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International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)

 

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
International Environment House
11-13 chemin des Anémones
CH-1219 Châtelaine (Geneva)
 

  

Tel: (+41 22) 917 84 92
Fax: (+41 22) 917 80 93
Email: ictsd@ictsd.ch
Web Sites: www.ictsd.org
               

http://www.trade-environment.org/


 


Info contact: Oscar Fornoza,

General Coordinator
 

  


Established: 1996
Staff: 21
 


Executive Director: Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz
 


What is it? ICTSD is a non-partisan organisation which aims to contribute to a better understanding of development and environment concerns in the context of international trade.
 


What does it do? By empowering stakeholders in trade policy through information, dialogue, well-targeted research, and capacity building, ICTSD seeks to influence the international trade system in ways that advance the goal of sustainable development. Its programmes are:
 

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Communications and Information Programme, including the BRIDGES series of monthly and weekly publications ;
 

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Dialogues Programme,consisting of formal and informal meetings held in Geneva or at a regional site that convene representatives from governments, civil society, intergovernmental organisations and academia to exchange ideas and information on topics relevant to current discussions in the field; and
 

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Research Programme, encompassing training, research and services. This programme and its various issue areas (Environment, Agriculture, Services, Africa and Intellectual Property) focuses on raising and supporting a high level of interaction among stakeholders by drawing on the best human and academic resources to factor sustainable development into trade policy-making. Involves capacity building and training initiatives for trade and sustainable development, and provides a Resource Centre, which offers a regularly updated online document search service containing the latest acquisitions in trade and sustainable development.

 


Cooperation ICTSD works closely with a large numbers of NGOs, as well as with UN organizations such as UNEP, UNCTAD and UNDP.
 


Publications BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest, BRIDGES Monthly Review, BRIDGES Trade BioRes , Trade Negotiations Insights, etc.