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We provide capacity-building services to strengthen public and private sector professionals’ knowledge and skills for sustainable development.

Training platforms

E-learning Portal: Online training resources

TrainForTrade

Capacity building for trade policy analysis

E-learning on trade

Key issues on the international economic agenda (P166)

News

New UNCTAD-AIR initiative to help Brazil and South Africa harness geospatial technology

The two organizations will provide capacity-building support to help both countries leverage science, technology and innovation for sustainable urban development.

New UNCTAD online course to ease trade with blockchain technology

Blockchain holds immense potential to make trade cheaper and more secure and efficient. But more policy and technical support is needed to help countries harness the technology.

New UNCTAD initiative to power start-ups for impact

A global learning and scaling tool by Empretec, UNCTAD’s premier entrepreneurship programme, sets out to empower start-ups as greater catalysts for sustainable development.

UK funding boost to accelerate trade facilitation in Egypt

The funding will help further capacity-building, digitalization and reduce red tape in Egypt, where UNCTAD and its partners provide trade facilitation support.

Projects and Programmes

TrainForTrade blended learning strategy to boost the digital economy in SIDS

EU-UNCTAD joint programme for Angola: Train for Trade II

E-learning Tools on Statistics

Empowerment Programme for National Trade Facilitation Committees

Centers of Excellence in the African and Asian regions

Leapfrogging skills development in e-Commerce in South-East Asia

Recent publications

UNCTAD Port Management Series - Volume 11

UNCTAD Port Management Series - Volume 10

UNCTAD Port Management Series - Volume 9

Trade and Gender Linkages: An Analysis of Central America

Manual for trade negotiations on agriculture

Digital identity for trade and development: TrainForTrade case studies in South-East Asia

More publications

Events and meetings

TrainForTrade Modern Port Management Course: Module 5 in the Philippines

6 May 2024 - 10 May 2024

Manila, Philippines

TrainForTrade Module 7 of the Modern Port Management Course in Uruguay

6 May 2024 - 7 May 2024

Montevideo, Uruguay

P166 Short Course: Status of trade in nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement

2 May 2024 - 2 May 2024

Geneva, Switzerland

TrainForTrade Modern Port Management Course: Final Juries for Cycle 12 and the launch of Cycle 13 in Lome, Togo

23 Apr 2024 - 26 Apr 2024

Documents and publications

UNCTAD Port Management Series - Volume 11

Port Performance Indicators

UNCTAD/DTL/TLB/2023/2 - 16 Oct 2023

Report of the Chair of the Advisory Body for the year 2021–2022, set up in accordance with paragraph 166 of the Bangkok Plan of Action

TD/B/EX(72)/CRP.1 - 18 Oct 2022

English

UNCTAD Port Management Series - Volume 9

Case studies on port management

UNCTAD/DTL/KDB/2021/1 - 01 Mar 2022

Français

Harnessing fishery resources for socioeconomic development: Lessons for Angola and Haiti

UNCTAD/ALDC/INF/2021/5 - 11 Jan 2022