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  Pillars of ATPC
 

1: Providing Fully Integrated Trade Capacity Building for RECs

 

2: Providing Comprehensive Capacity Building for Trade Constituencies

 

3: Mainstreaming Cross-Cutting Items

 
  ATPC Services
 

:: Set up Trade Policy Units in RECs

  :: Undertake Research
  :: Promote Training on Trade Issues
  :: Undertake Information Dissemination
  :: Provide Advisory Services and Technical Cooperation
  :: Facilitate Consensus Building
  :: Create Partnerships for Trade
 

:: Mainstream HIV/ AIDS, Gender and Environment into ATPC Activities

 

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  Did you know that?
 

On average, 95% of the members of a regional economic community in Africa belong to another community.
Source: Aria II, ECA.
 
 
  Interim Economic Partnership Agreements Point to the Classic Regional Trade Agreements after all: Should African countries really be worried?

 

The Economic and Welfare Impacts of the EU-Africa Economic Partnership Agreements


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Trade Facilitation -Single Window Workshop, 15-16 October 2009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
   
 
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African Trade News

 
ATPC Advisory Board Begins its Annual Meeting

Addis Ababa, 24 September 2009 (ECA) - The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) annual advisory board meeting opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thursday 24 September.
 
Expert Group Meeting on Enhancing Africa’s Participation in the WTO Negotiation Process
7-8 September 2009, Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
 
ATPC News [ Version française ]
July - September 2009, Vol 1, No. 4
In this edition: Vibrating on Different Frequencies: Donor and Recipient Perspectives on Aid for Trade, North South Corridor Programme is ready for Take-off following High- Level Conference in Lusaka, ATPC and ECOWAS Move a Step Closer, ATPC Conducts a Gender Mainstreaming Workshop and more...
 


Janneh calls for Second Review of Aid for Trade to Ensure Commitments lead to Action.

Addis Ababa, 03 July 2009 (ECA) - United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, has said that ECA will continue to closely monitor the implementation of the Aid for Trade initiative in order to maximize the benefits accruing to African countries.

 


Gender and Trade Workshop calls for Greater Sensitivity among Policy Makers

Given the complicated linkages between trade policy and gender equality, there is urgent need for more research and greater gender sensitivity among policy makers. This was a key call made at the two-day Gender and Trade Workshop from 18 – 19 June at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
 


ATPC Conducts Trade and Environment Workshop

The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) conducted a trade and environment workshop from 27–29 May 2009 in Lusaka, Zambia. Participants represented Member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC).
 
ATPC News [ Version française ]
April - June 2009, Vol 1, No. 3
In this edition: Workshop on Trade Facilitation and Aid for Trade Highlights Successes, Stresses Continued Work; ATPC Plays Pivotal Role in Launch of Pan- African Alliance on E-Commerce; ATPC Participates at UNCTAD Expert Meeting on Mainstreaming Gender in Trade Policyand more...
 

Inception Workshop on Mainstreaming Gender into Trade Policy

Addis Ababa, 21 April 2009  (ECA) - An Inception Workshop on Mainstreaming Gender into Trade Policies opened Tuesday 21 April at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

 
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