Aid and Trade webinar

With the impacts of tariffs and USAID cuts across the globe - join us for a discussion about the intersection between aid and trade. With only 5 years until the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were set to be achieved- hear about SDG 17 on global partnerships and a discussion about what we can do collectively to advance sustainable, ethical and inclusive trade.

ECA has worked in international trade and business for more than 60 years. Over the past few decades, through ECA Edge, the team has also facilitated seminars, workshops, and trade missions that have focused on inclusive trade, supporting startups and entrepreneurs such as the Women Trading Globally (WTG) initiative and the Growing Indigenous Trade (GrIT) projects.

Join us with incredible speakers for a virtual panel on aid and trade – as a follow-up from our session on inclusive trade, hear about sustainability and ethics in your business and international trade, and how this intersects with aid and development.

Speakers:

Arnold Jorge - Chief Executive Officer of Export Council of Australia
- Arnold is a former senior trade official, diplomat, and consultant with over 20 years of experience in international trade, aid, entrepreneurship, and marketing. He has held senior roles including Principal Adviser at the Center for International Private Enterprise (Washington D.C), Director of Aid for Trade at DFAT, and Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian Embassy in Mexico City.
  Arnold has represented Australia in major global forums and trade negotiations, including the WTO, APEC, and TPP. Known for his strategic approach, he delivers results through innovation, collaboration, data-driven decision-making, and effective stakeholder engagement. He holds an MBA and brings expertise in lean start-up, agile methodologies, and aid-for-trade project design and delivery.
Alexandre Dayant - Senior Economist and Deputy Director, Indo-Pacific Development Centre, Lowy Institute
- Alexandre Dayant is a senior economist and Deputy Director of the Indo-Pacific Development Centre, a dedicated policy research centre within the Lowy Institute. The Centre at the Lowy Institute is committed to producing fresh policy insights and ideas on the most pressing economic development challenges facing the Indo-Pacific region — principally focusing on the emerging and developing economies of Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands and South Asia.
- Alexandre directs both the Lowy Institute Pacific Aid Map and the Lowy Institute Southeast Asia Aid Map projects, which provide the world’s most comprehensive data tracking of all official aid and other development finance flows to the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia.
- His interests are in aid and development finance, and geoeconomics. He writes on Australian foreign policy, development issues, the Pacific Island countries and Europe. He has worked in Mexico and has a master’s degree in International and Development Economics from the Australian National University and a master’s degree in Econometrics from La Sorbonne, Paris.
Joseph Wozniak, Head, Trade for Sustainable Development, International Trade Centre (ITC)
- Joseph Wozniak has over 20 years’ experience in international trade and development. He leads the Trade for Sustainable Development programme (T4SD) at ITC. T4SD is a specialized and technical resource within ITC aligning sustainability efforts in global value chains, for the benefit of SMEs in particular.
- Prior to ITC, Mr. Wozniak worked for KPMG LLP and as a Senior Economist with the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), formerly OPIC, in Washington, D.C. He was responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of the Agency’s portfolio and the development of analytical tools for the impact assessment of OPIC’s emerging markets investment projects. He received his master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

Moderator:

Renata Zanetti - General Manager ECA Edge
- ECA Edge is our for-purpose area that advances inclusive, ethical and sustainable trade. Renata has a global development background and a focus on capacity development, education, health and human rights. She has formerly worked with DFAT, AusAID, ACFID, UN and with Philanthropy Australia. Renata has a degree of a Master in International Affairs from Geneva with a thesis focused on IP law and the Marrakesh Treaty and a Master in Public Administration degree from Harvard University, where she was also a Kennedy Fellow. She has been a mentor for start-ups and advanced inclusion in initiatives, including through global forums such as the World Urban Forum in Malaysia and United Nations Habitat III in Ecuador.

Date:

Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Time:

4.00 PM - 5.00 PM (AEDT)

Location:

Online - Event details will be provided closer to date.

Price:

Non-Member	$25
ECA Member, Strategic Partner or GTU Subscriber	Free

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