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ITC director to German parliament: multilateral agencies essential in trade assistance

03/14/2013 6:26:05 AM

BERLIN – Multilateral trade assistance and bilateral aid play complementary roles and in a number of areas multilateral assistance is more effective, ITC Director Friedrich von Kirchbach told members of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development...

ITC Ethical Fashion Initiative steps on to the global fashion catwalk in Rome

12/06/2012 10:31:17 AM

Simone Cipriani, Head of the International Trade Centre’s (ITC) Ethical Fashion Initiative took centre-stage at the recent conference ‘The Promise of Africa’, which is the flagship luxury conference of the International Herald Tribune (IHT). The annual...

Ethical Fashion Africa Ltd gets thumbs-up from FLA assessment

07/31/2012 11:27:18 AM

Ethical Fashion Africa Ltd (EFAL), the operational partner of ITC’s Ethical Fashion Initiative in East Africa, has been given a solid approval for its work in a business-practice assessment carried out by the Fair Labor Association (FLA). EFAL, which...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recognizes ITC’s work with women entrepreneurs

07/05/2012 8:18:02 AM

United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has highlighted the International Trade Centre (ITC)’s global work in increasing governments’ procurement from women-owned businesses...

Ethical Fashion Initiative and Instituto-e to develop new product capacities

06/18/2012 12:00:54 PM

Ethical Fashion Initiative and Instituto-e to develop new product capacities ITC’s Ethical Fashion Initiative will join forces with Instituto-e, a Rio-based civil-society group, to develop sustainable materials and products for fashion and lifestyle...

Experts to showcase business models that do good while making a profit

06/12/2012 5:53:31 AM

Businesses do not have to choose between profits and contributing to inclusive growth. ITC, at an event to be held within the framework of Rio+20, will demonstrate this through business models which turn a profit while also integrating marginalised communities in a sustainable way...

Ethical Fashion launches West Africa programme

06/08/2012 11:43:36 AM

Ethical Fashion West Africa Launched           ITC’s Poor Communities and Trade Programme has initiated a four-year project in Ghana funded through SECO in collaboration with the Government of Ghana.  The Ethical Fashion Initiative Ghana will establish a sustainable value

Vivienne Westwood previews autumn and winter collections

06/08/2012 11:23:08 AM

Vivienne Westwood – one of the Ethical Fashion Initiative’s most engaged partners – previewed the latest Ethical Africa collection at the Vivienne Westwood Gold and MAN Label Autumn-Winter 2012/13 shows

Ethical Fashion Initiative and Instituto-e to develop new product capacities

06/08/2012 10:48:24 AM

ITC's Poor Communities and Trade Programme (PCPT) is proud to host the Good Business Models for a Sustainable Future event within the framework of Rio+20 Global Compact’s Corporate Sustainability Forum.

African craftsmanship meets high fashion

05/24/2012 11:32:47 AM

In the four years since ITC first approached the world’s biggest fashion houses to promote its Ethical Fashion Initiative, the programme has gonefrom strength to strength. Starting from little more than a solid strategy and a selection of East African...

Conference on business and humanitarian issues meets in Geneva, Switzerland

03/16/2012 12:11:01 PM

Speaking at a conference focused on the subject of harnessing the potential for the private sector to have a positive impact on development, ITC Executive Director, Patricia Francis, outlined her view that government and civil society engagement with the private sector is a time commitment but is a necessary component of plans to alleviate poverty...

Dominican Republic handicraft artisans visit Colombia to learn new skills

01/24/2012 6:59:55 AM

Last month, Artesanías de Colombia welcomed an ITC-led delegation from the Dominican Republic seeking information about the Colombian model that would help enhance the island-nation's handcrafts industry...

Building an environment for investment in Haiti

12/19/2011 6:04:10 AM

Strengthening the trade regulatory framework will help Haiti’s government build a trusting relationship with the private sector. That’s according to H.E. Mr. Wilson Laleau, Haiti’s Minister of Trade during a meeting with the International Trade...

ITC and Caribbean region discuss future projects

12/16/2011 6:32:32 PM

The International Trade Centre and the Caribbean region reaffirmed their commitments of working in partnership in a meeting held within the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s Eighth Ministerial Conference. ‘We already enjoy a good...

Fashion: A catalyst for change

12/07/2011 11:00:48 AM

The potential of the private sector to reduce poverty is well recognized; however, this has not been evident in the fashion industry. Fashion is one of the most globalized sectors, providing employment to more than 60 million people, mainly women and...

Financial Times recognizes ITC's role in starting ethical fashion movement

11/22/2011 6:49:26 AM

ITC's Ethical Fashion initiative played a pioneering role in using high-end fashion to help the developing world, according to a recent article in FT Magazine. The article acknowledged ITC's role in creating the ethical fashion movement, whose mission is to involve marginalized communities in the production of handbags, jewellery and other fashion items designed by Western fashion brands...

