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SheTrades Gambia The SheTrades Gambia project is a three-year initiative, which aims to enable Gambian women to benefit from economic participation, particularly in the agricultural and textiles and clothing value chains. The project supports advocacy and policy design, strengthening of business support organizations, enhancing the productive capacities of women-owned businesses in the horticulture and textile and apparel sectors, and connecting these businesses to market. The SheTrades Gambia Chapter is hosted at the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment (MOTIE). The project is implemented by International Trade Centre (ITC) and funded by ITC, the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) and the OPEC Fund.
Myanmar: Inclusive tourism development with focus on Kayah state (consolidation) & Tanintharyi (extension) (NTF IV) The project builds on the results of “NTF III Myanmar - Inclusive Tourism focusing on Kayah state” by expanding tourism product development to an additional state of Myanmar (Thanintharyi) and further consolidating the achieved results at national and Kayah state level. The same successful value chain approach, from tourism product and service development over association strengthening and destination branding to market linkages, will be adopted. In Kayah state, the tourism products & services developed under NTF III will be further improved in order to enhance the tourism experience with the view to attract new and longer-staying tourists. Moreover, the management capabilities of local counterparts will be strengthened so as to ensure long-term sustainability of the results achieved under NTF III. In Tanintharyi, new tourism products (such e.g. Cultural Tourism Tours, Creative Tourism activities, etc.) will be developed at community level and service provision capabilities to tourists enhanced (such e.g. improving food quality and safety), as well as tourism and tourism-related associations strengthened. Tanintharyi has relevant revenue generation potential because of its pristine beaches and easy accessibility both from the capital Yann (by flight) and from Thailand with three border crossing open to tourists. In Chin state, a group of tourism stakeholders will be linked to Kayah state with a Training of Trainers (ToT) study tour on ITC's inclusive tourism approach followed by on-site and distant coaching on implementation.
Implementation of the African Trade Observatory within the AUC The project will support the African Union Commission in establishing the trade intelligence tools of the African Trade Observatory, which will become the repository of African countries’ trade and trade-related data and information. The Observatory will provide the AU Commission and its partner institutions (including the Regional Economic Communities) with the necessary indicators to monitor progress toward trade integration in Africa. The ATO will also synthesize and make relevant trade data and information available to support the formulation of evidenced-based trade policies and provide the private sector with trade information and information on the regulatory framework applicable in various Member States to support their business decisions. ITC will provide technical support for the development of the ATO dashboard, the setting-up of a network of national and regional data providers and delivering a capacity building programme for ATO staff, national and regional trade data providers and a network of trade experts.
Vietnam: Trade Policy and Promotion Project The Swiss Trade Policy and Promotion Project is a 4-year trade-related technical assistance project in Vietnam which aims to improve trade performance and international competitiveness of MSMEs through enhanced favorable framework condition for trade, public-private dialogue mechanisms, and a strengthened eco-system for dynamic trade promotion. Ultimately, it will contribute to sustainable and inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction in the country. Funded by SECO, ITC will facilitate the update of the national export strategy and the development of a &nbsp;Public-Private Dialogue platform for export development. Vietrade has been mandated to establish a Grants Fund for Business Support Organizations (BSOs) to support exporting SMEs.
Ghana: UK Trade Partnerships Programme ITC&rsquo;s UK Trade Partnerships Programme in Ghana is working with local trade partners to build greater export potential and to improve the volume and value of trade in cocoa derivatives between Ghana and the UK/EU.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Pakistan: Gender-responsive UK export information and network The project &quot;Pakistan: Gender-responsive UK export information and network&quot; aims to strengthen bilateral trade between Pakistan and the UK as Pakistan&rsquo;s largest export destination in Europe and third largest export destination globally.&nbsp;&nbsp;The proposed interventions will focus on women-led MSMEs in the textiles and apparel (T&amp;A), handicrafts and home d&eacute;cor sectors. The interventions aim toincrease market information for women-led MSMEs in the T&amp;A, handicrafts, home d&eacute;cor sectors and the agri-food sectorincrease skills to self-assess export competitiveness mapping for women-led MSMEs in Pakistanorganize an inward trade mission and two info-sharing sessions in collaboration with a UK-based chamber of commerce
Caribbean: Development of value added products and intra-regional trade to enhance livelihoods from coconuts II The overall objective of the Action (Alliances for Coconut Industry Development for the Caribbean Phase II) is to enhance competitiveness of small-scale farmers in coconut value chains through more sustainable production and commercialization performance and better local, regional, and global markets integration. This involves the implementation of an integrated and coordinated approach that results in enhanced competitiveness and resilience for the farmers, MSMEs and VC operators involved in coconut and associated crops value chains. The project takes into consideration the outcomes, lessons learned and experiences gained during the implementation of phase I and aims to consolidate and increase its impact, scale, scope and sustainability. Following ITC's participatory process, phase II of the project was officially endorsed by the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) and by the CARIFORUM Directorate.
