To help women entrepreneurs emerge stronger from the COVID-19 crisis, the International Trade Centre’s SheTrades Initiative and world's largest package delivery company, UPS, are focussing on boosting the digital transformation of women-led businesses....
French speakers are now able to access all functionalities on SheTrades.com to help them grow their businesses
SheTrades.com is now available in Spanish in web and app versions
SheTrades Outlook enables governments and others to track progress on gender equality in trade
SheTrades, the International Trade Centre’s initiative for economic empowerment of women, launched a new webinar series titled ‘Responding to the Business Impact of COVID-19`.The outbreak has not only been in charge of an unparalleled social impact,...
The International Trade Centre and UPS present faces of SheTrades in new films that capture the stories of three women entrepreneurs
SDG500 investment platform is dedicated to helping achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and will use debt and equity to bridge the financing gap
New scholarship to provide talented women with opportunity to study Executive Master in Internationalization and Trade at IE's School of Global and Public Affairs.
SheTrades Invest expands to cover countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean and Latin America.
Upgraded SheTrades platform comes with new interface and new features, promising a better user experience.
International Trade Centre workshop in Abuja provides opportunity for women entrepreneurs to boost export knowledge.
SheTrades in the Gambia aims to facilitate the integration of women-owned businesses in the economy and increase their participation in trade
Join our Women’s Day event on 7 March to vote for your favourite video pitch! University students! Submit a video pitching your innovative idea to support women entrepreneurs to win our Women’s Day competition and a trip to ITC’s flagship event
As part of ITC SheTrades initiative, the SheTrades in the Commonwealth Programme, funded by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), supported 13 women-owned brands from Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria this February...
Ten women-owned businesses from Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya to attend COTERIE, one of the United States’ top fashion trade shows, thanks to support from the International Trade Centre’s SheTrades initiative.Taking place at the Javits Center, New York City,...
Women entrepreneurs sought from Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Kuala Lumpur event to launch work on ITC’s SheTrades Outlook and the Commonwealth Connectivity Agenda
ITC and eBay help connect 50 women-owned business connect to global marketplace as part of SheTrades initiative
SheTrades Invest to offer impact capital to women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises across 14 countries
Mentoring programme for women to ensure UN gender parity goals.
(Dhaka/Geneva) – The International Trade Centre (ITC) today launched the Bangladesh chapter of SheTrades in the Commonwealth to deliver greater economic returns for women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. A dedicated project of ITC’s global SheTrades initiative,...
Speech delivered by ITC Executive Director Arancha González at the SheTrades Global 2018Liverpool, United Kingdom26 June 2018
ITC and Maersk team up to press for progress on International Women’s Day
Women-owned tourism businesses from Asia and Africa are attending the world's biggest tourism trade fair in Berlin, where the International Trade Centre has arranged for them to meet with prospective new clients from France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere.
Regional platform will coordinate efforts to empower women through trade and entrepreneurship
(Buenos Aires) – For the first time in the history of the World Trade Organization, WTO members and observers have endorsed a collective initiative to increase the participation of women in trade. In order to help women reach their full potential in...
Women-owned Sake Farm and more than 2,000 affiliated farmers benefit from investments in supply chain by Sucafina, JDE and ITC
Liverpool Vision and ITC join forces to bring women entrepreneurs to the UK’s largest international business event.
Hear from Liberia, the Gambia, Sweden and more in our new #TradeMatters video playlist
Vice-president, ministers showcase reforms and make the case for capacity assistance
The World Trade Organization is hosting the Aid for Trade Global Review 2017 from 11-13 July in Geneva.
New partnership to focus on job creation, sustainable growth and inclusive development.
Rwanda’s First Lady launches SheTrades Rwanda, mobile phone giant MTN announces support for initiative, offers free downloads and training
On 8 March, watch videos spotlighting what women are accomplishing in business, technology, traditional arts and other fields – and learn why it makes economic sense to empower women.
Watch the latest edition of ITC’s video news programme to see Moroccans who model good trade – more green, inclusive and high quality.
