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Trade Facilitation Self-Assessment: Guide and Process

This guide provides a step-by-step process for conducting a trade facilitation self-assessment to determine compliance level with WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation. It helps identify special treatment needs, measures requiring more time to implement, technical assistance requirements, and national priority levels. The guide also includes a questionnaire, situational analysis, and GAP analysis.

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Trade Facilitation Self-Assessment: Guide and Process

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  1. Trade Facilitation Self-Assessment: Guide and Process WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation

  2. Self Assessment Objectives • Determine overall compliance level • Identify special and differential treatment needs • Measures needing more time to implement • Technical assistance needs • National priority level of measures • Be ready for notification and implementation process

  3. Outputs • Identify the specific ACTIONS you must take to comply with each measure • Estimate TIME you will need to implement each measure • Identify the external TECHNICALASSISTANCE you will require to implement each measure (if any) • Estimate COST to implement … where possible

  4. Needs AssessmentProcess/Schedule Working Groups Plenary Session Presentation of Results + Closing

  5. Guide Contents Explanatory Notes Legal Text + Discussion Questions

  6. Situational + GAP Analysis Chart Questionnaire

  7. Working GroupsOverview For each measure: Situational Analysis GAP Analysis Summarize Results

  8. Working GroupsSituational Analysis Step 1: READ legal text of the measure carefully • Review Notes • Ask questions, if doubts Step 2: DISCUSS your current situation in relation to this measure • Use the discussion questions to aid your analysis

  9. Working GroupsSituational Analysis Step 3: COMPLETE thefirst column of chart • Describe fully your relevant procedures, institutional framework, infrastructure, etc. • Use categories for your response • Provide references to all relevant laws, rules, instructions, etc. • Include ALL relevant agencies input

  10. Account for all agencies:

  11. Working GroupsGAP Analysis Step 4: IDENTIFY all reasons for non-compliance

  12. Working GroupsGAPAnalysis Step 5: IDENTIFY the specific actions required to comply • Describe actions per category • Quantify, where possible, resources required for actions

  13. Working GroupsGAP Analysis Step 6: IDENTIFY which actions require external Technical Assistance/Capacity Building support • Describe support required

  14. Working GroupsQuestionnaire Step 7: COMPLETE the questionnaire

  15. Working GroupsExcel Sheet Step 8: COMPLETE the Excel Summary Sheet Use the Drop-Down Lists, where provided

  16. Final Summary Report

  17. Working Groups • Each group: • Record findings on laptop viewed on Powerpoint • Situational + GAP Analysis • Questionnaire • Excel sheet • When necessary borrow experts from other groups or make phone calls to the office • Periodically provide completed charts and Excel sheet to coordinator- definitely at the end of each day!!!

  18. CONFIDENTIAL RESULTS The results are only for you and your negotiators Be detailed and honest

  19. Definition of Legislation • For purposes of this Guide, “legislation” should be understood to cover all provisions of general application enacted either by the legislature or by the executive and which are effective at the national level. • This includes existing laws, regulations, rules and administrative instructions.

  20. Thank you

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