Title: 5th tranche UN Development Account project
15th tranche UN Development Account project UNECE
and UNESCAP Capacity-Building for Trade
Facilitation in Support of Trade Integration in
Central Asia Mario Apostolov, Regional Adviser,
UNECE Trade mario.apostolov_at_unece.org
2Logic of the project
- Strengthen regional cooperation
- Build networks (a) Project Working Group and (b)
public-private cooperation - Build the foundation for pilot projects
- Project seed money -gt we suggest topics,
standards and tools for national and rtegional
projects (AZ, KZ, KG, TJ, UZ) and donor financed
projects (GTZ, USAID, ADB)
3UN Development Account project in trade
facilitation in Central Asia results
- 1. Two networks
- Working Group on trade (decision makers) 4
sessions - Public-private and interagency cooperation
(formal and informal conference in Almaty
contacts in all forms of activities under the
project) - 2. New capacity created seminars, trainings,
etc. -
4UNDA project 2 Capacity-building results
- Trainings, seminars and conferences on
- Seminar on Integrated approach to trade
facilitation (Almaty, June 07) all 7 countries
and donors (GTZ, USAID, ADB) started projects
on national trade facilitation bodies (KG, TJ),
the Single Window (KG, TJ), international
standards. This seminar organized together with
first public-private mechaisms meeting - Second seminar on Single Window (Baku, May 2008)
- 2008-2009 Another series of national seminars
and projects in Kyrgyzstan (1) and Uzbekistan (4)
plus training in Sweden on the Single Window
5Rec. 33 The Single Window Concept
FROM
TO
Customs, export, import, etc. processes
together Many documents filed together Appr. 1
hour for clearance
Mountains of paper 30 mistakes Weeks for
clearance
6Two directions of work in building a Single
Window
- Policy work
- Building political will
- Interagency management group
- Draft concept paper and a feasibility study
- Appoint a lead organization (e.g. Customs)
- Harmonize policy
- (80 of the work - negotiations)
- Technical work
- Interagency technical group
- Data harmonization
- Developing a SW system
- Alignment with international standards
- (20 technical work)
7MASTER PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTING A SINGLE WINDOW
STEP-BY-STEP (Rec.33)
- Business can make a well argumented request
- Create interagency groups
- of decision-makers
- of technical specialists
- Develop a Single Window Concept
- Build political will
- Feasibility study / Analysis of purpose
- Selection of a lead agency / implementing agency
- Draft a Work Plan
- Creating the technical system data harmonizat,
start step-by-step e.g. licenses
8Seminar 2 Single WindowDefinition a system
that allows all participants in trade and
transport file requested information in only one
place, in a standard format, in order to carry
out import, export and transit operations.
Key TF issue in WTO
- Seminar 3 electronic trade documents (Bishkek,
Oct. 2008)- Training how to create electronic
trade documents- Study visit to the Manas
Airport (electronic declaration)- Started a
pilot project on establishing a  forms
repository - introduce it in all countries in
the region!
9Forms repository gather all document forms in
one place only Formular Server www.zoll.de
10- Seminar 4 Trade Facilitation at the Border
(Dushanbe, May 2009)- How to move the process
of inspecting documents and trade information
further from the border-crossings, in order to
avoid congestion- Study visit to the border
between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (Tursunzade)
describing the process
11Border
Customs
Veterinary
Financial control
Road agency
Phytosanitary
Environment
12Cooperation
13International cooperation
Border Service
Border Service
Customs
Customs
Inspection Services
Inspection Services
14Network II national mechanisms for trade and
transport facilitation (Rec. 4) and the Single
Window conferencia in Almaty, Oct. 2009
- Public-private partnership for trade facilitation
- Forum to discuss problems and possible solutions
- Cooperation and projects with international
organizations (UNECE, WTO, UNCTAD, WB) and aid
agencies (GTZ, WB, USAID, ADB) - On the Single Window the key interest. The
Recommendations from the seminar have already
been discussed at the Prime Ministers office. - To follow
15How to bridge gaps in interests?
State agencies
Stress on the function
Customs, Police, etc.
Ministries of trade, transport, etc.
Exporters, importers, freight
forwarders, software companies banks, SMEs etc.
Big companies and associations in various sectors
Business
16How to bridge gaps in interests?
State agencies
Stress on the function
Customs, Police, etc.
Ministries of trade, transport, etc.
Exporters, importers, freight
forwarders, software companies banks, SMEs etc.
Big companies and associations in various sectors
Business
17 Electronic Corridors and the Eurasian trade
links
18Thanks!
mario.apostolov_at_unece.org www.unece.org/trade
www.unece.org/cefact