Projects

The overall objective of the proposed project is to contribute to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) implementation in Tunisia by increasing the knowledge of economic operators on AfCFTA opportunities. Thanks to a study identifying African value chains to which Tunisian...

ITC is proposing to build the managerial and operational performance of CEPEX (Centre de Promotion des Exportations de la Tunisie) and strengthen its Market Intelligence skills and services to better support Tunisian entrepreneurs through the following 3 outputs:• Strengthening CEPEX managerial...

COVID-19 has vastly accelerated the growth and adoption of e-commerce. It is critical that women-led businesses are able to harness the power of e-commerce to internationalize their business and reach new markets. The SheTrades: Empowering African women through e-commerce project, funded by GIZ,...

The proposed project will scale up the alignment assessment of multi-stakeholder initiatives and individual companies and uptake of OECD Due Diligence Guidance. Building on the ITC Standards Map database and online portal, the project will map relevant multi-stakeholder initiatives and the OECD...

The project funded by German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) focuses on enhanced financial and business development capacities of Gambian MSMEs, improved and formalized apprenticeships for the Gambian youth, and cash-for-work opportunities. Through the provision of small grants and...

The Project SheTrades: Empowering Rural Women in the AfCFTA contributes to ITC’s One Trade Africa Strategy and FAO strategy to support the AfCFTA.  Spanning 54 countries, supporting a market of over 1 billion people, and contributing $2.5 trillion USD to global GDP, the African...

This project aims to create a self-assessment tool online for firms to evaluate their export readiness in terms of meeting partner country regulations. The three modules of this tool will enable a better access to regulations, comparing requirements across countries and with international standards,...

The project is funded by the EU Directorate General for Trade (DG Trade) and has the overall objective of enhancing opportunities for women in international trade through new research and partnerships. It will support the WTO informal working group on trade and gender and International Gender...

Given the AfCFTA's potential to foster regional value chains and its ambition to encompass goods, services, intellectual property, competition and investment, it is critical that women are well-positioned to seize opportunities in regional trade. The project, SheTrades: Empowering...

The project is part of larger UNDP led initiative that seeks to reduce economic and social vulnerability of the poor and marginalized populations affected by COVID-19 through green and eco-friendly community livelihood interventions. The project will implement a community based social protection...

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.

This project is targeting women owned businesses (WOBs) in the Apparel, Accessories and Home Décor sector from Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Senegal, and South Africa. It aims to support income generation and job creation for women owned businesses in the Apparel, Accessories and Home...

The overall objective of the proposed project is to attract investment and promote trade and sustainable industrial and business development at continental level, concretely supporting the AfCFTA Secretariat and the African Union and delivering on the Africa-EU partnership for sustainable growth and...

The African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA) is now a reality and the International Trade Centre (ITC) is poised to play a central role in its implementation..ITC has developed an umbrella programme, the ONE TRADE AFRICA (OTA) to empower MSMEs, women and youth to access the opportunities...

The project aims to strengthen the economic and social rights of vulnerable groups whose livelihoods have been affected by the Senegambia Bridge. The newly constructed bridge not only has the potential to transform trade in West Africa and contribute to integrating the region by connecting...

This project addresses the problem of extracting valuable insights from vast amounts of trade-related text data using artificial intelligence. In a world where text data is growing exponentially, being able to automatically mine it for relevant insights can provide a competitive edge to the...

The EFI projects in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan will invest in human capital to harnesses the power of cultural identity as a vehicle for development, poverty alleviation and identity building. Through the Initiative’s intervention, artisans, micro-producers in Cultural and...

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. ITC...

The proposed project aims to develop a proof of concept for an integrated approach to strengthening agricultural coops. The project will build the capacity of agricultural coops and facilitate trade, investment and knowledge transfer linkages between buyer / retailer cooperatives and agricultural...

The project promotes the use of earth as a sustainable building material alternative to beach sand in The Gambia. This directly contributes to the reduction of sand mining in the coastal zones and therefore coastal erosion which has threatened coastal lives. The Build 4 Good Project...

The project aims to sustainably increase the income of women horticulture producers and processors in The Gambia, who were disproportionately affected by the socio-economic crisis triggered by COVID-19. Focusing on the horticultural sector, the project establishes a market-led digital agricultural...

Lesotho is a Least Developed Country with a relatively small and concentrated export basket. Some of the constraints affecting its private sector include: lack of adequate infrastructure and productive capacity, difficulties to navigate the complexity of foreign market requirements, difficulties to...

Building on ITC's Refugee Employment and Skills Initiative in Somalia which will be completed in early 2021, ITC continues to deploy innovative ways to build self-reliance and economic resilience in protracted humanitarian situations. This project will provide entrepreneurship and...

The Gazan population continues to suffer from longstanding Israeli occupation and poor socioeconomic conditions. In the past decade, the Gaza Strip experienced three wars; these left many people internally displaced. Moreover, like elsewhere, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a negative shock to...