This week, ITC Executive Director, Ms. Patricia Francis, took part in the World Economic Forum on Africa 2012 held in Addis Ababa between 9-11 May...
The Trade Support and Regional Integration Programme for the Côte d’Ivoire (PACIR) is ITC’s largest country-based programme. We are pleased to announce the opening of an office in Abidjan to facilitate ITC work in the country and region...
Ms. Francis joined a panel of Ministers from Ghana, Libya, Turkey and Pakistan to discuss the trade challenges facing Arab states and the issues of Non Tariff Barriers and Foreign Direct Investment...
This week, Zambia will host the 2nd African Organic Conference. Over 300 delegates from 40 countries are expected to participate at the event in Lusaka from 2-4 May 2012. Representatives from governments, inter-governmental institutions, UN agencies,...
The Co-chair of the Public Private Dialogue Steering Committee (PPDSC) and Director General of the Pakistan Institute of Trade And Development (PITAD) formally submitted to the Government of Pakistan two policy recommendation papers for consideration and potential implementation…
Least developed countries are persistently marginalized in world trade and remain vulnerable. The lack of success in development, according to FERDI (the Foundation for Studies and Research on International Development), is due to a multitude of factors, one of which is a difficulty to take fully advantage of the potential benefits associated with least developed country status. This was the basis for a panel discussion hosted by FERDI at UNCTAD XIII on 25 April in which ITC Deputy Executive Director Mr. Jean-Marie Paugam participated…
Exporters can be hampered in their success by numerous hurdles such as varying standards, regulations, subsidies and other requirements with which they need to comply. And often, these barriers are among the top challenges to export development. Experts, including ITC’s Director of the Division of Market Development Mr. Anders Aeroe, discussed the need for bringing to light the barriers and reducing them in UNCTAD’s panel discussion The Future International Agenda on Non-tariff Measures…
The League of Arab States (LAS) region could increase trade among its member states by 10% and create two million new jobs by removing obstacles to intra-regional trade, according to new research by ITC...
Women entrepreneurs were recognized for their achievements on Monday night during UNCTAD’s Women in Business Awards. ITC Executive Director, Ms. Patricia Francis, presented the finalists of the awards, saying that the women ‘provide a stunning example of social and economic changes’...
The economic empowerment of women is a critical factor to the achievement of development goals. That was the message from ITC’s Executive Director, Ms. Patricia Francis, during UNCTAD’s High-level Event on Women in Development on Monday 23 April, where panelists agreed that policies that support women in developing countries must be enacted...