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Vanuatu delegation visits ITC

28/01/2013 10:34:33 AM

HE Mr Roy Mickey Joy, Ambassador of Vanuatu to the European Union and the Kingdom of Belgium, on 22 January met a team of senior International Trade Centre (ITC) representatives, led by Deputy Executive Director Mr Jean-Marie Paugam, at ITC’s Geneva...

Peru to showcase organic produce at BioFach

28/01/2013 09:58:14 AM

Peruvian organic produce, and in particular quinoa, will on 15 February take centre-stage at BioFach 2013 where the International Trade Centre (ITC) and PromPeru, Peru’s export promotion agency, will organize a forum entitled ‘Peruvian Natural and Organic...

Taking steps to boost the Bangladeshi software industry

11/01/2013 09:39:58 AM

The International Trade Centre’s (ITC) NTF II Bangladesh team on 7 December (2012) organized an IT industry roundtable discussion at the Digital World conference in Dhaka. During the discussion recommendations from the United Nations Conference on Trade...

Tackling obstacles to trade at home first

10/01/2013 10:17:18 AM

Malawi: Company perspectives — an ITC series on non-tariff measures, a survey by the International Trade Centre of exporters and importers, reveals that Malawi’s main challenges to access markets abroad are two-fold in relation to non-tariff measures....

Plenary sessions prove most popular at WEDF 2012

08/01/2013 04:57:22 AM

The more than 900 delegates attending the World Export Development Forum (WEDF) 2012 had a chance a to rate the sessions they attended and surveys show that the events plenary sessions were the most engaging.On top came ‘Improving commodity supply chains...

WEDF hailed as informative and engaging

08/01/2013 04:39:11 AM

More than 900 delegates from 60 countries participated at the World Export Development Forum 2012 (WEDF) held in October in Jakarta, Indonesia. And the feedback from the participants is unison: WEDF is relevant, informative and engaging.A survey carried...

ITC’s Trade Map country data reaches record high

28/12/2012 09:53:23 AM

Up-to-date trade data for more than 110 countries is now available on ITC’s Trade Map, helping businesses and trade support institutions (TSIs) to analyse international trade flows impacting their business, so that they can identify and export markets...

Boosting intra-African trade and regional value chains

18/12/2012 11:28:47 AM

Helping local enterprises build capacity so they can expand their market knowledge, export readiness and business linkages, as well as creating a favourable business environment, are key elements to the further development of intra-African trade and...

Mango packaging focus of two-day workshop for Senegalese producers, exporters

17/12/2012 07:36:20 AM

Senegalese mango producers and exporters learnt about European Union packaging standards during a recent two-day workshop in Dakar, hosted by the International Trade Centre (ITC). The training was based on diagnostic study held in June, and looked at...

Bangladesh readies itself for global business

11/12/2012 11:52:17 AM

‘Bangladesh has positioned itself as a prime location through enhancing its capability and skill availability, lower costs of operations, and by making targeted investments into telecom and IT infrastructure.’ That was one of the key messages delivered...

ITC’s website goes mobile

07/12/2012 07:22:09 AM

The International Trade Centre (ITC) has launched a mobile version of its website, intracen.org, optimized for a wide range of smart phones used by its global audience. The launch comes in response to changing consumer behaviour, which has seen the proportion...

Building export capacities in Mozambique

05/12/2012 02:40:24 AM

A programme run by the International Trade Centre (ITC) is seeking to help small and medium-sized enterprises in Mozambique adopt a more structured and market-driven approach to export packaging, which it is hoped will generate more private sector investment....

Study raises concern over international trade in python skins

27/11/2012 03:25:36 AM

Trade in Southeast Asian Python Skins shows that problems of illegality persist in $1bn python-skin trade...

Lesotho’s trade minister visits ITC

26/11/2012 07:26:57 AM

The International Trade Centre (ITC) on Tuesday 20 November received a delegation from the Kingdom of Lesotho to its Geneva headquarters to discuss with representatives of ITC’s senior management past and future cooperation to improve the country’s export...

IA85 Project Development: LESOTHO - Horticulture Productivity and Trade Development

20/11/2012 10:41:46 AM

ITC project

IA88 Cambodia export diversification and expansion program (CEDEP) I: Highg value silk

20/11/2012 09:22:27 AM

ITC project

IA88 Cambodia export diversification and expansion program (CEDEP) I: High value silk

16/11/2012 04:21:49 AM

ITC project

IA84 WIPO/ITC: Branding Methodology and Tools for Value Creation

16/11/2012 04:00:23 AM

ITC project

ITC and WIPO join forces with Tanzania to brand Zanzibar cloves

15/11/2012 07:14:06 AM

To maximize the value of Zanzibar cloves, ITC will provide the branding methodology and training within which IP will be positioned, while WIPO will take the lead on developing an IP strategy for Zanzibar cloves...

Egyptian producers look to expand Halal exports

13/11/2012 03:49:02 AM

The forum was organized by ITC’s Enhancing Arab Capacity for Trade (EnACT) programme, in collaboration with the Egyptian Organisation for Standardization and Quality (EOS) and the Food Export Council (FEC). Government and private sector representatives...

Louvre boutique to carry Jordanian jewellery, supporting handicraft exports and creating jobs

12/11/2012 04:24:41 AM

EnACT is working in Jordan to create sustainable economic opportunities for SMEs by connecting them to international markets and non-traditional high end buyers. In September 2011, three Jordanian handicraft manufacturers were introduced to the French...

NUCAFE Evolves Into Facilitator of Coffee Trading on Behalf of Its Member Association

06/11/2012 07:46:06 AM

Through NTFII, which seeks to strengthen the coffee value chain, NUCAFE staff received advice and training about business and management which changed the way they were handling business. The team now consists of a chief executive officer who completed...

