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| Bangkok, Thailand |
21 November 2006 |
Second Regional Meeting on Trade and Transport
Facilitation for Landlocked and Transit Countries
Date
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30 October-1 November 2006 |
Venue
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Bangkok, Thailand |
Organizer
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UNESCAP |
Objective
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The objectives of the Meeting
are to: (1) Share the results of the studies and guidelines
developed by the secretariat, namely: [a] Study on national
coordination mechanisms for trade and transport facilitation
in the UNESCAP region; [b] Compilation and analysis
of legal regimes on international land transport in
the UNESCAP region; [c] Guidelines on the use of ICT
application for trade and transport; (2) Share national
experiences and take stock of progress of participating
landlocked countries in the implementation of national
action plans developed under the project; (3) Conduct
an interactive session on standardization, design and
implementation of trade documents in paper and electronic format; (4) Consider the results of the application of UNESCAP tools (trade faciliation framework and cost-time-distance methodology); and (5) Discuss next steps and follow-up. |
Documentation
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Conclusions and recommendations
Presentations:
Part I: Presentation of Project Results
 Implementation of the interdivisional project
"Institutional Capacity Building for Facilitation
of International Trade and Transport in the
Landlocked and Transit Countries"
Ms. Geetha Karandawala, Chief, Transport
Facilitation Section, Transport and Tourism
Division (TTD), UNESCAP
a) Regional Level Outputs
Major findings from the study on national
coordination mechanisms and preliminary
recommendations
Mr. Li Yuwei, Economic Affairs Officer,
Transport Facilitation Section, TTD,
UNESCAP
Major findings from the guidelines on the use of
ICT application for trade and transport
Mr. Naylin Oo, Associate Programme Officer,
ICT Applications Section, Information,
Communication and Space Technology
Division (ICSTD), UNESCAP
Major findings from the study on legal regimes
for international land transport
Mr. Li Yuwei, Economic Affairs Officer,
TTD, UNESCAP
On-line trade and transport facilitation database
Ms. Marianne Debefve, Information Network
Officer, Trade Efficiency and Facilitation
Section, Trade and Investment Division (TID),
UNESCAP
b) National Level Outputs
Outline National Action Plans:
Part
I: Ms. Maria Misovicova, TID
Part I: Ms. Part II: Ms. Geetha Karandawala,
TTD
Progress
made in implanting national action
plan: Input by Lao
PDR
Mr. Lattanamany Khounnyvong, Director-
General, Department of Transport, Ministry
of Communication, Transport, Post and
Construction, Lao PDR
Progress made in implanting national action
plan: Input by Mongolia
Ms. Chinbat Emgen, Advisor to the Director
General, Customs General Administration
of Mongolia
Progress made in implanting national action
plan: Input by Kyrgyzstan
Ms. Jipara Raimkulova, Head, Trade and
Export Promotion Department, Ministry of
Industry, Trade and Tourism of the
Kyrgyz Republic
Part II: Simplification and Standardization of Trade Documents: Follow-up from National Action Plans
Introduction to the Simplification, Standardization
and Design of Paper and Electronic Trade
Documents
Mr. Noordin Azhari, Chief, Trade Efficiency
and Facilitation Section, TID, UNESCAP
The UN Layout Key - cornerstone for
standardized paper and digital trade documents
Ms.
Maria Misovicova, TID, UNESCAP
Data Harmonization within the ASEAN Single
Window Initiative
Dr. Sathit Limpongpan, Director-General,
Royal Thai Customs, Thailand
UNeDocs and its application in the UNeDocs
Certificate of Origin in the ASEAN Pathfinder
Project
Ms. Eva Chan, Vice-Chair, UN/CEFACT
Electronic Trade Documents Working Group
(TBG2), Dagang Net Technologies Snd Bhd,
Malaysia
WCO Customs Data Model
Ms. Yoko Odashima, WCO Asia Pacific
Regional Office for Capacity Building
(ROCB), Thailand
Single Window for Submission of Trade
Documents - UN/CEFACT Recommendation 33
Mr. Paul Kimberly, Consultant on Trade
Facilitation and ICT Applications, UNESCAP
c) Application of ESCAP Tools for the
national actions plans: Presentations
by Secretariat
Trade Facilitation Framework
Ms. Maria Misovicova, TID, UNESCAP
Time/Cost-Distance Model
Ms. Geetha Karandawala, TTD, UNESCAP
Part III: Discussion of Next Steps
Deepening and expanding project impact
Ms. Natalja Wehmer, Associate Economic
Affairs Officer, TTD, UNESCAP
Establishment of a sub-regional/regional
trade and transport facilitation network
Mr. Noordin Azhari, TID, UNESCAP
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Participants
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Programme
List of participants |
Contact
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Ms. Geetha Karandawala
Chief
Transport Facilitation Section
Transport and Tourism Division, UNESCAP
Email: karandawala.unescap@un.org |
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