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Harmonization and partnership are key elements to ensure interoperability of international standards. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has worked with partner organizations to ensure that the guidance we provide on topics like international trade are harmonized with their work. One key success story is the partnership with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) which
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Symbol No. ECE/TRADE/330 Sales # E.04.II.E.3 ISBN 92-1-116889-9 – US$ 45 – E more details: [email protected]
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The continuous reductions in tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade and the rise of global supply chains have further increased the importance of trade as an engine of growth, creating new opportunities for investments, job creation and human development. However, for several countries, capitalising on these opportunities is
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Assessing regulatory and procedural measures in trade: An Evaluation Methodology (ECE/TRADE/409) ......The Committee on Trade (CT) is a multilateral platform that brings representatives of governments from the 56 member States of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) together with civil society organizations
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The UNECE Secretariat, in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, organized the Global Trade Facilitation Conference “Connecting International
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The Role of Gas in Sustainable Energy (Booklet - December 2015)Liquefied natural gas (LNG) – towards global gas marketsRecent market developments point to a fundamental change in the role of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in the global energy landscape. The use of LNG to transport natural gas is poised to grow dramatically
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Metrology ensures the uniformity of measurements and
their metrological traceability to the International System
of Units (SI). It allows manufacturers to produce products
more accurately, more quickly and to a higher standard.
It is the key cornerstone to international standardization
and the quality infrastructure in general, which contributes
to the facilitation of trade.
This recommendation
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Since the introduction in 1973 as the UNECE Recommendation No. 1, the UN Layout Key (UNLK) has provided Governments, organizations and the business community with a basis for a standard and aligned design of documents used in trade and transport. This has led to a major improvement in the standardization of trade documents in many countries throughout the world.Most international organizations
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The Executive Committee (EXCOM) of the UNECE recommended at its thirty-fourth session in February 2010 that the Committee on Trade carry out three trade needs assessment studies in selected UNECE member countries and/or sub-regional groupings with economies in transition. These studies focus on procedural and regulatory barriers to trade in goods, with an eye to on-going development efforts in
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This high-level policy recommendation advocates to governments the importance of building national capacity and capability to cope with a large influx of humanitarian relief. The sudden onset of a disaster often results in relief providers and national administrations being unclear about importation requirements and procedures for needed relief items. These items may include lifesaving relief
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©2003 United NationsECE/TRADE/330: Sharing the Gains of Globalization in the New Security Environment - The Challenges to Trade Facilitation [Summary of the Debate at the 2003 Forum]
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Based on the presentations and contributions to the Workshop on Trade, Business and Investment in a Wider Europe on 7 April 2003 and also documents and papers relating to the topic. The publication presents to policy makers the opportunities for further economic integration within the region after the EU enlargement of 2004. It also confronts non-acceding countries with some issues that
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Risk management is the key method to achieve a balance between facilitating and controlling trade. Unless absolutely every single shipment is to be physically verified, agencies will need to establish criteria to choose which shipments to control and which shipments not to control. This will be through risk management. This publication brings together the core concepts of risk management as it
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This publication has been developed within the framework of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative. It provides a study of the advantages of using ICTs to support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular SDG 11, by facilitating the missing linkages that exist between sustainability policies and urban-planning practices through digitally-enabled
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The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has placed our increasingly interconnected world in an unprecedented situation. This crisis has generated human distress and an economic downturn that is impacting global efforts to improve livelihoods and achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
As the early response to restraining the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, limited
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Georgia engaged in an impressive array of reforms during the past two decades, turning it into one of the most open, well-governed countries with economies in transition in the UNECE region. The regulatory climate for doing business ranks among the best globally, and Georgia has become a vibrant trade hub, attracted significant investment, and clocked up strong growth over the past decade. One
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This study summarizes the key findings of the ninth study, which focuses on Serbia. It was carried out pursuant to the Government’s request to support ongoing efforts to increase the trade sector’s contribution to development and the implementation of the 2030 sustainable development goals (SDGs). The study was prepared by the UNECE secretariat in close consultation with public and private-sector
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Sustainable Energy @ UNECE - Securing Affordable and Sustainable Energy Supply (Booklet - December 2015)Sustainable energy is the linchpin of the Global GoalsUNECE’s work in energy falls into three broad categories: reconciling the reality of fossil fuels’ enduring share of the energy mix with the need to
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This Publication (ECE/TRADE/440) advocates for integrating education about standardization into the curricula of educational establishments. It presents evidence of the relevance of standards for policymakers and business executives as well as professionals. It then reviews the efforts of UNECE since 2012 to date to improve education about
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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 on access to energy and the related targets set the ambition for increasing the share of renewable energies in the energy mix. Their achievement is closely linked water management (part of SDG 6 on water and sanitation) but also to many other SDGs, notably on food security and sustainable agriculture (SDG 2