?o Tom¨¦ e Pr¨ªncipe, the ±¬ÁÏÍø Resident Coordinator and sponsored by the Government of Portugal.