UNECE Agenda item 2 : Matters arising since the fifteenth session Secretariat Capacity Building and Support to Transition Economies Presented by the UNECE secretariat for information

UNECE Capacity-building/enhancing involvement of countries in transition  Regional Commonwealth for Communication (Ministries of Communication of 11 CIS countries): Meeting in Belarus in April 2011 appointed RCC group to work with UN/CEFACT  CIS Interstate Council on Standardization, Metrology and Certification (Standardization bodies of 11 CIS states): Meeting in Turkmenistan in May 2011 requested UN/CEFACT to assist in preparing proposals for a potential regional standardization programme on information standards based on UN/CEFACT tools  OSCE Border Management College (Dushanbe): Training courses in November 2010, March 2011, June 2011, September 2011

UNECE Capacity-building by Regional Adviser  CB workshops on TF, Single Window and data harmonization (using UN standards): Bishkek, Moscow, Odessa  Interparliamentary Assembly of EurAsEC: after 4 seminars, joint studies and a publication: included TF & SW in its work plans  Conference on TF & SW with the Commission of the Customs Union of BY, KZ & RU, Moscow, 7-8 April 2011  3 studies on the readiness of Russia for the SW  New version of the English-Russian Glossary of TF terms (after Russia acceded to the Kyoto Convention and translated it) Trade policy advisory services:  SPECA Aid-for-Trade roadmap initiative: Ministerial in Baku (1 Dec. 2010) => Ministerial Declaration & AfT monitoring council  Secretariat support to the SPECA Working Group on Trade  Report and strategy paper for cooperation with SE Europe

UNECE Regional Adviser plans for 2011 POLICY  SPECA PWG on Trade – sixth meeting (Ashgabat ?)  SEE – another meeting in SEE (Bosnia and Herzegovina)  EurAsEC / Customs Union – support to IISVVT CZ PROJECT: Follow-up seminar in Ukraine RU PROJECT on national TF mechanism & the Single Window  Astana seminar / Customs Union;  Finalize the 3 studies on Russia for publication in Russian & English CT Needs Assessments OTHER: sustain initiatives in SE Europe (as the focal point for SE Europe), South Caucasus, etc.

UNECE Tools & Guides Development Capacity Building Knowledge Sharing Regional Advisory Service Research & Analysis Business Process Analysis (BPA) Guide Document Harmonization Guide for Single Window Legal Guide for Single Window Data Harmonization Guide National Workshops on BPA, Mongolia, Nepal, Cambodia, Regional workshops in Central Asian countries in Bangkok and Astana UNNExT Brief Series Regional Meeting of Central Asian countries in Kuala Lumpur (Oct 2010) Asia Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum (2011) Mongolia Single Window Master Plan Peer Review Nepal: Towards Single Window Environment Regional Study on Improving Trade Procedures (Using BPA Guide) Single Window Implementation framework (EU ITAIDE) UNNExT Activities Planned Legal Frameworks for Single Window Enterprise Architecture for Single Window

UNECE Problem (FAQs) Case Studies on good TF practices TF Generic Approach (How) TF Business Domains (Where) (How and Where) WTO TF Topics (What) Procurement Gov & Business Shipping & TransportPayment and Trade Finance TF theory and practice overview (Why) Organisation Wikipedia lookalike database of TF instruments (With What) Key TF Organisations (Who) Customs & Cross Border management Instrument Domain/Area Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide

UNECE UN Global Conference on Single Window in International Trade  Ten years of SW: What have we achieved, What works and what does not? What could be the agendas for the next ten years? What are future requirements? Which technologies will shape SW?  Where? December 2011, Geneva  Part of a broader joint UNRC project to enhance participation of developing countries in global supply chains (ECA, ECE, ESCAP, ESCWA, ECLAC and UNDP)

UNECE Committee on Trade  Trade Facilitation Audit of Belarus Regulatory and procedural obstacles to trade  Next study: Kazakhstan