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ITC and CIDA discuss future cooperation

29/01/2013 09:03:46 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

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...

Joined-up value-chain thinking

21/01/2013 03:43:08 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

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...

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

23/12/2012 01:06:12 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

20/12/2012 09:32:04 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

13/12/2012 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

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...

CCIPT to provide Export Management Development certification in China

26/11/2012 05:08:14 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

23/11/2012 04:34:23 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

20/11/2012 10:28:01 AM

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

20/11/2012 10:02:50 AM

ITC project

ITC recognised for supporting Tajikistan in WTO accession preparations

15/11/2012 08:44:59 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

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...

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...

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...

Understanding NTMs means understanding trade interests

17/10/2012 05:49:17 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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

15/10/2012 08:02:16 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

11/10/2012 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...

ITC’s NTFII programme gets thumbs-up for tackling barriers to trade

11/10/2012 03:01:59 AM

NTFII gets more than a passing grade when it comes to identifying barriers to growth and giving Trade Support Institutions (TSIs) the know-how to tackle these barriers, according to Dick de Man, Deputy Managing Director at the Netherlands' Centre for...

Sub-Saharan Africa could reap $35bn annually from trade facilitation and infrastructure investments

11/10/2012 01:47:27 AM

New ITC study: Africa's Trade Potential: Export Opportunities in Growth Markets.
The International Trade Centre (ITC) today announced the findings of a major analysis of sub-Saharan Africa’s trade potential...

Trade Promotion Organizations compete for top awards

05/10/2012 02:16:49 AM

ITC today announced the shortlist of candidates for the 2012 TPO Network Awards – Excellence in Export Development Initiatives. Eleven national Trade Promotion Organizations from Austria, Benin, the Dominican Republic, France, Jamaica, Jordan, Lithuania, Mexico, Uganda, the United Arab Emirates and Zambia have been nominated for this year’s shortlist...

Trade-policy training with lasting impact

17/09/2012 04:59:12 AM

Does Baluchistan, Pakistan or Newfoundland, Canada have more power to promote investment? Can the negotiations of bilateral trade treaties have a knock on effect on treaties already in place with other countries? In a seminar room at the University of...

Business associations in Africa: what are their potentials?

13/09/2012 08:16:41 AM

ITC 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...

Company contacts now in Trade Map

31/08/2012 09:16:43 AM

ITCArticleElcitra Site\Intracen Company contacts now in Trade Map ITC adds company data from more than 60 countries to Trade Map, improving the ability of companies to identify trading partners across the world. ITC Communications 2012-08-31 Users of the International Trade Centre (ITC)’s Trade Map

Registration open for TPO Network world conference and awards

21/08/2012 09:21:59 AM

Registration is open for the 9th Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) Network World Conference to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 18-19 October. Hosted by the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation...

Creating growth through inclusion and innovation

16/08/2012 06:27:54 AM

ITC’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...

What role for Bangladeshi women in ICT?

15/08/2012 10:28:51 AM

The information and communications technology (ICT) industry in Bangladesh is a thriving and is offering both well paid and highly skilled jobs. But the future success of the sector depends largely on the ability of attracting both visionary entrepreneurs...

Trade and Environment team launches blog

13/08/2012 11:07:31 AM

The team behind ITC’s Trade and Environment Programme (TEP) has launched a blog that aims to provide a wider perspective on issues related to the programme and inform readers on general issues related to trade and the environment. The blog will share...

Rio+20: What it means for Aid for Trade and ITC

10/08/2012 09:10:12 AM

In today’s blog post we share our thoughts on what the Rio+20 outcome document means for ITC and its work. While trade is only explicitly mentioned in a handful of paragraphs, the principles of sustainable development mentioned throughout the outcome document have broad implications for the Aid for Trade Agenda.

Trade-analysis training for Peruvian professionals

25/07/2012 10:47:35 AM

Researching and analysing export markets were the topics of two recent ITC-led workshops in Peru, targeted at professionals working on trade support. The first workshop, which took place in Tarapoto on 30 May-1 June, looked how to gather and analyse...

Making the most of cold-chain systems

24/07/2012 10:56:02 AM

What are the best ways of using cold chains in the agriculture sector in Sub-Saharan Africa? That was the issue at a recent workshop organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Yaoundé, Cameroon, with the assistance...