Italy and ITC to work closer together on supporting the internationalization of Italian companies, strengthening participation in trade-led development.
€1.9m funding from Germany to be targeted at achieving trade-related Global Goals
WTO Public Forum discussion puts focus on gender, trade and how to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Nigeria commits to connecting 200,000 women entrepreneurs to markets by 2020
Watch a video featuring two beneficiaries speaking about the results of receiving training from ITC.
(Nairobi) - Barclays Bank of Kenya and the International Trade Centre (ITC) have today launched a partnership that seeks to equip 10,000 local women entrepreneurs with new skills and connect them to international trade opportunities by 2020. The SheTrades...
Watch a video featuring new SheTrades champions responding to the call to connect 1 million women to global markets by 2020.
Speech delivered by ITC Executive Director Arancha González at the Barclays – ITC SheTrades partnership launchUNCTAD XIV 2016 - Nairobi, Kenya
Speech delivered by ITC Executive Director Arancha González at the launch of SheTrades initiative in Nigeria13 July 2016 - Abuja, Nigeria
Training and branding help Palestinian women entrepreneurs boost export.
Finland announces €3.175m funding for ITC during International Forum on Women in Business – one-third earmarked for women-related projects.
Through an ITC-organized training, 40 farmers learned to process their cotton into lint, yarn and potentially artisanal products.
ITC arranges Palestinian women entrepreneurs’ participation in trade fairs and business-to-business meetings at the International Textile Fair in Abu Dhabi and during Caspian Fashion Week.
ITC head calls on Australia and Pacific countries to do more to include women in the economy at the Lowy Institute
ITC project diversifying Cambodia’s silk industry reduces poverty in rural areas, creates jobs and boosts women’s income.
Any barrier that serves to curtail the involvement of women in the workplace is not only an injustice to half of the world’s population, but it’s simply bad business, says Arancha González, executive director of the International Trade Centre (ITC). Yet...
Watch the latest episode of Trade Compass to see how technology can help girls and women get to the top, in a world where 90% of formal jobs require tech skills.
Watch public figures – from the head of Nestlé to ambassadors and the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva – talk about why women’s economic empowerment matters.
Statement delivered by ITC Executive Director Arancha González at the Women Entrepreneurship Conference26 February 2016 - Istanbul, Turkey
(Geneva/Istanbul) – Women entrepreneurs from across the world will on 1-2 September 2016 convene in Istanbul, Turkey, for the fifth Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum (WVEF). The event will be preceded by the annual Trailblazers Summit on 31 August,...
Displaced women in Damascus sell handmade products through online channels.
Through the app, women-owned businesses can share their profiles with buyers, and buyers can match themselves with companies that meet sourcing requirements.
Report brings new survey data, case stories to bear on key obstacles and solutions
Young entrepreneurs to benefit from coaching, pitching opportunities and online training.
ITC presents an online course on entrepreneurship as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week
Increased sales to high-end fashion buyers would boost rural women’s incomes
Naima Zeyad launched her first jewellery line and opened her own store after participating in an ITC project.
Watch results of the first-ever WVEF Tech Challenge, which attracted teams from around the world to create an app to bring more women into markets.
Watch how globally successful women entrepreneurs are helping other women to thrive in business.
ITC, Google, and CI&T select Greenbell Communications of Kenya to build digital platform in campaign to connect one million women entrepreneurs to markets.
Successful businesswomen ignite entrepreneurs meeting in São Paulo for the Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum.
Watch how business leaders and policymakers are taking steps to connect more women to the global marketplace.
ITC Executive Director unveils online tool aimed at leveling the playing field and making the procurement market more inclusive.
Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum opens in São Paulo with call for greater efforts to include women in business
Web developers from Brazil, Costa Rica, Kenya and Thailand selected as finalists for the joint ITC, Google and CI&T WVEF Tech Challenge
Women coffee entrepreneurs from Africa and Latin America sell 378 tons of coffee after participating in business-to-business meetings in Seattle, Washington.
