Agenda item 2 : Matters arising since the fifteenth session Secretariat Capacity Building and Support to Transition Economies

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Agenda item 2 Matters arising since the
fifteenth sessionSecretariat Capacity Building
and Support to Transition Economies

• Presented by the UNECE secretariat
• for information

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Capacity-building/enhancing involvement of
countries in transition

• Regional Commonwealth for Communication
  (Ministries of Communication of 11 CIS
  countries) Meeting in Belarus in April 2011
  appointed RCC group to work with UN/CEFACT
• CIS Interstate Council on Standardization,
  Metrology and Certification (Standardization
  bodies of 11 CIS states) Meeting in Turkmenistan
  in May 2011 requested UN/CEFACT to assist in
  preparing proposals for a potential regional
  standardization programme on information
  standards based on UN/CEFACT tools
• OSCE Border Management College (Dushanbe)
  Training courses in November 2010, March 2011,
  June 2011, September 2011

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Capacity-building by Regional Adviser

• CB workshops on TF, Single Window and data
  harmonization (using UN standards) Bishkek,
  Moscow, Odessa
• Interparliamentary Assembly of EurAsEC after 4
  seminars, joint studies and a publication
  included TF SW in its work plans
• Conference on TF SW with the Commission of the
  Customs Union of BY, KZ RU, Moscow, 7-8 April
  2011
• 3 studies on the readiness of Russia for the SW
• New version of the English-Russian Glossary of TF
  terms (after Russia acceded to the Kyoto
  Convention and translated it)
• Trade policy advisory services
• SPECA Aid-for-Trade roadmap initiative
  Ministerial in Baku (1 Dec. 2010) gt Ministerial
  Declaration AfT monitoring council
• Secretariat support to the SPECA Working Group on
  Trade
• Report and strategy paper for cooperation with SE
  Europe

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Regional Adviser plans for 2011

• POLICY
• SPECA PWG on Trade sixth meeting (Ashgabat ?)
• SEE another meeting in SEE (Bosnia and
  Herzegovina)
• EurAsEC / Customs Union support to IISVVT
• CZ PROJECT Follow-up seminar in Ukraine
• RU PROJECT on national TF mechanism the Single
  Window
• Astana seminar / Customs Union
• Finalize the 3 studies on Russia for publication
  in Russian English
• CT Needs Assessments
• OTHER sustain initiatives in SE Europe (as the
  focal point for SE Europe), South Caucasus, etc.

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UNNExT Activities

• Business Process Analysis (BPA) Guide
• Document Harmonization Guide for Single Window
• Legal Guide for Single Window
• Data Harmonization Guide

Tools Guides Development

• National Workshops on BPA, Mongolia,
• Nepal, Cambodia,
• Regional workshops in Central Asian countries in
  Bangkok and Astana

Capacity Building
UNNExT Brief Series Regional Meeting of
Central Asian countries in Kuala Lumpur (Oct
2010) Asia Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum
(2011)
Knowledge Sharing
Regional Advisory Service
Mongolia Single Window Master Plan Peer Review
Nepal Towards Single Window Environment
Regional Study on Improving Trade Procedures
(Using BPA Guide) Single Window Implementation
framework (EU ITAIDE)
Research Analysis

• Legal Frameworks for Single Window
• Enterprise Architecture for Single Window

Planned
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Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide
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UN Global Conference on Single Windowin
International Trade

• Ten years of SW
• What have we achieved,
• What works and what does not?
• What could be the agendas for the next ten years?
• What are future requirements?
• Which technologies will shape SW?
• Where? 10-14 December 2011, Geneva
• Part of a broader joint UNRC project to enhance
  participation of developing countries in global
  supply chains (ECA, ECE, ESCAP, ESCWA, ECLAC and
  UNDP)

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Committee on Trade

• Trade Facilitation Audit of Belarus
• Regulatory and procedural obstacles to trade
• Next study Kazakhstan