ITC at WSIS 2005: 
E@Work for SMEs 

 

Building on its experience at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2003, the International Trade Centre (ITC) is holding an exhibit entitled E@Work at the second WSIS phase in Tunis, 2005. 

It will feature ITC’s portfolio of e-related training programmes, tools, advisory services, best practice cases and publications for SMEs in developing countries and transition economies. You can find us at the Swiss Pavilion, number 2202, in the ICT 4 All Exhibition. 

 

What will be on the Stand?

• The E-Trade Bridge for SMEs, ITC's flagship e-programme, links national e-strategies to practical development programmes to enable SMEs to profitably export and import goods and services. (www.intracen.org/etradebridge)
  

• Trade at Hand, an innovative approach to trade development, harnesses the growing popularity of mobile phones to send market information to SME exporters and boost their competitiveness. 
  

• IT-Enabled Services for SMEs, a methodology that aims to unlock the potential of the Internet as a vehicle for delivering services worldwide and put it into the hands of business managers.
  

• e-Business Forums, establish dialogue between export managers and strategy makers with responsibilities to promote international e-business. They uniquely combine learning, expertise sharing, interactive dialogue, networking, and business matching. 
  

• E-Tools, a comprehensive compendium of ITC’s e-tools, services, programmes, guides and publications for business improvement, which assist SMEs in the areas of e-commerce law, online market analysis, service exporting and e-procurement. 
  

• E-Coffee: The world’s first Internet coffee auction continues to attract high prices for gourmet coffee grown in developing countries.
  

• International Trade Forum Magazine: From the latest trends in coffee auctions to the textiles and clothing industry’s “e” revolution, ICTs bring both perils and promise. This Forum magazine, "It’s a Buyer’s Market" highlights how ‘e’ is at work in the textiles and coffee sectors and reports how ITC is bringing the voice of small business to WSIS. 
  

• E-Trade Website aims to support SMEs wishing to make the transition to the digital economy. It offers a single window access to ITC's e-facilitated trade development expertise.
  

•  Publications, ITC identifies what works and what does not for SMEs in Latin America, Africa and Asia sharpening their competitive edge through the application of new technology. 
  

• E-Trade CD: A CD presentation of ITC’s e-related activities designed to help SMEs put 'e' to work. This CD contains over 70 articles, case studies, and publications in English, French and Spanish.

Where is the Stand?

Swiss Pavilion, number 2202, in the ICT 4 All Exhibition. 

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For more information:

Elisabeth Piskolti-Caldwell  Business Advisory Services  Tel: +41 22 730 03 93  e-mail: piskoltie@intracen.org

Nadia Ben-Ammar Enterprise Management Development Section Tel : +41 22 730 06 17 e-mail : benammar@intracen.org