SIECA is responsible for promoting efforts to gradually achieve the economic union of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panamá. The Secretariat promotes economic and sustainable development, aiming for the transformation…
The NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development) Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD Agency) was established in 2010 as an outcome of the integration of NEPAD into AU structures and processes…
The Inter-American Development Bank has a strong mandate to support trade and competitive global and regional integration of Latin America and the Caribbean, and possesses long-standing and recognized expertise and experience in the area of trade…
The WCO is the worldwide representative of the international customs community, its spokesperson and its most active institutional supporter. The WCO represents 185 Customs…
The Trade Faciliation Support Program (TFSP) was launched in June 2014 and receives support from nine funding partners (Australia, Canada, EU, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden UK, USA). Managed by the World Bank Group, the TFSP…
UNCTAD’s mandate in the area of trade facilitation dates back to the Final Act of its very first ministerial-level Conference in 1964. The Final Act of the Conference recommended that UNCTAD “should promote, within the United Nations family,…
The Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) are faced with special trade and development challenges, due to their lack of territorial access to the sea and geographical remoteness from the international markets. Exports and imports of LLDCs are…