Tajikistan: Improving the international competitiveness of the textile and clothing sector (GTEX) The project for Tajikistan is developed within the framework of the GTEX programme and will build upon the achievements of the previous technical assistance projects delivered by ITC in cooperation with SECO. The project will assist Tajik TISIs to improve and sustain their operational and managerial capacities further to offer a wider range of quality services to SMEs in the T&C sector. Support will be provided to TISIs through training and advisory services in sector-specific business areas where relatively stable demand from SMEs is already observed, as well as in the areas where demand from SMEs is foreseen in the near future. Building upon the achievements of previous ITC interventions in the T&C sector in Tajikistan the project will continue to support selected SMEs by connecting them to markets and value chains. This assistance will be provided jointly with local TISIs enabling them to gradually take over the provision of this service. The project will assist in implementation of trade facilitation reforms with a specific focus on the T&C industry to ensure that T&C businesses fully benefit from an improved cross-border environment. It will support the TTFC and the TTFC Secretariat to issue recommendations for the simplification and standardization of textile related import, export and transit formalities.
Sri Lanka: Trade Facilitation for SMEs Funded by GIZ, the project aims at enhancing the internaional trade competitiveness of Sri Lankan SMEs, especially those located in secondary growth centres, by automating the formalities related to the issuance of Certificates of Origin (CoO), automating selected trade procedures, establishing online payment solutions, simplifying export procedures as well as improving transparency requirements and access to trade-related information through increased user-friendlienss and accessibility of the Sri Lanka Trade Information Portal (SLTIP). It also aims at strengthening private sector&apos;s participation in trade facilitation reforms by developing an NTFC monitoring tool. The project will partner with policymakers, trade-support institutions and businesses in Sri Lanka to increase rural SMEs&apos; participation in international trade, thereby contributing to sustainable and inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction in the Sri Lanka.
Burkina Faso et Mali: Création d’emplois équitables et développement durable de microentreprises dans les chaines de valeur liées au secteur du « lifestyle » Le projet a pour but de contribuer au développement économique et à l’emploi dans le secteur artisanal au Burkina Faso et au Mali et ainsi réduire la pression migratoire au sein de ces pays, en luttant contre les causes profondes des phénomènes de déstabilisation et ce, en offrant des possibilités de formation et en favorisant la création d’emplois dignes, durables et équitablement rémunérés. Au sein de l'International Trade Centre (ITC), le projet sera mis en place par l'équipe de l’Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI) qui a pour but de contribuer à la réduction de la pauvreté en permettant à des artisans marginalisés de pays en voie de développement de s’insérer dans le marché international du « lifestyle » qui comprend, la mode, la décoration intérieur, l’ameublement et les industries créatives. Ethical Fashion Initiative a lancé un projet de promotion à l’international du tissage artisanal du coton au Burkina Faso et au Mali de 2013 à 2016 et ce projet a obtenu de très bons résultats. Le projet présenté ici constitue la Phase II de l’intervention de EFI dans la chaine de valeur du tissage. Ce projet a pour but d’étendre significativement le nombre de bénéficiaires, en contribuant à la création et la stabilisation de 4650 emplois justement rémunérés et durables au Burkina Faso et au Mali, mais surtout d’adresser la problématique de l’émigration en ayant comme populations cibles les personnes susceptibles de migrer (en particulier les jeunes) et les demandeurs d’asile en Europe. Le projet interviendra tout au long de la chaine de valeur du tissage artisanal, de l’égrenage du coton à la transformation des tissus en produits finis. Il apportera des débouchées dans le secteur du « lifestyle » qui comprend la mode mais aussi l’aménagement et la décoration d’intérieur. Au Burkina Faso le projet opère à travers une entreprise sociale dénommée Groupement d’Intérêt Economique « Commerce et Artisanat pour le Bien-Être Social », GIE CABES en abrégé.Au Mali le Projet devra créer une nouvelle cooperative-entreprise sociale sur le model des entreprises sociales de EFI. Les entreprises sociales contextualisent le modèle d’intervention standard de EFI à travers le repérage, l’identification et l’organisation et la délivrance de l’assistance technique spécialisée à ces micro et très petites entreprises indépendantes déjà constituées, avec des artisans talentueux (mais assez souvent informelles et inconnues des autorités fiscales), afin de mettre en commun leurs faibles moyens, leur permettre de réduire leurs charges, de développer une offre complète, crédible et de qualité pour les acheteurs, régionaux, internationaux et ainsi d’accroitre leurs revenus issus des exportations.
