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United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UN Work to Support Implementation of International Standards for Trade Facilitation Tom Butterly Chief, Global Trade Solutions Section Trade and Timber Division Trade Development and Facilitation for Economies in Transition Geneva, 27 October 2009. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

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  1. UN Work to Support Implementation of International Standards for Trade Facilitation Tom ButterlyChief, Global Trade Solutions SectionTrade and Timber DivisionTrade Development and Facilitation for Economies in TransitionGeneva, 27 October 2009 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

  2. The Mantra on Trade Facilitation • Trade Facilitation is good for you • Single Window is very good for you • The use of International Standards is essential ! • How do we implement

  3. The great thing about standards … agXML SMDG Bolero GCI HR-XML EHD xCat UBL Rosettanet OTA IATA E-construct CATXML PIDX UNeDoc Togaf XAML Opentrans xCBL HL7 Acord CIDX xBRL BSML VICS SWIFT GML cXML

  4. ECE Integrated Framework of Standards for Paperless Trade Framework for Data Exchange Single Window, Paperless Trade … Capacity building and projects by UN System… Revised Kyoto Convention, WTO, eTIR … XML/EDI Schemas, Paper Forms UN/CEFACT Recommendations Single Window (Rec 33) Rec: 6,11,12,14,18,22,26 WCO Rec IATA AWB SAD … Data Model UN/TDED Core Components UN/EDIFACT Data Level Reusable Elements Paper Electronics Business UN Layout Key Code lists Rec … UMM, CCTS, XML NDR ISO 9735(EDIFACT Syntax) … Trade Facilitation Layers Policy (National, Regional, Sector) Imple- menta- tion Inter- change Generic

  5. Regional Single Window and Paperless Trading initiatives National/ Subregional Policies and Implementation Strategies National Single Window Projects International Standards and Technology WCO Data Model, UNTDED Core Components ebXML How do we bridge the gap between the policy framework & the implementation at regional/national level? UN Network of Experts

  6. www.unescap.org/unnext http://www.unescap.org/unnext/ http://www.unescap.org/unnext/

  7. UN Network of Experts for Paperless Trade in Asia-Pacific region • Mission: • “establish an ongoing community of knowledge and practice to facilitate the implementation of single window and paperless trade in the Asia-Pacific region”

  8. Bridging this gap… UN Next: • Capacity building support and training • Technical knowledge and expertise • Exchange of best practices and experience with their peers in other countries of the region • Implementation tools

  9. Impacts of IT-based Trade Facilitation Measures in Thailand(through reform, and applying IT for Paperless Customs and NSW) Transaction Cost reduction from 848 to 625 (~220 USD) per container (x 3.5 million TEU per year) = 770 Million USD transaction cost reduction per year SMEs also benefit from the reduction of procedures and cost. Data: World Bank, www.Doingbusiness.org Feb 2009 10 National Workshop on Establishing a Single Window in Mongolia: 29 Sep.-1 Oct. 2009; Ulaanbatar, Mongolia

  10. 6th Tranche UN Development Account • Enhancing Trade Competitiveness of Least-Developed Countries, Countries in Transition and Transit Countries through the Implementation of Single Window Facilities • Funding: United Nations Development Account project (6th Tranche) • Period: 2009 - 2011 • Countries: Central, South and South East Asia. • Building on previous UN Development Account Projects in Trade Facilitation • …and on the work of the UNECE Regional Advisor on Trade Facilitation

  11. Meetings and Outputs • Conference and Workshops: • Dec 07 Regional preparatory conference • Jan 09 UN Next stakeholder meeting • Mar 09 Symposium on regional capacity for SW • Sep 09 National workshop Mongolia • 2010 National workshop Azerbaijan • 2010 National workshop Cambodia • Training materials and Tools: • UN Forms Repository • Tools for electronic Documents for SW • User guide on document simplification for SW • Guide to Business Process Analysis for SW • Train the trainer course for BPA

  12. UN/CEFACT Capacity Building Plan • UN/CEFACT will develop implementation packages for specific standards • UN will help countries to implement these packages • With specific emphasis on countries with economies in transition • Need to get experts from transition economies to participate in the standards development work! • UN/CEFACT Plenary 9 – 12 November 2009

  13. Implementation Mechanisms • Trade Facilitation Bodies/Committees • Changing Roles – WTO, Single Window, Paperless Trade, Security, eGovernance • National and Regional Strategies for Trade Facilitation – Benchmarks (National and Regional) • Participation in the standards development work

  14. Follow-up All UNECE and UN/CEFACT Recommendations, codes, standards and publications are available for free on our website at: • www.unece.org/trade • www.unece.org/cefact/ • E-mail: tom.butterly@unece.org

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