Day One, 16 October, Conference on Trade Facilitation,
EurAsEC secretariat, Pervyi Basmanniy Pereulok 6, Building 4, Moscow
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Conference
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moscow, 16-18 oCTOber 2006
Draft Programme
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16 October / 17 October / 18 OctoberUNECE-EurAsEC-ESCAP Conference on Trade Facilitation
Venue: EurAsEC secretariat, Pervyi Basmannyi Pereulok 6, building 4, Moscow / Morning: training on Single Windows and data requirement harmonization
Venue: Chamber of Commerce of the Russian Federation, Ilyinka 6, Moscow / Training on the Harmonization Convention (continued)
Venue: World Trade Centre, Krasnopresnenskaya naberezhnaya 12, Moscow
Afternoon: Training on the Harmonization Convention
Venue:World Trade Centre, Krasnopresnenskaya naberezhnaya 12, Moscow
The UN Economic Commission for Europe, the Eurasian Economic Community, and the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, are organizing a Capacity-Building Workshop on Trade Facilitation with the following objectives: (1) review the integrated approach to trade facilitation (encompassing the whole supply chain); (2) explore the possibility to establish and/or strengthen the institutional basis for trade facilitation implementation through public-private partnership in the EurAsEC Member States and their neighbours; (3) define concrete projects, for example, the creation of “Single Window” for submission of trade information, or aligning trade and transport documents and electronic data exchange with international standards; and review the possibility to harmonize trade data requirements among various agencies and trade operators.
All EurAsEc Member States and some neighbouring countries will participate. The Workshop will involve a range of representatives from different organizations including Customs services, Ministries of the Economy, Trade, Finance, and Transport, business associations and companies in the field of trade, transport, freight forwarding, etc. This would allow the workshop to contribute towards a public-private dialogue on trade facilitation in the region.
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Day Two, 17 October (morning), Seminar on Data Harmonization and Single Windows
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, Ilyinka St. 6, Moscow
9:00Registration
Chairman: Grigory A. Rapota, Secretary General, EurAsEC
9:30Welcome address
Grigory A. Rapota, Secretary General, EurAsEC
Marek Belka, Executive Secretary, UNECE
Xuan Zengpei, Director, Trade Division UNESCAP
Martin Marmy, Secretary General, International Road Transport Union
10:00 SessionI: Integrated approach to trade facilitation and interaction with business
Moderator: A.V. Tochin, Head, Department of Trade Policy, EurAsEC Secretariat
Regional dimension in trade facilitation implementation on the example of EurAsEC
Vladimir Nekrasov, Head, Department of Customs and Border Issues, EurAsEC Secretariat
Introduction: Integrated approach to trade facilitation
Mario Apostolov, Regional Adviser, UNECE
Organization of trade facilitation in the Russian Federation
Galina Balandina, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation
11:00 Coffee break
Trade processes and the Customs service
Victor Dyachenko, Head, General Directorate, Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation
Trade Facilitation in the Asia-Pacific region
Noordin Azhari, Head Trade efficiency and facilitation section, Trade Division, UNESCAP
The business community’s case for trade facilitation
RobertoValfrediBonzo, MarketingManager, Trade Assurance Services, SGS.
Discussion
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 Session ІI: Single Windows. Interoperable standards for the exchange of trade information
Moderator: M.Apostolov, Regional Adviser, UNECE
UNECE’s recommendation on the Single Window
Tom Butterly, Acting Deputy Chief, Global Trade Solutions, UNECE Trade
Best practice for harmonizing trade data requirements (mapping required data to UNTDED)
William Nolle, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Interoperable standards for the exchange of trade information and documents
Gareth Lewis, Technical Officer, Facilitation, World Customs Organization
The Swedish experience with the Single Window and the Green Corridor
Matts Wicktor, Director, Customs Future Centre, Swedish Customs
Discussion
Coffee break
17:00 SessionIII: Integrated Border Management through coordination among agencies at the border
Moderator: V. Nekrassov, Head, Department of Customs and Border Issues, EurAsEC Secretariat
Implementation of the UNECE Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Control of Goods in the EurAsEC countries
Representatives of UNECE Transport Division and EurAsEC Secretariat
Economic benefits of integrated border management
Alexey Stukalo, Deputy-Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
Development of the transit potential in the EurAsEC countries / e.g. implementation of the TIR Convention
Representatives from the EurAsEC Secretariat
Konstantin Glughenkiy, UNECE Transport Division
Discussion
Closing Session: The way forward and conclusions
20:00 Reception
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Day Two, 17 October (morning), Seminar on Data Harmonization and Single Windows
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, Ilyinka St. 6, Moscow
Please also find attached the preliminary programmes of the Training sessions on 17-18 October 2006:
Training Session 1:
Workshop on Single Windows and Data Requirement Harmonization
Training for specialists on Single Windows and harmonization of data requirements among agencies and across borders.
