Green Growth: an imperative of economic development
As the world recovers from the economic downturn that followed the 2008 financial crisis, it has become clear that industrial development models created in the past are increasingly unsustainable, both...
View ArticleCommitting to quality in Kyrgyzstan
At a plant in the North-East of Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek, a 20-minute ride from the city centre over potholed roads, 23-year-old Bakhtiyar Kudakeldiev works as a water bottling operator. He does...
View ArticleTrade facilitation enhancing interregional and intraregional trade
The Government of Jamaica is placing significant emphasis on enhancing trade on both an interregional and intraregional basis to make this a priority.Traditionally, Caribbean economies have been...
View ArticleWhere art meets global development
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...
View ArticleITC supply chain management programme earns prestigious international...
The International Trade Centre (ITC)’s Supply Chain Management Programme (SCM) has earned an important international quality management standard certification, ISO 9001:2008. This prestigious and...
View ArticleMaking the most of cold-chain systems
What are the best ways of using cold chains in the agriculture sector in Sub-Saharan Africa? That was the issue at a recent workshop organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
View ArticleQ&A – Exploring new horizons: Moroccan SME trades up
Although the greatest barriers to trade in Morocco are similar to those any small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) would face in a developing economy, the country has a dynamic economy. In the World...
View ArticleInternational Trade Centre and Institute for Supply Management agree on...
Agreement sets forth mutual recognition of supply chain management certifications. ITC and ISM have entered an agreement based on mutual recognition of each institution’s supply chain management...
View ArticleExport Supply and Value Chains Take Centre Stage on Day Two at WEDF 2012
With the world’s population recently surpassing the seven billion mark and on track over the next forty years to add two billion more, primarily in the developing world, optimizing developing...
View ArticleThe world’s first practitioner’s guide to the sustainable sourcing of...
‘Sustainable Sourcing of Agricultural Raw Materials – a practitioner’s guide’ is being launched in London today...
View ArticleITC and multinationals explore areas of cooperation
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’...
View ArticlePower of branding to boost exports of developing countries
ITC emphasized the power of branding exports of developing countries to increase their market competitiveness, as part of a two-day conference organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization...
View ArticleITC to boost competitiveness of global services sectors
The International Trade Centre (ITC) will take the global stage in an effort to boost services-sector competitiveness of developing countries, increasing their production of value-added goods and...
View ArticleITC to reveal new services-trade promotion programme
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...
View ArticleAfrican ethical fashion to step into the spotlight at TICAD V
Fashion as an enabler of economic growth will take centre stage at the 5th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V), an event aimed at expanding the market share of ethically...
View ArticleTrade in services can be a game changer for development
Trade in services can be a game changer for developmentIn ITC we are convinced that trade in services represents a huge and game-changing opportunity for developing countries including the most...
View ArticleAfrican ginners export cotton to Thai, Bangladeshi spinners
Cotton ginners in Africa are discussing new export opportunities with spinners in Asia after visits to processing factories in Thailand and Bangladesh last month. The ITC-organized trip, aimed at...
View ArticleZimbabwe’s new leather strategy aims to boost exports five-fold
The launch of the Zimbabwe Leather Sector Strategy, designed to encourage home production of leather goods
View ArticleITC participation at WTO’s Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade
Innovation, sustainability and inclusive export growth are the overarching themes for the International Trade Centre’s (ITC) participation at next week’s Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade. The six...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom contributes GBP 7.2m to ITC to enhance trade capacities of...
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,...
View ArticleITC training boosts Tanzanian cotton exports
The International Trade Centre (ITC) has assisted in the training of more than 1,100 cotton farmers and gin operators in the United Republic of Tanzania in contamination reduction. The training is part...
View ArticleITC and IFPSM join hands for benefit of the supply-chain management profession
The two organizations to work together to train small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries on purchasing and supply management
View ArticleGhana becomes first country to launch yam strategy
The West African country’s national yam strategy aims to improve livelihoods of workers in the sector, inspire other countries to do the same
View ArticleITC ED addresses African trade ministers, urges action to boost SMEs’...
(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...
View ArticleRaising standards of Sri Lankan fruits and vegetables
A project to help Sri Lankan fruits and vegetables meet international quality and food safety requirements has been launched by the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce...
View ArticleNinth WTO Ministerial Conference(1)
3–6 Dec. 2013, Bali, Indonesia The World Trade Organization's (WTO) Ninth Ministerial Conference (MC9) will be held in Bali, Indonesia from 3-6 December 2013. A successful outcome of the upcoming...
View ArticleAccess! To export for businesswomen in Africa
Since 2007, the ITC ACCESS! Export Training Programme, funded by CIDA, has been dedicated to addressing these problems by strengthening the competitiveness of more than 2,500 women exporters in 20...
View ArticleMore than a third of Indonesia's exporters affected by non-tariff measures
Thirty-seven percent of Indonesian exporters and importers are affected by trade-restricting measures, according to a survey of nearly 1,000 Indonesian companies by the International Trade Centre (ITC)...
View ArticleImproved Standards Map allows users to compare sustainability standards and...
(Geneva) – Voluntary sustainability standards addressing issues related to environmental quality, social equity and trade practices have grown exponentially over the past decade. Small and medium-sized...
View ArticleWomen entrepreneurs in the textiles and garments industry upgrade business...
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...
View ArticleWorld Wildlife Day: greater effort needed to ensure sustainability in...
(Geneva) – Governments and businesses must step up cooperation to stem the illegal wildlife trade. Calling on the international community to promote conservation, biodiversity and sustainability on the...
View ArticleMultiplying trade opportunities in the Pacific region through a new partnership
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...
View ArticleITC launches SustainabilityXchange to boost sharing of knowledge and best...
(Geneva) The International Trade Centre (ITC) today unveiled SustainabilityXchange, an online forum which provides practitioners of sustainable trade with easy access to a wealth of information....
View ArticleThe Gambia launches Trade Information Centre, cashew and sesame sector...
Exporters in The Gambia are set to see their goods become more competitive in global markets following the launch of the country’s Trade Information Centre and two key sector strategies.The...
View ArticleSAI Platform, ITC and GLOBALG.A.P. introduce joint initiative for global food...
(Geneva) Today, GLOBALG.A.P., the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform and the International Trade Centre (ITC) are initiating the ‘The Declaration of Abu Dhabi for Global Food Security...
View ArticleTapping supply chains to reach global markets
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that belong to supply chains have a better chance of exporting to global markets, according to experts gathered at a recent discussion on SME...
View ArticleEmpowering the poor to benefit from global value chains
How can value chains work for the poor? That was the question tackled by participants at a high-level round table at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) World Investment...
View ArticleITC’s Supply Chain Management programme recertified for ISO quality...
The International Trade Centre’s (ITC) Supply Chain Management (SCM) programme has been recertified for the standard measuring quality management principles, ISO 9001:2008.An audit reviewed the...
View ArticleFijian chocolate producers eye sweet export success
Tomo Zukoshi has always been concerned with food safety, but it was only recently that he was convinced they would need to acquire HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) certification for...
View ArticleZambian cotton farmers gain hand-spinning skills, chance at higher incomes
Forty cotton farmers in Zambia – mostly women – have gained the skills to hand-spin cotton, a skill that opens up opportunities for additional income and job creation, in particular for youth. Farmers...
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