2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 Mandela Day visit to Holdings Hands Mandela Day is a wonderful opportunity to give or do something to encourage and support another community in South Africa. On Monday 18 July 2016, several members of the TRADE team visited…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 Recent outputs from TRADE TRADE prides itself on being highly responsive to local and international developments in the economics and trade spheres, as evidenced in its many research outputs, including journal articles,…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #3/2017 Upcoming events Name of event: From Trade Rules to Trade Deals: Whither US Trade Policy in the Trump Administration? (Organised in collaboration with BUSA, Agbiz, Tutwa Consulting and the JCCI) Date: 28 February 2017 Details…, Cultural intelligence workshop, Date: 24-25 April 2017 Details: A workshop aimed at equipping TRADE staff with the skills to engage effectively with people from different cultural backgrounds Enquiries: trade@nwu.ac.za Welcome from Prof Wilma Viviers, director of TRADE TRADE at the WTO…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Welcome from Prof Wilma Viviers, director of TRADE We are living in interesting – but disturbing – times. Although there is much uncertainty in the world today, with South Africa and other countries facing tough economic…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 TRADE Research Advisory (Pty) Ltd takes off TRADE Research Advisory (Pty) Ltd (trading as 'TRADE Advisory') was formally registered in March this year as the commercial advisory arm of the NWU TRADE research entity, focusing…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 SEIFSA Indaba On 27 May, Proffs Wilma Viviers and Raymond Parsons attended the Southern Africa Metal and Engineering Indaba held at the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) Conference Centre in Sandton, Johannesburg…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 TRADE-DSM™ training for BITC On 12 and 13 May, staff from the Gaborone-based Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) visited TRADE for training in the use of the TRADE-DSM Navigator™. This forms part of the support…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 TRADE-DSM Navigator™ training for the dti On 26 February, seven people from the dti (Department of Trade and Industry) visited the TRADE research entity on the Potchefstroom Campus to undergo their second tier of training on…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 TRADE-DSM Navigator™ training for the NWPG On 14 March, Mr Martin Cameron conducted a practical training session for five individuals from the North West Provincial Government’s Department of Finance, Economy and Enterprise…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 TRADE partners with ICTSD to study SMEs and services TRADE is currently working with the Geneva-based ICTSD (International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development) in a number of projects aimed at better understanding…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Global Value Chains (GVCs) under the spotlight Over the past six months, TRADE has hosted two roundtables at its premises in Potchefstroom under the auspices of the WTO Chairs Programme (outreach component). At the first…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 GVC analysis roundtable Global Value Chain (GVC) analysis is a complex matter and can involve various levels of firm-level and sector-level empirical research. This was the focus of a roundtable hosted by the TRADE research…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 WTO-TRADE GVC roundtable At a roundtable convened by the TRADE research entity at the NWU, Dr Tebogo Makube from the Industrial Procurement Chief Directorate of the dti spoke about the government’s (re)industrialisation drive…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 GEGAfrica dialogue on GVCs and SMEs On 24 May, Ms Ali Parry (an extraordinary research scientist in the TRADE research entity) attended a dialogue in Pretoria organised by the GEGAfrica group (Global Economic Governance) on…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 TIPS Development Dialogue On 21 January, a number of TRADE members attended a Development Dialogue arranged by TIPS (Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies) on the topic of Global and Regional Value Chains and how these are…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Master's and PhD students tackle pressing economic and trade challenges In today’s complex and unpredictable world, trade policymakers and practitioners cannot afford to be complacent. This realisation is reflected in the…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 CAPLP Writing School session #1 The NWU Centre for Academic and Professional Language Practice (CAPLP) held its first Writing School session of the year for Master’s and PhD students on 18 and 19 February. A follow-up session…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 CAPLP Writing School session #2 The NWU Centre for Academic and Professional Language Practice (CAPLP) held a follow-up Writing School session for Master’s and PhD students on 10 and 11 March 2016. For more details about the…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 WTO Chair launch The World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva has awarded one of its prestigious Chairs for 2014 to Prof Wilma Viviers of the North-West University. Viviers, whose ground-breaking research has propelled her to…
2020-11-18NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 The informal economy - time for a different policy response Prof Derick Blaauw of the TRADE research entity, together with Dr Anmar Pretorius (TRADE/NWU), Dr Rinie Schenck (University of the Western Cape) and Dr Kotie Viljoen…
