http://www.intracen.org//layouts/RSSFeed.aspx?id=48909<span style="background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">In 2012 ITC assisted 98 trade support institutions, arranged for 955 enterprises to meet with potential buyers leading to sales transactions and delivered 17 export development strategies...</span>http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-publishes-2012-Annual-Report/03/15/2013 8:30:32 AMITC projecthttp://www.intracen.org/projects/poor-communities-and-trade-haiti-component/11/15/2012 4:03:59 AMITC’s global events this October and November will focus on innovation and emerging markets as forces to power sustainable export growth. The 13th World Export Development Forum (WEDF) will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 15-17 October, followed...http://www.intracen.org/news/Creating-growth-through-inclusion-and-innovation/08/16/2012 6:27:54 AMA delegation from Republic of Liberia on 17 July visited ITC for discussions on ongoing trade-support programmes and the possibility of ITC support in its WTO accession negotiations. The Liberian delegation was led by Deputy Minister for Commerce and...http://www.intracen.org/articles/Liberia-trade-support-building-and-WTO-accession/07/17/2012 10:15:22 AMAs countries concentrate their efforts on meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, a hot topic is the development framework that will succeed the MDGs. United Nations Member States seeking to shape the post-2015 agenda are considering...http://www.intracen.org/article/Setting-goals-measuring-economic-empowerment/06/28/2012 11:21:36 AMITC and SIS will on 19 June hold a panel discussion during the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) Trade and Sustainable Development Symposium on the opportunities and challenges environmental standards present for exporters...http://www.intracen.org/news/How-can-standards-help-promote-transition-to-a-green-economy/06/12/2012 7:10:50 AMThere are more than 500,000 garbage collectors — or catadores — in Brazil who are grouped under the AnCat association and make their living from recycling what others throw away. To ensure that their role in creating a sustainable society gets the attention...http://www.intracen.org/news/Brazil’s-catadores-to-voice-their-views-at-RIO+20/06/12/2012 5:09:19 AMAddressing ITC’s annual Joint Advisory Group (JAG) meeting, Ms. Patricia R. Francis, Executive Director of ITC, spoke about ITC’s focus on building partnerships with beneficiaries and other trade-related technical assistance agencies, and on developing innovations in delivering services in accordance with countries’ needs to the benefit of small-and medium-sized exporters...http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-focuses-on-partnerships-innovation-and-responding-to-countries’-individual-needs/05/21/2012 9:17:16 AMPatricia Francis, ITC's Executive Director, joined Ambassador Betty E. King, the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, Ms. Ruth Y. Goldway, Chairman of the United States Postal Regulatory Commission and Ms. Violette Ruppanner, President of the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT), at the US Mission in Geneva to debate how to optimise the effects of leveraging the power of women's networks...http://www.intracen.org/news/Empower-women-to-power-trade-and-sustainable-development---Patricia-Francis-speaks-at-US-Mission-in-Geneva-to-mark-International-Women39s-Day/03/06/2012 5:04:57 AMLighting Africa, a joint International Finance Corporation (IFC) and World Bank programme, is mobilizing the private sector to build sustainable markets that provide safe, affordable and modern off-grid lighting to Africa’s un-electrified communities....http://www.intracen.org/article/Lighting-Africa-Catalyzing-markets-for-modern-off-grid-lighting/07/20/2011 10:31:09 AM<p>Taxing Health: The relevance of tariff revenue from anti-malarial commodities Paper dealing with potential fiscal revenue losses in malaria endemic countries, resulting from elimination of import duties and tariffs on anti-malaria products (medicines for treating/preventing of malaria, diagnostic tests, mosquito </p>http://www.intracen.org/Taxing-Health-The-relevance-of-tariff-revenue-from-anti-malarial-commodities/06/28/2011 8:15:47 AMProducers of sustainable Vietnamese handicrafts, created with the help of ITC, were put on display at the LifeStyle Viet Nam trade fair in Ho Chi Min City in April. The fair, organized by the country’s handicraft exporters association – VIETCRAFT...http://www.intracen.org/news/Vietnamese-home-décor-producers-showcase-sustainable-products/05/27/2011 2:51:22 AM<p> Extract from the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) Gap Task Force Report, prepared for the UN Summit on MDGs in 2010. To read the full report, click here . “To enable developing countries to reap greater gains from trade, the MDG Gap Task Report 2010 recommends that the international community sho</p>http://www.intracen.org/Extract-from-the-Millenium-Development-Goals-MDGs-Gap-Task-Force-Report/03/10/2011 10:17:55 AM<p>Focusing on the value of exports rather than simply their volume is a key means for developing countries to survive and prosper in times of economic crisis, said Patricia R. Francis, ITC's Executive Director...