1. Trade Facilitation Work Undertaken by UNECE Tom Butterly Team Leader Trade Facilitation United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

2. UNECE's Work in Trade Facilitation UNECE region - two thirds of world trade. Work undertaken within UN Millennium Development Goals –poverty reduction and economic development –the development of a proper framework of rules, norms and standards for international trade United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

3. UNECE Global and Regional Perspective Global level - development and maintenance of international standards UNECE regional level - implementation in member states esp. in transition economies Other regions - cooperate extensively with other UN Regional Commissions and other multinational orgs United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

4. Total Trade Transaction Approach Seller Goods Buyer Payment Buy Ship Pay

5. UNECE Strategic Action Plan For Trade Development Standards Development Implementation Trade Facilitation Policy Integration Promotion United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

6. UNECE Standards  UN Layout Key for Trade Documents – EU SAD. Also an ISO Standard (ISO 6422)  UN/EDIFACT (also ISO 9735)  UN LO CODE - codes for ports, etc (based on ISO 3166)  UNTDED – also ISO Standard 7372  30+ Recommendations  Current survey (baseline) United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

7. UNECE Standards  UN/CEFACT Supply Chain Reference Model  Agricultural quality standards – approx. 100  Technical harmonization & standardization policies  Transport related standards and conventions (Dangerous Goods, TIR, work of the ITC, etc) United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

8. New UNECE Standards …. Single Window eUNLK Benchmarking United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

9. Trade Facilitation and Security International Supply Chain Reference Model - focus on trade security Joint UNECE/WCO meeting on Trade Facilitation and Security - November 13-14 in Geneva Draft international standard for security management United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

10. Implementation - Capacity Building  Joint project on Trade Facilitation and electronic business in the Mediterranean ( Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the Syrian Arab Republic (ESCWA region), Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia (ECA region) and Israel, Malta and Turkey (UNECE region))  Electronic Data Interchange (UN/EDIFACT) in eastern Europe United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

11. XML Exporter Importer PAPER Importers Bank EDIFACT F Forwarder HTML/PDF Electronic Signature Document Validation Electronic Post Mark Language switching National Requirements Time Stamping…. Digital Document Web Services Office PC Standard user software, Internet Browser Back-end Server UNeDocs Trade & Transport Documents Security, efficiency, speed, best business practice, ICT integration Adds Provides specialised services Cost Recovery basis Internet

12. Policy  International Forum on Trade Facilitation  Papers on Trade Facilitation  Income Distribution Impact of TF  Collaborative Approach to Standards Dev.  Benefits of TF  TF in the WTO  TF Post Cancun United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

13. Co-operation and Promotion  Partnership approach with all international organisations related to trade facilitation United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

14. UN/CEFACT and the International Trade Procedures Working Group (ITPWG-TBG15) Strong support for the work of UNECE through UN/CEFACT Working Groups ITPWG-TBG15 works to identify, simplify, harmonise and align public and private sector practices, procedures and information flows related to trade ITPWG also maintain existing and develop new UN CEFACT Recommendations and promote the adoption and implementation United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

15. Some of the tools available form UNECE UNECE Recommendations and Standards (UNLK, UN/EDIFACT, UNLOCODE, TDED, etc) A range of publications on trade facilitation (Compendium of trade facilitation measures, UNLK Guide, Recommendation 18, etc) UNeDocs – digital paper for aligned trade documents United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

16. Tools from UNECE Training CD on Trade Facilitation Measures for the International Supply Chain – targeted at both government and industry Training CD for understanding supply chain management Self Assessment Tool for e-business strategies for SMEs United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

17. Summary Much work already done on trade facilitation within UNECE and we have a significant programme of work in new areas Encourage a collaborative/partnership approach UNECE process is open to participation from trade and governments United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

18. UNECE Resources  All UNECE Recommendations, codes, standards and publications are available for free on our website at: www.unece.org/trade  For other inquiries, please contact: trade@unece.org United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

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