International Trade Forum articles from October 2000

International Trade Forum archives from October 2000

From the Editor.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Networking for trade development is the common thread of this issue. Shaped by technology, networking is taking on a new importance, and new forms. The articles showcase some trade promotion organizations, their networking tools, and how they...

Redefining Trade Promotion: Messages for TPOs.
October 1, 2000... Trade promotion organizations are re-examining their role in light of today's changing trade environment. At the third World Conference of Trade Promotion Organizations in Marrakech, Morocco (25-27 October 2000), J. Denis Belisle, ITC's...

Counting the Value of Crafts.
October 1, 2000... New recommendation urges countries to measure export value of artisanal products ITC encourages national governments to implement a new recommendation of the World Customs Organization (WCO). Last year, this magazine issued a market...

Virtual Conferences: A New Way to Network.
October 1, 2000... The Internet offers new opportunities to join in international disucssions without the disadvantages of costly and time-consuming travel. Small businesses in developing countries have been finding out where to go to bid for supplies at the...

E-business Marketplaces.
October 1, 2000... A Revolution in International Trade A real revolution is happening in nearly every market in which you export that will change the way that trade support institutions (TSIs) operate. The seat of this revolution is business-to-business...

Improving SME Access to Public Procurement.
October 1, 2000... Spending 9%--13% of the gross domestic product (GDP), government is the biggest buyer of goods and services for many developing countries. How can governments take advantage of this in order to internationalize small firms, create new regional...

Setting Up a Purchasing Association: Morocco's Experience.
October 1, 2000... Building networks in specialized business areas is an important basis for trade development. ITC has worked with Morocco and Uganda, among others, to set up specialized networks in purchasing, through the creation of national purchasing...

Developing Purchasing Association Services: Uganda's Experience.
October 1, 2000... The Procurement and Logistics Management Association (PALMA) was launched in January 1995, and now has over 200 members. Seeking to overcome key problems in the procurement chain in Uganda, it has concentrated on building competence among...

Networking Among Trade Promotion Organization.(World Conference of Trade Promotion Organizations in Marrakech, Morocco)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... TPOs Meet in Marrakech Marrakech, birthplace of the WTO, hosted the third World Conference of Trade Promotion Organizations. The successful event continued a process that began in Cartagena, Colombia, in 1996, and continued in Santiago,...

Networking in Asia and the Pacific.(Asian Trade Promotion Forum)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... The Asian Trade Promotion Forum The Asian Trade Promotion Forum (ATPF) is a forum of 21 trade promotion organizations in Asia, including the Oceanic region. The external environment of trade promotion is becoming more complex and...

Portugal: A Closer Look at Public-Private Partnerships.(foreign trade promotion)
October 1, 2000... Encouraging public-private partnerships is not a luxury. Linking these diverse networks effectively is one of the five keys to effective trade promotion. Portugal's approach provides food for thought. ICEP Portugal -- Investimento, Comercio...

China's TPO Experience.(trade promotion organizations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... How can trade promotion organizations add value in a changed environment, where access to technology can bring vast amounts of information directly to businesses? The lessons from these two national examples, presented at the third World...

Australia's TPO Experience.(trade promotion organization)
October 1, 2000... This is an example of a TPO that has assessed the IT skills of its clients, and is adapting its services to take adavantage of an increasingly digital economy. While the recent international interest in Australia has been focused on it...

Our Readers Write.
October 1, 2000... Viet Nam appreciates partnership with ITC "The International Trade Forum has been one of the most useful, educative and comprehensive business magazines I have ever known. It is highly appreciated by the staff in our Department. In...

Trade-related Technical Assistance to the Poorest Countries.
October 1, 2000... The Integrated Framework and other trade-related assistance programmes were intended to reverse the growing marginalization of sub-Saharan Africa and other least-developed countries (LDCs) in the world trading system. They were launched with...

ITC Executive Forum Export Development in the Digital Economy.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... For the second time, ITC organized an Executive Forum event, in order to assess the implications of cutting-edge trade development trends for export strategy-makers (Montreux, Switzerland, 27-30 September 2000). This year's topic was "Export...

Informal Meeting of Joint Advisory Group: ITC's Trade Information and Market Development Programmes.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... ITC hosted the second informal session of its Joint Advisory Group on 2 November 2000 in Geneva. The session allows one division of ITO to present its work programme to the organization's stakeholders. This year featured ITC's Division of...

ITC supports CYSERV, an international services forum.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... ITC actively participated in CYSERV 2000 (Cyprus, October 2000), a trade event aimed at promoting services exports. Drawing an audience of over 100 from more than 17 Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and Central and Eastern European developing...

ITC participates in World Trade Point Meeting.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... ITC trade information specialists contributed to the World Trade Point Meeting organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for 150 representatives of developed and developing countries participating in the Trade...

ITC contributes to national trade information strategies.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... * ITC organized a workshop (Ouagadougou, 15-17 November 2000) for trade information providers in Burkina Faso. The workshop, held within the framework of The Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme (JITAP), reviewed a users' needs...

Hands-on training in information management.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... ITC organized three training events in the last quarter of 2000. Each event emphasized hands-on practical experience for participants, in particular for retrieving specific business information from the web and drafting programmes for the...

African Leather Industry Meets in Casablanca.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Despite Africa's importance as a supplier of raw material, it accounts for less than 2% of the world's leather trade. ITO seeks to increase Africa's share, especially in the production and trade of finished leather goods, which accounts for...

ITC Jute Project: A Little Goes a Long Way.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... An evaluation calls ITC's jute programme a major success. An independent evaluation concluded that ITC's market development and promotion activities for jute and jute products are a major success. Working with modest budgets by industry...

Packaging Design: A Practitioner's Manual.
October 1, 2000... 115 pages. Textbook on packaging design and manufacture -- looks at packaging design under structural and graphic aspects; outlines essential factors to be considered when designing a package; provides detailed overview of techniques and...

The SME and the Export Development Company: A Practical Guide to Forging Long-Term Business Relationships in the Export Sector.
October 1, 2000... 125 pages. Aimed at foreign trade enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises, the study focuses on the partnership between export development companies (EDCs) and SMEs, and role of EDCs in trade development. It introduces the EDC concept...