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📍 Moroni, Comoros | 📅 8–10 July 2025
Workshop on the WTO SPS and TBT Agreements |
This three-day national workshop aims to build the capacity of Comorian stakeholders in understanding and implementing the WTO Agreements on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), as part of the Member’s post-accession strategic plan.
Organized in collaboration with national authorities, the workshop will cover the core principles of the SPS and TBT Agreements, the work and functions of their respective WTO Committees, and transparency obligations. A special focus will be placed on national implementation frameworks and coordination mechanisms.
Participants will also explore practical tools such as the WTO ePing platform and gain insights into available support through the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF). The programme features interactive sessions, national case discussions, and peer learning to support effective implementation and alignment with WTO obligations. |
Mainstreaming Trade in Action |
This course explores how integrated policy approaches support the implementation of Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals in trade policymaking. Learn how trade strategies can promote policy coherence, examine key sustainable development issues, and discover case studies linking trade with gender and the environment. The course also covers financing trade priorities and introduces monitoring and evaluation frameworks.
đź—Ł Course available in: English, French, and Spanish |
The WTO e-Learning programme offers a range of training courses through a comprehensive online platform, covering WTO agreements and various aspects of international trade.
Enrol for free in the WTO e-Learning programme and gain access to an ever-expanding catalogue of training courses designed to help you navigate the dynamic world of global trade. |
The WTO Chairs Programme launches activities in Togo |
On 25 June, the University of Lomé (Togo) launched its activities under the WTO Chairs Programme, a technical assistance programme focused on research, curriculum development and outreach activities in the framework of partnerships with academic institutions of WTO members and observers. |
African Officials Convene in Nairobi to Advance Understanding of WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement |
Government officials from African WTO Members that have not yet ratified the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies convened in Nairobi from 24 to 27 June for a regional workshop. Jointly organized with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the four-day event aimed to strengthen participants’ capacity to advance domestic processes for ratifying the Agreement.
Through expert-led sessions and interactive group work, participants explored the Agreement’s scope and disciplines—focusing on subsidy prohibitions related to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, overfished stocks, and other forms of harmful subsidies. The workshop also examined cross-cutting themes such as transparency and notification requirements, institutional frameworks, and available technical assistance.
Highlights included case studies, simulation exercises, and regional experience-sharing sessions, allowing participants to identify common implementation challenges and align strategies for sustainable fisheries governance. The workshop also introduced the WTO Fisheries Funding Mechanism designed to support implementation efforts in developing and least-developed countries.
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WTO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Coordinated and managed by ITTC |
A core function of the WTO, technical assistance and capacity-building activities seek to enhance professional and institutional trade capacities in developing and least-developed WTO member and observer governments. They provide beneficiaries with enhanced know-how to take full advantage of the opportunities from the rules-based multilateral trading system and address potential challenges. Within the WTO Secretariat, the Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation (ITTC) oversees these activities. |
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