Setting up a product development centre for ethical fashion

10/19/2011 9:04:58 AM

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UN Secretary General praises Ethical Fashion Programme

09/28/2011 7:36:43 AM

'The Ethical Fashion Programme of the International Trade Centre (ITC) in Kenya helps small and medium-sized businesses in the fashion sector to export their products. The Programme connects some of the world’s most marginalized people with the...

Kyrgyz and Tajik fashion show hits Moscow

09/20/2011 10:09:19 AM

Clothes and textile designers from the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan will get the opportunity to impress top Russian buyers later this month at the Federal Trade Fair in Moscow, Russia’s largest specialized industrial show...

Our Hub in Africa

09/01/2011 5:19:00 AM

Our Hub in Africa Ethical Fashion Africa Ethical Fashion Africa Ltd (EFAL), also known as « the Hub », is a not-for-profit entity, created by the ITC, which manages all the business operations and the social agenda of the Ethical Fashion Programme in East Africa. Today, the Hub includes a team of full-tim

Kyrgyz, Tajik firms debut in Paris ethical fashion show with ITC support

08/30/2011 9:15:34 AM

With the support of the International Trade Centre (ITC), a group of Kyrgyz and Tajik makers and designers of clothing and artisan goods are for the first time displaying their talents at a top international ethical fashion show in Paris this week.The...

About us

07/27/2011 8:59:08 AM

About us The ITC (International Trade Centre) is the joint agency of the United Nations and the World Trade Organisation dedicated to export impact good. Within the ITC, the Poor Communities and Trade Programme (PCTP) aims to reduce global poverty by involving the micro-entrepreneurs of the developing wo

A clear environmental agenda

07/27/2011 6:45:29 AM

A CLEAR ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA Best Practices for Production For all the products made through our programme, we involve product designers from the industry as well as local experts to ensure all processes use environmentally-friendly methods. We favour natural, local and organic materials. We work with a

A system that works

07/27/2011 6:38:35 AM

A system that works We collaborate with a network of self-managed, artisanal groups who together, make up an extended “multi-craft workshop” , spread over a vast geographical area. The majority of these micro-entrepreneurs are organised into Self Help Groups (SHGs) with a communal goal of achieving eco

Working with women

07/27/2011 6:34:17 AM

Working with women The empowerment of women is our top priority. This is why working with the most marginalised communities of women is a critical element for choosing groups. This is why we operate in some of the world’ s most disadvantaged areas. This is why we work with Internally Displaced People (IDPs

Why we are unique

07/27/2011 6:20:54 AM

Why we are unique The Ethical Fashion Programme promotes a system of shared values and is a new model of global partnership for development in a sustained and measurable way. It already involves over 7,000 people who live in conditions of extreme poverty and share a strong desire to change their lives; it

Members of the Fair Labor Association

07/27/2011 5:07:08 AM

Members of the Fair Labor Association Incorporated in 1999, the FLA is a collaborative effort of socially responsible companies to improve working conditions in factories around the world. The FLA has developed a Workplace Code of Conduct, based on ILO standards and created a practical monitoring, remedia

ITC active at the Third Global Review of Aid for Trade, hosted by the World Trade Organization (WTO), 18 – 19 July, 2011

07/21/2011 3:28:03 AM

As the 100% Aid for Trade agency, ITC brings the private sector voice to trade development. It partners with the private sector to ensure that Aid for Trade leads small and medium enterprises to global markets. Within this framework, ITC facilitates...

WTO Director General welcomed by the Ethical Fashion Programme in Nairobi

04/20/2011 7:42:14 AM

The government of Kenya, represented by the Kenya Export Promotion Council, presented the Ethical Fashion Programme (EFP) to Mr. Lamy as the number one Kenyan project in terms of poverty reduction and empowerment of women. Photographs from the trip included in this article...

Ghana - Pilot Project Fashion Supply Chain - 2011

03/21/2011 5:56:21 AM

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Ethical Fashion: Quality control in Africa Community Projects

02/24/2011 6:43:27 PM

In East Africa, an ITC Ethical Fashion project is demonstrating that international quality and standards can be met, even in the most remote and impoverished communities.

Ethical Fashion - Strengthening the Fair Labour and Environmental Approach

12/07/2010 12:00:12 PM

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Ethical Fashion East Africa(2)

12/07/2010 11:54:37 AM

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Ghana -Pilot project fashion supply chain

12/06/2010 8:04:01 AM

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ITC Ethical Fashion Programme boosted by new partnership with Kenya’s Export Promotion Council

11/30/2010 6:22:53 AM

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)...

ITC director to German parliament: multilateral agencies essential in trade assistance

03/14/2013 6:26:05 AM

ITC Ethical Fashion Initiative steps on to the global fashion catwalk in Rome

12/06/2012 10:31:17 AM

Ethical Fashion Africa Ltd gets thumbs-up from FLA assessment

07/31/2012 11:27:18 AM

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recognizes ITC’s work with women entrepreneurs

07/05/2012 8:18:02 AM

United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has highlighted the International Trade Centre (ITC)’s global work in increasing governments’ procurement from women-owned businesses...

Ethical Fashion Initiative and Instituto-e to develop new product capacities

06/18/2012 12:00:54 PM