Trade Forum

Trade, biodiversity, and sustainable development agendas can be mutually supportive, with small businesses as key agents of change.  

Can vulnerabilities become opportunities for resilience and food security? We believe the answer is yes, by transforming food systems in agriculture dependent economies through agroecology.

UNIDO's visionary approach

Small businesses are no exception!

Building digital skills and entrepreneurship is essential for social and economic stability in Palestine

Scaling up key transitions at the SDG Summit and Summit of the Future in New York

What constitutes a successful oceans economy for small businesses in Barbados? Collaboration, data, innovation and technology! A recipe for success. 

How do you promote technology for young businesses in Africa to create inclusive and sustainable economies? Here is how.

“Supporting LDCs… means promoting open and fair-trade rules, so all countries can compete on a level playing field, no matter their position on the development ladder.” – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres

Exploring the e-commerce landscape in Latin America and the Caribbean

How can economic development, trade and investment contribute to peace and stability?

Small businesses have huge potential to supercharge the green economy transition, but are at risk of being left on the side-lines

Why women entrepreneurs can provide the spark to revitalize global trade  

How sustainable agricultural practices in smallholder farming can bring food security and reduce poverty worldwide, especially in developing and least developed countries

Digital skills and technology play a crucial role in driving entrepreneurship among youth in Africa

Empowering women through public procurement is realistic and urgent, as shown in this expert contribution for Trade Forum.  

Chairs: H.E. Dr. Athaliah Lesiba Molokomme- Ambassador of Botswana H.E. Ana Patricia Benedetti Zelaya- Ambassador of El Salvador H.E. Harald Aspelund- Ambassador of Iceland   The World Trade Organization (WTO) has increasingly embarked on broader efforts towards gender balance and...

Women-owned small businesses are still less integrated in international markets than those owned by men.  

Digitalization is a great opportunity to strengthen the business capabilities of Latin-American women.  

In the past 18 months, the global community has seen that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on women.    

For business to be a force for good, it needs to set standards, measure performance and improve its impact on all stakeholders  

As the world becomes increasingly connected, it produces more and more electronic equipment. ITU sets out to engage national governments, industry partners, and other stakeholders in tackling the global e-waste challenge.    

Sustainable Finance Geneva takes impact into account and integrates environmental and social factors into risk assessments, redirecting capital towards economic sectors that align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals  

Sports for Development is a successful tool to create employment and prevent irregular migration

East Africa’s first fund that focuses on investing in creative businesses across the region

The current climate for small business calls for a situation of “adapt or die”. The challenge is, however, that many are not equipped to adapt, and therefore “die”.  

Small businesses are key to supporting a resilient, sustainable and inclusive economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis  

How micro entrepreneurs circumvent the on-going challenges of trading across borders  

Small businesses are an important channel for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, playing a vital role in reducing poverty and income inequality

Over the last 75 years, multilateralism has been a powerful driver and pillar of global integration, peace, and prosperity. However, recent disaffection with globalization and with existing forms of global governance threatens the foundations of the rules-based multilateral order. Growing political...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an adverse economic impact on Africa, with sub-Saharan Africa experiencing its first recession in 25 years. The continent’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to decline from about 3% in 2019 to -2% to -5% in 2020, with the region’s major sources of revenue...

Before 2020, the closest our species came to a truly shared experience was the landing of the first human being on the moon. That changed, and in a horribly negative way with COVID-19. In early April, more than half of the global population was under some sort of lockdown. People everywhere feared...

This year we are all celebrating both the 75th anniversary of the UN and the 25th anniversary of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Charter of the United Nations was signed 1945 at the San Francisco Conference. Delegates from 50 states drafted it with the aim of maintaining...

How international organizations are vital to building back better

The greatest limiting factor in business is opportunity

At the heart of their ecosystem, chambers are ideal business supporters in a world of crisis