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  • Programme for building African Capacity for Trade

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  • REGIONAL TRADE FOR GLOBAL GAINS

    The “Programme for building African Capacity for Trade” (PACT II) is a trade-related technical assistance programme, executed by the International Trade Centre (ITC) and funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

  • It aims at strengthening the support capacity of African regional and national institutions to enhance export competitiveness, market linkages and export revenues of African small and medium size enterprises with a special focus on women-owned enterprises through the ACCESS! for African Businesswomen in International Trade programme. 

     triangle_blue  PACT II calendar of events in 2011                      

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    Working with Regional
    Economic Communities           

    PACT II focuses on regional trade
    integration and institutional capacity
    building in partnership with three
    Regional Economic Communities (RECs)       


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      COMESA 
      ECCAS 
      ECOWAS 

    PACT II is sponsored by: 

    CIDA 

  • Highlights

    21.05.2012
    ITC focuses on partnerships, innovation and responding to countries’ individual needs

    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...

    30.01.2012
    WTO Director-General praises ITC's work on regional integration during visit to Ethiopia

    During a visit to the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange and the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce on 30 January, Pascal Lamy, WTO Director-General, recognised ITC's work in improving the country's export competitiveness, whilst noting that 'International trade must in the future be measured by how much value is added to a country’...

    17.01.2012
    CIDA and ITC meet to discuss progress and future plans

    CIDA's Director-General of Strategic Policy, Tobi Nussbaum, visited the ITC offices in Geneva on Tuesday 17 to speak with ITC Deputy Executive Director, Jean-Marie Paugam, about the organization's work, results achieved and plans for the future...

    28.12.2011
    ITC, ECOWAS head mission to Brazil's top mango region for entrepreneurs from four West African nations

    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...

    05.12.2011
    ITC Executive Director opens flagship Export Actors Forum, Benin.

    The African continent has seen impressive growth over the past decade but faces big challenges in order to keep developing at the same rate. “As the world moves into another major crisis Africa has the means to weather the storm. This you must do for yourself” said ITC Executive Director, Patricia Francis, jointly opened the flagship Export Actors Forum (EAF) on the 5 December in Cotonou, Benin...

    21.09.2011
    ITC launches new website for African businesswomen

    Womenexporters.com is a new ITC website offering trade information and regional networking opportunities to businesswomen in Africa under ITC’s Programme for building African Capacity for Trade (PACT II). The site, launched as part of the ACCESS! programme for African Businesswomen in International Trade earlier this month, also serves as a platform for importers who seek to source from women entrepreneurs and reliable suppliers in the continent...

    22.07.2011
    COMESA and ITC heads meet to discuss regional trade development and support

    ITC Executive Director, Ms. Patricia Francis, and Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Mr. Sindiso Ngwenya met yesterday to discuss ITC /COMESA cooperation, particularly focusing on PACT II as the major regional...

    28.01.2010
    ITC Executive Director Urges Regional Trade Boost to Counter Economic Downturn

    Businesses in Africa need to concentrate on developing regional markets and find ways to link up in specific sectors to tackle global competition and survive the current economic downturn...

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