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Single Windows – The New Accelerators Virginia Cram-Martos Director, Economic Cooperation and Trade Division, UNECE
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Who are we?
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United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNECE
UN/CEFACT: Who we are and what we do
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UN/ECOSOC
UN/ECE
UN/CEFACT
UN
• Objectives
Simple, transparent and effective
processes for global business
Efficient and automated exchange of
information
• Outputs
Global Trade Facilitation and
Electronic Business
Recommendations and Standards
• Means
Public Private Sector Partnership –
over 200 experts from government
and business
Meet virtually every week plus two
face-to-face Forums per year
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Accelerator 1
Mature Standards,
Frameworks and
Guidelines
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Recommendation 33 on
Single Window
Parties involved in trade and transport
Standardized information and documents
Single entry point
Regulatory requirements Single submission of individual
data elements
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Tools for Simplification, Harmonization, Standardization
For Information and Communication Technology •Rec25 – Use of the UN/EDIFACT Standard •Rec14 – Authentication of Trade Documents •Rec26 – Interchange Agreements •Rec31 – Electronic Commerce Agreement •Rec32 – Recommendation on e-Commerce Self Regulatory Instruments •UN/TDED – Trade Data Element Directory •UN/CCL – Core Component Library
For Trade Procedures • Rec18 – Facilitation Measures related to International
Trade Procedures • Rec4 – National Trade Facilitation Bodies • Rec40 – Consultation Approaches
For Trade Documents • Rec1 – UN Layout Key for Trade Documents • Rec6 – Aligned Invoice Layout Key • Rec22 – Layout Key for Standard Consignment
Instructions
SW Legal
Framework
Setting up legal
environment
Using of International
standards, legal instruments and soft
law
Using UN/CEFACT checklist
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Standards are Key to SW Implementation
All UNECE and UN/CEFACT Recommendations, codes,
standards and publications are available for free on our website
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Accelerator 2
Learning from
Experience
UN National TF Bodies repository
http://unctad.org/en/DTL/TLB/Page
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Accelerator 3
Partnerships
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6.7m hits from 170 countries
in 2015
330,000 unique visitors
A web-based, interactive knowledge management tool Available in Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish
2 new Itineraries
• Setting up a National Trade Facilitation Body
• Developing a National Trade Facilitation Roadmap
Updated information on TF
Organizations
New case stories
Updated brochure and training materials
tfig.unece.org
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Accelerator 4
New
Developments
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The WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Creating commitments for
•All countries to implement a SW
•Financial support to developing countries for SW development and implementation
•Monitoring (via the new WTO TF Committee)
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NEW WORK Recommendation on Single Window Interoperability
Four areas: • Business needs • Semantics • Governance • Legislative
Objectives: • Regional integration • Trade facilitation • Risk analysis purposes • Advanced security declarations • Preparation border volumes • Combat illicit activity
Other New Recommendations
• New Recommendation
on Public-Private
Partnerships in TF
• New Recommendation
on monitoring efficiency
of trade and transport
corridors and systems
Rising Awareness of Resource Limitations
Longer term trends toward lower «classical growth»
Global warming and moves toward a circular economy
Energy, infrastructure and financial shortages
Increasing competetion
Means that waste is no longer an option, we can no longer:
• Underuse infrastructure
• Overpay officials thru corruption
• Lose competitiveness thru unpredictability
• Lose time and money
ALL issues that Single Windows help to address
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NEW Technology & Innovation
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Greater, and more affordable,
connectivity in developing countries
Moving from data-push to data-pull
systems
Block chain for unalterable messages
The Internet of Things
Cheaper and cheaper RFID,
embedded nano transmitters
Cloud computing
Deep Learning on Big Data
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Accelerator 5
YOU!
Because Nothing
Happens Unless
Someone Makes it
Happen
