JITAP

Acronym	Definition
JITAP	Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme (African trade development)
JITAP	Joint Intelligence Training Activity, Pacific (US DoD)
JITAP	Just in Time Approval Process

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Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme (JITAP) (2007) 'Partnership for Trade Development in Africa', <www.jitap.org> 20 September 2007.

Confronting trade-related human rights in a GATS-compatible world

To overcome these challenges, participants agreed that CSOs and media should become full members of their national Inter-Institutional Committees, set up under JITAP, which are responsible for coordinating national negotiating positions at the WTO.

"Trade justice" network for 16 African countries: civil society can help trade negotiators take more development-oriented positions in trade talks

For more information, see the JITAP web site: http://www.jitap.org

JITAP partners review cooperation programme: sixteen African countries relate their experiences during the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial meeting

This significant increase is largely the result of accelerated delivery in JITAP and of the launch of a number of IF projects.

ITC: developing trade: now and in the future: extracts from the opening statement to delegates at ITC's annual meeting

"JITAP is primarily about capacity building," says Lakshmi Puri, Director of the Division on International Trade in Goods, Services and Commodities at UNCTAD.

Expanding Africa's role in world trade: how can African countries build the expertise to promote their interests more effectively in trade talks and derive gains from the trading system? The three Geneva-based trade development organizations--ITC, UNCTAD and WTO--are working together to boost countries' abilities to play a more active role

Some of the valuable programmes and activities to promote trade and improve enter prise competitiveness in which LDCs participate are JITAP, the Integrated Framework, the South-South Trade Promotion Programme and the Export-led Poverty Reduction Programme.

Launching ITC's 40th anniversary: during its annual meeting, ITC launched its 40th anniversary celebrations. Many congratulated ITC on its achievements and encouraged it to continue along the path it has set itself

The JITAP partnership, now in its second generation, was followed by a series of ongoing alliances with both technical and financing agencies, including the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie, the International Organization for Standardization, the International Tropical Timber Organization, the World Bank, the Centre for the Promotion of Imports of the Netherlands, the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (seco) and, most recently, the Trade Facilitation Office Canada.

The past ten years at ITC ... the secret to success for any technical cooperation agency is to tailor its assistance programmes directly to the needs of its clients and to deliver them efficiently

Mlaki actively supports integrated trade development, including the Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme for Africa (JITAP) and the Integrated Framework, directly aimed at building capacity on the multilateral trading system, and promoting trade development.

Trade Development: involving the business community: market access and a rule-based world trading system are prerequisites for trade growth. But alone, they generate no trade at all--traders do. Let's help the private sector to become the active trade development player it ought to be

It will seek to broaden its participation in multi-agency initiatives, such as the Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme for Africa (JITAP) and the Integrated Framework (IF), and will forge new alliances with other centres of excellence.

Path for growth confirmed at ITC annual meeting: with an increase in delivery of 21%, 2002 was a very good year for ITC. Its achievements underline ITC's relevance to trade development and confirm a path for growth in providing trade-related technical assistance

* helped launch the second phase of JITAP, thanks to the Governments of Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Norway and Sweden, which have already pledged half the total budget required to implement this four-year programme.

ITC in review: ITC's achievements in the last 15 months give a taste of what is to come

* The Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme (JITAP), implemented jointly by ITC, WTO and UNCTAD, strengthens the capacity of African countries to integrate into the multilateral trading system.

ITC helping business play its part in trade negotiations

ITC also implements the Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme (JITAP) for African countries with UNCTAD and WTO, where multilateral trading system issues play a prominent role.