Capacity Building

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    European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

    This is a home page of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

    Source: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Capacity Building, International Organization, Europe,
    This is a home page of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
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    Private Firms and SME Development

    This is a webpage by Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on Private Firms and SME Development.

    Source: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Capacity Building, International Organization, South & Central America and the Caribbean,
    This is a webpage by Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on Private Firms and SME Development.
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    ITU Entrepreneurship & SMEs

    This is a platform by ITU that contributes towards scaling up innovation and building an enabling environment for SMEs.

    Source: International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Capacity Building, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    This is a platform by ITU that contributes towards scaling up innovation and building an enabling environment for SMEs.
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    Employment promotion for Small and Medium Enterprises

    This is a webpage by ILO on employment promotion for Small and Medium Enterprises.

    Source: International Labour Organization (ILO)

    Policymakers: Capacity Building, Sustainability,
    This is a webpage by ILO on employment promotion for Small and Medium Enterprises.
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    Empowerment Programme for National Trade Facilitation Committees

    The Programme aims to empower NTFCs to successfully undertake their mandate to implement trade facilitation reforms in a coordinated manner, including the provisions of the World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement. Result-oriented and efficient NTFCs will help countries streamline their international trade, contributing to bringing prosperity to all.

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building,
    The Programme aims to empower NTFCs to successfully undertake their mandate to implement trade facilitation reforms in a coordinated manner, including the provisions of the World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement. Result-oriented and efficient NTFCs will help countries streamline their international trade, contributing to bringing prosperity to all.
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    Integrated Services for MSMEs in International Trade (ISMIT): Opening the Global Economy to MSMEs

    This paper goes through the different challenges that MSMEs can face in international trade. It then establishes the principles of platforms called “Integrated Services for MSMEs in International Trade (ISMIT)”, the benefits they can provide and their basic structure.

    Source: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building, Digital Trade & E-Commerce, International Organization,
    This paper goes through the different challenges that MSMEs can face in international trade. It then establishes the principles of platforms called “Integrated Services for MSMEs in International Trade (ISMIT)”, the benefits they can provide and their basic structure.
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    UN/CEFACT to help smaller businesses access international trade through new digital platforms

    The United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT), hosted by UNECE, has put forward a project to help MSMEs access the international trading market.

    Source: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), 2018

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building, Digital Trade & E-Commerce, International Organization,
    The United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT), hosted by UNECE, has put forward a project to help MSMEs access the international trading market.
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    Trade for Development News

    Trade for Development News (managed by the Enhanced Integrated Framework) focuses on the trade stories of least developed countries.

    Source: Enhanced Integrated Framework

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building,
    Trade for Development News (managed by the Enhanced Integrated Framework) focuses on the trade stories of least developed countries.
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    Trade facilitation by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD)

    The webpage of OECD who helps governments improve their border procedures and reap greater benefits from international trade.

    Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD)

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building,
    The webpage of OECD who helps governments improve their border procedures and reap greater benefits from international trade.
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    SMEs and the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement: A Training Manual

    The training manual  explains each of the measures of the Agreement, including the key elements of the measure, the intended benefits from a business perspective, an outline of the practical steps that businesses might take.

    Source: International Trade Centre (ITC), 2015

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building,
    The training manual  explains each of the measures of the Agreement, including the key elements of the measure, the intended benefits from a business perspective, an outline of the practical steps that businesses might take.
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    Introduction to the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement

    This course provides a comprehensive overview of the rights and obligations which it entails on the part of the member states.

    Source: International Trade Centre (ITC), 2023

    Businesses: Policymakers: Services, Capacity Building,
    This course provides a comprehensive overview of the rights and obligations which it entails on the part of the member states.
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    ITC’s Trade Facilitation programme

    ITC’s Trade Facilitation programme empowers policymakers, border agencies, trade-support institutions, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to work cohesively.

    Source: International Trade Centre (ITC), 2023

    Businesses: Policymakers: Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building,
    ITC’s Trade Facilitation programme empowers policymakers, border agencies, trade-support institutions, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to work cohesively.