List of competency standards (the standards in italic are under development):
DOWNLOAD ADM OO2 STRUCTURE OF THE GTPA PROGRAMME
01: Global business environment and international trade economics
02: Overview of international business
03: Cultural and business practises
04: Trade law basics and regulatory compliance
05: Leadership in trade strategy
06: Risk leadership and governance
07: Building diversity in trade
08: Strategic planning
09: Risk management and control
10: International market research
11: Financial management for international business
12: Understanding value and pricing
13: Import/export operations (general)
14: Logistics
15: E-commerce, internet selling and technology in trade
16: International human resource management
17: Global value chains (GVCs) and international supply chain
18: Trade in services
19: International marketing and sales
20: Foreign investment
21: Trade finance and capital risks (including fraud, currency and reputational risks)
22: Trade finance
23: Currency, foreign exchange and reparation of funds
24: Documentary credits and collections
25: Digital trade finance and fintech
26: Advanced documentary credits and collections
27: Advanced supply chain finance
28: Trade finance regulation
29: Trade diplomacy (including LDC trade principles)
30: Non-tariff barriers (NTBs) and technical barriers to trade (TBTs)
31: Trade facilitation
32: Trade promotion
33: Trade policy
34: Government procurement
35: Global trade policy development
36: Strategic security
37: Economic development
38: Trade controls and regulatory compliance specialist
39: Customs operations and border security
40: Import/export processes
41: International freight
42: Exit and entry clearance
43: Customs law
44: Marine and air shipping
45: International trade law
46: International commercial contracts
47: Intellectual property (IP) management
48: Trade law specialist
Our goal is to bring people together to:
- build professional capabilities in trade
- elevate the profile of trade
- advocate the benefits and opportunities of trade
- facilitate networking
- improve the performance and success of companies in global trade
- boost the efficiency of trade processes.
Featured GTPA Member
Ziyaad Ebrahim, GTP
Ziyaad has close to fifteen years of experience in international trade and development.He joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) after serving 12 years in various positions within the Government of Seychelles, where he comes from.
During his time in the Government of Seychelles, he was directly involved in trade, investment and general economic policy formulation and implementation.He also has experience on WTO accession and was involved in FTA negotiations with the European Union and within the Eastern and Southern African region. He has also worked with international organisations such as the IMF, World Bank and the African Development Bank on Structural Adjustment Programmes, private sector and MSME development initiatives including gender empowerment projects.
In his current role with the WTO, he coordinates the work of the WTO LDC Group in the ongoing trade negotiations.He also monitors and assists LDC participation in specific areas of the negotiations which include Special and Differential Treatment (S&DT), fisheries subsidies, trade facilitation and LDC accession negotiations.
He is fluent in English and has working knowledge of French.
Ziyaad was one of the first people globally to be certified as a Global Trade Professional in the area of Trade Management.