http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/trade_meetings_rss.xml Trade en-us copyright 2013-06-19T00:27:04+01:00 unece.org RSS FEED http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=32922 The Third Regional Conference on Trade Facilitation and Caucasus Transit Corridor (CTC) Promotion will be organized by the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Georgia Revenue Service the Ministry of Justice of Georgia the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) the United States Agency for International Development with the support of the International Rail Transport Committee will be held from 2424 June 2013 in Batumi Georgia The countries of the Sout... http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=32922 http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=32893 TRADE FACILITATION IN UKRAINE AND THE LOCAL SINGLE WINDOW PROJECT IN ODESSA ACHIEVEMENTS AND NEW CHALLENGES On 30 May 2013 during the Transport Week in Odessa UNECE is organizing for a third consecutive year a seminar on trade facilitation and Single Window – local solution (port community systems) The seminar is organized with support from the Government of Ukraineq in cooperation with the Ministry of Revenues and Taxes the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine the Port of Odessaand Plaske JSC The progress made is significant a first stage of a Port Community System focused on the enaryad electronic document has been launched The Port of Ilyichevsk has signed a Memorandum on its interest in joining the use of the system The plan is to expand it to all the maritime commercial sector in Ukraine A national Interagency Working Group was established in support of the project in September 2011 It has held eight meetings seven of them at the headquarters of Ukrainian Customs in Kiev For a second time the meeting of the Group will be held in Odessa in conjunction with the UNECE seminar on 30 May Trade facilitation has moved to the centre stage in Ukraine in the context of the country’s integration into broader European markets the improvement of logistics fostering economic growth through trade facilitation and enhancing the competitive potential of Ukrainian business The seminar will promote the development of a national trade facilitation strategy for Ukraine aimed at cutting the costs and time spent on trade transactions through such measures as streamlining documentary flows establishing coordinated border management introduction of authorized economic operators as well as a Single Window as an instrument for trade facilitation The seminar will provide an oportunity to discuss a general master action plan for the Single Window project – involving regulatory agencies controlling trade flows in the ports as well as shipping agencies and other business partners It will offer these agencies a possibility to discuss the functioning of the port community system with a view to achieve mutually accep... http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=32893 http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=32962 PRESENTATIONSDay 1 30 May 2013 Thursday Opening Statements Mr Francesco Amoruso President PAM Member of the Italian Parliament Mr Sven Alkalaj Executive Secretary United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) The UN InterAgency Cluster on Trade a... http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=32962 http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=32972 ECE and ITC organized a joint side event Addressing nontariff barriers to trade From business concern to policy action in order to present the results of their joint study on regulatory and procedural barriers to trade that was carried out in Kazakhstan on 22 May 2013 The presentations (PPT1 ... http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=32972 http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=32700 Venue All Russia Exhibition Centre Pavilion 75 (room C) Address Moscow prosp Mira 119 metro “VDNKh” The UNECE is coorganizing with the Eurasian Economic Commission the Second Conference on Trade Facilitation and the Single Window on 2324 April 2013 The Conference will review practical issues of trade facilitation notably the Single Window in the framework of a strategic approach to trade facilitation The Conference will deal with the following subjects i... http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=32700 http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=31468 Seventh Session of Project Working Group on Trade and the Second Session of the AidforTrade Implementation and Monitoring Council Meeting on Capacity Building for EvidenceBased Trade and Investment Policy Making will be held on 26 November 2012 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok Thailand Downloads Programme English ... http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=31468 http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=29210 Committee on TradeInternational Trade Centre jointly organizes a highlevel segment on how to increase the participation of transition economies in international trade Many countries that transitioned from planned to open economies have succeeded in achieving economic growth Very few however have been able to take full advantage of the opportunities for econ... http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=29210 http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=29327 The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the USAID Regional Competitiveness Initiative (RCI) are organizing the Second Regional Conference on trade facilitation the Single Window concept and harmonization of trade data requirements in the South Caucasus in cooperation with the Government of Georgia For more information please contact Mr Mario Apostolov Regional Adviser Trade and Sustainable Management Division United Nations Economic Commis... http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=29327 http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=29922 ... http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=29922 http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=26932 Sixth session of Project Working Group on Trade and AidforTrade Implementation and Monitoring Council Meeting1 will be held on 10 November 2011 in Ashgabat Turkmenistan Downloads Provisional programme ... http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=26932