Trade for Development Centre is a programme of Enabel, the Belgian development agency.
We believe that fair and sustainable trade are a way to decrease poverty. It gives smallholders in the South the opportunity to develop in a sustainable way. We work around three main themes: producer support, sharing information and raising awareness.
Here you will find our most recent publications in order of appearance. The last published will be in the front.
We are seeking expert coaches in marketing, financial and business management or HREDD that are available for field assignments in 2026 and 2027. Please find the tender here.
On October 1, Côte d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouatara himself announced that the farm gate cocoa price for the 2025-2026 season would be 2,800 CFA francs/kg, a substantial increase of 56% compared to the 1,800 CFA francs of last year during the same period.
While measures such as group certification offer opportunities for their producers, the regulation also poses significant challenges, including increased costs and the artificial division of some cooperatives.
At the foot of Mount Rwenzori, in North Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo), the cooperative Kawa Kanzururu – meaning ‘coffee of the eternal snows’ – is transforming the coffee and cocoa industry with the support of Enabel’s Trade for Development Center (TDC).
25 coaches of both Enabel’s Trade for Development Centre programme and the programme on sustainable cocoa in Ivory Coast came together in Ivory Coast in May 2025 for the coaching days.
TDC aims to strengthen the capacities of MSME and producer organisations in terms of sustainability and decent work, management and marketing. The aim is to increase sales and revenues through sustainable organisational strengthening, better management and improved access to markets. Interested? Apply before July 22th!!
