Seminar «International trade and transport facilitation through digitalisation» 5 September 2018 Baku

Seminar «International trade and transport facilitation through digitalisation» Languages English – channel 1 Russian – channel 2

Provisional Timetable 09:00 – 12:30 1st Session 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch - Restaurant Glory (1st floor) 14:00 – 17:00 2nd Session 18:30 – 22:30 Official Seminar Dinner

Organizers' welcome addresses; How may global trade facilitation tools better meet Public and Private sectors needs? Mr. Javad Gasimov, First Deputy Chief of Customs Control, State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan Republic Mr. Kanan Murtuzov Executive Manager on Customs Maters, BSEC Ms. Asli Gozutok, President, BSEC-URTA Ms. Michaela Havelkova, President of CAD Mr. André Sceia, Information Systems Officer, UNECE Mr. Umberto de Pretto, Secretary General of the IRU Mr. Farid Valiyev, AC2 President, Senior Customs Officer, State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan Republic

Mr. Ahmet Karakas, Expert, TOBB Initiatives taken by TIR countries to digitalise trade facilitation tools on major trade corridors 1: UNECE-IRU eTIR Pilot project Iran-Turkey, achievements and perspectives. Mr. Mostafa Ayati, Deputy Director of Transit Bureau, Customs Administration of The Islamic Republic of Iran Ms. Didem Dirlik Songur, Head of Department for Multilateral Relations, Ministry of Customs and Trade of Republic of Turkey Mr. Behnam Faramarzian, Head of TIR and ATA department, Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines & Agriculture (ICCIMA) Mr. Ahmet Karakas, Expert, TOBB

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Mr. Raphaël Hirt, TIR digitalisation manager, IRU Initiatives taken by TIR countries to digitalise trade facilitation tools on major trade corridors 2: UNECE-IRU TIR digitalisation project between Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine Mr. Raphaël Hirt, TIR digitalisation manager, IRU Mr. Farid Valiyev, Chief Customs Officer, State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan Republic Ms. Irina Sigua, International Relations Department Advisor, Georgia Revenue Service Mr. Berikgali Mametayev, Expert of Customs Control Department, Customs Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mr. Volodimyr Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of the Design Information Systems Office,The State Fiscal Service of Ukraine

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Mr. Kazem Asayesh, Senior Advisor, IRU Initiatives taken by TIR countries to digitalise trade facilitation tools on major trade corridors 3: North-South corridor (INSTC): importance of a digitalising TIR to boost trade on intermodal corridors Mr. Kazem Asayesh, Senior Advisor, IRU Mr. Farid Valiyev, Chief Customs Officer, State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan Republic Mr. Mostafa Ayati, Deputy Director of Transit Bureau, Customs Administration of The Islamic Republic of Iran Dr. Sreeju Surendran, Deputy Director, DG Systems, CBIC

Initiatives taken by TIR countries to digitalise trade facilitation tools on major trade corridors 4: Role of digital procedures to boost trade along the ancient Silk road Ms. Wanwen Pan, Transit expert, General Administrartion of Customs of the People’s Republic of China Mr. Berikgali Mametayev, Expert of Customs Control Department, Customs Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mr. Kozhokulov Ruslan, Chief Inspector of Customs Control Department, State Customs Service of the Kyrgyz Republic Mr. Rustam Kabulov, Head of Customs Control Department, State Customs Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan Mr. Kurbon Sultonov, Customs Services, State Customs Service of the Republic of Tajikistan

Achievements and challenges for all trade facilitation Conventions Mr. Umberto de Pretto, Secretary General of the IRU Mr. André Sceia, Ph.D. Information Systems Officer, UNECE Mr. Adrian Albu, Secretary General, BSEC-URTA

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Funding institutions Ms. Ainura Samsali, Regional Advisor, GIZ WTO: find donors support and technical assistance in the frame of Trade Facilitation by André Sceia on behalf of WTO

Official Seminar dinner Shirvanshah Museum Restaurant (86 Salatin Asgarova street, Baku, Azerbaijan) Official Seminar dinner