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National TF Committees coordination: best practices in times of crisis and epidemic

Webinar Series on Next Generation Trade Facilitation

14 December 2021
14:30 - 19:30 hrs.,  ESCAP: UTC +7
Webinar
Hybrid

This webinar series will discuss how sustainable trade facilitation measures are crucial in supporting groups and sectors with special needs, specifically related to agriculture, SMEs and women, especially how these measures could support the recovery from the pandemic and build back better. Experts from governments, international organizations and private sectors will share good practices in implementing relevant trade facilitation measures towards a more inclusive an resilient global trading system.

National Trade Facilitation Committees Global Forum 2022

Objectives

  • Knowledge: Experts and practitioners will share insights on good practices with evidence on how planning, organization, automation and digitalization can assist during the current pandemic and post-covid recovery period.
     
  • Networking: Participants will have the opportunity to interact with donors, regional and international organizations during the online Q&A segment.

Online Course on Enhancing Trade Information Portals


26 January 2021

Trade information portals (TIPs), sometimes also called National Trade Portals/Repositories (NTP/Rs), are websites where one can obtain information on laws, regulations and procedures that need to be followed when engaging in international trade. The information and services provided through TIPs have the potential to enhance regulatory transparency and greatly facilitate trade. While many countries already have some forms of TIPs, ensuring their effectiveness and sustainability often remains a challenge. The objective of this online course on enhancing TIPs is to provide a framework and guidelines for assessing the as-is conditions of a TIP and generating recommendations for its improvement.

Trade information portals (TIPs), sometimes also called National Trade Portals/Repositories (NTP/Rs), are websites where one can obtain information on laws, regulations and procedures that need to be followed when engaging in international trade. The information and services provided through TIPs have the potential to enhance regulatory transparency and greatly facilitate trade. While many countries already have some forms of TIPs, ensuring their effectiveness and sustainability often remains a challenge. 

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Consultation on the draft guide to enhancing National Trade Repositories

17 December 2020
15:00 - 16:30 hrs.,  ESCAP: UTC +7
Meetings
Virtual

The consultation session will invite experts with experiences in establishing and operating National Trade Repositories (NTRs) and review the draft guide to enhancing National Trade Repositories for its further improvement.

The Guide to enhancing Trade Information Portals is available here.

Guide to enhancing Trade Information Portals


15 January 2021

The Guide to enhancing Trade Information Portals proposes a governance framework and guidelines that can be used as an assessment and improvement roadmap, especially for assessing the current or as-is conditions of an existing Trade Information Portals (TIPs), and then generating recommendations for further enhancing its quality and impacts. The readers of this guide will learn how to evaluate and generate recommendations for enhancing the effectiveness and the sustainability of TIPs.

Readers of the Guide are recommended to take the online course on enhancing Trade Information Portals (TIPs). The online course is available HERE.

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