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Forum on Trade Facilitation: Simpler Procedures for World Trade Growth
29-30 May 2002, United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland

 

List of Papers / Presentations

 

DEFINING THE TRADE FACILITATION AGENDA FOR THE 21st CENTURY

Trade Facilitation - everyone wins!
Baroness Symons, UK Minister for International Trade and Investment

Trade Facilitation in the new world trade environment
Pascal Lamy, Trade Commissioner, European Commission

The challenges of facilitating the flow of commerce in a heightened security environment
Kunio Mikuriya, Deputy Secretary-General, World Customs Organization (WCO)

The fight against corruption in the sphere of Customs as trade-promoting factor
Leonid Lozhbenko, Head of the Russian Customs Academy

Costs and benefits of trade facilitation
Anthony Kleitz, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Trade facilitation and post-conflict confidence-building
Jani Bogoevski, Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe

 

IMPLEMENTATION: THE ROLE OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY

 

The importance of trade facilitation to business
Maria Livanos Cattaui, Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

The impact of trade facilitation on a standard supply chain
Vratislav Kulhanek, Chairman of the Board, Škoda Auto

Solutions, standards and best practices
Julian Oliver, Director-General, International Express Carriers Conference (IECC)

Supply chains and facilitation of payments
John Hammond, Head of supply chain services, Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong

Community networks for trade facilitation – an implementer's experience
Raymond Wee, former manager of Mauritius Network Services

Fulfilling the promise of e-commerce through trade facilitation
Richard Herve Sicard, Head of Trade, Microsoft Europe, Middle East, and Africa

Addressing the implementation challenges
Bill Maruchi, Chief Operating Officer, TATIS S.A.

Public-private partnerships for trade facilitation and e-business
Christian Frühwald, Siemens, Chairman of the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT)

 

ACHIEVING AN OPEN AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT: THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

Enabling market access: practical measures for future trade facilitation
Alberto Di Liscia, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Trade facilitation in the multilateral trade negotiations
Andrew Stoler, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO)

New instruments simplifying trade procedures
Alfred Komaz, Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission

Global Facilitation Partnership - Distance Learning Initiative (GFP-DLI)
Marc Juhel, Lead Transport Specialist, The World Bank

The role of ESCWA in promoting trade facilitation
Nabil Safwat, Chief, Transport Section, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

THE STAKE OF DEVELOPING AND TRANSITION ECONOMIES IN TRADE FACILITATION

Capacity-building for trade facilitation
Sun Zhenyu, Ambassador to the WTO, former Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade, China

Implications of trade facilitation for developing countries in general and Kenya in particular
Peter Gakunu, Economic Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Kenya

A developing country’s view on trade facilitation
Alexander M. Arevalo, Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Customs of the Philippines

Trade Facilitation in Tunisia (in French)
Belgacem Nafti, Head of Cabinet, Ministry of Commerce, Tunisia

Trade facilitation in the accession to the European Union
Peter Brňo, State Secretary for European Integration, Foreign Trade and Tourism, Slovakia

The specific problems of landlocked countries
Luis F. Galleguillos, Director-General, National Customs, Bolivia