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4 May-September 2021

Online

How to #NetworkwiththeCommunity How to #NetworkwiththeCommunity online Entrepreneurs! Learn how to network better online through this new series of ecomConnect workshops that include speed networking sessions for practical learning. The workshops are brought to you in collaboration with global partners, including Google's #IamRemarkableinitiative. Register for the first session with our online community here

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28 May-10 June 2021

Online

Making trade agreements work for MSMEs and development This ITC webinar series facilitates joint learning and knowledge sharing and brings MSMEs and development perspectives to the attention of policymakers in WTO member states. The events take place on 28 May: Investment Facilitation for Development; 7 June: E-commerce; 8 June: Services Domestic Regulation; 9 June: Trade and Environmental Sustainability; 10 June: MSMEs. For more information, please go here

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9-10 June 2021

Online

Innovation Fair Organized by the ITC Innovation Lab, this interactive event provides an opportunity to showcase how ITC is innovating to advance trade and to discuss the future of the organization’s work. ​ The goal is to share these ideas, break thinking silos, and foster collaboration for further innovation.  Register here

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14 June 2021

Online

UNCTAD Trade Forum The ITC Executive Director shares ITC’s perspective on the question: ‘The green side of trade policy, what can we do?’ in a session from 15:00-18:00 CEST on 14 June. To be part of the discussion. Register here

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15-16 June 2021

Online

European Development Days 2021 Organized by the European Commission, the European Development Days (EDD) bring the development community together to share ideas and experiences in ways that inspire new partnerships and innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. The 2021 theme is "The Green Deal for a Sustainable Future”

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16-19 June 2021

Online & Paris, France

Start-up opportunity at VivaTech 2021 At Europe’s biggest start-up and tech event, VivaTech 2021, ITC’s #FastTrackTech organizes a challenge on ‘Innovative Solutions for Affordable and Reliable Internet in Africa’. Are you a formally registered African digital start-up with an innovative solution improving the access to affordable connectivity? Then the ITC #FastTrackTech challenge is for you! Apply and find more information here

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18 June 2021

Online

World Refugee Day event To mark World Refugee Day 2021, ITC brings together private sector representatives who share their unique experiences with doing business in displacement settings. Join the conversation on 18 June from 15:00-16:30 CEST. Please register here

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21-24 June 2021

Kigali, Rwanda

Commonwealth Business Forum

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24 June 2021

Online

TV talk show: Empowering the Green Recovery Join us for this dynamic live TV talk show featuring ITC Executive Director Pamela Coke-Hamilton and business guest speakers. Findings from the 2021 edition of ITC’s annual flagship report, the SME Competitiveness Outlook, underpin the discussion. Watch live on the ITC Facebook and LinkedIn channels at 15:00-15:45 CEST and engage via live chat

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25 June 2021

Online

Digital Champions for Small Businesses This initiative focuses on small businesses’ participation in international trade by helping them go digital. Business support organizations and NGOs are invited to submit proposals. Join the launch at 14:00-14:30 CEST Go to www.wto.org

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28 June 2021

Online

MSME Day 2021 event – MSMEs: Key to an inclusive and sustainable recovery With a panel discussion with entrepreneurs and messages from high-level speakers from across the world, we celebrate the contribution of small businesses to an inclusive and sustainable recovery on this United Nations international day in support of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. 14:00-16:30 CEST Register here for the ZOOM session:https://bit.ly/3q3LbhE  Or watch live on UN Web TV

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30 June 2021

Online

E-commerce at the border   Understanding the application of duties and taxes is a matter of great importance to small enterprises selling online. Getting it wrong can be costly but getting it right can be a competitive advantage. Join the conversation and workshop on June 30 from 11 AM to 1 PM CEST. Register here

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12 August 2021

Online

Celebrating International Youth Day Join an inspirational discussion on ecopreneurship, featuring young entrepreneurs and partners in renewable energy and energy efficiency, waste, and water. Don’t miss the launch of the first-ever Youth Ecopreneur Awards, an annual start-ups competition that celebrates young ecopreneurs and encourages networking. Find out more and register here: https://social.yecommunity.com/events/63739

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2-4 September 2021

Online

China International Fair for Trade in Services  Join an inspirational discussion on ecopreneurship, featuring young entrepreneurs and partners in renewable energy and energy efficiency, waste, and water. Don’t miss the launch of the first-ever Youth Ecopreneur Awards, an annual start-ups competition that celebrates young ecopreneurs and encourages networking. Find out more and register here: https://social.yecommunity.com/events/63739

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16-18 September 2021

Online

UNCTAD Youth Forum On 16 September, ITC leads the session 'Start-up your dream: Creating an ecosystem of youth entrepreneurship' as contribution to the UNCTAD Youth Forum. To be part of the Forum, please go here

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23 September 2021

Online

Pre-COP: Greening value chains - fashion industry Under the GreenToCompete initiative, and in the framework of the pre-events to the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26), ITC is organizing a discussion on 'Greening international value chains through trade: The case of the fashion industry in developing countries' on 23 September from 14:00-15:00 CEST. To find out more, please contact greentocompete@intracen.org

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27-28 September 2021

Online

Trade for Sustainable Development Forum The 2021 edition of this annual ITC flagship event features a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the launch of Standards Map, the world’s largest database for sustainability standards. You are invited to a full-day event on 27 September, as well as the T4SD Forum session 'From Competition to Collaboration: Collective Action in Sustainability Standards' at the WTO Public Forum on 28 September. To learn more and to register, please visit the T4SD Forum webpage here. Registration deadline for the WTO Public Forum is 6 September

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28 September-01 October 2021

Geneva & Online

WTO Public Forum & Geneva Trade week Contributing to a green and inclusive recovery is at the core of activities led by ITC and partners at the WTO Public Forum and the Geneva Trade Week. To learn more about sessions led by ITC and partners, please visit here. To register for the WTO Public Forum by 6 September, please go here

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1 October 2021-31 March 2022

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

EXPO 2020 The World EXPO aims to attract 25 million visitors and to inspire new partnerships for the future. The International Trade Centre will highlight the need to support small businesses as part of the United Nations’ EXPO presence

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3-7 October 2021

Online

Fifteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development The ministerial conference will present an opportunity to align the sustainable development agenda with global efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic

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7 October 2021

Online

World Cotton Day ITC and WTO will lead an event to celebrate the 2021 World Cotton Day. The annual international day recognizes the contribution to job creation and to maintaining economic stability along the cotton value chain

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7-8 October 2021

Online

ecomConnect Days Join inspiring conversations about the shifting position of online marketplaces as hubs of global connection and growth. How can they become more inclusive by fostering global connections, particularly in developing and least developed countries? Register here

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2 November 2021

Geneva & Online

55th session of the Joint Advisory Group (JAG) The JAG reviews ITC's activities based on the Annual Report. Recommendations regarding ITC's future work programme are made to the governing bodies, UNCTAD and WTO. The meeting will take place on 2 November 2021, from 10:00-18:00, at the Palais des Nations, Room XIX, and online Find out more here

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5-10 November 2021

Shanghai & Online

China International Import Expo ITC supports the participation of small businesses from Asia, Africa and Latin America in the food & agriculture, consumer goods, and services sectors in the fourth CIIE event

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15-21 November 2021

Durban, South-Africa

Infra African trade-Fair (IATF) ITC Deputy Director Dorothy Tembo is an Ambassador of the Intra-African Trade Fair that focuses this year on the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).  Find out more here

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