The Trade Logistics Agenda

1
The Trade Logistics Agenda

• Trade Facilitation and Competitiveness
• Transit Logistics
• Border Crossing and Clearance Management
• Customs Reform
• Multimodal Transport Legal and Regulatory Aspects

2
Trade Facilitation and Competitiveness

• Economic Benefits of Trade Facilitation
• Logistics Costs and Export Earnings Geography,
  Competitiveness and Poverty
• Facilitation Performance and Competitiveness
  Index

3
Transit Logistics

• Bilateral and Regional Transit Agreements
• Landlocked Developing Countries Access Corridor
  Agreements
• Transit Guarantee Systems  Customs/Insurance/Oper
  ators (TIR, TIF and similar)
• Cost/Benefits of Transit Trade for Transit
  Countries

4
Border Crossing Management

• Single Window Environment
• Adjacent Border Posts
• Border Monitoring Systems
• Inland Clearance Facilities

5
Customs Reform

• Streamlining and Harmonization of Procedures
• Information Technology and Electronic Processing
• Risk Assessment Methods Security with
  Facilitation
• Integrity Programs
• Training/Capacity Building  Customs
  Officials/Private Operators

6
Multimodal Transport

• Legal Aspects
• Regulatory Framework
• Liability Regime of MTO
• Implementation/Amendments of/to MTO Regimes

7
A Partnership Approach

• Strengthen the Network GFP Steering Committee
  (WCO, WTO, UNCTAD, ICC, Donors,WB,)
• Consolidate Funding for Short-Term Actions on the
  Ground Single or Multi-Donor TFs managed by GFP
  Steering Committee
• WB Trade Logistics Group Diagnosis/Identification
  and Project Preparation with TF funding and GFP
  members contribution
• Project Implementation with WB/IFIs support and
  GFP follow-up