The International Trade Centre (ITC) assists developing and transition economy countries to take advantage of expanding trade opportunities in an increasingly complex global environment. ITC supports Trade Impact for Good, promoting sustainable and inclusive development goals through trade. The Office of the Executive Director (OED) spearheads the positioning of ITC, including communication with donors, external stakeholders, beneficiary groups and the general public as well as internally among ITC staff; leads a corporate approach to event management and fundraising; coordinates strategic partnerships; and oversees key management control functions especially governance, planning and performance reporting, and evaluation. OED is made up of the offices of the Executive Director (OED) and the Deputy Executive Director (ODED) including the Cabinet of the Executive Director, the Strategic Planning, Performance and Governance Section (SPPG), and the Communications and Events (CE) Section. The Strategic Planning, Performance and Governance Section (SPPG) supports ITC’s Senior Management and staff in results-based management: It is responsible for corporate planning, reporting and risk management; for coordinating a corporate approach to fundraising and partnerships and for providing secretariat functions to ITC’s governing bodies. The section also houses ITC's representation office at the UN in New York that contributes to ITC's positioning and outreach, ITC’s Independent Evaluation Unit that contributes to results-based management through independent evaluations of policies, projects, programmes and processes, and the ITC Gender Unit.