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11 June 2019UN trade cluster sets sights on creation of multi-donor trust fund

Cluster brings the UN system together to improve its efficiency, coherence and impact on trade and development matters at the country level.

07 June 2019UNCTAD and COMESA partner on €3 million project to speed up trade

The UN trade agency and the secretariat for the Eastern and Southern Africa free trade area sign multimillion-dollar agreement to use technology to facilitate trade in the region.

14 January 2019Finland renews commitment to UNCTAD's work on trade and gender

A new $400,000 Finnish grant will help UNCTAD develop more training courses on how trade reforms and regional integration impact men and women differently around the globe.

09 January 2019Pacific islands build new economic links with UNCTAD help

UNCTAD opens an office in Samoa to coordinate a trade and transparency project for Pacific small islands, ahead of a regional free trade agreement coming into force in 2019.

07 January 2019Statisticians try to measure illicit financial flows

Statisticians have their eye on criminal supply chains and are collaborating to find ways to better map and measure illicit financial flows.

22 November 2018Germany backs UNCTAD work to deliver goals of Africa trade deal

A 1.6-million-euro German donation to UNCTAD will help the UN's trade and development body work with African partners to implement a landmark continental agreement on cross-border commerce.

13 April 2018Top Angolan officials join African Carbon Forum 2018

Governments, civil society andThe mission to Nairobi came as part of a new EU-UNCTAD project to help Angola diversify its economy away from oil exports

11 April 2018UE e CNUCED lançam projeto para ajudar Angola a diversificar o seu comércio

O projeto de quatro anos, de € 5,5 milhões (US$ 6,9 milhões), dará apoio estratégico aos esforços do país africano dependente do petróleo de relançar o crescimento e avançar em direção à sua saída da categoria de país menos avançado.

11 April 2018EU and UNCTAD kick-start project to help Angola diversify its trade

The four-year, €5.5 million ($6.9m) project will give strategic support to the oil-dependent African nation’s efforts to reignite growth and trade its way out of least developed country status.

25 September 2017UNCTAD strengthens its cooperation with Vietnam in the area of debt and development finance strategies

UNCTAD and the Government of Vietnam signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on debt and development finance strategies.

12 December 2016UNCTAD welcomes Finland's $770,000 donation for trade and development

UNCTAD welcomed a Finnish pledge of more than $770,000 (725,000 euros) over the period 2016 to 2018, saying on Monday the donation will enable technical assistance on a range of trade and development issues such as information technology, training, and gender equality.

09 November 2016European Union and UNCTAD discuss support for Angolan trade

UNCTAD and the European Union are discussing a wide-reaching technical assistance and training programme for national experts in Angola's Ministry of Trade, worth €5.5 million ($6.1 million).

14 October 2016New EU-UNCTAD agreement to help Central Africa cut its trade costs

UNCTAD is set to support Central African countries cut the costs of their cross-border trade, after signing a three-year €380,000 ($420,000) deal with the European Union in Brussels on Friday.

27 July 2016UNCTAD led UN Inter-Agency Cluster Multi-Donor Trust Fund: preparing for the launch

Pooled funding mechanisms such as the UN Inter-Agency Cluster Multi-Donor Trust Fund perceived as the way to go in the context of the Delivering as One.

22 July 2016Sweden to contribute $1.8m to UNCTAD's work on investment

Sweden said on Tuesday 19 July, it would contribute to the UNCTAD Trust Fund for Capacity-building in Investment for Development through a multi-year contribution amounting to Skr 15 million, or approximately $1.8 million.

24 May 2016UN family strengthens framework to deliver as one on trade and productive capacity building

UNCTAD Deputy-Secretary-General, Joakim Reiter, and ILO Deputy Director-General for Policy, Deborah Greenfield, opened an information session for Geneva-based delegates on the establishment of a global Multi-Donor Trust Fund to support the UN Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity.

02 May 2016Launch of new UNCTAD database for technical assistance

At a briefing to member States on 29 April 2016, UNCTAD unveiled a new database of requests for technical assistance.

13 July 2015UNCTAD and TradeMark East Africa strengthen collaboration

In a Memorandum of Understanding, UNCTAD and TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) have agreed to strengthen the scope and impact of their activities in East Africa by joining forces on a number of issues.

25 March 2015UNCTAD and WITSA sign MoU to assist developing countries to benefit from ICTs

Efforts to boost the local information and communications technology industry in developing countries gained new ground today as UNCTAD and the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

24 February 2015New partnership established between UNCTAD and the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute

UNCTAD and the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop capacity building activities on issues related to trade, investment, environment, gender and development for the benefits of developing countries in Africa.

17 December 2014Norway's 2014 contribution to UNCTAD

UNCTAD has received the 2014 Norwegian contribution to UNCTAD's technical cooperation activities, following an agreement signed with Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in September 2014.

09 December 2014UNCTAD and Luxembourg join forces to strengthen competition policy and consumer protection in Ethiopia

The UNCTAD Secretary-General and Luxembourg's Ambassador signed an agreement to reinforce the capacities of Ethiopian enforcement authority on 5 December 2014 in Geneva.

04 November 2014Progress in ongoing projects in Lao People's Democratic Republic and Tanzania discussed at meeting of SECO / UN Trade Cluster initiative

The Global Management Board of the SECO / UN Trade Cluster initiative, sponsored by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), met on 27 October to discuss ongoing operations and future projects.

10 April 2014Switzerland and UN Trade Cluster Launch Innovative Project in Tanzania

An international partnership, including UNCTAD, today launched a Swiss-funded project to support Tanzania’s horticulture and tourism sectors.

27 March 2014UNCTAD to Support Thailand in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy-making

Memorandum of Understanding signed between UNCTAD and the National Science Technology and Innovation Policy Office of Thailand.

26 March 2014Trade facilitation workshop for Latin American and Caribbean countries

With the WTO's Bali Package on trade facilitation now in force, UNCTAD held a workshop in the Dominican Republic to help Latin American and Caribbean countries develop trade facilitation (TF) project proposals based on their national TF implementation plans.

14 February 2014Finland signs off on its 2014-2015 contribution to UNCTAD

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland has made a contribution to UNCTAD to the value of €1,910,000 (US$ 2.6m) for technical cooperation programmes this year and next.

11 December 2013Discussion Forum links trade and food security, job creation, women’s empowerment

Three-day debate found that trade affects – and is affected by – such issues as food security, job creation, poverty levels, productive capacity and the status of women.

15 November 2013Switzerland provides further financing to ‘Cluster’ initiative on tourism and agriculture

Switzerland has announced funding contributions for projects that are designed to help local small-scale farmers sell their produce to tourist hotels.

18 October 2013Online UNDAFs Trade Dimension course begins, organized by UNCTAD and UNITAR

Three hundred trainees have begun their work for an online course that looks in detail at the trade dimension in United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks (UNDAFs).

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