Summary: The WTPO Awards 2022
Trade promotion organizations (TPOs) shared innovative practices with peers from around the world in Accra at the WTPO Conference 2022. Winners were announced at the awards ceremony and gala dinner. The event was hosted by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority and the International Trade Centre (ITC). More than 200 senior trade and investment representatives participated.
The awards are open to all national trade promotion organizations. They celebrate TPO initiatives that demonstrate outstanding innovative and effective practices in export development programmes.
Applications were received in three categories:
Best use of partnerships
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Best use of information technology
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Best initiative to ensure that trade is inclusive and sustainable
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The 2022 winners
Jamaica
Best use of partnerships
Jamaica Promotions Corporation
Malaysia
Best use of information technology
Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation
Zimbabwe
Best initiative to ensure that trade is inclusive and sustainable
ZimTrade
Runner up awards
Qatar
Best use of partnerships
Export Development and Promotion Agency at the Qatar Development Bank
Austria and Canada
Best use of information technology
Advantage Austria
Canadian Trade Commissioners Service, Global Affairs Canada
Sri Lanka
Best initiative to ensure that trade is inclusive and sustainable
Sri Lanka Export Development Board