State of Palestine: Create Self-Employment Opportunities for Vulnerable and Marginalized groups in Gaza through Digital Channels (Go Digital) The project responds to the urgent and priority needs caused by the war in Ukraine, which has aggravated food security, unemployment and humanitarian challenges in Gaza. Gazans already faced food insecurity and humanitarian challenges before the war in Ukraine – due to the longstanding Israeli occupation and the imposed blockade. Yet, food insecurity in Gaza has increased since the start of the Ukraine war and is expected to worsen. With 53% of the population living below the poverty line and unemployment affecting more than 47% of the population – with 69% of youth jobless – a more severe crisis is expected as humanitarian assistance is redirected towards the war in Ukraine. Adding to this urgency, the multiple rounds of hostilities in 2022, which have caused significant casualties, disrupted the already fragile livelihoods and severely worsened socioeconomic conditions.

To address all these challenges, ITC aims to provide technical assistance and support to youth from families and households that were impacted by the disasters described above. This group will benefit from the ‘Go Digital Initiative’, which provides vocational and technical trainings on topics such as digital marketing, graphic design and translation, and provides support to the beneficiaries until they manage to generate income for themselves and their families and households by connecting virtually/online with local and international clients. By doing so, the project aims to leave no one behind, by supporting the most vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in securing better livelihoods and increasing their access to internet-enabled self-employment opportunities.

The project will contribute to social stability by supporting employment and increasing the employability of the most vulnerable groups, including refugees and internally displaced people.
Guatemala: Strengthening the business skills and employability of informal entrepreneurs at the Ciudad Pedro de Alvarado Border Within the framework of the border modernization process in Central America, this project seeks to promote productive and decent work for informal entrepreneurs operating at the Guatemala border located in Ciudad Pedro de Alvarado. The project will seek to address institutional weaknesses and deficiencies hindering informal entrepreneurs; advancement in education and in the labor market through entrepreneurial skills development, access to micro-finance and employment promotion. Doing so, the project is expected to enable informal entrepreneurs to reduce their level of dependency on income derived from border activities and their presence in the primary border areas devoted to border control and inspection functions
Pakistan: Revenue Mobilisation for Investment and Trade (ReMIT) ITC -FCDO programme is a component in the framework of a larger FCDO-funded programme aimed to support Revenue Mobilisation, Investment and Trade in Pakistan, thus contributing to sustainable and inclusive economic development in the country. The ITC implementation aims to promote and enhance international trade competitiveness in Pakistan through three areas of intervention: 
Pakistan National Export Strategy: Developing Pakistan's National Priority Sectors' Export Strategies (NPSES) elaborated through public and private dialogue; 
Trade Policy: Improving market access opportunities for Pakistani businesses by implementing trade policy reforms and addressing trade barriers, and
Trade Facilitation: Implementing trade facilitation reforms reflecting public-private consensus and improving business compliance with cross-border requirements. 
The Action will also focus on women-owned enterprises and their participation in international trade.
