TRADE COMMITTEE
Purpose:
The Trade Committee (TC) aims to create and/or strengthen collaborations for trade facilitation, considering the industry experience and expertise of WISTA members in the shipping, trading, and logistics sectors.
Scope:
- Establish a presence for WISTA in trading matters and an active role in identifying relevant legislation, practice and follow ups on projects and new trends.
- Actively support the ExCo as a resource for trading expertise
- Advocate for the simplification and less cumbersome trade documents,
- Gender capacity building and mainstreaming by proposing specific actions, programs and creating research that will support women to further develop and gain experience, in order to become the next future leaders in the trading Industry
- With the support of ExCO seek and cultivate partnerships with organizations and educational institutions, which have programs specifically involving trading.
WISTA Trade Committee Members:
Guadalupe Sola (WISTA Argentina), Flavia Maia (WISTA Brazil), Ekongwese Corine (WISTA Cameroon), Juana Herrera (Dominican Republic), Tiina Kapulainen (WISTA Finland), Gertrude Adwoa Ohene-Asienim (WISTA Ghana), Marina Christoulaki (WISTA Hellas), Gloria Kanabe (WISTA Nigeria), Shaleen White (WISTA Panama), Ingrid Huapaya (WISTA Peru), Catherine Smith (WISTA Singapore), Zamangwane Hlongwane (WISTA South Africa), Nuria Diaz (WISTA Spain), Andrea Tang (WISTA Switzerland), Aysegul Gorur (WISTA Turkiye), Monica Kohli (WISTA UK), Ana Claudia Moran (WISTA Uruguay), Samantha Cibelli (WISTA USA), Cristina Mujica (WISTA Venezuela)
Chair of the Trade Committee:
ExCo Representative: Nazli Selek, Sub Elpi Petraki
Monthly ‘Small Talks’ Webinars
WISTA International Trade Committee’s recent ‘Small Talks’ Webinar featured Jan Hoffman from UNCTAD discussing Long term trends in Maritime supply chains.
Please see the link to the webinar below:
https://www.veed.io/view/9b685ca6-56c5-485b-b3a7-1265a75253fd?panel=shareThis
WISTA International Trade Committee held this years inaugural ‘Small Talks’ Webinar on Wednesday 3rd April.
This months subject was E-BLS with guest speaker Mr Boaz Lessem
Please see the link to the webinar below:
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