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Presented by the UNECE secretariat for information

Agenda item 2 : Matters arising since the fifteenth session Secretariat Capacity Building and Support to Transition Economies. Presented by the UNECE secretariat for information. Capacity-building/enhancing involvement of countries in transition.

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Presented by the UNECE secretariat for information

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  1. Agenda item 2 : Matters arising since the fifteenth sessionSecretariat Capacity Building and Support to Transition Economies Presented by the UNECE secretariat for information

  2. 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 appointedRCC 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

  3. 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) => Ministerial Declaration & AfT monitoring council • Secretariat support to the SPECA Working Group on Trade • Report and strategy paper for cooperation with SE Europe

  4. 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

  5. TF theory and practice overview (Why) Problem (FAQs) Case Studies on good TF practices TF Generic Approach (How) TF Business Domains (Where) Procurement Gov & Business Shipping & Transport Customs & Cross Border management Payment and Trade Finance Domain/Area (How and Where) Organisation WTO TF Topics (What) Wikipedia lookalike database of TF instruments (With What) Key TF Organisations (Who) Instrument Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide

  6. 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)

  7. Committee on Trade • Trade Facilitation Audit of Belarus • Regulatory and procedural obstacles to trade • Next study: Kazakhstan

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