Read how one Kenyan woman entrepreneur supported nine of her siblings by working in coffee.
Traditional embroidery has evolved into a significant source of income for a large number of Palestinian women. Many women have seen this culturally important handicraft as a great opportunity to start their own businesses, updating prized techniques...
WTO’s Global Review of Aid for Trade shines light on women’s role in the economy
ITC Executive Director’s statement at a panel during the 29th session of the Human Rights Council, 19 June, Geneva
After participating in business-to-business meetings in Seattle, Washington, African and Latin American women coffee entrepreneurs stand to sell 378 tons of coffee.
Statement delivered by ITC Executive Director at theGlobal Summit of Women Ministerial RoundtableSao Paulo, BrazilThursday, May 14th 2015
ITC launches Arabic version of guide on public procurement from women vendors
Training programme aims to increase Myanmar’s share of international tourism.
Better knowledge about the environment and standards is helping promote gender equality in Kenya and Peru.
ITC helps develop strategy to fortify the role of women in Burkina Faso’s shea sectorCan the humbleshea nut help empower women economically? It can, at least in Burkina Faso where the government is working with the International Trade Centre (ITC) to...
Across the world, women business owners are faced with non-tariff measures preventing them from expanding business. Palestinian women are no exception.
From Milano to New York: how ITC’s Ethical Fashion Initiative empowers women artisans in poor communities
Women make up more than 50% of Bangladesh’s population, but make up only 13% of the workforce in IT
Can coffee empower women? Join ITC for a film screening at Palais des Nations on Monday 16 March to find out.
Applying voluntary standards can open doors to new markets and help overcome obstacles faced by women exporters.Can standards be used to promote inclusiveness and to include women in international supply chains? Through awareness building and through...
This was a busy week for seven Zambian women weavers, who participated in back-to-back events in Nairobi, Kenya, showcasing their products, learning new production and business techniques, and meeting with potential customers and investors. ‘I was about...
Governments are investing in women-owned businesses because they think it will make a difference to their economies, said panellists at a session on empowering women in the global economy.Women constitute half of the world’s population, but are far from...
Trade experts at UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum call for greater inclusiveness of poor and youth in global trade.
New Yorkers and UN officials see the power of fashion fuelling development
(Kigali) The International Trade Centre (ITC) today joined the United Nations’ One UN inter-agency partnership to boost youth and women development in Rwanda.ITC Executive Director Arancha González signed up to the One UN partnership during a meeting...
(Kigali) – The International Trade Centre (ITC) today launched an initiative to increase the number public procurement contracts being awarded to women-owned businesses (WOBs). Currently only an estimated 1% of public-procurement contracts globally are...
ITC’s Fourth Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum held in Rwanda from 16-17 Sept
Delivered on 15 September 2014 at the Fifth Senior Executive Roundtable on Sourcing from Women Vendors(CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY)Honourable Oda Gasinzigwa, Minister of Gender and Family Promotion, Excellencies, Ladies and GentlemenIt is a great honour for...
Improving business prospects for women can help make a difference, says Ethiopia’s First Lady
The Fifth Senior Executive Roundtable on Sourcing from Women Vendors organised by the International Trade Centre (ITC) will be launched in Kigali, Rwanda, on 15 September 2014 by the Minister of Gender and Family Promotion, Oda Gasinzigwa and the Executive...
Women’s economic empowerment was the centre of attention at a debate in the United Kingdom’s House of Commons (Parliament) on 10 September, which featured the International Trade Centre’s Executive Director Arancha González as lead speaker.The debate,...
The International Trade Centre (ITC) will strengthen collaboration with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and the National University of Samoa. ITC signed agreements with the two partner institutions on 2 September 2014 in Apia, Samoa, on...
Women’s economic empowerment was at the centre of attention at a side-event organized by the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Government of Samoa at the Third UN Conference on Small Island Developing States on 2 September 2014.The event, which...
The economic empowerment of women will be the centre of attention in the United Kingdom's House of Commons on 10 September 2014. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Trade Centre (ITC), the Saana Institute in collaboration with the...
