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| Workshop on Linking Ports to Corridors for Eastern and Southern Africa 23 - 25 November 2010, Mombasa, Kenya The workshop on linking ports to corridors for the Eastern and Southern Africa Region was jointly organized by the Ports Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa
(PMAESA) and the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
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Regional Seminar on Aid for Trade (AfT) Case Stories for English-Speaking Africa Countries
16–17 November 2010, Sandton, South Africa The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), under the auspices of the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) hosted the “Regional Seminar on Aid for Trade (AfT) Case Stories for English-Speaking Africa Countries” in Sandton, South Africa, during 16–17 November 2010. |
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Expert Group Meeting and Workshop on Aid for Trade (AfT) and Africa’s Trading Capacity: Supply, Demand and Performance |
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ATPC Conducting a Workshop on Non-tariff Barriers to Trade. |
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 Workshop for the African Group Countries on: WTO NAMA Negotiations on Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBS) Nairobi, Kenya 12 – 14 April 2010 :: Concept Note |
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 ATPC News [ Version française ] October - December 2009, Vol 1, No. 5 In this edition: “Between Intensive Care and the Crematorium,” the Doha Round lumbers on; ATPC Holds Annual Board Meeting in Addis Ababa; Promoting Trade in Africa: ATPC II Success stories; ATPC and PACT II Discuss Areas of Collaboration, The impact of the global financial crisis on Africa’s trade and more... |
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 Experts and Officials Discuss “Dry Ports” in Ethiopia ECA Press Release No. 70/2009 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 24 November 2009 (ECA) – The expansion of existing and the creation of new dry ports in Ethiopia was the subject of a day-long workshop held at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). :: Presentations |
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 ATPC Advisory Board Begins its Annual MeetingAddis Ababa, 24 September 2009 (ECA) - The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) annual advisory board meeting opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thursday 24 September. |
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 Expert Group Meeting on Enhancing Africa’s Participation in the WTO Negotiation Process7-8 September 2009, Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya |
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 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... |
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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. |
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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). |
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 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... |
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 Inception Workshop on Mainstreaming Gender into Trade PolicyAddis 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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Africa's development partners have committed more than US $1 billion to upgrade road, rail and port infrastructure under the North-South Pilot Aid Project. The commitment came during the High-Level North-South Corridor Aid for Trade Conference held in Lusaka , Zambia from 6-7 April 2009. |
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 ECA launches e-Commerce platform as African trade and transport officials begin discussions on Aid for Trade strategies Addis Ababa, 12 March 2009 (ECA) – The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will launch the Pan African Alliance on E-Commerce to intensify cooperation and initiate common projects of interest in African countries, as part of a two-day workshop on Trade Facilitation and Aid for Trade opens in Addis Ababa today. |
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 ATPC News [ Version française ] Januray-March 2009, Vol 1, No. 2 In this edition: Experts Call on ATPC to Support Creation of an African Alliance for Electronic Trade, Africa’s Expectations from Aid for Trade Discussed at Workshop in Bonn, ECA-CA and ATPC strengthen capacity in Cameroon on regional integration issues and instruments in Central Africa, and more... |
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 The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) Discusses Africa's Expectations from Aid for Trade at Workshop in Bonn ECA Press Release No. 40/2008 Addis Ababa - 1 December 2008 – A representative of the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), which is based at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia recently attended a workshop in Bonn, Germany to discuss African (member States and Regional Economic Communities (RECs)) expectations from the Aid for Trade (AfT) initiative. |
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UN Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Abdoulie Janneh, participated in the Roundtable on International Trade as an Engine of Development during the second day of Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus in Doha. |
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On 17-19 November 2008, the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) and ECA's Trade Finance and Economic Development Division (TFED) contributed to a capacity-building seminar on the concepts and operating modes of regional integration instruments in Central Africa. |
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 Experts Call on the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) to Support the Establishment of an African Alliance for Electronic Trade
ECA Press Release No. 32/2008 |
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 "African Trade Policy Centre begins work again with a new regional focus" ECA Press Release No. 27/2008 Addis Ababa, 31 October 2008 -ECA)-: The second phase of the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC II) has been launched with programming missions to the Secretariats of the East African Community (EAC) from 8-9 September 2008 and Southern African Development Community (SADC) from 25-26 September 2008. A similar mission is planned to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) by the end of 2008. [Version française] |
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ATPC II has launched its new newsletter ATPC II News [Version française]. This edition of the newsletter is dedicated to ATPC II programming missions to the East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariats, and proposals on an African template for the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between African countries and the EU prepared by ATPC and discussed at a workshop in Addis Ababa from 8-10 October 2008. The newsletter also reports on a recent mission of a team from the Gender Equality and African Regional Institution Project (GEARI) to Addis Ababa, and ATPC studies and events on trade facilitation. |
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Taking Stock of the Interim Agreements to ensure African Countries Reap the Benefits of the EPAs
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A team from the Gender Equality and African Regional Institution Project (GEARI) visited the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) in Addis Ababa from 7-16 October 2008. The GEARI team, composed of Nancy Spence and Constance Kunaka, was received by Mr. Abdoulahi Mahamat, the Officer-in –Charge of the Trade, Finance and Economic Development Division (TFED) and also had several working sessions with ATPC staff members. |
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As part of activities to launch the second phase of the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC II), a programming mission was undertaken to the Secretariat of the East African Community (EAC) in Arusha, Tanzania from 8-9 September 2008. A similar mission was undertaken to the Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Gaborone, Botswana from 25-26 September 2008. The purpose of the missions was to reach agreements on the modalities for setting up Trade Policy Units (TPUs) at EAC and SADC, and to prepare implementation plans for ATPC II funded activities. |
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Addis Ababa, 9 May 2008- The Trade, Finance and Economic Development Division (TFED) of ECA and African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) organized a workshop on trade facilitation as well as a study tour to the Port of Djibouti and two border posts between Ethiopia and Djibouti on 5 and 6 May 2008. |
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