</p>http://www.intracen.org/news/Developing-Countries-Urged-to-Focus-on-the-Value-of-Exports-Rather-Than-Volume/01/10/2011 11:49:48 AM<p> The member countries of the International Trade Centre (ITC) today endorsed the organization’s plans for delivering trade-related technical assistance to developing countries in 2011 at the end of the 44th annual meeting...</p>http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-Members-Endorse-Organization39s-Plans-for-2011/01/10/2011 10:38:44 AM<p> The 11th World Export Development Forum (WEDF) wound up here today with the more than 300 delegates from 60 countries expressing optimism about trade growth in the post-crisis era and reaffirming their commitment...</p>http://www.intracen.org/news/Forum-Confirms-Commitment-to-Export-Led-Growth/11/30/2010 6:58:46 AM<p>Some 4,000 farming and craft-producing households in four northern provinces of Viet Nam will benefit from a multi-agency programme, led by ITC, which was launched recently with funding from Spain’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Achievement Fund...</p>http://www.intracen.org/news/A-new-programme-to-boost-incomes-of-rural-poor-in-Viet-Nam-gets-underway/11/30/2010 6:51:57 AM<p><span lang="EN-CA">ITC's Ethical Fashion Programme in Kenya, which helps small and medium-sized businesses in the fashion sector to export their products, has received a major boost with the signature of a partnership agreement between ITC and Kenya’s Export Promotion Council (EPC)...</span> </p>http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-Ethical-Fashion-Programme-boosted-by-new-partnership-with-Kenya’s-Export-Promotion-Council/11/30/2010 6:22:53 AM<span style="background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">In 2012 ITC assisted 98 trade support institutions, arranged for 955 enterprises to meet with potential buyers leading to sales transactions and delivered 17 export development strategies...</span>http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-publishes-2012-Annual-Report/03/15/2013 8:30:32 AMITC projecthttp://www.intracen.org/projects/poor-communities-and-trade-haiti-component/11/15/2012 4:03:59 AMITC’s global events this October and November will focus on innovation and emerging markets as forces to power sustainable export growth. The 13th World Export Development Forum (WEDF) will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 15-17 October, followed...http://www.intracen.org/news/Creating-growth-through-inclusion-and-innovation/08/16/2012 6:27:54 AMA delegation from Republic of Liberia on 17 July visited ITC for discussions on ongoing trade-support programmes and the possibility of ITC support in its WTO accession negotiations. The Liberian delegation was led by Deputy Minister for Commerce and...http://www.intracen.org/articles/Liberia-trade-support-building-and-WTO-accession/07/17/2012 10:15:22 AMAs countries concentrate their efforts on meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, a hot topic is the development framework that will succeed the MDGs. United Nations Member States seeking to shape the post-2015 agenda are considering...http://www.intracen.org/article/Setting-goals-measuring-economic-empowerment/06/28/2012 11:21:36 AMITC and SIS will on 19 June hold a panel discussion during the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) Trade and Sustainable Development Symposium on the opportunities and challenges environmental standards present for exporters...http://www.intracen.org/news/How-can-standards-help-promote-transition-to-a-green-economy/06/12/2012 7:10:50 AMThere are more than 500,000 garbage collectors — or catadores — in Brazil who are grouped under the AnCat association and make their living from recycling what others throw away. To ensure that their role in creating a sustainable society gets the attention...http://www.intracen.org/news/Brazil’s-catadores-to-voice-their-views-at-RIO+20/06/12/2012 5:09:19 AMAddressing ITC’s annual Joint Advisory Group (JAG) meeting, Ms. Patricia R. Francis, Executive Director of ITC, spoke about ITC’s focus on building partnerships with beneficiaries and other trade-related technical assistance agencies, and on developing innovations in delivering services in accordance with countries’ needs to the benefit of small-and medium-sized exporters...http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-focuses-on-partnerships-innovation-and-responding-to-countries’-individual-needs/05/21/2012 9:17:16 AMPatricia Francis, ITC's Executive Director, joined Ambassador Betty E. King, the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, Ms. Ruth Y. Goldway, Chairman of the United States Postal Regulatory Commission and Ms. Violette Ruppanner, President of the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT), at