Women’s economic empowerment focus of ITC at Samoa conference
The International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) are partnering to mainstream gender into the Caribbean’s trade and economic development agenda. The organizations are jointly implementing a training seminar called ‘Gender...
Kigali event in September will promote trade, partnerships and investment
(Astana, Kazakhstan) – Increased gender equality has a positive impact on economic growth and poverty reduction, said International Trade Centre Executive Director Arancha González at the International Forum of Women: “G-Global – the role of women in...
Talks focused on women’s economic empowerment
(Geneva and Kigali) -- The urgent need to create trade and employment opportunities by increasing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will be at the core of the discussions between global thinkers, business leaders and practitioners...
Improving opportunities for women can aid social progress
Unlocking women’s export potential vital for socio-economic development
(Geneva/Kathmandu) Pashmina producers in Nepal are being given a boost in exports through assistance in product and market development, including marketing their goods under a collective trademark, as part of a new trade support project led by the International...
The International Trade Centre (ITC) is looking to give the Pacific region an economic boost by launching new projects in Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Vanuatu.ITC is partnering with the trade promotion organization Pacific Islands Trade & Invest (PT&I)...
UN agencies to step up support for economic empowerment of women in developing and transition countries
(Ramallah) - The International Trade Centre (ITC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Business Women Forum-Palestine (BWF), today launched a new project to empower Palestinian women business owners and help build...
Speech by Ms. Arancha González, Executive Director, International Trade CentreDelivered on 16 February 2014 at the launching ceremony of the project ‘Enhancing women’s SME development in the State of Palestine’ Mr. Rami Hamdallah, Prime Minister of PalestineMr....
Women vendors in Africa are set to increase their competitiveness and gain better access to global markets after 19 institutions and individuals signed up for the Global Platform for Action on Sourcing from Women Vendors.ITC hosted delegates from 11...
Increased participation of women in trade in Africa leads to economic diversification, increased regional trade and, ultimately, poverty reduction. However, women’s economic potential is held back by specific constraints, such as lack of access to information,...
The International Trade Centre (ITC) and UN Women will scale up their cooperation to facilitate the creation of more jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities for women. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women and Arancha González, Executive...
UN Global Compact looks forward to greater cooperation with ITC in engaging business for development
CAD $5 million to help improve export opportunities for Moroccan businesses and increase job opportunities for women and youth
More must be done to support inclusive growth and sustainable development in LDCsITC Acting Deputy Executive Director Ashish Shah tells UNIDO meeting that Least Developed Countries continue to suffer from access to international tradeA post-2015 development...
Women entrepreneurs of developing countries working in the textiles and garments sector are now better equipped to create and position their products to meet buyers’ requirements and to compete in global markets, thanks to a training workshop organized...
(WASHINGTON, DC) – The public and private sectors need to work together to assist Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in growing their services exports, creating jobs and reducing poverty, Ms. Arancha González, Executive Director of the International Trade...
(ADDIS ABABA) Ms. Arancha González, the Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC), outlined the agency’s planned US$ 60 million African trade integration programme at the annual conference of African Union (AU) trade ministers today....
Leaders from the business sector, government and civil society gather at the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit to create a framework for corporations to facilitate women’s economic success
The three Geneva-based trade agencies must cooperate effectively and offer complementary approaches to developing countries, the new heads of the agencies agreed. The leaders of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the United Nations Conference on Trade...
Geneva – The United Kingdom has announced funding of GBP 7.2 million (US$ 10.86m) for the International Trade Centre (ITC) with a view to improve trade capacities of developing countries. The funding, which will be allocated over a three-year period,...
Improving access to information on certification and tendering criteria in Uganda is just one step that will enable businesswomen in the country to compete more successfully for government and corporate contracts, according to experts at the International...
The International Trade Centre (ITC) will reveal its new services-trade promotion plan to boost exports of developing countries, resulting in job creation, increased exporter income and empowerment of women and youth, at the second annual China International...
