ICC-WTO-ITC MSME Day Webinar

  • دوشنبه 05 تیر 1402
ICC-WTO-ITC MSME Day Webinar

Join the International Chamber of Commerce, the World Trade Organisation and the International Trade Centre during MSME Day to celebrate the winners of the 2023 Small Business Champion Initiative.

 

 For the third year running, ICC and its partners are putting the spotlight on impactful initiatives and projects that aim to empower micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. The 2023 Small Business Champions initiative is focusing on smallholder farmers with the objective of identifying projects that help smallholder farmers effectively leverage international trade to build a more sustainable and robust global food system. 

 

The webinar will include introductory remarks and a panel discussion on smallholder farmers and international trade, featuring

 

  • Pedro Manuel Moreno, Deputy Secretary General, UNCTAD 
  • Xiangchen Zhang, Deputy Director General, WTO
  • Heiko Bammann, Agricultural Economist, FAO
  • Muhammad Faheem, Integrated Crop Management Advisor, CABI 
  • Shandi Naidoo, Director, Avoport
  • Ercole deVito, ICC Agri-Food Hub Lead (moderator)

 

Following the panel discussion, the winners of the 2023 Small Business Champions Initiative will be announced by

 

  • Ambassador Wilson, Chair of the WTO Informal Working Group on MSMEs,
  • John W.H. Denton AO, ICC Secretary General
  • Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, WTO Director General
  • Pamela Coke-Hamilton, ITC Executive Director 

 

More information:

 

 https://worldtradeorganization.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bipioCPpThOeTafTD17Eqw#/registration