Foreign-trade expert group to run courses in Dublin

A global trade organisation is to begin running courses in Dublin, focused on developing trade skills.

The World Trade Centre Association brings together businesses and government agencies involved in foreign trade.

The association will focus on developing education programmes and on providing Irish companies with access to their professional trade services team.

Its first Irish venture will be a joint professional education initiative with Independent Colleges on Nassau Street in Dublin which will offer a curriculum of courses designed "to enhance the international trade competency of individuals and businesses in Ireland", said a spokesman.

Courses begin in two weeks time.