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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNCTAD Trade Facilitation Strategy. Mr. Maxence Orthlieb. Geneva, 13 May 2004. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Basic considerations. Trade Facilitation is pervasive. It covers institutional, regulatory & operational issues. It requires private and public involvement.

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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

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  1. UNCTADTrade FacilitationStrategy Mr. Maxence Orthlieb Geneva, 13 May 2004 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

  2. Basic considerations Trade Facilitation is pervasive. • It covers institutional, regulatory & operational issues. • It requires private and public involvement. • It improves Government control efficiency. • Sustainable facilitation capacity depends on: • Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs); • Linkages between regional trade routes/transport corridors and global transport services.

  3. Mission To provide developing countries with sustainable trade and transport facilitation capacityat national and regional levels.

  4. Implementation principles • Rely on local knowledge rather than systematic international expertise; • Build on regional trade & transport facilitation networks; • Introduce ICT solutions along selected trade and transport corridors ; • Use available ICT tools (e.g. ASYCUDA, ACIS).

  5. Issues covered • Institutional, legal and operational reforms. • Institution building with private and public trade and transport communities. • Trade routes and transport corridors in regional networks. • Linkages between national/regional and global operators.

  6. Security issues • Developing countries need to cope with security initiatives adopted at national and international levels. • The economic impact of these initiatives must be taken into consideration.

  7. Ongoing activities •  Research and analysis. •  Exchange of experiences & Consensus building. • Information systems development. • Technical assistance. •  Training & Knowledge dissemination.

  8. 1. Research and analysis • Improvement of the legal framework for transport and trade facilitation. • Tools for assessing needs and priorities in TF. • Support to transport and trade facilitation platforms. • Trade and transport facilitation cluster development. • Impact of security measures on developing countries trade.

  9. 2. Exchange of experiencesand Consensus building • Intergovernmental meetings: • Almaty Parallel Event on Trade Facilitation, Aug. 2003 • Interactive Session on Transport & TF at UNCTAD XI. • Experts meetings: • Trade Facilitation, Nov. 2002 • MT & logistics services, Sept. 2003 • Transit transport arrangements, Nov. 2004

  10. 3. Information systems development • ASYCUDA:installed in 84 countries.See web-site: www.asycuda.org • ACIS:installed in 18 countries. See web-site: www.railtracker.org

  11. 4. Technical assistance • Integrated country projects: • AFG and PAK (in cooperation with the WB); • ECO. • IT-based management projects: • ACIS; • ASYCUDA. • Inter-regional projects: • Needs and priorities in trade facilitation; • Transport and trade facilitation platforms; • Sustainable T & TF capacity for LLDCs.

  12. 5. Training andKnowledge dissemination • WTO-related workshops: • Organized with WTO; UNIDO; EU, etc. • Trade logistics events: • ICT & transport (Rio, Nov.03); Course on MT & Logistics. • Longer-term training: • UNCTAD X Para.166 – International Economic Agenda; • Course on Logistics; Courses with WMU. • Publications: • Review of Maritime Transport 2003.

  13. Need for Partnerships • Partnerships can play an important role in the effective implementation of trade and transport facilitation measures. They contribute to increase developing countries’ participation in global trade. • Multilateral platforms assist in achieving this goal: • The UN-Trade Facilitation Cooperation Scheme; • The Global Facilitation Partnership for Transportation and Trade (www.gfptt.org).

  14. Cooperative work • With all UN Regional Commissions and other agencies such as: ITC, UNIDO, IMO, WB, IMF; • With intergovernmental organizations such as WTO, WCO, OECD; • With business sectors institutions such as ICC, FIATA, IAPH.

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  16. TF Contacts at UNCTAD • Mr. Peter Faust (peter.faust@unctad.org)Trade Logistics Branch (+41-22 917.20.45) • Mr. Maxence Orthlieb (maxence.orthlieb@unctad.org)Trade Facilitation Section (+41-22 917.20.01) • Mr. José Rubiato (jose.rubiato@unctad.org)Transport Section (+41-22 917.44.31) • Ms. Mahin Faghfouri (mahindokht.faghfouri@unctad.org)Legal Section (+41-22 917.20.21) • Mr. Carlos Cañamero (carlos.canamero@unctad.org)ACIS Programme (+41-22 917.20.41) • Mr. Fabrice Millet (fabrice.millet@unctad.org)ASYCUDA Programme (+41-22 917.44.65)

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