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United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business
 
Workshop on Trade Facilitation
(in collaboration with Ministry of Economoy, Customs Service and Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine
and participation of representatives of Armenia, Georgia and the Republic of Moldova)

 

Session I: Reforms in Ukraine and the implementation of trade facilitation measures 
  Activities of the Ministry of Economy in trade facilitation and WTO accession
Elena Yemelianova, Deputy Head of Department, Foreign Economic Policy, Ministry of Economy
  Importance of trade facilitation in the modernization and automation of the Customs Service

Sergei Ladoshka, Head of Section, Department of organization of Customs Control, State Customs Service of Ukraine
  Benefits for small and medium-sized enterprises
Leonid Lepetyuk, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine
Session II: Needs and practical concerns for business in trad facilitation
  The growing significance of trade facilitation and the new context of global trade negotiations

Tom Butterly, acting deputy chief, Global Trade Solutions branch, UNECE
  Public-private partnership in trade facilitation and security: New concepts and practical solutions

Victor Zemlicka, Vice President, Trade Assurance Services, SGS

Roberto Valfre di Bonzo, Marketing Manager, Trade Assurance Services, SGS
  The role of trade facilitation in international supply chain management � a global express industry perspective

Ian Impey, Director Facilitation, Global Express Association (GEA)
  Business issues and needs Marina Karnaukh, Research and Production centre on e-economics

Yevgeniy Novikov, Director General, Association Ukrvneshtrans
Session III: Trade facilitation and electronic business: ICT options and tools
  On the implementation of digital signatures in Ukraine

Alexander Nesterenko, State Department of communications and computerization, Ministry of transport and telecommunications of Ukraine
  Financial services and trade facilitation

Irina Ivchenko, National Bank of Ukraine
Igor Gordienko, President of the Board, Insurance Company INGO-Ukraina
  International legal instruments for transit facilitation, joint presentation UNECE � International Road Transport Union (IRU)

Konstantine Glukhenkiy, UNECE Transport Division

Soren Rasmussen, Head of TIR Operations, International Road Transport Union (IRU)
  The TIR Convention as a multilateral trade facilitation instrument supporting transit

Yuriy Kuchinskiy,Vice President, Association of International Transporters of Ukraine (ASMAP)
  Harmonization of the Ukrainian national customs and transport legislation with a view to accede to the European Union Convention on a Common Transit Procedure

Vitaliy Lipovskiy, President, Ukrainian Union of Road Transport and Logistics
  ATA Carnets

Antonin Kerner, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Czech Republic
Session IV: Regional aspectes and organizational structures - public-private partnership for trade facilitation
  Regional approach on trade facilitation on the example of TRACECA

Angelika Zwicky, Permanent Secretariat, Intergovernmental Commission, TRACECA  [pdf]
  Regional approach on trade facilitation on the example of the Regional union GUAM

Valdas Dovydenas
  Representative of the Republic of Moldova

Sergiu Sainciuc, Deputy Minister of Economy and Trade
  Representative of Georgia

Lasha Gotsiridze, First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance of Georgia

Ekaterina Avaliani, Head of Department of Foreign Economic Relations and International Programmes, Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia
  Experience of the national trade facilitation body in the Czech Republic

Maria Najmanova, Director FITPRO, Czech Republic
  Public-private partnerships for trade facilitation and integrated management of information flows

Mario Apostolov, Regional Adviser, UNECE