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Technology, Innovation and Trade Logistics

Science, Technology, Innovation and ICTs

The Division on Technology and Logistics (DTL) aims to enhance the economic development and competitiveness in developing countries - in particular Least Developed Countries - through efficient trade logistics services and transit transport systems; science, technology and innovation, including increased access to and sustainable use of information and communication technologies; and training and capacity-building programmes for local institutions.

The Division achieves this through analytical work, intergovernmental policy dialogue and the implementation of technical cooperation, training and capacity building programmes.

The Division consists of three Branches, hosts the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development and carries out ASYCUDA, UNCTAD´s largest technical cooperation programme.

News

27 March 2013Angola's Secretary of State for Trade meets with UNCTAD's Director of the Division on Technology and Logistics

Ms. Anne Miroux, Director of the UNCTAD's Division on Technology and Logistics, met with Mr. Álvaro Augusto Soares Paixão Junior, Angolan Secretary of State for Trade, Angola, to discuss the possibility of running a second TrainForTrade Project project for Angola.

26 March 2013Trainers trained to deliver UNCTAD courses on information economy statistics

Four new trainers have been certified to teach others how to compile information economy statistics, thereby strengthening their countries' abilities to measure vital data in this field.

17 February 2013UNCTAD begins second cycle of Port Training Programme in Djibouti

Twenty-six port officials in Djibouti, including eight women, have started a twelve-month programme to learn modern port-management techniques.

15 February 2013''Key issues on the international economic agenda'' course staged in Colombia

Government officials from 13 countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region met for the 26th edition of an UNCTAD course on economic policy issues related to development.

06 February 2013UNCTAD certifies 16 port managers in Gabon

Certificates recently were presented to 16 graduates of UNCTAD’s Modern Port Management Programme in a ceremony at the Office des Ports et Rades du Gabon (OPRAG).

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