On the 3rd of July 2019, on occasion of the WTO Global Review of Aid for Trade, the WCO organized jointly, together with the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), the World Bank Group (WBG) and the European Commission, a parallel session on Gender Integration in Aid for Trade Facilitation entitled “Existing tools and lessons learned.”
The parallel session was opened by the Minister for Foreign Trade of Sweden, Ms. Ann Linde, who emphasized the importance of integrating gender in Aid for Trade initiatives and called upon international donors to allocate more funding for trade initiatives supporting gender equality.
The Minister also highlighted the opportunities generated by the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFA) to simplify trade flows which is particularly important for SMEs, many of which are women-owned.
I am proud of living in a country, Sweden, that always is at the forefront when it comes to giving active capacity building and technical assistance to those who need it most.
This time together with our friends. Last year Sweden made the largest contribution as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) in the world at 1.41% and is one of only six countries meeting the United Nations’ ODA target of 0.7% of GNI.
At the WTO Aid For Trade 2019 ecent another step forward in favor of least-developed countries (LDCs) was taken when: Australia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Japan and Sweden oresented a plan to commit approximately USD 13 million to the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) to increase LDCs’ share of global trade and to help them deal with the impact of current uncertainty in the global trading environment.
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Source: WTO
Swedish Trade Minister Ann Linde about the digital divide and the need to include more countries.
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Minister Linde spoke at the World Trade Organizations Aid For Trade 2019.
Source: WTO
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