The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC), and the European Union (EU) Delegation to the Philippines, is set to hold the 3rd EU-Philippines Partnership Conference on Dec. 4, 2024 in Manila.
This year’s conference theme is “Unlocking the EU Market: Achieving Exports and Trade Successes in the EU for Philippine MSMEs.” This flagship event, part of the 2024 Philippines National Exporters’ Week, is organized under the EU-funded ARISE Plus Philippines project.
The conference aims to unlock lucrative business opportunities for Philippine MSMEs in the EU market.
The EU is the Philippines’ fourth-largest trading partner, with bilateral trade reaching $16 billion in 2023. The annual EU-Philippines conferences are organized to stimulate dialog and cooperation between the public and private sectors in the Philippines and the EU on trade-related issues and exchange of experiences and good practices for the benefit of Philippine policymakers and businesses.
Building on the last two conferences, which brought together close to 2,000 in-person and online participants, this year’s aims to address critical issues surrounding exporting to the EU for Philippine MSMEs.
It will bring together international and national experts and representatives from the public and private sectors. This event is particularly timely given this year’s commemoration of the 60th anniversary of EU-Philippines relations and in the context of the ongoing free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations.
