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World Trade Centers Association (WTCA)

  • Type: INGO
  • Field: Economics
  • Region: North America
  • Location: New York, USA
  • Internship Title: International intern
  • Duration: 3 months (10-25 hours per week)
  • Number of Interns: 1-3
  • Special Requirement: N/A
  • Application Status: Available
  • Remote Internship: Unacceptable
About WTCA
The World Trade Centers Association (WTCA) is an international trade organization with a mission to facilitate trade and investment opportunities for commercial property developers, economic development agencies, and international businesses. Building on a rich 50+ year history, WTCA serves as an “international ecosystem” of global connections, iconic properties, and integrated trade services under the umbrella of a prestigious brand. World Trade Centers are true beehives of economic activity and includes commercial real estate, conference and exhibition centers, trade services organizations, economic development agencies, airports, universities, free trade zones and much more.

Vision
World’s trusted global brand facilitating international business connections and trade.

Mission
● Promoting and protecting WTC brand for the collective benefit of their membership;
● Expanding the reach and increase the quality of global WTCA network;
● Strengthening the global presence through connecting engaged members;
● Actively seeking out potential members and establishing WTCs in new growing markets;
● Providing members support in enabling them to connect with their counterparts within the network to foster international trade;
● Expanding the reach and quality of the WTCA network through their members WTC branded properties and integrated trade services;
● Making sure WTCA members maintain and provide the highest quality service to their business members;
● Having strong continental and regional structure to meet WTCA members’ needs; 
● Migrating, leveraging, transferring, and utilizing the strengths of WTCA experienced Members’ best practices
Internship Tasks：
● Supporting daily maintenance of social media and marketing material for APAC market
● Supporting in creation and maintenance content for the official WTCA APAC website
● Translating documents from English to Chinese, Chinese to English
● Assisting with WTCs data bank building
● Conducting research on Asia and other emerging markets
● Assisting with event promotion and coordination
● Other duties that may be assigned

Requirements：
● Current college or graduate student, majoring in marketing, international business and trade, e-business, or related field.
● Excel in written/spoken Chinese and English
● Strong research and writing skills
● Detail-oriented, and able to learn quickly, work independently and deal with multiple projects
● Interest in international trade and business development
● One page English and Chinese writing sample on topic of applicant’s choice
● Knowledge of PC/Mac systems and Internet research
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
2022-04-18 – Annual General Assembly
2021-04-26 – Annual General Assembly
2020-03-01 | Taipei, Taiwan, China – Annual General Assembly
2019-04-07 | Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico – Annual General Assembly
2018-04-22 | Leeuwarden, Netherlands – Annual General Assembly
2017-11-28 | Seoul, Korea Rep – Meeting
2017-04-02 | Las Vegas, NV USA – Annual General Assembly
2016-04-17 | Algiers, Algeria – Annual General Assembly
2015-04-26 | New York, NY USA – Annual General Assembly
2014-04-26 | Bucharest, Romania – Annual General Assembly
2013-04 | Manila, Philippines – Asia Pacific Regional Meeting
2011 | Sao Paulo, Brazil – Annual General Assembly
2010-10-10 | Beijing, China – General Assembly
2010-05-19 | Valencia, Venezuela – Latin America regional meeting
2010-05-09 | Algiers, Algeria – Europe-Africa East regional meeting
2009-10-19 | Barcelona, Spain – General Assembly
2009-06-01 | Stockholm, Sweden – European Middle East and Africa meeting
2003-11-03 | Washington, DC USA – Annual General Assembly
2002-10-23 | Havana, Cuba – International conference on sports tourism
2002-09-29 | Halifax, NS Canada – Annual General Assembly
2002 | Halifax, NS Canada – Annual General Assembly
2002 | Sofia, Bulgaria – Annual Spring Meeting
2001-04-22 | Seoul, Korea Rep – Annual spring meeting
2001 | Sao Paulo, Brazil – Annual General Assembly
2000-10-15 | Boston, MA USA – Annual General Assembly
2000-04-10 | Monte Carlo, Monaco – Annual spring meeting
2000 | Trieste, Italy – Annual Spring Meeting
1999-10-18 | Osaka, Japan – Annual General Assembly
1999 | San Francisco, CA USA – Annual Spring Meeting
1998-10 | Seville, Spain – Annual General Assembly
1998 | Santiago de Cuba, Cuba – Annual spring meeting
1998 | Santiago, Chile – Annual Spring Meeting
1997-10-05 | Hong Kong, China – Annual General Assembly
1997 | Leipzig, Germany – Annual Spring Meeting
1997 | Hong Kong, China – Annual General Assembly
1996-10 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Annual General Assembly
1996-04-15 | Vienna, Austria – Annual spring meeting
1995 | Beijing, China – Annual General Assembly
1995 | Mexico City, Mexico – Annual Spring Meeting
1994-10-17 | Taipei, Taiwan, China – Annual general assembly
1994-04-17 | Buenos Aires, Argentina – Spring board and committee meeting / Annual Spring Meeting
1993-10-10 | Seoul, Korea Rep – Annual General Assembly
1993 | Lisbon, Portugal – Annual Spring Meeting
1992-10 | New York, NY USA – Annual General Assembly
1992 | Montréal, QC Canada – Annual Spring Meeting
1991-04-14 | Hong Kong, China – Spring board and committee meeting
1991 | Budapest, Hungary – Annual General Assembly
1991 | Hong Kong, China – Annual Spring Meeting
1990-10-01 | St Paul, MN USA – Annual General Assembly
1990-08-07 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – African Latin American seminar on expansion of inter-regional trade through unconventional methods including counter-trade
Relations

Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations
Accredited by: E-XE7552 – United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV). Links with: D-XD4036 – Association of Caribbean States (ACS).

Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Instrumental in setting up: U-XG0265 – Mediterranean World Trade Centre.

Members
Regular Membership: organizations substantially involved in the development or operation of a world trade center; Affiliate: world trade center clubs, libraries; chambers of commerce and similar organizations representing a group of businessmen interested in foreign trade expansion through world trade centers. World trade centers and affiliated organizations (322) in 88 countries and territories. Membership countries not specified.