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SPECA-ASEAN Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Facilitation
"UNeDocs - a step towards electronic trade documentation"

Date
23-24 April 2007
Venue
Bangkok, Thailand
Organizers
UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
ASEAN secretariat
Objective
Provide an in-depth training in developing simplified and standardized trade documents in paper and electronic format with the aim to:
  • Enhance an understanding of international standards, codes and tools for simplification and standardization of trade documents and their data contents such as United Nations Layout Key, UNeDocs and WCO Customs Data Model;
  • Gain a practical experience with developing aligned sets of national and sectoral documents used in international trade (e. g. Customs Declaration, Freight Forwarding Instruction, Invoice).
Documentation
Presentation:

Day One

Session I.      Introduction to simplification and alignment of trade
documents

Noordin Azhari, Chief, Trade Efficiency and
Facilitation Section, Trade and Investment Division
(TID), UNESCAP


The Role of Aligned Trade Documents in Trade
Facilitation

Noordin Azhari, TID, UNESCAP

United Nations Layout Key: Basic Standard for Aligned
Trade Documents

Ms. Maria Misovicova, Economic Affairs Officer, TID,
Trade Efficiency and Facilitation Section, UNESCAP


Introduction to the UNeDocs
Mr. Michael Dill, GEFEG, Germany and Co-leader
of the UNeDocs Project


A Roadmap for Implementation of UNeDocs
Ms. Sue Probert, SEPIAeb, United Kidngdom,
UNeDocs Project Co-leader


Session II:     Managing Harmonization of Cross Border Information
Flows

UNeDocs and relationships with other international
standards

Ms. Sue Probert, SEPIAeb, United Kidngdom,
UNeDocs Project Co-leader


The WCO Customs Data Model
Mr. Takashi Matsumoto, Head, WCO Asia Pacific
Regional Office for Capacity Building, Thailand


The use of UN Toolkit for developing Aligned Trade
Documents

Ms. Maria Misovicova, UNESCAP

Day Two

Session III:    UNeDocs Implementation and Customization

Introduction to Customization Strategies
Mr. Michael Dill, Germany

UNeDocs Interoperability, Reusability and Use for Single
Windows Cost Implications and Benefits

Mr. Michael Dill, Germany

The UNeDocs Preferential Certificate of Origin in the
ASEAN Pathfinder Project

Ms. Marianne Wong M.W., Senior Assistant Director
of Customs, Customs Division, The Royal Malaysian
Customs, Malaysia


Challenges in implementing the ASEAN Single Window
Mr. Quang Anh Le, Coordinator for Customs Unit,
Bureau for Economic Integration, ASEAN Secretariat,
Indonesia


Session IV: Sharing Experiences

Procedures and documentary requirements for
exportation of shrimps: Case study of Thailand

Ms. Thayanan Phuaphanthon, Research Associate,
Institute for Information Technology Innovation,
Thailand


Thailand Data Harmonization Project towards the
ASEAN Single Window

Dr. Somnuk Keretho, Advisor on Thailand e-Logistics,
Ministry of Information and Communication Technology,
Director - Institute for Information Technology
Innovation, Kasetsart University, Thailand

Implementing UNeDocs: National Experience of
Kyrgyzstan

Mr. Abir Smarovich Raimbekov, Head, Customs
Regimes and Non-Tariff Regulation Division, State
Customs Inspectorate, Kyrgyz Republic

Customs Automation: National Experience of
Kazakhstan

Ms. Sholpan Dossymkhanova, Deputy Head, Customs
Control Organization Division, Customs Control
Committee of the Ministry of Finance, Kazakhstan
Participants
Programme
List of participants
Contact
Mr. Noordin Azhari
Chief, Trade Efficiency and Facilitation Section
Trade and Investment Division
UNESCAP
E-mail: azhari@un.org

Ms. Maria Misovicova
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Efficiency and Facilitation Section
Trade and Investment Division
UNESCAP
Email: misovicova@un.org

Last updated: 30 April 2007
 

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