Other Multi-National Organizations:

APEC is the primary Asia Pacific regional vehicle for promoting open trade and practical economic cooperation.

Information on trade and business in Asia, in areas such as the economy, trade fairs, business partners, matchmaking, company directories, trade policy, regulation, standards, trade statistics, market information and investment. It is powered by 21 trade promotion organizations in Asia as a portal website for business people accessing to Asia.

Links to Multi-Governmental organizations around the world.

ICTSD, founded in 1996, facilitates interaction between policy-makers and those outside the system to help trade policy become more supportive of sustainable development and to facilitate a better understanding of development and environment concerns in the context of international trade.

A worldwide treaty to secure action to prevent the spread and introduction of pests of plants and plant products, and to promote appropriate measures for their control..

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development is a Paris-based intergovernmental organization whose purpose is to provide its 29 Member countries with a forum in which governments can compare their experiences, discuss the problems they share and seek solutions which can then be applied within their own national contexts.

The Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members, part of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation & Development (OECD) promotes and co-ordinates the OECD's policy dialogue and co-operation with a wide range of transition and emerging economies and some developing countries to share institutional and policy options between Members and non-Member economies contributing to economic growth, social development and good governance (domestic and international).

Organization that promotes trade and other interests of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines. The British Virgin Islands and Anguilla are associate members.

Full text of NAFTA, MERCOSUR and other trade agreements in the Western Hemisphere and other resources for Western Hemisphere trade.

An organization established by the OECS to assist in the development of the export manufacturing sector and to the promotion of non-traditional agricultural exports in Antigua, Dominica, Anguilla, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Grenada, Monserrat and the British Virgin Islands.

Oceania's premier political and economic policy organization.

SIGMA - Support for Improvement in Governance and Management in Central and Eastern European Countries - is a joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union. The initiative advises transition countries on improving public governance at the central government level. SIGMA comprises two expert teams that provide individually tailored services to 15 countries. One team counsels the ten European Union candidate countries of Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on financial control, external audit and the civil service, and complementing the EU's twinning programme. The other team works with countries in the Western Balkans to strengthen public institutions, giving particular emphasis to budget, treasury and taxes; financial control and external audit; and civil service and administrative reform.

The Commonwealth (former British Commonwealth) is a unique family of 53 developed and developing nations around the world. It is a voluntary association of independent sovereign states spread over every continent and ocean. Its 1.6 billion people span a quarter of the world's population. They are found in every continent and ocean and are of many religions, races, languages and cultures.

Established in 1952 as the Customs Co-operation Council, the WCO is an independent intergovernmental body whose mission is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of Customs administrations. With 159 Member Governments, it is the only intergovernmental worldwide organization competent in Customs matters. Members are responsible for processing more than 95 % of all international trade.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an international organization dedicated to helping to ensure that the rights of creators and owners of intellectual property are protected worldwide.