When do private standards work?

06/11/2012 03:04:27 AM

A new literature review, When do Private Standards Work, analyses why the application of standards is more viable for certain producers and why adoption is still concentrated on certain, specific products. According to the paper, private standards are...

Women are needed to bring back global growth

05/11/2012 02:49:16 PM

ITC Executive Director launches events in Mexico City aiming to increase sourcing from women vendors.Ms. Patricia R. Francis, Executive Director of ITC, today presided over the opening in Mexico City of the annual events of the Global Platform for Action on Sourcing from Women: the 4th Senior Executive Roundtable on Sourcing from Women Vendors and the Women Vendors Forum and Exhibition 2012...

ITC Executive Director leads Future Global 100 meeting on Eastern Europe’s economy

24/10/2012 12:36:27 PM

Ms. Patricia Francis, Executive Director of the International Trade Centre, will today co-chair a Future Global 100 (FG100) meeting in Warsaw, attended by European and international government and business leaders...

NTF II helps Bangladeshi IT company land success in Denmark

22/10/2012 06:19:10 AM

Structured Data Systems Ltd.'s work for a Danish consulting company underscores how the growing reputation of Bangladeshi IT firms as outsourcing destinations is translating into projects and a better bottom line.The company hired Structured Data to...

Bangladesh’s IT industry eyes global success

19/10/2012 11:46:42 AM

Bangladesh's reputation as a prime outsourcing destination is growing thanks to the decision of major European companies to open their markets to the country's information technology firms, according to Fahim Mashroor. Mashroor was elected President...

Can rooibos tea make it in Chinese Taipei and the UAE?

19/10/2012 10:59:34 AM

In the framework of ITC’s NTF II project supporting the export competitiveness of Rooibos tea in South Africa, two public relations (PR) companies have been brought on board help to kick off a six-month campaign to build a profile for the tea in Chinese...

Uganda, Jamaica, Mexico, and Austria win the 2012 TPO Network Awards

18/10/2012 01:47:14 PM

The Uganda Export Promotion Board, Jamaica Promotions Corporations, ProMéxico and Advantage Austria were today announced as the four winners of the 2012 TPO Network Awards for having shown excellence in trade export development...

Boosting Business for Trade Promotion Organizations through Innovation

18/10/2012 05:05:27 AM

The 2012 TPO Network World Conference, Transforming TPOs’ Business through Innovation, today opened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Over two days, against the backdrop of the on-going global economic crisis, Trade Promotion Organizations will, explore

how they can promote innovation, improve their operations, and better meet the needs of their exporters.

WEDF 2012 Highlights Role of Finance Access in Emerging Market Export Success

17/10/2012 07:39:58 AM

Discussions on overcoming barriers impeding access to trade finance in emerging markets bookended the 13th edition of WEDF 2012 today. The event has brought together 400 delegates representing more than 40 countries from across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America to debate approaches to expanding trade flows between and within the world’s growth markets...

Finance: fuelling the trade as the engine of growth

17/10/2012 04:03:05 AM

'Financing Trade Between Emerging Markets' was the topic of the fourth and final plenary session Moderating the session, Ms Frida Libwina, an anchor with Metro TV, Indonesia, set the stage by pointing out that while it is recognized that SMEs are the...

SMEs in LDCs, services exports and women business owners

17/10/2012 02:40:22 AM

The key question during ‘LDCs: integrating SMEs into global value chains’ how best to integrate SMEs into global value chains, had in fact been an on-going underlying theme throughout the first two days of WEDF. Panellists nevertheless argued that a...

Export Supply and Value Chains Take Centre Stage on Day Two at WEDF 2012

17/10/2012 01:53:49 AM

With the world’s population recently surpassing the seven billion mark and on track over the next forty years to add two billion more, primarily in the developing world, optimizing developing countries’ export supply chains helps advance global food security while boosting interregional and intraregional trade flows, according to discussions at day two of WEDF...

Changing consumer behaviour, shifting value chains

16/10/2012 12:21:43 PM

The new demand for better value-added products creates opportunities for even small nations to gain market access and benefit – as long as they are able to find niche sectors in which they can be competitive and where their companies can scale. As for...

Commodities, competitiveness and innovation in the supply chain

16/10/2012 11:04:17 AM

At ‘Innovations Along the Supply Chain: can smallholder producers ever succeed in the export supply chain’, ITC’s Rob Skidmore, the session’s moderator, set the stage for the debate by pointing out that more than one billion people rely on smallholders...

International Trade Centre and Institute for Supply Management agree on reciprocity deal

16/10/2012 07:06:10 AM

Agreement sets forth mutual recognition of supply chain management certifications. ITC and ISM have entered an agreement based on mutual recognition of each institution’s supply chain management certification programs...

Trade at the heart of food security

16/10/2012 05:14:30 AM

Food security was on the agenda at the first plenary session, ‘Improving Commodity Supply Chains for Greater Regional and Global Food Security’, of the second day of WEDF 2012. A complex problem that affects all countries, it coincided with and gave...

WEDF 2012 Opening Plenary - Marta Lucia Ramirez de Rincon

16/10/2012 04:43:02 AM

WEDF 2012 Opening Plenary - Marta Lucia Ramirez de Rincon The Growth Markets’ Potential: What their emergence means for the future Ms Marta Lucia Ramirez de Rincon Former Foreign Trade Minister CEO, National Coalition for Colombian Manufacturers

WEDF 2012 puts focus on the rise of growth economies

15/10/2012 01:44:45 PM

Opening this year’s WEDF at the Shangri-La hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called for the revival of the WTO-led Doha Development Round, and for the need to bring back growth through increased trade and economic development....