the US Mission in Geneva to debate how to optimise the effects of leveraging the power of women's networks...http://www.intracen.org/news/Empower-women-to-power-trade-and-sustainable-development---Patricia-Francis-speaks-at-US-Mission-in-Geneva-to-mark-International-Women39s-Day/03/06/2012 5:04:57 AMLighting Africa, a joint International Finance Corporation (IFC) and World Bank programme, is mobilizing the private sector to build sustainable markets that provide safe, affordable and modern off-grid lighting to Africa’s un-electrified communities....http://www.intracen.org/article/Lighting-Africa-Catalyzing-markets-for-modern-off-grid-lighting/07/20/2011 10:31:09 AM<p>Taxing Health: The relevance of tariff revenue from anti-malarial commodities Paper dealing with potential fiscal revenue losses in malaria endemic countries, resulting from elimination of import duties and tariffs on anti-malaria products (medicines for treating/preventing of malaria, diagnostic tests, mosquito </p>http://www.intracen.org/Taxing-Health-The-relevance-of-tariff-revenue-from-anti-malarial-commodities/06/28/2011 8:15:47 AMProducers of sustainable Vietnamese handicrafts, created with the help of ITC, were put on display at the LifeStyle Viet Nam trade fair in Ho Chi Min City in April. The fair, organized by the country’s handicraft exporters association – VIETCRAFT...http://www.intracen.org/news/Vietnamese-home-décor-producers-showcase-sustainable-products/05/27/2011 2:51:22 AM<p> Extract from the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) Gap Task Force Report, prepared for the UN Summit on MDGs in 2010. To read the full report, click here . “To enable developing countries to reap greater gains from trade, the MDG Gap Task Report 2010 recommends that the international community sho</p>http://www.intracen.org/Extract-from-the-Millenium-Development-Goals-MDGs-Gap-Task-Force-Report/03/10/2011 10:17:55 AM<p>Focusing on the value of exports rather than simply their volume is a key means for developing countries to survive and prosper in times of economic crisis, said Patricia R. Francis, ITC's Executive Director...</p>http://www.intracen.org/news/Developing-Countries-Urged-to-Focus-on-the-Value-of-Exports-Rather-Than-Volume/01/10/2011 11:49:48 AM<p> The member countries of the International Trade Centre (ITC) today endorsed the organization’s plans for delivering trade-related technical assistance to developing countries in 2011 at the end of the 44th annual meeting...</p>http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-Members-Endorse-Organization39s-Plans-for-2011/01/10/2011 10:38:44 AM<p> The 11th World Export Development Forum (WEDF) wound up here today with the more than 300 delegates from 60 countries expressing optimism about trade growth in the post-crisis era and reaffirming their commitment...</p>http://www.intracen.org/news/Forum-Confirms-Commitment-to-Export-Led-Growth/11/30/2010 6:58:46 AM<p>Some 4,000 farming and craft-producing households in four northern provinces of Viet Nam will benefit from a multi-agency programme, led by ITC, which was launched recently with funding from Spain’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Achievement Fund...</p>http://www.intracen.org/news/A-new-programme-to-boost-incomes-of-rural-poor-in-Viet-Nam-gets-underway/11/30/2010 6:51:57 AM<p><span lang="EN-CA">ITC's Ethical Fashion Programme in Kenya, which helps small and medium-sized businesses in the fashion sector to export their products, has received a major boost with the signature of a partnership agreement between ITC and Kenya’s Export Promotion Council (EPC)...</span> </p>http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-Ethical-Fashion-Programme-boosted-by-new-partnership-with-Kenya’s-Export-Promotion-Council/11/30/2010 6:22:53 AM<span style="background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">In 2012 ITC assisted 98 trade support institutions, arranged for 955 enterprises to meet with potential buyers leading to sales transactions and delivered 17 export development strategies...</span>http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-publishes-2012-Annual-Report/03/15/2013 8:30:32 AMITC projecthttp://www.intracen.org/projects/poor-communities-and-trade-haiti-component/11/15/2012 4:03:59 AMITC’s global events this October and November will focus on innovation and emerging markets as forces to power sustainable export growth. The 13th World Export Development Forum (WEDF) will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 15-17 October, followed...http://www.intracen.org/news/Creating-growth-through-inclusion-and-innovation/08/16/2012 6:27:54 AMA delegation from Republic of Liberia on 17 July visited ITC for discussions on ongoing trade-support programmes and the possibility of ITC support in its WTO accession negotiations. The Liberian delegation was led by Deputy Minister for Commerce and...http://www.intracen.org/articles/Liberia-trade-support-building-and-WTO-accession/07/17/2012 10:15:22 AM