ICTSD’s work is organized into three main programme areas: Communications and Information, Dialogues, and Research, Documentation, and Support Services. A short description of each programme, as well as associated outputs, products and services, follows. 

ICTSD Annual Reviews:

ICTSD Annual Review 2006

ICTSD Annual Review 2005

Communications and Information Programme – Enabling Dialogue:

The Bridges series of monthly and weekly publications have been widely recognised as the leading publications in their field.  They draw on ICTSD’s experience in trade and sustainable development and communicate news and analysis in a meaningful context. 

• Bridges (Monthly Review). Bridges provides an analytical review of recent developments in trade and sustainable development, and is written by ICTSD editors and outside contributors.

• Puentes / Passerelles / Pontes (Spanish, French and Portugese editions of Bridges co-published by partners in Latin America, Africa and Europe).

• Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest. Weekly review of trade-related news and information relevant to the sustainable development and trade communities.
  
  

• Bridges Trade BioRes News Digest. Bi-weekly updates on news and events in trade, sustainable development and biological resources (Produced in collaboration with the IUCN - World Conservation Union).

• Passerelles Synthèse Mensuelle. Presenting recent developments on trade and sustainable development relative to Africa (in French).

• Trade Negotiation Insights / Eclairages sur les Negociations Commerciales. A joint ECDPM-ICTSD-ODI bi-monthly publication on the major issues faced by African and ACP countries in international trade negotiations at the WTO and with the EU in the context of the Cotonou Agreement. In French and English.

• ICTSD Series, Public Participation Series, Executive Summaries and other ad-hoc publications. These occasional publications provide in-depth analysis of specific issues connected to the world trading system.

• IPRsonline.org, Trade-environment.org and AgTradePolicy.org. Issue-specific web portals providing resources, events and links in the areas of intellectual property rights, environment and agriculture.
  
   

Dialogues Programme – Facilitating Interaction:

From informal off-the-record meetings to large-scale conferences, ICTSD builds processes that convene key actors and institutions to explore common and different interests, as a contribution to ongoing discussions at the WTO and in other trade policy-making arenas.

• Café & Croissants (informal briefings)

• Roundtables (informal discussions)

• Virtual Dialogues  (email and Internet discussions and communications)

• Policy Dialogues (project / event basis)

• Conferences (project / event basis)  

Research, Documentation & Support Services Programme – A Catalyst for Supporting Processes and Building Capacity:

Encompassing training, research and services, this programme focuses on raising and supporting a high level of interaction among stakeholders by drawing on the best human and academic resources to factor sustainable development into trade policy-making.

• Capacity building and training for trade and sustainable development.

• Contributing to partner research and bringing trade and sustainability perspectives to discussion and policy-making fora.

• Reports that factor sustainable development into trade issues.  

ICTSD also pursues sector-specific projects that incorporate elements of each programme. In 2003, ICTSD will be exploring the links between trade, sustainable development and the following sectors through a process of research, dialogue and information dissemination:

• Africa

• Trade and Sustainable Development

• Natural Resources

• Environment
  
  

• Agriculture

• Services

• Intellectual Property

• Dispute Settlement