9:30-13:00 17 October 2006 (morning only)
Hall of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, Ilyinka St. 6, Moscow.
Trade data element requirements in the Russian Federation. Progress in developing the procedure of a Single Administrative Document (SAD) in Russia and the other EurAsEC countries
Galina V. Balandina (t.b.c.), Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, and representatives of the Customs Services of the EurAsEC countries and
Representative of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation
Best practice of the United States in building the environment for a Single Widow. How were data requirements harmonized and mapped to the UN Trade Data Elements Directory (UNTDED)?
William Nolle, International Trade Manager, US Customs and Border Protection
World Customs Organization (WCO) Data Model, Framework of Standards for security, and data requirement harmonization
Gareth Lewis, Technical Officer, WCO
UNECE / UNCEFACT Single Window recommendations, data harmonization and interoperable standards for data exchange
Tom Butterly, Trade Facilitation, UNECE Trade and Timber Division
Single Window experience in APEC and ASEAN, and harmonization of data element requirements with international standards
Noordin Azhari, Head Trade efficiency and facilitation section, Trade Division, UNESCAP
The Swedish Single Window and trade data element requirements agreed in the Green Corridor between Sweden, Finland and Russia,
Mats Wicktor, Director, Customs Future Centre, Swedish Customs.
The business case for data requirement harmonization
RobertoValfrediBonzo, MarketingManager, Trade Assurance Services, SGS.
Panel discussion
Training session 2:
UNECE/OSCE Capacity-Building Workshop on “Strengthening the implementation of the International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods”
Venue: International Trade Centre, Krasnopresnenskaya naberezhnaya 12, Moscow
Tuesday, 17 October 2006 (afternoon)
13h30 Registration and Lunch
15h00 Opening of the Seminar, welcome addresses
UNECE, OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE, EurAsEC
15h30 Trade and transport facilitation
General introduction, Governance and corruption, Introduction to UNECE legal instruments: UNECE, OSCE
16h00 Coffee break
16h30 Integrated Border Management and the Harmonization Convention
General introduction, Introduction to the Harmonization Convention, including annexes: UNECE, WCO
17h15 Discussion
18h00 Closure of day one
Wednesday, 18 October 2006
9h30 Country reports on implementation of the Harmonization Convention and integrated border management (IBM)
EurAsEC member states and observers
10h15 Experience of the industry concerning integrated border management
International Road Transport Union (IRU), Organization for Railway Cooperation (OSZhD)
10h45 Coffee break
11h15 National cooperation measures in the framework of the Harmonization Convention and integrated border management in general
General introduction, best practices vis-à-vis reality, State-of-the-art procedures: Expert
12h00 Experience of authority in cooperation measures at national level in the framework of the Harmonization Convention and integrated border management in general
Issues and challenges: EurAsEC member state X
12h30 Lunch break
14h00 Cross border cooperation measures in the framework of the Harmonization Convention and integrated border management in general
General introduction, best practices vis-à-vis reality, State-of-the-art procedures incl. joint border stations: Expert
14h45 Experience of authorities in cross-border cooperation measures in the framework of the Harmonization Convention and integrated border management in general
Issues and challenges: EurAsEC neighbouring member states Y & Z
15h15 Discussion
15h45Coffee break
16h15 Future aspects of IBM
Concrete issues and scope for improvement in short and long term: UNECE, OSCE, WCO
16h45 Concluding session
Follow-up: UNECE, OSCE, EurAsEC
17h30 End of seminar
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