Want to find out how tourism can integrate vulnerable groups, such as #women and #youth and micro SMEs in Commonwealth #smallstates into the wider economy? Join the #Commonwealth Secretariat, the Commonwealth Small States Office (#CSSO) and WTO on 11th Oct at #WTOPublicForum 👇

Could the tourism sector be a means to advance the micro/informal and #SME sector in #Commonwealth developing and least developed countries? Join the #Commonwealth Secretariat, the Commonwealth Small States Office (#CSSO) and WTO today at #WTOPublicForum to find out more 👇

Many thanks to the four esteemed presenters, Ambassador Spencer 🇯🇲, Zoritsa Urosevic, Dale Honeck (WTO) Pallavi Bajaj (TCube Consulting), and Brendan Vickers (#Commonwealth Secretariat)

A very useful engagement at CSSO today. Thanks to WTO, OECS Commission, ambassadors and trade officials for your active participation and for sharing valuable inputs on this critical issue for Commonwealth small states.

Thank you to Australia, Turkey and WTO for offering valuable insights today and to CSS delegates for sharing thought-provoking perspectives.

"Women belong in all places where decisions are being made." - Ruth Bader Ginsburg Rest in peace.

A virtual experience-sharing activity has been provided to small states at the #Commonwealth Small States Office (#CSSO) in #Geneva The WTO, UN Trade and Development & WTO members shared experiences to assist #smallstates build resilient & sustainable pathways in a post #COVID19 environment

People exercised more than expected during COVID lockdowns, and the exercise made them happy (one for the silver linings department?) frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Commodity exports make up a large share of global trade. 31 Commonwealth members are commodity-producing developing countries, where commodities are 84% of merchandise exports. Join The Commonwealth & UN Trade and Development to discuss COVID19 impacts on the sector👇🏽 zoom.us/webinar/regist…

I was proud to host this activity today, discussing current negotiations on Investment Facilitation for development, its implications and investment trends in a COVID-19 landscape with small states and UNCTADinvestment. Thanks to Hamed El Kady for invaluable insights.

A very valuable CSSO-Geneva virtual capacity-building event, discussing the  Services Domestic Regulation Initiative: progress towards MC12, updating on WTO discussions and development implications, to capacitate small states as they prepare to engage for WTO MC12.

Today, ahead of next month's 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (#MC12), the #CommonwealthSmallStates Office (#CSSO) began a 3-day workshop to help prepare trade officials for key negotiating issues. Opening the meeting, the Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General said:

Commonwealth Empowers Small States Officials ahead of World Trade Organization negotiations | The Commonwealth shar.es/aWlxve

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CSSO Geneva is proud to co-organise with UNCTAD, this #wtopublicforum panel of distinguished speakers, exploring challenges, potential opportunities of the #digital #creativeeconomy for small states. Join us, on 15th September !

Outdoor office today WTO - thank you Commonwealth Small States Office (#CSSO) in Geneva for being so reactive to my request for briefing #Barbados capital officials on e-commerce issues The Commonwealth

Harnessing the potential of #digital is key for SIDS to accelerate their pace towards #SustainableDevelopment. Pleased to brief Geneva-based Permanent Missions on Int’l Telecommunication Union-D's work to support SIDS' #DigitalTransformation. I thank all delegates who joined virtually & in person #SIDS4

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This week, IISD’s Ieva Baršauskaitė, Antoine Bonnet & Ma. Florencia Sarmiento joined the The Commonwealth Small States Office for a hybrid briefing on trade-related climate measures🌿 We covered #CBAM, climate standards, compliance tools & trade impacts for small developing economies & LDCs

Thanks to the The Commonwealth Small States Office (#CSSO) for giving us the opportunity to discuss recent WTO dispute settlement reports with its members!