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We provide tailored support, aligned with national objectives, to grow trade opportunities for micro, small and medium businesses in developing countries.
<p>SheTrades Commonwealth + project aims to foster an enabling business ecosystem by promoting inclusive policy and data and engaging business support organizations, private-sector partners, and women-led businesses in the Commonwealth countries. <span> </span>The project will focus on scalability and immediate results by strengthening the functionalities and diversifying services of the SheTrades Initiative globally through SheTrades Outlook and SheTrades Hubs. This project will build upon the previous phase of the SheTrades Commonwealth project that has been ongoing since 2018, over which time sustainable networks of stakeholders at both ecosystem and SME levels have been built and sustained. </p>
Companies are invited to apply to the programme. To qualify for the e-commerce training, companies must be:
Micro, small or medium companies where women hold at least 25% of leadership roles
Located in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama or Uruguay
Producer and marketer of products suitable for sale online, such as beauty and cosmetics, fashion, accessories, jewellery, handicrafts, toys, stationery, gourmet products, digital marketing, consulting services, and others.
<p><br></p><p dir="ltr"><strong>SheTrades Latin America is an initiative of ITC - SheTrades Global, implemented by ITC - ecomConnect. With the objective of empowering and training 1,000 women-led companies to enable them to sell their products and services online. The programme will run from June 2022 to December 2023. </strong></p><p dir="ltr"><strong>ITC works with strategic partner institutions specialized in e-commerce in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama and Uruguay, to develop tools and events in Spanish. The project aims to guide and assess a total of 1,000 beneficiary companies in their e-commerce journey on the virtual learning platform developed by the project.</strong></p><p dir="ltr"><strong>SheTrades LatAm will contribute to SDG 5 and the ITC target of "Connecting 3 Million Women to Markets." </strong></p><p><br></p><p>SheTrades Latin America es una iniciativa piloto de SheTrades Global, implementada por ecomConnect. Su objetivo es aumentar la digitalización de 1,000 empresas latinoamericanas lideradas por mujeres para vender en línea. El proyecto se comenzó en junio, 2022, y se llevará a cabo hasta diciembre de 2023.</p><p>El ITC trabaja con las instituciones técnicas especializadas en comercio digital en Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Panamá y Uruguay para desarrollar y probar las herramientas y eventos en español. El proyecto aspira a capacitar a un total de 1.000 empresas beneficiarias en su ruta para vender en línea utilizando la plataforma de aprendizaje virtual desarrollada en el marco del proyecto. </p><p>SheTrades LatAm contribuirá al ODS 5 y al objetivo del ITC de “Conectar a 3 millones de mujeres con el mercado”.</p>
<p>To provide with a sound evidence base for Chile’s future trade relationships, the project envisages to bring together databases and expertise in ITC and the Ministry. Results will help inform the public about potential outcomes of its trade agreements.</p>
ITC supports interregional trade in Latin American and Caribbean countries as the most conducive to productive and export diversification. Investment in trade facilitation, sustainable production and digitalisation of commerce will propel the region forward and contribute to gender equality. ITC’s programmes specifically foster the creation of quality employment for women and female-led enterprise in international trade in the region.
