Projects

The project will provide the Ministry of Trade and Industry with advisory services and undertake quality control measures on the consolidated National Trade Policy to ensure alignment with the ITC approach of “Trade Policy for Export Success”; it will develop an implementation program...

Women own an estimated 31-38% of MSMEs around the world. However, they are likely to be smaller and face wide-ranging and complex challenges such as limited access to skills, networks, property rights, finance and support institutions.ITC SheTrades initiative, which aims to connect three million...

The proposed project focuses on supporting businesswomen in the handicraft sector in Egypt to sustain and grow their business with a view to contributing actively to the welfare of their families and securing livelihoods.The project will help Egyptians women owned small and medium-sized enterprises...

The International Trade Centre implements a tourism development project in Liberia. The project focuses on developing surfing and other destinations. It has an overall objective of improving economic growth, in the form of higher revenue, and job contributions of the tourism sector through: a)...

RESI High Skills aims at giving continuity to the work ITC has been carrying out towards leveraging digital tools and technology to develop economic opportunities for displacement-affected communities and their hosts. In 2019 -2020, RESI High Skills will connect youth to online freelancing jobs...

The objective of the project is to demonstrate the transformative nature of South-South and triangular trade and investment. The dissemination of forthcoming best practices will establish ITC-s position in the South-South  domain. Key Initiatives will include the launch of a research...

Since 2016, ITC has been increasing its work to deliver trade-led, market-based economic opportunities in contexts of vulnerable migration and forced displacement. To support this work, ITC created a framework outlining its strategic position and offering a methodology for engagement. In 2019, the...

The overall objective is to contribute to sustainable economic and social development in Iran, through increased and diversified trade in goods and services. More specifically, this project aims to support the business sector, including high potential SMEs, by facilitating the drafting of a National...

EFI has mobilised consumers and creative skills to leverage a new positioning for artisans from marginalized communities in the international markets of lifestyle and fashion/luxury. EFI has enabled new creative talents to trade internationally and to get access to platforms of e-commerce and...

Today, there is no globally agreed definition of the term "Women Owned Business". A global definition would enable women entrepreneurs to take advantage of the growing private and public sector commitments to supplier diversity, hence opening up economic opportunities for women owned...

The ARISE Plus Laos programme is a four-year programme that contributes to the integration of the Lao economy into global production chains through targeted support to both the public and private sectors, with a focus on smallholders and SMEs. It will concern specifically targeted sectors (e.g...

The “Jobs, Skills and Finance (JSF) for Women and Youth in The Gambia” Programme funded by the 11th European Development Fund is implemented by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) in collaboration with the International Trade Center (ITC). The project has an overarching...

The project aims to provide EU decision makers with solid evidence base on women's participation in extra-EU trade, shaped to be used as input for enhanced inclusion of the gender dimension in free trade agreements.  This will facilitate the adoption of trade policy instruments conducive...

To support ongoing efforts to improve Pakistan’s trade competitiveness, ITC has been asked to leverage its NTM Survey methodology to identify for Pakistan:The most challenging non-tariff measures by sector, company size and partner countryExisting national procedures and facilities which need...

The Support Program for the Socio-Economic Integration of Youth (INTEGRA) programme centers around the development of technical and professional skills for Guinea’s youth and industries. Its beneficiaries include individuals, enterprises, and institutions across the country, both in the...

The project consists of national interventions under the Partner States Window of the EU-EAC Market Access Upgrade Programme - MARKUP funded by the 11th European Development Fund. The action aims at addressing both supply side and market access constraints in coffee, tea and horticulture sectors,...

To harness the digital revolution for development in a sustained manner, developing countries need a clear direction: a sense of what is to be achieved, and how. E-strategies meet this need. They provide policy-makers, trade support institutions, and enterprises with a strategic framework and set of...

This project invests in the development and further refinement of methodologies applied in ITC's work on eSolutions and Non-tariff measures (NTMs) with a view to better serve ITC's clients under the related programmes. In particular, the project will address transparency gaps and improve...

This project aims at improving the economic situation in the Inle Lake (Shan State, Myanmar) area through the upgrade of the horticulture supply capacity and the development of sustainable tourism. Funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) trust fund, it will be implemented...

The EU – Bhutan Trade Support Project aims to diversify exports by improving the national trade and investment regulatory framework, and increase exports of horticulture products and textile handicrafts. The ultimate objective of the project is to increase incomes along the two value chains in...

This project aims to assist Granada’s fresh produce industry stakeholders in their efforts to adopt an appropriate program to ensure compliance with internationally recognized food safety standards and requirements. The project will focus on providing expert assistance to implementing the...

The project will extend the export potential and diversification assessment methodology in two directions: it will improve the precision of the identification of opportunities for value chain development and it will suggest a comprehensive framework to analyse the effects of trade on employment....

After more than ten years of blockade of the Gaza Strip, about 40% of the population lives in poverty; a total of 1.1 out of 1.7 million people living in Gaza receive food assistance, and rely on services of UNRWA. The economic and poverty situation calls for an immediate action. Through its theory...

The SheTrades Coffee project contributes directly to the Empowering Women to Trade (EWT) Programme, which delivers on ITC’s commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Global Goal 5 (achieving gender equality and empowering women) and Global Goal 8 (inclusive and sustainable...