http://www.intracen.org//layouts/RSSFeed.aspx?id=48871HE 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...http://www.intracen.org/Vanuatu-delegation-visits-ITC/28/01/2013 10:34:33 AMWhen SalamaTulari sat at her roadside shed in Tamale peddling yams and wondering how she'd ever come up with the money to expand her business, she never imagined her voice would help determine the future of Ghana's strategy to develop its yam industry.But...http://www.intracen.org/news/Ghana-producers-and-industry-experts-co-author-yam-sector-strategy/23/12/2012 01:06:12 PMThat was the message at a stakeholder conference on WTO accession in Vientiane, Lao PDR, on November 27th, where private sector representatives, academia, society players and government officials discussed Lao PDR’s WTO accession commitments and...http://www.intracen.org/news/Lao-PDR-accession-commitments-discussed-ahead-of-WTO-accession/30/11/2012 10:34:15 AMRegional integration in Africa has long been recognized as essential to addressing issues related to the small economic size of many countries and the often arbitrarily drawn borders that pay little attention to the distribution of natural endowments....http://www.intracen.org/De-fragmenting-africa-Regional-trade-integration-in-goods-and-services/24/09/2012 10:27:47 AMITC has recently completed studies that identify business association in selected African regions and assess their capacity and areas of interest on trade policy issues and business advocacy. The three separate studies focus on the regions of the East...http://www.intracen.org/news/Business-associations-in-Africa-what-are-their-potentials/13/09/2012 08:16:41 AMTress Buchanayandi, Uganda’s Minister for Agriculture, on 31 July launched the five-year strategic plan of the National Union of Coffee Agribusinesses and Farm Enterprises (NUCAFE), which is designed to strengthen and enhance competitiveness by empowering...http://www.intracen.org/news/Ministerial-praise-for-NUCAFE’s-strategic-plan/04/09/2012 07:57:17 AMA recent ITC survey of 960 Peruvian companies shows that 40% face challenges related to non-tariff measures (NTMs), mostly in their major export markets in the United States of America, the European Union and some countries in Latin America. The report...http://www.intracen.org/news/Peruvian-companies-face-barriers-to-trade-in-EU-and-US/07/08/2012 05:19:36 AMAs part of its work to build institutional capacities for the private sector and improve trade, the Government of the Republic of South Sudan at a recent high-level meeting in Juba asked ITC to assist in its efforts to achieve these goals. The meeting,...http://www.intracen.org/news/South-Sudan-wants-ITC-to-help-boost-private-sector-growth/02/08/2012 05:13:13 AMThe on-going negotiations on a free-trade agreement between the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and in particular the potential impact of the...http://www.intracen.org/news/Tripartite-free-trade-deal-could-boost-trade-across-Africa/30/07/2012 10:03:03 AMITC’s Trade Support and Regional Integration Programme for the Côte d’Ivoire (PACIR) will on 7 and 8 June host a workshop in Abidjan to inform and discuss about the commercial aspects and implications of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). ITC will...http://www.intracen.org/epas-what-are-the-implications/06/06/2012 03:53:34 AMThe 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…http://www.intracen.org/news/Policy-recommendations-stemming-from-Public-Private-Dialogue-formally-submitted-to-Government-of-Pakistan/27/04/2012 10:54:00 AMThe experiences of countries around the world demonstrate that sound trade policies and public-private dialogue are essential to successful exporting. In Pakistan, sustainable trade expansion is hampered by a lack of training to build a cohort of well-informed...http://www.intracen.org/Boosting-trade-policy-in-Pakistan/30/03/2012 09:55:39 AMSpeaking 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...http://www.intracen.org/news/Conference-on-business-and-humanitarian-issues-meets-in-Geneva-Switzerland/16/03/2012 12:11:01 PMITC Executive Director, Patricia Francis, today welcomed representatives from the Tajikistan government and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) to ITC headquarters for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding outlining the three parties desire to work together on Tajikistan's accession to the WTO...http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-to-assist-Tajikistan-in-WTO-accession-process/09/03/2012 09:00:32 AMITC has recently launched a new book titled Public-Private Collaboration for Export Success - Case studies from Barbados, Ghana, India, Thailand and Malaysia. ITC commissioned the case studies in the book to showcase the successful experiences of public-private...http://www.intracen.org/news/ITC-launches-new-book-Public-Private-Collaboration-for-Export-Success---Case-studies-from-Barbados-Ghana-India-Thailand-and-Malaysia/24/02/2012 10:48:57 AMInnovative ways of thinking are necessary in order to respond to the ever-changing global economy, according to Patricia R. Francis, Executive Director of ITC. In her speech during the opening session of the <span lang="EN-CA">WTO MC8, Ms. Francis emphasized that ITC is reinventing itself to keep up with the changing environment in order to provide state of the art value to the poorest countries... </span>http://www.intracen.org/news/Responding-to-global-trade-challenges-necessitates-a-rethink-in-approaches/15/12/2011 01:49:13 PMLeast Developed Countries need to become more active in WTO negotiations to reap the full benefits of accession, need to improve the business environment for small and medium size enterprises and show results to donors, said tradeministers from LDCs...http://www.intracen.org/news/LDC-trade-ministers-discuss-the-benefits-of-WTO-membership-and-the-need-for-effective-well-planned-technical-assistance/15/12/2011 10:49:46 AMIntroduced in the early 1900s, cotton farming in Kenya did not expand greatly until the 1970s. At that time, cotton was identified by the government as a crucial crop to fight poverty in the country, and at least 20 ginneries were established. The