Projects

T4SD has become a go-to source of information on voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) that is widely recognized and cannot be found elsewhere with the same level of detail and user-friendly action oriented tools. VSS will continue to be the primary vehicle underpinning the shift towards...

COVID-19 has vastly accelerated the growth and adoption of e-commerce. It is critical that women-led businesses are able to harness the power of e-commerce to internationalize their business and reach new markets. The SheTrades: Empowering African women through e-commerce project, funded by GIZ,...

The proposed project will scale up the alignment assessment of multi-stakeholder initiatives and individual companies and uptake of OECD Due Diligence Guidance. Building on the ITC Standards Map database and online portal, the project will map relevant multi-stakeholder initiatives and the OECD...

The project funded by German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) focuses on enhanced financial and business development capacities of Gambian MSMEs, improved and formalized apprenticeships for the Gambian youth, and cash-for-work opportunities. Through the provision of small grants and...

The Project SheTrades: Empowering Rural Women in the AfCFTA contributes to ITC’s One Trade Africa Strategy and FAO strategy to support the AfCFTA.  Spanning 54 countries, supporting a market of over 1 billion people, and contributing $2.5 trillion USD to global GDP, the African...

With this new funding from USAID we aim to extend how the ecomConnect programme can be accessed by additional audiences – with the opening of the first “ecomConnect Hub” which will offer a support programme and tools adapted to the local needs of a particular country.  In...

This project will develop an online solution for SMEs to enhance their environmental performance. The online tool will allow SMEs to assess their environmental performance across different dimensions and criteria, such as carbon and water footprint and waste management. In addition, the tool will...

Further to the ratification of the Economic Partnerships agreements in January 2019 by the Comoros, this initiative which is supported financially by the European Union, and technically by ITC, aims to 1) advance the industrialization of The Comoros by improving the business environment and 2)...

This project aims to create a self-assessment tool online for firms to evaluate their export readiness in terms of meeting partner country regulations. The three modules of this tool will enable a better access to regulations, comparing requirements across countries and with international standards,...

The project is funded by the EU Directorate General for Trade (DG Trade) and has the overall objective of enhancing opportunities for women in international trade through new research and partnerships. It will support the WTO informal working group on trade and gender and International Gender...

This project seeks to generate economic opportunities and promote productive and decent work for informal and unemployed workers and people involved in menial economic activities located at the border area of El Amatillo. 

Given the AfCFTA's potential to foster regional value chains and its ambition to encompass goods, services, intellectual property, competition and investment, it is critical that women are well-positioned to seize opportunities in regional trade. The project, SheTrades: Empowering...