The WTO Chair at the University of Tunis helped build a network of trade researchers and experts all over the Middle East and North Africa. This vibrant ecosystem, which led to the publication in…
Korea contributes to WTO Global Trust Fund and WTO Chairs Programme
The Republic of Korea made a 2025 contribution of CHF 271,000 to the WTO to help build capacity in developing economies and least-developed countries (LDCs), encompassing CHF 145,000 to the Global Trust Fund and CHF 126,000 to help finance the WTO Chairs Programme.
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Austria contributes EUR 200,000 to support academic institutions in developing economies
Austria has made a 2026 contribution of EUR 200,000 (approximately CHF 187,000) to the WTO Chairs Programme, the organization's main technical assistance programme for providing support to academic institutions in developing and least developed country (LDC) economies.
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WTO Chairs Programme holds academic conference in Cameroon
The WCP held an academic conference on 19 and 20 March in Yaoundé, Cameroon, discussing a wide range of issues and challenges in reforming the multilateral trading system from an African perspective. Participants also delved into trade and development issues to explore opportunities and new approaches for the continent and for other developing regions.
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The WCP's first Research Hub and Knowledge-Sharing Webinar
The WCP hosted the first of its Research Hub and Knowledge-Sharing Webinar Series on 27 November 2025. With the WCP Chair in Qatar at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), it focused on early findings from the Industrial Policy for Digitalization and Development (IPDD) project.
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WCP Webinar Examines How Green Innovation and Governance Shape Firms’ Trade Participation
The WCP hosted a second Research Hub and Knowledge-Sharing Webinar on 16 December 2025, exploring how the adoption of green innovations affects firms’ engagement in international trade, and how governance quality influences these outcomes.
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About the WTO Chairs Programme
Fostering research, training and outreach activities of relevance to governmental policymakers and other stakeholders at universities in developing countries and least developed countries.
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The WTO Chairs Programme (WCP) held an academic conference on 19 and 20 March in Yaoundé, Cameroon, discussing a wide range of issues and…,
The WCP, launched in 2010, supports a network of academic institutions in developing and least developed WTO members and observers in…
The Republic of Korea made a 2025 contribution of CHF 271,000 to the WTO to help build capacity in developing economies and least-developed…
Austria has made a 2026 contribution of EUR 200,000 (approximately CHF 187,000) to the WTO Chairs Programme, the organization's main technical…
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Lionel Fontagne
Director of the Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne, Professor of economics
One of the unsung virtues of the WTO Chairs Program has been its catalytic role in prompting South-South discussions of trade and cross-country learning. Two small examples illuminate that…
Richard Newfarmer
Country Director at International Growth Centre
The WTO Chairs programme is invaluable. Through the Chairs’ Outreach pillar, the chair holders familiarize stakeholders in developing countries with the WTO, bringing clarity to its role.…
Clemens Boonekamp
Partner at Ideas Centre