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June 2009
Both global trade patterns as well as priority areas for trade development support are continually on the move; the most recent turbulence on the landscape of trade related technical assistance is undoubtedly the current global economic and financial crisis. What remains constant, however, is the need to enhance the capacity of exporters not only to produce competitive products that comply with international market requirements but also the capacity to prove compliance in a manner that is recognized by the importingmarket.
Back issues:
December 2008
This issue of TCB Brief describes some of UNIDO’s efforts to provide support to food exporting countries. In line with its underlying policy of helping countries to help themselves, UNIDO opens doors to food producers and exporters to new opportunities, enables them to prepare themselves to place their products on world markets and helps them find their own solutions to the challenges facing them. The International Conference on “Sharing Innovative Agribusiness Solutions” was held last month on a farm near Cairo and brought together those looking at ways to achieve sustainable agribusiness development and those with innovative solutions. I trust that our “matchmaking” will produce concrete results in the near future.
July 2008
Trade-capacity building is one of the cornerstones of UNIDO’s work and a prominent feature of virtually all its projects and programmes. TCB Brief allows all those concerned with industrial development — representatives of Governments, trade associations, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, private sector bodies and many more — an opportunity to keep abreast with what UNIDO is doing in this important area. The current issue focuses on the need for, and contribution of, trade-capacity building in the least developed countries (LDCs).
November 2007
We are happy to present you with the fourth edition of the TCB Brief to capture the main stories of year 2007. For everyone working in the Trade Capacity Building field, the past year’s highlight was certainly the activities being undertaken to operationalize the Aid for Trade Initiative. As UNIDO, we also took on a very pro-active role, both supporting policy dialogues among key stakeholders, especially in cooperation with the African Union, LDCs, NEPAD and G77, as well as developing technical assistance programmes that contribute in practical form to the Aid for Trade objectives.
May 2007
Welcome to the third edition of the TCB Brief, where we hope to bring you the current issues and latest events in the Trade Capacity Building field. The highlight of the past few months for us was the launch in Tunis on 22-24 February of the first Expert Group Meeting (EGM) of a series of regional EGMs. The EGM, which was organized jointly with the African Union (AU), provided an opportunity to present the results of a regional African survey undertaken by UNIDO to identify the gaps in standards, metrology, testing, certification and accreditation infrastructure and services.
November 2006
During the month of June, several crucial fora with key constituencies of UNIDO took place, which highlighted the role of technical assistance for trade capacity building in overcoming development concerns of less developed countries. The chairs of the Group of 77 comprising G77 heads from New York, Paris and Geneva convened in Vienna on 8-9 June. During the meeting, a panel was held on Trade Capacity Building and Energy for Development with Mr. Yumkella, UNIDO Director-General, Mr. ElBaradei, IAEA Director-General and Mr. Kumalo, Chairman of the G-77 Chapter in New York.
June 2006
The TCB Brief is designed as a regular update on the activities of the UNIDO Trade Capacity Building Programme. It will cover technical assistance projects aimed at individual countries, programmes linking technical institutions in developing and industrialized countries, as well as promotional activities in international fora. Since the Hong Kong Ministerial in December 2005, the international community has come to realize that if the Doha round is to yield tangible development gains, “Aid for Trade” needs to be scaled up and restructured. This introductory issue focuses on aid for trade and the contribution of UNIDO to this important initiative.