The Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) Inter-Agency Cluster onTrade and Productive Capacity is an inter-agency mechanism dedicated to the coordination of trade and development operations at the national and regional levels within the United Nations system.
The Cluster makes a concrete and direct contribution to the overall Aid for Trade (AfT) initiative and United Nations system-wide coherence reform by coordinating its participation in the:
- Countries involved in a United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) and having adopted a “Delivering as One” approach;
- United Nations Development Group (UNDG) machinery, in view of the formulation of new United Nations rules and standard mechanisms for development operations.
The Cluster is led by UNCTAD and includes UNIDO, UNDP, ITC, FAO, WTO, UNEP, ILO, UNCITRAL, UNOPS and the five United Nations Regional Commissions.
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