Projects

Some examples of present and recent projects through which ITC is providing technical assistance in the area of standards and quality management, are as follows:

• Advancing Afghan Trade (A764)
• The Gambia: Youth Empowerment Programme (B179)
• Zimbabwe: Strengthening the national sanitary and phytosanitary institutional framework (A293)  Newsbrief 1, Newsbrief 2
• Madagascar: Renforcement de la normalisation et de la qualité (B359)
• Promoting Intra-regional Trade in Eastern Africa (INT/U1/159 160 161A)
• Myanmar: Improving Food Safety and Compliance with SPS measures to increase Export Revenues in the Oilseeds Value Chain (MYA/98/05A)
• Supporting Indian trade and investment for Africa (INT/71/21A)
• Fiji: Key services to develop livestock and animal food (FIJ/75/34A)
• Fiji: Improvement of key services to agriculture (FIJ/75/30A)
• Gambia: Sector competitiveness and export diversification (GAM/4B/01A)
• Enhancing competitiveness of the Kenyan avocado sector - Netherlands Trust Fund Phase III (KEN/47/112A)
• Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar: National export strategy of Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar(INT/6B/01A)
• Lesotho: Horticulture productivity and trade development (LES/4B/03A)
• Peru: Export development in Peru's northern corridor (PER/61/129A)
• Senegal: NTFII Enhancing export competitiveness of mangoes from the Niayes region (SEN/47/109A)
• Sri Lanka: STDF-Improving the safety and quality of fruits and vegetables (SRL/98/03A)
• Zimbabwe: Support to trade and private sector development (ZIM/75/38A)

Impact stories

• Transforming SMEs in Kenya through food security
• Sweet results for Fijian chocolate exports
• Multiplying benefits: Implementing food safety in Kenyan agro-business sector
• Improved quality translates into exports for Nigerian shea-butter
• Helping Gambian exports overcome technical barriers
• Senegalese mango producters obtain quality certification
• SMEs increase exports of textile and clothing by boosting quality
• Boosting exports from Peru's norther corridor
• Bangladesh diversifying exports by meeting technical requirements