12 December 2012
Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs has made available to UNCTAD a contribution amounting to €890,000.
The 2012 contribution will be used for activities to be implemented in 2013 in the following four main areas of UNCTAD's work:
ICT policies for development- ICT and law reform
- Information Economy Report
Primarily used in support of the World Investment Report series and the Empretec programme.
- UNCTAD Virtual Institute on Trade and Development
- Trust Fund on Gender and Trade
Support on WTO accession
WTO accession general trust fund
All of the project activities to be implemented under this contribution will take into consideration Finland's Aid for Trade Action Plan and its priorities.