Trade Development and Facilitation for
Economies in Transition
Geneva 27 October 2009
Palais des Nations, Hall V
PROGRAMME
10:00 - 10:20 Opening Statements
Ms. Larisa Kislyakova, Deputy Minister of Economy and Trade, Republic of Tajikistan
Ms. Virginia Cram-Martos, Director, Trade and Timber Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
10:20 – 11:15Session 1: The Region in the Global Economic Downturn
Moderator: Ms. Larisa Kislyakova, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Tajikistan
Analysis of recent economic developments and perspectives: Current situation - impact of the financial and economic crisis on trade in the economies in transition with emphasis on the SPECA countries, Jose Palacin, UNECE Economic Cooperation and Integration Division
Case study from Central Asia: The crisis and Kyrgyzstan’s foreign trade, Kurmanbek Ukulov, Vice Minister of Economic Regulation of Kyrgyzstan and Anarkan Rahmanova, Head of Department, Ministry of Economic Regulation of Kyrgyzstan
Discussion
Progress in WTO accessions, Mr Cato Adrian, WTO secretariat
11:15 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 Session 2: Panel discussion: Trade Integration and Inclusion in the Global Economy: The development perspective
Moderator: Mr Malcolm McKinnon, SITPRO, UK
With the participation of (tbc): WTO, UNECE, UNDP, UNCTAD, ITC, WIPO, the European Commission, the World Bank, OECD, AITIC
Discussion
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break
15:00 – 15:50 Session 3: The Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC): Needs and priorities for trade development
Moderator: Vadim Anatolievich Gustov, Chair of the Committee on CIS of the Council of theRussian Federation
Legislative basis for the cooperation among EurAsEC Member States in trade and the economy, Vadim Gustov, Chair, Committee on CIS at the Council of theRussian Federation
Information technology support for trade procedures in the EurAsEC countries using e-government, Evgeny Eliseev, vice chair of the Commission of the Council of the Russian Federation on information policy
Customs codex of the Customs Union of EurAsEC -- legislative base for customs facilitation in the process of establishing single customs territory/ space, Petr Zverev, Executive secretary of the Inter-parliamentary Assembly of EurAsEC
Trade facilitation and improvement of customs legislation: international experience and prospects for other countries-members of EurAsEC, Andrei Toporygin, Head of the department in the Interparliamentary Assembly of the EurAsEC
15:50 – 16:45 Session 4: Trade and Transport Facilitation Advancing the Competitiveness of Economies in Transition
Moderator: Malcolm McKinnon, SITPRO, UK
The economic impact of transport facilitation in the transition economies, Eva Molnar, Director, UNECE Transport Division
The Single Window: benefits from an advanced trade facilitation tool and UN standards for a transition economy, Slavica Kutirov, Customs Administration of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Implementation of international standards and techniques for trade facilitation in transition economies: presentation by UN/CEFACT
Trade facilitation for the land-locked countries: presentation by Mongolia
Discussion
16:45 – 17:05Session 5: Regulatory cooperation as a means to overcome technical barriers to trade (TBT): Capacity-building needs and priorities
UNECE Sectoral Initiative on Earthmoving Machinery, Mr. Dan Roley, Convenor, UNECE Sectoral Initiative on Earthmoving Machinery, Chairperson, ISO TC 127/SC 2 & Standards and Regulations Managers, Caterpillar
Discussion
17:05 – 17:25Session 6: Agricultural quality standards enhancing exports from the transition economies
UNECE’s assistance to economies in transition, Kurmanbek Ukulov, Vice Minister of Economic Regulation of Kyrgyzstan
Discussion
17:25 – 18:00Session 7: Conclusions - Mapping the Road Ahead
- Long-term objectives for the region
- Challenges and strategic directions
Recommendations