African women coffee producers to receive boost from launch of new chapters of the International Women’s Coffee Alliance in Rwanda and Tanzania, as part of ITC’s Women and Trade Programme.
Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum to unlock women’s trade potential
ITC Executive Director Patricia Francis met with members of The Geneva Business Roundtable earlier this week to discuss areas of cooperation ranging from supply chain management training to members’ participation in an ITC-led initiative to increase...
Cambodian and Laotian handicraft industries are set to benefit from increased export and sales opportunities by participating at Lifestyle Vietnam, one of Asia’s main handicraft fairs.
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...
Women entrepreneurs across Africa are generating employment and adding value to exports in innovative ways, despite facing a range of challenges, including limited access to export training, market information and finance.
Life is changing for 21-year-old Sreymom Heng, who lives with her parents in the village of Mreas Prov, in Cambodia’s southern Takeo province. She is one of 700 weavers who have seen a nearly 40% increase in their income thanks to the two-year ITC project...
This autumn the International Trade Centre (ITC) has organized several events to ensure that growth, innovation and inclusion stay on top of the global trade and development agenda.At the World Export Development Forum 2012 (WEDF), held in Jakarta on...
Governments worldwide spend US$ 11 trillion a year on procurement, yet only an estimated 1% of procurement contracts are won by women.1 Increasing that 1% by linking more women-owned businesses into global value chains was the goal of two events held under the auspices of the Global Platform for Sourcing from Women Vendors in Mexico City on 5 to 7 November 2012.
Women entrepreneurs across Africa are generating employment and adding value to exports in innovative ways, yet they face a host of challenges, such as limited access to export training, market information and finance, in addition to other barriers women face in the business environment.
Sellers and buyers attending the Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum in Mexico City strike more than 60 deals, totalling more than US$6 million
Twelve deals signed during opening ceremony of Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum
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...
Growth, inclusion and innovation will take centre-stage at three ITC conferences this autumn in Indonesia, Malaysia and Mexico.
A delegation from Republic of Liberia on 17 July visited ITC for discussions on ongoing trade-support programmes and the possibility of ITC support in its WTO accession negotiations. The Liberian delegation was led by Deputy Minister for Commerce and...
ITC urges policymakers at WTO’s Committee on Trade and Development to accelerate efforts to ensure gender equality and do more to empower women.
United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton highlights ITC’s global work in increasing governments’ procurement from women-owned businesses.
In a little more than a century, 40 women have won the Nobel Prize, and there is a steady improvement in the representation of women in national parliaments worldwide. Women have achieved levels of excellence that indeed have made our world a better...
As countries concentrate their efforts on meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, a hot topic is the development framework that will succeed the MDGs. United Nations Member States seeking to shape the post-2015 agenda are considering...
ITC’s Women and Trade Programme aims to help women entrepreneurs and women in export-oriented value chains derive greater economic benefit from their participation in trade. Phase I runs from 2010 to 2012 with activities in Africa, Latin America and...
ITC helps organize training for Mexican women jewellers to improve design and jewellery making in bid to boost exports.
Since its launch, ITC’s ACCESS! programme has helped hundreds of businesswomen enter both regional and global export markets.
New opportunities for women, business and sustainable development can be achieved by promoting supplier diversity and inclusion as a key component of sustainable procurement...
Businesses do not have to choose between profits and contributing to inclusive growth. ITC, at an event to be held within the framework of Rio+20, will demonstrate this through business models which turn a profit while also integrating marginalised communities in a sustainable way...
The League of Arab States (LAS) region could increase trade among its member states by 10% and create two million new jobs by removing obstacles to intra-regional trade, according to new research by ITC...
The economic empowerment of women is a critical factor to the achievement of development goals. That was the message from ITC’s Executive Director, Ms. Patricia Francis, during UNCTAD’s High-level Event on Women in Development on Monday 23 April, where panelists agreed that policies that support women in developing countries must be enacted...
Many small and developing countries have a rich cultural heritage and a living tradition of craftsmanship that their populations can draw on when creating artisanal products that will appeal to buyers abroad. Growing commercialization of the arts has...
