Business, trade and market intelligence: Global Trade Helpdesk

Résumé

The Global Trade Helpdesk (GTH) is a multi-agency initiative, which aims at improving the quality and transparency of trade-related information. It integrates existing information on trade regulations, procedures and opportunities into a unique web portal for micro-, small and medium size enterprises (MSMEs) to make better informed trade decisions. The overall objective is to reduce trade cost hence maximizing the benefits of trade in particular for MSMEs in developing countries by supporting them to make better informed trade and investment decisions through the availability of the GTH platform geared towards users' needs, the operationalization of an active network of partners supporting the GTH initiative, and raising awareness and capacities of BSOs and MSMEs on the use of the GTH platform.