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

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Agenda item 2 : Matters arising since the fifteenth session

Secretariat Capacity Building and

Support to Transition Economies

Presented by the UNECE secretariat

for information

UNECE

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

UNECE

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

UNECE

Tools & GuidesDevelopment

Capacity Building

Knowledge Sharing

RegionalAdvisory Service

Research & Analysis

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

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

• UNNExT Brief Series• Regional Meeting of Central Asian countries in Kuala Lumpur (Oct 2010)• Asia Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum (2011)

• 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)

UNNExT Activities

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

UNECE

Problem(FAQs)

Case Studies on good TF practices

TF Generic Approach(How)

TF Business Domains(Where)

(How and Where)

WTO TF Topics

(What)

Procurement Gov & Business

Shipping & Transport Payment and Trade Finance

TF theory and practice overview(Why)

Organisation

Wikipedia lookalike database of TF instruments(With What)

Key TF Organisations(Who)

Customs & Cross Border management

Instrument

Domain/Area

E-Business Standards and Methodologies

Trade-Government Consultation

Business Process Analysis and

Simplification

Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide

UNECE

UN Global Conference on Single Window

in 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)

UNECE

Committee on Trade

Trade Facilitation Audit of Belarus

Regulatory and procedural obstacles to trade

Next study: Kazakhstan