Our technical assistance aims at helping develop human, institutional and regulatory capacities in developing countries, especially LDCs, to:
- formulate, articulate and implement appropriate national and regional policies and strategies to participate effectively in, and derive maximum benefit from, international trade and trade negotiations;
- establish their own negotiating priorities and negotiate trade agreements, especially regarding the multilateral trading system;
- increase their participation in global services trade;
- assess the impact of trade agreements in particular the WTO agreements, and multilateral trade negotiations, on their trade and development prospects;
- supporting regional integration and the promotion of South-South trade and cooperation;
- building awareness of preferential trade agreements and other trade laws, and contributing to a better utilization of such preferences; and
- develop a cadre of home grown expertise on international trade, trade negotiation and dispute settlement.
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 Our main technical assistance projects supported by extra-budgetary sources- JITAP (Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme), implemented with WTO and ITC;
- Trade in Services including regional specific, such as for SADC;
- WTO Accession;
- Generalized System of preferences and other trade laws;
- Dispute Settlement in international trade, investment and intellectual property;
- Commercial Diplomacy;
- Trade Capacity Development for Sub-Saharan Africa, implemented with UNDP, ECA and other African organizations;
- Several country-specific projects.
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