Single Windows – The New Accelerators Virginia Cram-Martos Director, Economic Cooperation and Trade Division, UNECE

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The United Nations Centre

for Trade Facilitation and

Electronic Business

(UN/CEFACT)

Who are we?

UN/CEFACT: Who we are and what we do

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UN/ECOSOC

UN/ECE

UN/CEFACT

UN

• Objectives

Simple, transparent and effective

processes for global business

Efficient and automated exchange of

information

• Outputs

Global Trade Facilitation and

Electronic Business

Recommendations and Standards

• Means

Public Private Sector Partnership –

over 200 experts from government

and business

Meet virtually every week plus two

face-to-face Forums per year

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Accelerator 1

Mature Standards,

Frameworks and

Guidelines

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Recommendation 33 on

Single Window

Parties involved in trade and transport

Standardized information and documents

Single entry point

Regulatory requirements Single submission of individual

data elements

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Tools for Simplification, Harmonization, Standardization

For Information and Communication Technology •Rec25 – Use of the UN/EDIFACT Standard •Rec14 – Authentication of Trade Documents •Rec26 – Interchange Agreements •Rec31 – Electronic Commerce Agreement •Rec32 – Recommendation on e-Commerce Self Regulatory Instruments •UN/TDED – Trade Data Element Directory •UN/CCL – Core Component Library

For Trade Procedures • Rec18 – Facilitation Measures related to International

Trade Procedures • Rec4 – National Trade Facilitation Bodies • Rec40 – Consultation Approaches

For Trade Documents • Rec1 – UN Layout Key for Trade Documents • Rec6 – Aligned Invoice Layout Key • Rec22 – Layout Key for Standard Consignment

Instructions

SW Legal

Framework

Setting up legal

environment

Using of International

standards, legal instruments and soft

law

Using UN/CEFACT checklist

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Standards are Key to SW Implementation

All UNECE and UN/CEFACT Recommendations, codes,

standards and publications are available for free on our website

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Accelerator 2

Learning from

Experience

UN National TF Bodies repository

http://unctad.org/en/DTL/TLB/Page

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Accelerator 3

Partnerships

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6.7m hits from 170 countries

in 2015

330,000 unique visitors

A web-based, interactive knowledge management tool Available in Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish

2 new Itineraries

• Setting up a National Trade Facilitation Body

• Developing a National Trade Facilitation Roadmap

Updated information on TF

Organizations

New case stories

Updated brochure and training materials

tfig.unece.org

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Accelerator 4

New

Developments

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The WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement

Creating commitments for

•All countries to implement a SW

•Financial support to developing countries for SW development and implementation

•Monitoring (via the new WTO TF Committee)

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NEW WORK Recommendation on Single Window Interoperability

Four areas: • Business needs • Semantics • Governance • Legislative

Objectives: • Regional integration • Trade facilitation • Risk analysis purposes • Advanced security declarations • Preparation border volumes • Combat illicit activity

Other New Recommendations

• New Recommendation

on Public-Private

Partnerships in TF

• New Recommendation

on monitoring efficiency

of trade and transport

corridors and systems

Rising Awareness of Resource Limitations

Longer term trends toward lower «classical growth»

Global warming and moves toward a circular economy

Energy, infrastructure and financial shortages

Increasing competetion

Means that waste is no longer an option, we can no longer:

• Underuse infrastructure

• Overpay officials thru corruption

• Lose competitiveness thru unpredictability

• Lose time and money

ALL issues that Single Windows help to address

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NEW Technology & Innovation

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Greater, and more affordable,

connectivity in developing countries

Moving from data-push to data-pull

systems

Block chain for unalterable messages

The Internet of Things

Cheaper and cheaper RFID,

embedded nano transmitters

Cloud computing

Deep Learning on Big Data

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Accelerator 5

YOU!

Because Nothing

Happens Unless

Someone Makes it

Happen

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THANK YOU

You are invited to contact us at

trade@unece.org