Speaking at a conference focused on the subject of harnessing the potential for the private sector to have a positive impact on development, ITC Executive Director, Patricia Francis, outlined her view that government and civil society engagement with the private sector is a time commitment but is a necessary component of plans to alleviate poverty...
Patricia Francis, ITC's Executive Director, joined Ambassador Betty E. King, the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, Ms. Ruth Y. Goldway, Chairman of the United States Postal Regulatory Commission and Ms. Violette Ruppanner, President of the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT), at the US Mission in Geneva to debate how to optimise the effects of leveraging the power of women's networks...
“As women business owners, we need two things,” said Erka Tsevegrash, President and CEO of the Gandirs Group construction firm in Mongolia. “First, we need to meet buyers. But that’s not enough because, second, we need to understand their purchasing...
In the four years since ITC first approached the world’s biggest fashion houses to promote its Ethical Fashion Initiative, the programme has gonefrom strength to strength. Starting from little more than a solid strategy and a selection of East African...
After 10 years of making knitwear as a subcontractor, Nelly Puertas of Arequipa, Peru, decided to design and market her own collection. In summer 2010, she attended a meeting organized by PromPeru, the Peruvian export-promotion agency, where members...
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...
The Centre for African Women Economic Empowerment in Ethiopia (CAWEE), one of ITC's ACCESS! Focal Point institutions, recently developed a website to help bolster its efforts to promote female exporters in the country and in the African continent at large...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) ended its ministerial meeting on Saturday 17 December without taking clear decisions on how to revive multilateral talks, focusing instead on welcoming Russia, Samoa and Montenegro as new members and securing a government-procurement...
More government contracts should be awarded to female entrepreneurs, particularly in developing and least developed countries, as they learn about the ins and outs of the procurement process and acquire the necessary skill-building with the assistance...
ITC is bringing together high-level experts from around the world to lay the groundwork for building the capacity for women business owners to win at least five percent of contract bids from government agencies. The meeting, the Inaugural Roundtable on Government Procurement on Sourcing from Women Vendors, is being held in cooperation with WTO on 17 December 2011 in Geneva...
The story of Art Atlas Peru is proof that shrewd business and a commitment to social welfare can go hand in hand. Art Atlas Peru is an ecological and socially driven enterprise that produces sweaters and cardigans from the highest quality natural fibres,...
It has taken several centuries for laws to change in ways that support women’s equal right to lead countries and corporations – to the benefit of the global economy.
In rural areas of the developing world, women are the backbone of their communities. They are farmers, smallholders and farm labourers; they are the primary caregivers of the young, the elderly, the ill and the disabled. They are often entrepreneurial...
Women-owned businesses from around the world have made connections and formed relationships with multinational companies at the International Trade Centre (ITC)’s Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum in Chongqing, China.More than 250 women entrepreneurs...
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...
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...
As the 100% Aid for Trade agency, ITC brings the private sector voice to trade development. It partners with the private sector to ensure that Aid for Trade leads small and medium enterprises to global markets. Within this framework, ITC facilitates...
Three potential tourism-related projects which were discussed at a preparatory workshop in Nairobi are being taken to ITC’s World Export Development Forum (WEDF) in Istanbul for further development. Public and private sector experts worked alongside ITC representatives in early April to develop the first outline of the potential pilot projects...
On the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day in March 2011, ITC celebrated the successes women have made in trade. At an event co-hosted by the World Trade Organization (WTO), ITC recognized the vital contribution women make...
The International Trade Centre (ITC) is showcasing the success of women in the coffee industry as part of the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day. The event on 8 March 2011 is hosted by WTO and ITC at the WTO....
Building a network of Pacific women in business. More than 50 Pacific business women from 14 Pacific nations and Timor Leste will gather in Port Vila, Vanuatu, later this month...
The United Kingdom and the International Trade Centre (ITC) have launched a new three year partnership to implement their common strategy on Aid for Trade, with a special focus on providing business development support to women traders in developing countries...