Trade Facilitation Work Undertaken by UNECE

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

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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

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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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