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Trade Facilitation in Turkey

Trade Facilitation in Turkey. Mehmet Recep USALAN e-Commerce Board of Turkey. Co-ordination Activities. e-Commerce Working Group. (coordinated by Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade). e-Turkey Initiative. (coordinated by the Turkish Prime Ministry). What is our aim ?.

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Trade Facilitation in Turkey

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  1. Trade Facilitation in Turkey Mehmet Recep USALAN e-Commerce Board of Turkey

  2. Co-ordination Activities e-Commerce Working Group (coordinated by Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade) e-Turkey Initiative (coordinated by the Turkish Prime Ministry)

  3. What is our aim ? • Reduce bureaucracy • Facilitate trade procedures • Provide efficiency in commerce • Construct regulatory framework • Promote ICT using for a knowledge society • Secure e-commerce environment • Implement e-commerce projects

  4. What is our role ? • Government acting as ; • coordinator between the public and private sectors, universities, non-governmental organizations • leader for establishing a knowledge society • main user for ICT products

  5. Ongoing projects in trade facilitation • Electronic Customs • (Undersecreatriat for Customs) • E-documents in Foreign Trade Implementation Group of e-Commerce Board • (Undersecreatriat for Foreign Trade and • Undersecretariat for Customs) • XML Working Group on Finance • (Banks Association of Turkey)

  6. Ongoing projects in trade facilitation • SECI Projects undertaken by TURKPRO • Vehicle Tracking System&Transport Network • (UND- International Transporters Association)

  7. electronic customs http://www.gumruk.gov.tr/Turkish_Customs_English/toctum.htm

  8. e-documents in foreign trade Application method being used • Documents to be used for foreign trade application and the workflow in which these documents are used have been determined. • Mostly used 28 of the foreign trade documents, which exceed 170, are selected by taking into account within a pilot application. • Accelerating exports by facilitating and encouraging trade. Expected output of the project

  9. e-documents in foreign trade

  10. e-documents in foreign trade

  11. e-documents in foreign trade

  12. XML WG on finance http://www.tbb.org.tr Prepare interactive financial exchange schema Prepare XML schemas of banking transactions between banks and customers Disseminate of information about new banking transactions

  13. Direct Debit system on finance http://www.tbb.org.tr EFT2 system has provided an opportunity for operating “Direct Depit Application” efficiently. “Direct Depit System” is most easiest way for doing e-commerce now in Turkey, if it is implemented.

  14. Vehicle tracking system

  15. ULASNET PROJECT

  16. SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN COOPERATION INITIATIVE SECI IN TURKEY www.seciturk.org.tr The paramount goal of SECI is to encourage regional cooperation, stability among the countries of Southern Europe, and thus facilitate the access of Southern Europe to the European Union. Member Countries are; Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FRY Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey, Yugoslavia.

  17. SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN COOPERATION INITIATIVE SECI IN TURKEY www.seciturk.org.tr SECIPRO is the association of National Pro Committees in SEE which is a body to increase business and investment by simplifying and harmonising legal and commercial procedures. To deal with the legal problems, regulations and documents for the shipment of goods, SECI has organised a project group, Trade and Transport Facilitation in Southeast Europe, (TTFSE).

  18. SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN COOPERATION INITIATIVE SECI IN TURKEY www.seciturk.org.tr PROJECTS ENVISAGED AND UNDERTAKEN BY TURKPRO : • TTFSE Training of Trainers Project • SECI Visa Regime Review Project • Regional Road Transport Committee

  19. SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN COOPERATION INITIATIVE SECI IN TURKEY TTFSE TRANING OF TRAINERS PROJECT This project is undertaken for training the trainers in road transport. The academic program has been implemented during December 2001 by Koç University in İstanbul. Two participants from six countries have attended to this program for seven days. They have been trained on foreign trade, international transport, customs regime, and ethics. Due to the success of this project, SECI BAC and the Agenda Committees have praised the effort and shown this project as a model.

  20. SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN COOPERATION INITIATIVE SECI IN TURKEY VISA REGIME PROJECT This project has been initiated in order to facilitate the procedures for obtaining visas for businessmen and drivers. Consulates in the SECI countries will be connected on-line to a center to be established, and question relavent information concerning businessmen and drivers for issuing visas.

  21. SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN COOPERATION INITIATIVE SECI IN TURKEY REGIONAL ROAD TRANSPORT COMMITTEE (RRTC) Turkey will be hosting the committee this year, as was in 2001 and 2002. Work is in progress concerning standardisation of road user charges and weight control.

  22. Mehmet Recep USALAN Country Manager e-Commerce Board of Turkey www.e-ticaret.gov.tr e-bilgi@dtm.gov.tr

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