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Understanding intellectual property rights to boost business in Pakistan

04/03/2013 10:15:09 AM

Job opportunities can be created in Pakistan by increasing investment and innovation through a greater knowledge and understanding of intellectual property rights (IPRs) and institutional and legal arrangements for their enforcement. That was the message...

ITC hosts debate on plurilateral services liberalization negotiations

03/20/2013 10:10:44 AM

Global services leaders, Geneva-based ambassadors and other participants at the inaugural session of ITC’s Trade in Services Seminar Series discussed the proposed plurilateral agreement on services that has been proposed by 21 World Trade Organization...

Survey: WEDF 2012 yields new business contacts for 80% of delegates

03/18/2013 7:29:21 AM

Eight out of ten participants at the World Export Development Forum (WEDF) in 2012 made new business contacts, according to a survey carried out by the International Trade Centre (ITC). Almost half of the delegates that attended last year’s event discovered...

ITC publishes 2012 Annual Report

03/15/2013 8:30:32 AM

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...

The world’s first practitioner’s guide to the sustainable sourcing of agricultural raw materials

03/14/2013 3:57:12 AM

‘Sustainable Sourcing of Agricultural Raw Materials – a practitioner’s guide’ is being launched in London today...

Excellence award for ITC partner in Tajikistan

03/13/2013 7:42:31 AM

Consulting company Kamolot-1, which is a partner of the Trade Promotion Programme of the International Trade Centre (ITC) in Tajikistan and is run by ITC national consultants, has been awarded the Gabriel Al-Salem International Award for Excellence in...

Australia donates AUD 3 million to ITC to bolster exports by Pacific women

03/12/2013 3:36:29 AM

Women entrepreneurs in the Pacific region are to benefit from increased export and income opportunities following a funding agreement signed by ITC and AusAID today...

Ethiopia’s business to play bigger role in WTO accession effort

03/01/2013 2:39:30 AM

Ethiopia should assess the potential benefits of liberalization of its services sector as a means to fulfil its own ambitions for growth and development in the upcoming negotiations for the country’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). This...

EU funds for ITC tool help improve market-access transparency

02/20/2013 6:15:07 AM

ITC's online market analysis tools will in 2013 continue to be free for users in developing and least developed countries, thanks to financial support from the European Commission...

ITC launches official Facebook page

02/19/2013 9:39:15 AM

The International Trade Centre (ITC) this week launched its official Facebook page as a way to better communicate with its partners and audiences across the world.Followers of ITC will be able to find out about the latest news, analysis, data and events,...

ITC and CCI France: A cooperation to benefit SMEs and entrepreneurs in developing and least developed countries

02/19/2013 3:09:42 AM

ITC and CCI France have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen cooperation between the two organizations in relation to provision of trade-related technical assistance to developing and least developed countries.

Enabling the business environment for trade and investment?

02/07/2013 10:10:19 AM

Since its first publication in 2008, the Global Enabling Trade Report, which is published by the World Economic Forum, has become a valuable reference tool for many countries in their efforts to increase trade and for many companies by allowing them...

Non-tariff measures affecting Mauritian trade

02/04/2013 9:49:26 AM

Developing a national food control strategy and accreditation of official laboratories are some of the steps that Mauritius must take to remove barriers to trade. These and other issues were discussed at a workshop in Mauritius on 24 January where the...

ITC and CIDA discuss future cooperation

01/29/2013 9:03:46 AM

Mr Paul R. Samson, Director-General for Multilateral Development Institutions at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), on 29 January visited the International Trade Centre (ITC) where he was met by member of ITC’s senior management led...

Peru to showcase organic produce at BioFach

01/28/2013 9:58:14 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...

Joined-up value-chain thinking

01/21/2013 3:43:08 AM

Approximately four million people in developing countries move from rural areas to live in cities every week. While living in rural locations, these people had access to supplies of basic fresh produce of some sort in a local market or from family smallholdings....

ITC’s Trade Map country data reaches record high

12/28/2012 9:53:23 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...

Ghana: producers and industry experts co-author yam sector strategy

12/23/2012 1:06:12 PM

When 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...

Private sector and government cooperation key to maximising benefits from Liberia’s WTO accession

12/20/2012 9:32:04 AM

That was the message at a meeting earlier this month where representatives from private sector associations and government ministries and agencies met to discuss Liberia’s bid for WTO membership. At the three day event, attended by over 50 participants,...

Boosting organizational skills in trade information

12/13/2012 10:06:42 AM

Managers and officers from business information services in trade promotion organisations, chambers of commerce, business associations and other export-related organisations were at the centre at the International Trade Centre’s Geneva headquarters on...

ITC’s website goes mobile

12/07/2012 7:22:09 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...

CCIPT to provide Export Management Development certification in China

11/26/2012 5:08:14 AM

The agreement, which will lead to the roll out of training programmes throughout the country, is seen as a milestone in extending ITC’s export management programmes in China. The agreement was signed last month in Ningbo, China, recognizing CCPIT as...

Celebrating 125 years of Swedish exports

11/23/2012 4:34:23 AM

Celebrating its 125th year, the Swedish Foreign Trade Association, or Sveriges Allmänna Utrikeshandelsförening (SAU) as is its Swedish name, hosted an anniversary seminar on 21 November to look back at its history and the challenges ahead. The International...

IA89 T4SD Small Traders Capacity Building Programme

11/20/2012 10:28:01 AM

ITC project

IA87 Project development: Institutional strengthening of the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Haiti

11/20/2012 10:02:50 AM

ITC project

ITC recognised for supporting Tajikistan in WTO accession preparations

11/15/2012 8:44:59 AM

The meeting was the inaugural session of the public-private dialogue on “Making the Most of WTO Accession: Financial Services Negotiations and Liberalization”, where participants commended ITC for its role in Tajikistan’s accession process. In the World...

ITC and WIPO join forces with Tanzania to brand Zanzibar cloves

11/15/2012 7:14:06 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

11/13/2012 3:49:02 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...

Women are needed to bring back global growth

11/05/2012 2:49:16 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...

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

10/18/2012 1:47:14 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

10/18/2012 5:05:27 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

10/17/2012 7:39:58 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...

Understanding NTMs means understanding trade interests

10/17/2012 5:49:17 AM

Understanding the policy implications of non-tariff measures (NTMs) is crucial to policymakers and researchers for them to defend the trade interests of Pakistan, according to Mr Tahir Maqsood, Director-General of PITAD. Mr Maqsood was addressing the...

Finance: fuelling the trade as the engine of growth

10/17/2012 4:03:05 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...

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

10/17/2012 1:53:49 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...

Commodities, competitiveness and innovation in the supply chain

10/16/2012 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

10/16/2012 7:06:10 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...

WEDF 2012 Opening Plenary - Marta Lucia Ramirez de Rincon

10/16/2012 4:43:02 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

Interregional and intraregional trade in emerging markets identified as key to addressing global economic crisis

10/15/2012 8:02:16 AM

Emerging markets will account for upwards of 80 percent of total global GDP growth in 2012, driven in part by trade within and between these markets. One of the rare bright spots in global economic news, growth in interregional and intraregional trade among emerging markets makes up one-fifth of the world’s total trade and is expected to surpass North-South trade flows by 2030.

WEDF to explore trade opportunities between high growth markets

10/11/2012 10:02:30 AM

Slowing or negative growth in mature, wealthy economies is encouraging businesses and policymakers in developing countries to pursue trade opportunities in high growth emerging markets. While the shift in focus has already begun, many unexploited opportunities opportunities remain in inter-regional and intra-regional trade...