Participants at the World Export Development Forum say it is a good place to gain new insights and expand their business networks.
‘Sustainable Sourcing of Agricultural Raw Materials – a practitioner’s guide’ is being launched in London today...
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...
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.
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...
Growth, inclusion and innovation will take centre-stage at three ITC conferences this autumn in Indonesia, Malaysia and Mexico.
Finland and ITC agree to continue and strengthen efforts to make it easier for women to participate in trade — locally, regionally and globally.
Funding to improve competitiveness and boost volume and value of rooibos exports.
ITC urges policymakers at WTO’s Committee on Trade and Development to accelerate efforts to ensure gender equality and do more to empower women.
ITC’s buyer-seller development partnerships aim at increasing exports of mangos from Senegal to Europe.
African Union and ITC vow to continue to strengthen cooperation to help facilitate and boost trade in Africa.
Patricia Francis, ITC’s Executive Director, and Turkey’s incoming ambassador to the WTO, exchange views about future opportunities.
ITC will host its event, Good Business Models for a Sustainable Future, as part of the UN Global Compact’s Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum on Sunday 17 June. The event can be seen live here at 7pm CET.
ITC’s Ethical Fashion Initiative invites 100 garbage collectors to its Good Business Models for a Sustainable Future event at the Corporate Sustainability Forum.
ITC and the Swedish Standards Institute (SIS) will contribute to the dialogue on the role for trade and standards in promoting sustainable development at this month’s Rio+20 Conference.
Addressing 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...
Speech by H.E. Mr. Hisham M. Badr, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Delivered on Day One of the 46th Session of the ITC JAG, 21-22 May 2012. Monday, 21 May 2012, 10:00-10:10...
Speech by H.E. Mr. Francisco Pírez Gordillo, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the WTO, Permanent Mission of Uruguay. Delivered on Day One of the 46th Session of the ITC JAG, 21-22 May 2012. Monday, 21 May 2012, 10:10-10:20...
This week, ITC Executive Director, Ms. Patricia Francis, took part in the World Economic Forum on Africa 2012 held in Addis Ababa between 9-11 May...
In 2011 ITC delivered more trade-related technical assistance (TRTA) than in any previous year, even after adjusting for exchange rate fluctuations, exceeding its delivery target and demonstrating credible results across all of its performance measures,...
Women represent half the global population, but they are almost invisible as suppliers to large procurement organizations. In developing countries like India, the majority of women workers are part of the unorganized sector making it difficult to track...
Brazil, the world's fourth-largest mango exporter, is serving as an example for African countries that grow the fruit to learn how to improve efficiency and tackle problems that hinder production. To this end, the ITC and the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) organized a field visit to Brazil's Petrolina region in November so that African entrepreneurs could benefit from Brazilian producers' experiences and knowledge...
Ministers stressed the importance of Aid for Trade during the second day of the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s Eighth Ministerial Conference. The comments came during informal discussion on the multilateral trading system. In her opening speech...
The International Trade Centre (ITC), Senegal and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (CBI) have agreed to work together on a project aimed at bolstering exports of the African country's mangoes to Europe. The Senegal NTF II Project "Enhancing...
Enhancing companies’ ability to trade is a key element of national development agendas. In recent years, Aid for Trade has become the main vehicle for such investment in developing economies. Aid for Trade provides a platform for governments to achieve...
ITC is working with partners to bring together women business owners from around the world and top-level executives from multinational companies for business matching and mentorship. The connections and learning experiences...
The International Trade Centre (ITC) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) have released a new handbook and CD to make it easier for organizations to understand and implement an environmental management system (EMS)...