The UNCTAD Creative Economy Section generates economic information through a trade lens, to understand past trends and project into the future and to promote data-led understanding of trade in creative goods and services, intellectual property, ideas and imagination.UNCTAD’s mandate to conduct research and policy analysis, consensus building, and technical cooperation remains as valid and important today as it was more than a decade ago when in 2004 the UNCTAD Secretary-General established the Creative Economy Programme. After being incorporated into the mandate, the Creative Economy Programme was reconfirmed and expanded at UNCTAD Ministerial Conferences between 2004 and 2016.

OneGlobalVenture is a private equity and advisory group delivering value to its partners through strategic market access, global market advisory, and multilateral trade and investment facilitation.

Brosa is an e-commerce furniture company that connects its customers directly with the makers, cutting out the high markups. Each piece is handmade by a team of expert craftspeople, woodworkers and artisans.

The Melbourne Accelerator Program (MAP) is the first University-aligned accelerator in Australia based at the University of Melbourne. MAP has supported over 180 startups, who have raised A$100 million in funding, generated over A$120 million in revenue, and created more than 1,400 jobs.