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2011/MAG/WKSP3/001

Agenda

Submitted by: Viet Nam

/ Self-Certification Pathfinder WorkshopHa Noi, Viet Nam
28-29 July 2011

APEC Self-Certification Pathfinder Workshop

Ha Noi, Viet Nam

28-29 July 2011

Agenda

Day 1 (Thursday 28 July)
8.30 – 9.00 / Arrival/Registration
9.00 – 9.15 / Welcome and Opening Address by high-ranking official of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Viet Nam
9.15–10.20 / SESSION 1: Introduction to Self-Certification
Introduction to the APEC Self-Certification Common Operating Guidelines
Speaker: Ms. Jaysiwanta Kaur Mangal Singh, Director, ASEAN Economic Cooperation Division
Exporter-based Certification and Verification
Speaker: Mr. Tan Juan Fook, Deputy Head, Tariffs & Trade Services Branch, Singapore Customs
Q&A
10.20 – 10.50 / SESSION 2: Advantages and Difficulties in Applying Self-certification Regimes
Advantages and Difficulties Experienced by Government Agencies and Businesses: in the case of a developing economy like Viet Nam
How self-certification might be implemented into the Vietnamese system and possible barriers
Speaker: Mr. Ho Quang Trung, Deputy Director General ofExport and Import Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade of Viet Nam
Q&A
10.50 – 11.15 / Coffee Break
11.15 – 12.30 / SESSION 3: Transition to Self-Certification Regime
Options on transitioning from conventional certification to self-certification
Updates on ASEAN Self-Certification Pilot Scheme
Speaker: Ms. Jaysiwanta Kaur Mangal Singh, Director, ASEAN Economic Cooperation Division
Approved Exporter Certification Scheme
Speaker: Yas Nakayama, APEC Office, Trade Policy Bureau,
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
Q&A
12.30 – 13.30 / Lunch break
13.30 – 14.30 / SESSION 4: Relationships of Competent Authorities and End Users of Self-Certification
Requirements and Responsibilities of Exporters/Manufacturers
Speaker: Mr. Roger Weston, Senior Analyst Policy, New Zealand Customs Service
Cooperation and Partnership between Designated Competent Authorities and Processing Authorities
Speaker: Mr. Roger Weston, Senior Analyst Policy, New Zealand Customs Service
Q&A
14.30 – 15.00 / SESSION 5: Legal and institutional mechanisms and facilities to support a self-certification regime
Speaker: Mr. Eric Holloway, Director of APEC Affairs, Office of the United States Trade Representative
Q&A
15.00 – 15.30 / SESSION 6: Verification and audit technique for Customs Administration
Speaker: Mr. Eric Trudel, Manager of Canada Border Services Agency’s Verification
Q&A
15.30 – 16.00 / Coffee break
16.00– 16.30 / SESSION 7: Risk management under a Self-Certification System
Speaker: Mr. Eric Trudel, Manager of Canada Border Services Agency’s Verification
Q&A
16.30 – 17.00 / SESSION 8: Law and Regulations on Self-Certification applied in some APEC member
Speaker: Mr. Eric Holloway, Director of APEC Affairs, Office of the United States Trade Representative
Ms.Jaysiwanta Kaur Mangal Singh, Director, ASEAN Economic Cooperation Division
Q&A
18.30 – 20.00 / Welcome Reception
Buffet Dinner at Sen Tay Ho Restaurant
Day 2 (Friday 29 July)
9.00 – 10.30 / SESSION 9 (BREAK OUT): Government and Private Sector
10.30 – 11.00 / Coffee break
11.00 - 11.20 / Reporting of Group discussion outcomes
11.20 – 11.50 / SESSION 10: Wrap up on capacity building as the next step
11.50 – 12.00 / Closing remarks