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We use our convening power to bring together government, business, civil society, academia and other international organizations. Together, we debate, exchange experiences, identify best practices, and develop global standards on the most pressing issues of the day.

These discussions take place at hundreds of events, which we organize every year, mostly at our headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

We believe good policy drives progress. By providing evidence-based policy analysis, we help countries to improve economic, social and environmental outcomes.

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15 March – 15 July 2026

TrainForTrade Modern Port Management Course in Peru: Launch of Cycle 10 and Module 1 on international trade and maritime transport

Lima, Peru

3 June 2026

Presentation of the rapid assessment of value addition and diversification within and beyond the critical energy transition minerals value chain: Madagascar

Antananarivo, Madagascar

7 – 11 June 2026

TrainForTrade Modern Port Management Course, Cycle 4 in Maldives: Module 3 on the functioning of a port system

Malé, Maldives

9 – 12 June 2026

Training Workshop on advancing satellite-based crop and water monitoring technology to enhance the agricultural resilience using the CropWatch and ETWatch cloud platform for African Countries

Ethiopia

10 June 2026

Specialized Training for NTFCs 2026 – Module 2 on Trade Facilitation and Development

Online

15 – 16 June 2026

Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB64) side event: Green industrialization for the Global South: State of Play, Barriers and Opportunities

Bonn, Germany

15 June 2026

Trade and Development Commission, 16th session

Geneva, Switzerland

29 June – 3 July 2026

We help developing countries benefit from the global economy more fairly and effectively, providing data and analysis, facilitating consensus-building and offering technical assistance on issues related to trade and development.

We help countries achieve inclusive, sustainable growth by transforming the ambitions of the Sustainable Development Goals into actions that deliver concrete results. Our work focuses on:

We provide reliable and timely data and statistics to help countries better understand trade and development trends and design more effective economic, environmental and social policies.

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STI Policy and Practice: e-Learning course

TrainForTrade online course and webinar on energy transition in ports 2026

eLearning course: Harnessing trade to advance national climate and development goals – 2nd edition

Global online course on next generation trade facilitation

TrainForTrade Modern Port Management Course in Peru: Launch of Cycle 10 and Module 1 on international trade and maritime transport

Workshop on COMESA bilateral investment treaties and the need for reform

Youth Network Town Hall with the High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP

Building a West African plastics governance architecture

Presentation of the rapid assessment of value addition and diversification within and beyond the critical energy transition minerals value chain: Madagascar

TrainForTrade Modern Port Management Course, Cycle 4 in Maldives: Module 3 on the functioning of a port system

Training Workshop on advancing satellite-based crop and water monitoring technology to enhance the agricultural resilience using the CropWatch and ETWatch cloud platform for African Countries

Specialized Training for NTFCs 2026 – Module 2 on Trade Facilitation and Development

Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB64) side event: Green industrialization for the Global South: State of Play, Barriers and Opportunities

High Level Thematic Policy Engagement: Positioning Services as a Pathway to Structural Transformation in LDCs

Workshop on key issues in international investment policy reform: Paving the way to the World Investment Forum

Workshop on key issues in international investment policy reform in cooperation with the Union for the Mediterranean

Research Partnership Platform Webinar: Children's protection online - What role for consumer protection authorities?

Fourth meeting of the Statistical and Technical Advisory Group on the Productive Capacities Index (PCI)

6th meeting of the UN CSTD multi-stakeholder working group on data governance at all levels

Fifth meeting of the informal working group on data for services, trade and development policies

Capacity-building workshop on sustainable standards, certification and food supply chains: Trinidad and Tobago

Used Textiles in Practice: Trade, Impacts and Development Pathways

Specialized Training for NTFCs 2026 – Module 3 on Trade Facilitation Indexes and Reports

UNCTAD-AIB Award for Research on Investment and Development

Trade and Development Commission, 16th session

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Trade and Development Commission, 16th session

Geneva, Switzerland

Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy, 9th session

Geneva, Switzerland

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Report of the Trade and Development Board on its seventy-eighth executive session

Report of the Working Party on the Programme Plan and Programme Performance on its ninetieth session

Report of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development on its ninth session

Report of the Trade and Development Board on its seventy-second session