The Road to the SDGs

to the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The session was officiated by IsDB President – ‘GVCs: Opportunities for Transforming African Economies’, featuring speaker Prof. Peter Draper, Executive Director, Institute of International Trade, University of Adelaide, Australia. X In addition, under the GVC-CoP umbrella: – GVC-CoP secretariat members participated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s G20 activities with T20 collaborations – The GVC section staff represented IsDB at the G20 1st Trade and Investment Working Group Meeting in March 2020 – GVC section staff participated in various T20 activities and published T20 papers – The first GVC-CoP certification ceremony was organised in January 2020. A second award ceremony was conducted on 6 June 2021. INVESTMENT X IsDB’s investment in GVC-CoP activities has led to the preparation of an important book on the subject, entitled Rebuilding Inclusive Global Value Chains as Pathway to Global Economic Recovery, written exclusively by IsDB staff. X The book was launched and published on 6 June 2021, and contains several GVC reports on key industries in MCs, including: – The Textiles and Apparel GVCs – Turkey in the Textiles GVC – Bangladesh in the Apparel GVC – The Mining and Petrochemicals GVCs – Guinea in the Bauxite Aluminium GVC – Senegal in the Petrochemicals GVC – The Agri-food GVCs – Turkey in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetables GVC – Nigeria in the Cocoa-Chocolate GVC – Indonesia in the Cocoa-Chocolate GVC – The Automotive GVCs – The Evolving Automotive GVC – Turkey in the Automotive GVC – Indonesia in the Automotive GVC. G V C C A P A C I T Y B U I L D I N G F O R I S D B S T A F F 260 staff members have applied for GVC-CoP certification 100 staff members have been trained in GVCs 10 staff members are expected to be certified during 2021 and will conduct GVC analysis in MCs under the MCPS [ 159 ] T H E R O A D T O T H E S D G s | P R O G R E S S A N D A C H I E V E M E N T S