ATPC Work in Progress
Assessing the Consequences of the Economic Partnership Agreement on the Economy of Sudan

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

Upcoming Events

About the Centre

The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) was set up by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in May 2003 with the financial support of the Government of Canada through its Canada Fund for Africa. The primary objective of the Centre is to strengthen the human, institutional and policy capacity of African governments to formulate and implement sound trade policies and participate more effectively in international trade negotiations.

Specific activities of ATPC include:

1. Conducting trade research

2. Disseminating trade-related information

3. Providing training on trade issues

4. Providing advisory services

5. Building African consensus on trade issues

6. Creating partnerships on African trade issues

The ATPC's niche is to assist the articulation of Africa-wide perspectives and positions on trade issues. The Centre takes both a national and regional perspective and is expected to provide its services over the long-term, rather than the shorter time frames of other trade-related technical assistance projects. In addition, ATPC provides flexibility in responding to the needs of African countries, including a rapid response to technical needs arising from on-going trade negotiations. The ATPC also leverages partnerships in such a way as to attract additional resources for its activities. Such resources include direct financial contributions, organization of training and consultative activities, and the sharing of research outputs. Finally, the Centre has been able to incubate a comprehensive trade-related capacity building strategy at ECA, while making use of the institution's capacity and convening powers.

Team

Hakim Ben Hammouda
Director, Trade and Regional Integration Division

Adeyemi Dipeolu
Senior Regional Advisor/Coordinator (ATPC)

Peter Robleh
Senior Regional Advisor

Amal Elbeshbishi
Regional Advisor (ATPC)

Bashir Condé
Programme Management Officer

Gerawork Getachew
Research Assistant

The ATPC is based within the Trade and Regional Integration Division of ECA and works in collaberation with members of its trade team and other ECA staff.