IDEP

Geneva, 5 October 2018 - The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) co-organized a number of events at the 2018 WTO Public Forum, which took place 2-4 October at the WTO headquarters in Geneva. The Forum provided a space for policy makers, trade negotiators, international organizations, the private sector, civil society and academia from across the world, to come together to discuss sustainable trade, technology-enabled trade and a more inclusive trading system.

From 7 to 18 May 2018, the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) organized a course on Agricultural Policy in Africa for the benefit of 28 public officials drawn from the following African countries : Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa, Chad, Comoros, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome & Principe, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.