Statement from the Governing Board

16 January 2019
ICTSD
The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) operated out of Geneva as a thought leader and source of knowledge for the global trade and development community for 22 years. Launched at a controversial time for the trade system, just before the Ministerial Conference of the...
13-15
DEC
2018

7th Edition of The Atlantic Dialogues

Atlantic Dynamics: Overcoming the Choke Points
Organised by
OCP Policy Center
Mamounia Hotel, Marrakesh, Morocco
10-11
DEC
2018

Intergovernmental Conference on the Global Compact for Migration

Organised by
United Nations
Marrakesh, Morocco
8
DEC
2018
10:30 - 12:30

Side event on “Trade, Migration and the Global Economy” at the 2018 Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

Organised by
ICTSD, International Organization for Migration, OCP Policy Center, University of Bern, nccr-on the move, ECDPM, IDB
Marrakesh, Morocco
4-5
DEC
2018

T20 Japan 2019 Inception Conference

Organised by
T20 Japan 2019, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Institute for International Monetary Affairs (IIMA), The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)
Tokyo, Japan
DEVELOPMENT AND LDCs
Technology

Disruptive Technologies and Sustainable Development: Implications for Southeast Asia

30 November 2018
Ching-Fu Lin, Han-Wei Liu

Announcement: Closure of ICTSD

30 November 2018
ICTSD
It is with sadness that we must announce that due to an untenable financial situation ICTSD will cease operations in its current form as of 30 November 2018. We would like to express our sincere and heartfelt thanks to all those who have contributed to the construction of this enterprise. Immense...
Migration

Youth unemployment, trade, and migration in West Africa: Lessons and opportunities

27 November 2018
Amanda Bisong
This article considers rising youth unemployment in West Africa and the role of trade and migration in meeting this challenge. Lessons and opportunities can be drawn from the implementation of free movement protocols in West Africa, with recommendations on how the rest of Africa can benefit from...
DEVELOPMENT AND LDCs
Gender

Gender and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures in the Context of Trade: A Review of Issues and Policy Recommendations

27 November 2018
Spencer Henson
27
NOV
2018
09:00 - 18:00

Investment Facilitation Index

Organised by
ICTSD and the German Development Institute (DIE)
Geneva, Switzerland
26
NOV
2018
18:15 - 19:45

How to Celebrate ABS on the CBD’s Silver Jubilee? Move Forward on the GMBSM

Organised by
ICTSD and SPDA
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
AGRICULTURE
Evolving Farm Policies

How Could Africa Be Affected by Product-specific Support for Farm Goods?

26 November 2018
Jonathan Hepburn, Christophe Bellmann
26
NOV
2018
14:00 - 16:30

The EU's NDC after the Talanoa Dialogue

Launch Event for Policy Paper
Organised by
ICTSD/ERCST and EUI
Permanent Representation of France to the EU
G20

International economic cooperation in troubled times: A call for strong action by the G20

26 November 2018
Axel Berger, Uri Dadush, Andreas Freytag, Simon J Evenett, Christian von Haldenwang, Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, Raul Ochoa, Agustin Redonda, Karl P. Sauvant
The leaders of the G20 will meet on 30 November and 1 December in Buenos Aires for their annual summit. They need to acknowledge that the last two years have been characterised by strong headwinds for the world economy . This time, however, it is not a mixture of poor macroeconomic policies and bad...
26
NOV
2018
09:00

Blue Economy Conference

Organised by
Governments of Kenya, Canada and Japan
Nairobi, Kenya
DEVELOPMENT AND LDCs
Gender

Voluntary Sustainability Standards and Gender Equality in Global Value Chains

26 November 2018
Sally Smith, Federica Busiello , Georgia Taylor, Elaine Jones
23-24
NOV
2018

2018 OECD Forum

Organised by
the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy & the OECD
Seoul, South Korea
22
NOV
2018
14:30 - 17:30

Negotiations on Fisheries Subsidies: Addressing IUU Fishing in WTO Rules

WTO: Paths Forward
Organised by
ICTSD
Geneva
22
NOV
2018
14:00 - 18:00

Faculty Seminar

Organised by
Incheon National University, Division of International Trade
Seoul, South Korea
APEC

APEC Leaders Debate Approach to Trade Tensions, WTO Issues at Port Moresby Summit

22 November 2018
Leaders from 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies wrapped up their annual summit this past weekend in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, tackling a host of subjects relating to regional connectivity and economic integration. However, disagreements on trade between the US and China...