Trade promotion East: Balkan States and Central Asia The envisaged long-term impact of the project is to contribute to increase inclusive export growth in the targeted value chains contributing to improved livelihoods and decent employments (more and better jobs).The project will focus on competitiveness and sustainable export growth of SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and improving the capacities of business support organizations (BSOs) to provide quality services to SMEs. Furthermore, the programme will foster regional exchange and knowledge sharing facilitated among SMEs and BSOs from partner countries.Agribusiness was identified as a viable priority sector for assistance across all four countries as it provides significant potential for the social inclusion of vulnerable groups and plays a particular role in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).To demonstrate tangible changes leading to sustainable and inclusive growth, the project will focus on &nbsp;selected product groups in each country.&nbsp;The project is structured around three outcomes formulated as follows:Outcome 1: Improved competitiveness and sustainability of SMEs in the agribusiness sectorOutcome 2: Improved BSOs performance in the agribusiness sectorOutcome 3: Regional / sectoral exchange and knowledge sharing and collaboration between sector actors&nbsp;The project will start with a 6-month inception phase to ensure that technical assistance responds to the beneficiary countries&rsquo; needs and priorities, project offices are set up and the final product groups for project focus in each country are selected.The project will assist SMEs&rsquo; in producing goods according to market requirements, linking them to targeted markets to increase sales, supporting their digital transformation and adherence to sustainability principles/standards. To this end, beneficiaries including government and relevant sectoral institutions will be supported in taking a strategic approach toward the sector&rsquo;s development and BSOs to deliver quality service to SMEs for the selected priority areas.
OIC: Trade and market intelligence for ICDT 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 of Market Analysis Tools, the development of an online Trade Helpdesk and the development of trade-related studies.
Conducive policy and regulatory environment: Trade facilitation 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 strategic prioritiesAccelerate the introduction of paperless-trade solution by digitalizing border operationsFacilitate safe and efficient trade of agricultural products, including within short food supply chains at regional levels&nbsp;Reduce the carbon footprint of cross-border trade procedures as well as CO2 emission linked to border delays&nbsp;Promote &ldquo;inclusive borders&rdquo; to generate sustainable livelihood for vulnerable communitiesThe project will focus on 4 streams of activities:Publications are developed to highlight innovative TF solutions for food security, digitalization, and reduced environmental impact&nbsp;New tools are developed to facilitate the digitalization of trade formalitiesNew awareness programmes are piloted to promote TF as an enabler of inclusive and sustainable border environmentsNew training services are pioneered to capacitate policy makers to create conducive border environments
Ethiopia: Building Resilient Trade Competitiveness by Fast Tracking the Digital Technology Sector (NTF V) ITC and CBI have been cooperating for decades. This cooperation led to a series of sector development programmes under the Netherlands Trust Fund (NTF) since 2005. The current project is part of the NTF V programme funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands and implemented in close coordination with the Dutch Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI).The NTF V programme was approved in July 2021 and will run until June 2025. Its ambition is to contribute to building back better in the partner countries with a focus on creating a link between MSMEs in the digital technologies and agribusiness sectors. To this end, agritech start-ups will be supported to improve their understanding of agribusinesses needs, to gain more agribusinesses partners, and, in some instances, to help digitalize agribusinesses. Digitalizing agribusinesses will be done by the agribusiness team, working whenever possible with agritech businesses that are part of NTF V Ethiopia Tech project, in the coffee and associated crops sector, which will be the main focus area for both teams. In the digital technology sector, activities will foster business-friendly tech ecosystems, strengthen business support organizations such as tech hubs and equip tech start-ups and SMEs with resilient business models, linking them to business, partnership and investment opportunities while contributing to the digitalization of traditional SMEs in other sectors. Ethiopia is part of the targeted countries for NTF V, under both the digital technologies and the agribusiness sectors. NTF V Ethiopia Tech will build on the work initiated under NTF IV's spin-off #FastTrackTech Africa in Addis Ababa. The project aims at contributing to the creation of sustainable jobs in the digital technologies sector and the modernisation of agribusiness through digital technologies.
South Sudan: National Export and Investment Strategy (AfCFTA) This National Export and Investment Strategy (NEIS) will help foster trade and investment in South Sudan through a combination of effective strategic planning, improved national and subnational vernment technical support and private sector leadership capacity. This will be achieved by boosting priority sectors (to be identified and selected as part of the strategy design process), developing value chains, and building the implementation, management and analytical capacity of relevant public and private sector stakeholders, notably trade and investment agencies, to mobilize resources and lead the implementation of the actions defined in the strategy. An additional key objective of the NEIS is to support South Sudan’s integration at the global level through WTO accession process, and at the pan-African through the AfCFTA. To this end, priority sectors and investment potential will be assessed partially based on the opportunities foreseen with the integration of the African regional market.