The Aid for Trade work programme for 2023-24 will focus on “Partnerships for Food Security, Digital Connectivity and Mainstreaming Trade”, WTO members decided at a meeting of the Trade and Development Committee on 10 February.
The Committee was updated on recent Aid for Trade activities aimed at enhancing trade opportunities for developing countries and least-developed countries (LDCs).
The work programme outlines the priority areas for the WTO-led Aid-for-Trade initiative and will guide its activities over the next two years.
Members will focus on how Aid for Trade can support food security, digital connectivity and mainstreaming of trade for developing countries and LDCs. The chair, Ambassador Usha Chandnee Dwarka-Canabady of Mauritius, will submit the work programme to the General Council so that it can take note of the programme at its meeting scheduled for 6 and 7 March. Monitoring and evaluation of Aid for Trade is underpinned by a biennial Global Review which provides an opportunity for donors and recipients to advance the Aid for Trade agenda. The Ninth Global Review of Aid for Trade will be held in 2024.
