Policy Briefs

• Strengthen supply chain resilience by enhancing multilateral trade cooperation through WTO
• Facilitate trade efficiency via digital adoption in customs and logistics
• MSME integration in global trade through capacity building and access to finance
• Address non-tariff barriers impacting global trade

• Promote Inclusive GVCs integrating MSMEs, Global South economies, and marginalized groups
• Enable Trade 4.0 through digital trade platforms and technology-enabled supply chains
• Accelerate services trade by simplifying cross-border regulations
• Address barriers to market access for least-developed countries (LDCs)
• Incorporate climate-friendly practices into GVCs

• Strengthen food-related GVCs for resilience in global trade
• Advocate for sustainable trade mechanisms, focusing on fair practices for developing economies
• Promote multilateral trade under WTO, ensuring inclusivity and sustainability
• Encourage stable, rules- based GVC structures for trade in agriculture, energy, and industrial goods

• Accelerate green transitions via renewable energy investments
• Establish global carbon markets to fund sustainability goals
• Empower MSMEs for decarbonization

• Develop ESG frameworks for harmonized standards
• Promote nature-positive solutions and ecosystem- based approaches
• Mobilize finance for net-zero transitions, especially in the Global South
• Advance adaptation strategies for climate- vulnerable regions

• Prioritize equitable energy transitions, ensuring affordable access
• Mobilize public and private capital for energy resilience
• Promote regional cooperation for renewable energy deployment
• Foster fair energy transitions for developing economies

• Bridge the digital divide by prioritizing infrastructure for underserved regions
• Promote cybersecurity frameworks for safe digital ecosystems
• Support MSMEs’ digital inclusion through capacity building
• Advance government digitization for improved services and citizen engagement

• Roll out Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for seamless trade, finance, and healthcare
• Harmonize global cybersecurity and data privacy standards to build digital trust
• Foster cross-border R & D through a virtual platform for digital collaboration
• Create a unified global framework for digital literacy and skills development

• Promote sectoral digital innovations (e.g., AI and IoT in agriculture and industry)
• Strengthen global cooperation on data governance for trade and commerce
• Enhance digital inclusion, focusing on underserved communities and sectors
• Address digital trust through robust policy frameworks for privacy and security.

• Promote blended finance for large-scale infrastructure projects
• Address funding gaps for equitable growth in underserved regions.

• Establish a Global SDG Acceleration Fund to mobilize private capital
• Improve MSME credit access through innovative financial mechanisms
• Develop sustainable and resilient infrastructure, with a focus on the Global South

• Mobilize financing for sustainable infrastructure in healthcare, energy, and trade
• Encourage public-private partnerships for green projects
• Strengthen financial systems for trade resilience in agriculture and energy sectors

• Develop skilling programs for youth and MSMEs in emerging sectors
• Enable cross-border labour mobility

• Launch a Universal Labor Information Management System (ULIMS)
• Build tech-enabled skilling pathways aligned with automation and AI
• Foster gender-inclusive workforce policies

• Enhance human capital through equity-driven skilling programs
• Promote future-ready skilling aligned with sustainability goals
• Address skill needs for emerging green and digital technologies

• Strengthen global health resilience through equitable healthcare access
• Develop frameworks for pandemic preparedness and health emergency response
• Expand healthcare infrastructure in low-income regions

• Promote healthcare equity via digital public infrastructure (DPI) for healthcare delivery
• Foster innovation for affordable healthcare technologies
• Advocate for public-private collaboration in healthcare financing

• Linked healthcare to food security and sustainable energy transitions
• Highlighted the importance of resilient health systems as part of global sustainability strategies (Indirectly addressed through overarching themes of equity and inclusion)

• Food systems addressed under sustainability and MSME inclusion, with no dedicated task force
• Promote sustainable agriculture practices indirectly

• Highlight sustainable agricultural innovation to improve global food security
• Enhance smallholder farmer resilience through financial and technological access
• Address trade barriers for agricultural products.

• Focused on biotechnology and AI for agriculture
• Promote sustainable trade policies for food security
• Advocate for public-private financing to enhance food systems globally (Dedicated Sustainable Food Systems Task Force)

• Promote global ESG adoption for businesses
• Support MSME decarbonization via ESG mechanisms

• Develop universally applicable ESG governance frameworks
• Harmonize reporting standards for carbon management
• Drive ESG adoption in GVCs and corporate supply chains

(Introduced a dedicated Action Council on ESG)

• Integrate ESG into corporate governance and trade systems
• Encourage ESG compliance as a global standard for business sustainability.

• Empower women-led MSMEs
• Address workplace gender disparities.

• Improve women’s access to finance and digital tools
• Promote gender equity in workforce and GVC participation

• Address systemic barriers to women’s inclusion
• Monitor workplace diversity and inclusion through KPIs
• Promote women’s leadership in GVCs