The 13th World Trade Promotion Organisation Conference (WTPO) will be held in Accra from May 17 to 18, with the subject "Bold Solutions for Resilience and Recovery."
All 57 Trade Promotion Organizations (TPOs) member countries will attend the event, which will be jointly organized by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) and the International Trade Centre (ITC).
The event will highlight and celebrate how trade and investment organizations manage corporate survival and competitiveness, as well as trade-led growth, while serving their communities and conserving the environment, using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as a guide.
The International Trade Centre's (ITC) Executive Director, Mrs Pamela Coke Hamilton, stated that the time had come for TPOs to step up their efforts in assisting businesses as they recover from the detrimental effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We are in a position with rising inflation and increasing fuel costs," she remarked. There are supply chain issues, as well as a massive mental block about who they are and where they should go."
"Every day we also see the impact of climate change and what that means for migration and other crises around the world," she continued, stressing that TPOs played a critical part in nations' economic performance.
She stated that the pandemic's disruptions to global economies necessitated TPOs programming their actions to ensure that trade resumed in order to rebuild the global economy.
She also stated that TPOs were the foundation for SMEs' success, and that when SMEs were tied to them, they were able to "export three times more than any other."
"It also helps them to innovate and generate new goods twice as likely if they are linked to their TPOs since they have access to information and a system that works for them," the ITC Executive Director stated.
TPOs, according to Dr. Afua Asabea Darko, GEPA's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), presented extremely practical programs that supported
She explained that, throughout the economic recovery, it was critical for firms and governments to build better synergies, which always resulted in tremendous consequences.
"At a time when many businesses have suffered as a result of the pandemic, it is critical that we consider how new allegiances can support our economies toward sustainable trade and assist smaller businesses in navigating their way and improving their resilience to the shocks that we have all seen," she said.
"As we emerge from this pandemic, it's critical to highlight what many businesses are doing to make our work resilient and successful," Dr. Darko said.
The Information Minister, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, also stated that the COVID-19 pandemic had afflicted people all across the world.