industry’s...http://www.intracen.org/South-South-cooperation-with-ITC-facilitation/08/12/2011 11:22:50 AMWhile certain proponents of global free trade may disagree, regional trade blocs offer a compelling model for economic development. By removing barriers to trade within a region – harmonizing regulation to enable the free flow of goods, services and...http://www.intracen.org/Aspiration-vs-reality-Local-perspectives-on-regional-trade/08/12/2011 09:33:41 AMAsia’s coming of age has been the development story of the past 40 years. The reasons for this are varied, but some of the more significant factors have been knowledge exchange, technology transfer, and increased economic integration and cooperation...http://www.intracen.org/Towards-an-economic-community-in-Southeast-Asia/08/12/2011 08:44:42 AMJust 100,000 people live within the Republic of Kiribati’s 3.5 million square kilometre territory in the South Pacific. Kiribati is one of the most remote countries in the world, thousands of kilometres from major ports such as Shanghai, Sydney and Tokyo....http://www.intracen.org/Aid-for-Trade-strategy-in-the-Pacific/07/12/2011 11:24:26 AMThree years after the financial crisis, the global economy remains weak, and fears of another recession persist. The euro zone debt crisis, a slowdown in the United States economy and volatile food and energy prices threaten to send shockwaves around...http://www.intracen.org/Economic-integration-in-Asia-Pacific/07/12/2011 11:08:15 AMUnder the EU-funded Trade Related Technical Assistance (TRTA II) programme, a two day training course on “Regional integration - Comparative legal framework” was conducted on 16-17 November 2011 at the Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development (PITAD),...http://www.intracen.org/news/Training-course-on-regional-integration-for-Pakistani-policymakers/23/11/2011 09:30:23 AMThe National Coordinating Committee is tasked with making the nutmeg sector development strategy a reality, using a participatory methodology and monitoring its implementation. It's members include representatives of farmers, processors, the Ministry...http://www.intracen.org/prime-minister-grenada-welcomes-greater-private-sector-involvement-nutmeg/04/11/2011 10:18:31 AMA four-day training course on Trade Policy and Negotiations took place at the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) between 25 and 28 October, 2011, in Manila...http://www.intracen.org/news/Training-course-in-the-Philippines-on-trade-policy-for-private-and-public-participants/28/10/2011 11:18:50 AMIn an increasingly connected world, creative uses of technology provide new opportunities to enable two-way information flows between governments and citizens. Through its ICT Knowledge Platform on Innovations for Accountability and Service Delivery...http://www.intracen.org/The-World-Banks-ICT-innovations-for-accountability-and-service-delivery/26/10/2011 10:52:06 AMTunisia has a flourishing agri-food products industry, with a growing reputation for quality. Some 10.8% of the labour force was employed in agriculture in 2010, contributing to the fight against unemployment and sustaining livelihoods. Accessing...http://www.intracen.org/The-advantage-of-awareness-in-accessing-foreign-markets-Tunisian-institutions-on-track-to-successful-networking-for-trade-intelligence/28/09/2011 09:02:47 AMAccording to a recent inter-agency report, about 16% of the world’s population is chronically undernourished. Aid for Trade is making a contribution to addressing the problem, but much more needs to be done to coordinate policy approaches that will...http://www.intracen.org/Feeding-the-hungry-The-role-of-Aid-for-Trade/27/09/2011 11:44:59 AMThe 2011 World Export Development Forum explored how least developed countries can make tourism work towards poverty reduction. At the 2011 World Export Development Forum (WEDF), high-level leaders from Burundi, Cambodia and Tur­key...http://www.intracen.org/Unlocking-potential-Cambodia-Burundi-Turkey/26/07/2011 11:09:26 AMIn its blueprint for new tourism, the World Travel &amp; Tourism Council promotes the importance of partnerships for sustainable tourism development.   With global travel and tourism forecast to grow at a rate of 4% per year over the next...http://www.intracen.org/Blueprint-for-new-tourism-A-partnership-model/26/07/2011 10:42:56 AMOn the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day in March 2011, ITC celebrated the successes women have made in trade. At an event co-hosted by the World Trade Organization (WTO), ITC recognized the vital contribution women make...http://www.intracen.org/Empowering-Women-Powering-Trade-ITC-and-WTO-celebrate-the-100th-anniversary-of-International-Womens-Day/19/07/2011 10:55:16 AMPre-packaged commodities are estimated to account for more than 75% of the total value of traded commodities worldwide. However, exports of many pre-packaged consumer products from developing countries are often hampered by lengthy border control procedures or even rejected, due to non-conformity to indicated quantity of product.1http://www.intracen.org/Pre-packaged-Goods-Product-Quantity-Certification-Scheme/24/02/2011 06:40:46 PMQuality is a prerequisite for successful market access and increasing revenues from export, but meeting technical requirements in the international marketplace is a challenge for many exporters.http://www.intracen.org/Export-Quality-Management-Programme-ITC-Overcoming-Technical-Barriers-to-Trade/24/02/2011 06:40:26 PMSouth-South trade has grown steadily over the last decade to become an important feature of international trade. Growth has been rapid and has tended to cover a broader range of products than South-North trade. Moreover, growth has been evident in areas of higher value addition and technological content offering prospects for reducing dependence on commodity trade. The greater proportional drive coming from enterprises compared to the efforts of governments still leaves scope for improvements in trade facilitation and other trade-generating initiatives.http://www.intracen.org/A-More-Dynamic-and-Transformative-South-South-Trade/24/02/2011 06:32:32 PM<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. 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