Capacity Building

  • View Resource

    Making the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Work for SMEs

    This  report advocates for mainstreaming trade facilitation in development strategies for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

    Source: International Trade Centre (ITC), 2016

    Businesses: Policymakers: Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building,
    This  report advocates for mainstreaming trade facilitation in development strategies for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
  • View Resource

    WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation

    This is the text of WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA).

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO), 2017

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building,
    This is the text of WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA).
  • View Resource

    WTO Trade Monitoring Database

    The WTO Trade Monitoring Exercise is a factual, non-legal exercise that provides transparency regarding new trade and trade policy related measures.

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO), 2022

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building, Trade Remedies,
    The WTO Trade Monitoring Exercise is a factual, non-legal exercise that provides transparency regarding new trade and trade policy related measures.
  • View Resource

    WTO Guide to reading the GATS schedules of specific commitments

    This is a guide by WTO to reading schedules and the exemption lists that are integral parts of the Agreement.

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO)

    Policymakers: Services, Capacity Building, Regulation & Standards,
    This is a guide by WTO to reading schedules and the exemption lists that are integral parts of the Agreement.
  • View Resource

    At Your Service? The Promise of Services-Led Development

    The report assesses the prospects for services-led development.

    Source: World Bank Group, 2021

    Businesses: Policymakers: Services, Capacity Building, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    The report assesses the prospects for services-led development.
  • View Resource

    UNCTAD Trade Policy Frameworks for developing countries 2017

    The aims of a TPF are to reveal the principal challenges that a country faces in its trade policy, prioritize its objectives, and lay out a plan to achieve those goals.

    Source: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2017

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Access to Finance, Capacity Building, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    The aims of a TPF are to reveal the principal challenges that a country faces in its trade policy, prioritize its objectives, and lay out a plan to achieve those goals.
  • View Resource

    Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) Funding Opportunities

    These grants can involve the application of SPS-related capacity evaluation tools, preparation of feasibility studies and/or formulation of project proposals to address specific SPS capacity building needs linked to trade.

    Source: Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF), 2023

    Policymakers: Goods, Access to Finance, Capacity Building, Regulation & Standards,
    These grants can involve the application of SPS-related capacity evaluation tools, preparation of feasibility studies and/or formulation of project proposals to address specific SPS capacity building needs linked to trade.
  • View Resource

    Good regulatory practices to improve SPS measures: A practical guide

    The Guide is targeted at government officials responsible for the development of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in developing countries.

    Source: Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF), 2021

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Capacity Building, Regulation & Standards,
    The Guide is targeted at government officials responsible for the development of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in developing countries.
  • View Resource

    Facilitating the monitoring and removal of trade obstacles faced by companies in the region

    This the homepage of Trade Obstacles Alert.

    Source: Trade Obstacles Alert

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building,
    This the homepage of Trade Obstacles Alert.
  • View Resource

    WIPO Methodology and Tools for the Development of National IP Strategies

    Development Agenda project on Improvement of National, Sub-regional and Regional Institutional User Capacity

    Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Capacity Building, Intellectual Property,
    Development Agenda project on Improvement of National, Sub-regional and Regional Institutional User Capacity
  • View Resource

    TrainForTrade Program

    This programme focuses on building trade knowledge and skills in developing countries to capitalize on the opportunities of international trade and e-commerce.

    Source: eTrade for all

    Businesses: Goods, Services, Capacity Building, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    This programme focuses on building trade knowledge and skills in developing countries to capitalize on the opportunities of international trade and e-commerce.
  • View Resource

    Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business

    By simplifying, standardizing and harmonizing trade-related procedures and information flows, this programme helps you better engage in cross-border trade and electronic business.

    Source: eTrade for all, 2002

    Businesses: Goods, Services, Capacity Building, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    By simplifying, standardizing and harmonizing trade-related procedures and information flows, this programme helps you better engage in cross-border trade and electronic business.