ITC publishes IATI (International Aid Transparency Initiative) data for 90% of ITC's extra-budgetary funds on its dedicated Open Data Portal.
The project will strengthen ICDT services on trade intelligence to support the public and private sector from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to make better informed decisions and, in the long term, to contribute to an increase of trade between OIC Member States through the embedding...
The project will support pharmaceutical enterprises and business support organizations to improve the viability and competitiveness of vaccine manufacturing investments in Nigeria. Over the long term, the project will ultimately improve vaccine security in Africa.This objective will be achieved by...
The Export Acceleration Programme aims at fast-tracking the internationalization of Qatari enterprises and increasing their exports in regional and international markets through the development and activation of an accelerator and incubation centre to be hosted by the Qatar Development Bank.
The United Kingdom Trade Partnerships (UKTP) Programme aims to increase trade from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP) to the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) by maximizing the benefits of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and the Developing Countries Trading Scheme...
The purpose of the SheTrades Zambia project is to increase the participation of women-led businesses in trade by improving their competitiveness and strengthening their market and investment linkages. The project seeks to enable Zambian women to benefit from economic participation, focusing on...
The objective of this project is to enhance the functionalities and effective use of Trade Facilitation Portals by beneficiary countries with a view to create a more conducing cross-border environment for traders through improved transparency and simplified trade formalities. This project...
ChatGPT has brought AI technologies to popular attention in late 2022/early 2023. Generative AI is disrupting the landscape in a similar way that computers and the internet did. These recent developments validate ITC’s decision to invest in AI in the past two years, which has given the...
The Global Trade Helpdesk (GTH) is a multi-agency initiative, which aims at improving the quality, transparency and accessibility of trade-related information. It integrates existing information on trade regulations, procedures and opportunities into a unique web portal for micro-, small and...
This project primarily funds ITC’s corporate research function. This function is charged with delivering global public goods in the form of data and analysis that provide 1) business intelligence to beneficiary countries, and 2) key input to the organization’s TRTA interventions and...
This project supports the continuous upgrading and updating of the Trade Development Strategies (TDS) function and related tools and methodologies. It also supports the maintenance of Global Public Goods such as Trade Strategy Map, as well as communications and outreach throughout the year. Finally,...
The project aims at building consensus among policy makers and the business community to introduce innovative trade facilitation instruments contributing to resilient, efficient, inclusive and sustainable border environments. It will address the needs of our beneficiary and contribute to ITC...
The objective of the Green Moonshot is to strengthen the climate competitiveness of MSMEs in developing and emerging economies. A policy priority for our time is transitioning to an inclusive, low carbon economy. Governments are facing the challenge of both creating growth and employment whilst...
This project document presents Window 1 contribution for 2022 to support delivery in the impact area called Sustainable and Resilient Value Chain as part of the new ITC strategy 2022-2025.The project focuses on developing methods and tools responding to major challenges to SME Competitiveness...
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...
