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Fourteenth International Capacity-Building Seminar on Trade and Transport Facilitation

Fourteenth International Capacity-Building Seminar on Trade and Transport Facilitation

Trade Facilitation and Digital Transformation of Multimodal Information Exchange in Eastern Europe and SPECA, Using United Nations Standards

22 May (9:30) - 23 May (17:30) 2023
Library of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku Azerbaijan

Background

This event is organized in collaboration between the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the Institute of Control Systems at the Ministry of Science and Education of the Azerbaijan Republic, and the Ukrvneshtrans association as the fourteenth UNECE seminar on trade and transport facilitation held for the first time outside of Odessa, Ukraine.

The participants in this seminar will include experts with technical skills from the relevant national agencies dealing with trade regulations, transport and transit procedures, as well as the business community (traders, transporters, freight forwarders, IT developers, etc.). This will be a capacity-building seminar for building skills in the target countries to implement innovation practices, including technology transfer for the implementation of electronic data and document equivalent exchange, aligned to UN/CEFACT standards and supporting tools.

Discussions on the contribution of UN standards and involvement of international organizations and the private sector will help formulate the conclusions and recommendations on the next steps to support relevant initiatives in the region.

Target audience

The participants in this seminar will include experts with technical skills from the relevant national agencies dealing with trade regulations, transport and transit procedures, as well as the business community (traders, transporters, freight forwarders, IT developers, etc.). This will be a capacity-building seminar for building skills in the target countries to implement innovation practices, including technology transfer for the implementation of electronic data and document equivalent exchange, aligned to UN/CEFACT standards and supporting tools.

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Background Documents: 

 

Please contact Mr. Mario Apostolov for further details.

 

SESSION I: Implementation of UN Standards for the Digitalization of International Supply Chains

44321 _ S1.2 Sue Probert - MMT standards implementation _ 379281 _ English _ 773 _ 383174 _ pdf
44321 _ S1.3 Ulrika Hurt - eFTI and eFTI Gates _ 379380 _ English _ 773 _ 383472 _ pdf

Session II: Possible Pilot Implementation Test Project With TRACECA, e.g. on Digitalization of the CIM/SMGS Consignment Note

44309 _ S2.1 Asset Assavbayev - TRACECA 2023 _ 379267 _ English _ 773 _ 383147 _ pdf
44309 _ S2.2 Erik Evtimov - CIT work on Digitalisation _ 379268 _ English _ 773 _ 383148 _ pdf
44309 _ S2.3 Sandra Gehenot - Supporting pilot projects _ 379269 _ English _ 773 _ 383149 _ pdf
44309 _ S2.5 Mario Apostolov - Connectivity Package for Railways _ 379270 _ Russian _ 864 _ 383153 _ pdf

SESSION III: Best Practices in Port Community Systems, Interoperability, and Multimodal Data Exchange

44322 _ S3.1 Nico De Cauwer - IPCSA - PCS and UNCEFACT Standards _ 379274 _ English _ 773 _ 383159 _ pdf
44322 _ S3.5 Oleg Nikolaychuk - SW Development in Ukraine _ 379276 _ English _ 773 _ 383161 _ pdf
44322 _ S3.6 Elkhan Nahmadov - ICAO-UNECE Collaboration on MMT RDM _ 379284 _ English _ 773 _ 383177 _ pdf
44322 _ S3.7 Igbal Babayev - Implementing UNCEFACT in Middle Corridor _ 379285 _ English _ 773 _ 383178 _ pdf

SESSION IV: Partnership Dialogue: Possibilites for Funding Implementatoin Projects

44323 _ S4.2 Kamola Khusnutdinova - UNCEFACT Rec. 41 PPT _ 379280 _ English _ 773 _ 383173 _ pdf
44323 _ S4.4 Tofig Babayev - Collaboration with EU4Digital, phase 2 _ 379278 _ English _ 773 _ 383165 _ pdf
44323 _ S4.5 Aizhan Beiseyeva - USAID and Middle Corridor _ 379279 _ Russian _ 864 _ 383166 _ pdf
44323 _ S4.6 Asset Assavbayev TRACECA MOU 2023 _ 379287 _ English _ 773 _ 383182 _ pdf

Background Documents

43618 _ Capacity-Building Seminar on Trade and Transport Facilitation _ 378788 _ English _ 773 _ 383195 _ pdf
43618 _ Capacity-Building Seminar on Trade and Transport Facilitation _ 378788 _ Russian _ 864 _ 383196 _ pdf
43618 _ Capacity-Building Seminar on Trade and Transport Facilitation _ 378788 _ English _ 773 _ 381912 _ pdf
43618 _ Capacity-Building Seminar on Trade and Transport Facilitation _ 378788 _ English _ 773 _ 381915 _ pdf
43618 _ Capacity-Building Seminar on Trade and Transport Facilitation _ 378788 _ English _ 773 _ 382191 _ pdf
43618 _ Capacity-Building Seminar on Trade and Transport Facilitation _ 378788 _ English _ 773 _ 382192 _ pdf

Recordings of the seminar