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Enhancing Trade Facilitation for Central Asia's Integration

Strengthen regional cooperation and build networks for trade integration in Central Asia through capacity-building projects supported by international organizations and donors. This project aims to create new capacities, host seminars and trainings, and establish working groups on trade facilitation. Key activities include seminars on the Single Window system, electronic trade documents, and border trade facilitation.

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Enhancing Trade Facilitation for Central Asia's Integration

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  1. 5thtranche UN Development Account project UNECE and UNESCAP Capacity-Building for Trade Facilitation in Support of Trade Integration in Central Asia Mario Apostolov, Regional Adviser, UNECE Trade mario.apostolov@unece.org

  2. Strengthen regional cooperation Build networks (a) Project Working Group and (b) public-private cooperation Build the foundation for pilot projects Project = “seed money” -> we suggest topics, standards and tools for national and rtegional projects (AZ, KZ, KG, TJ, UZ) and donor financed projects (GTZ, USAID, ADB) Logic of the project

  3. 1. Two networks Working Group on trade (decision makers) – 4 sessions Public-private and interagency cooperation (formal and informal + conference in Almaty + contacts in all forms of activities under the project) 2. New capacity created – seminars, trainings, etc. UN Development Account project in trade facilitation in Central Asia – results:

  4. Trainings, seminars and conferences on: Seminar on Integrated approach to trade facilitation(Almaty, June 07)all 7 countries and donors (GTZ, USAID, ADB) – started projects on national trade facilitation bodies (KG, TJ), the Single Window (KG, TJ), international standards. This seminar organized together with first public-private mechaisms meeting Second seminar on Single Window (Baku, May 2008) 2008-2009: Another series of national seminarsand projects in Kyrgyzstan (1) and Uzbekistan (4) plus training in Sweden on the Single Window UNDA project 2: Capacity-building results:

  5. PORT HEALTH CUSTOMS CARRIER WHARFINGER HAULIER Single Window CUSTOMS PORT BROKER AUTHORITY LINE CONSIGNEE AGENT CONSIGNOR Rec. 33: The Single Window Concept FROM TO Customs, export, import, etc. processes together Many documents filed together Appr. 1 hour for clearance Mountains of paper 30% mistakes Weeks for clearance

  6. Policy work Building political will Interagency management group Draft concept paper and a feasibility study Appoint a lead organization (e.g. Customs) Harmonize policy (~80% of the work - negotiations) Technical work Interagency technical group Data harmonization Developing a SW system Alignment with international standards (~20% technical work) Two directions of work in building a Single Window

  7. Business can make a well argumented request Create interagency groups: of decision-makers of technical specialists Develop a Single Window Concept Build political will Feasibility study / Analysis of purpose Selection of a lead agency / implementing agency Draft a Work Plan Creating the technical system: data harmonizat°, start step-by-step: e.g. licenses MASTER PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTING A SINGLE WINDOW STEP-BY-STEP (Rec.33)

  8. Seminar 3: electronic trade documents (Bishkek, Oct. 2008):- Training: how to create electronic trade documents;- Study visit to the Manas Airport (electronic declaration)- Started a pilot project on establishing a « forms repository » - introduce it in all countries in the region! Seminar 2: Single WindowDefinition:a system that allows all participants in trade and transport file requested information in only one place, in a standard format, in order to carry out import, export and transit operations. Key TF issue in WTO

  9. Forms repository: gather all document forms in one place only: “Formular Server” www.zoll.de

  10. Seminar 4: Trade Facilitation at the Border (Dushanbe, May 2009):- How to move the process of inspecting documents and trade information further from the border-crossings, in order to avoid congestion;- Study visit to the border between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (Tursunzade) – describing the process

  11. Border police Border Customs Veterinary Financial control Road agency Phytosanitary Environment

  12. Cooperation

  13. International cooperation Border Service Border Service Customs Customs Inspection Services Inspection Services

  14. Public-private partnership for trade facilitation Forum to discuss problems and possible solutions Cooperation and projects with international organizations (UNECE, WTO, UNCTAD, WB) and aid agencies (GTZ, WB, USAID, ADB) On the Single Window – the key interest. The Recommendations from the seminar have already been discussed at the Prime Minister’s office. To follow… Network II: national mechanisms for trade and transport facilitation (Rec. 4) and the Single Window: conferencia in Almaty, Oct. 2009

  15. How to bridge gaps in interests? State agencies Stress on the function Customs, Police, etc. Ministries of trade, transport, etc. Exporters, importers, freight forwarders, software companies banks, SMEs etc. Big companies and associations in various sectors Business

  16. How to bridge gaps in interests? State agencies Stress on the function Customs, Police, etc. Ministries of trade, transport, etc. Exporters, importers, freight forwarders, software companies banks, SMEs etc. Big companies and associations in various sectors Business

  17. Electronic Corridors and the Eurasian trade links

  18. Thanks! mario.apostolov@unece.org www.unece.org/trade & www.unece.org/cefact

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