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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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International harmonization and interoperability of regulations of products with embedded artificial intelligence (AI) or other digital technologies is a challenge for regulators, but essential in order to achieve regulatory objectives, while avoiding unnecessary technical barriers to trade and multiplication of conformity testing. This task is complicated by the fact that products with embedded
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“The Sustainability Pledge 3-year monitoring report” presents the results of monitoring activities conducted in the context of the United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe (UNECE)’s Call to Action, the Sustainability Pledge1. The Call to Action was launched in 2021 under the initiative “Enhancing transparency and traceability for more sustainable value chains in the garment and footwear
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The textile industry has evolved from a production model based on natural fibres and protectionist policies for local industry to a model where synthetic fibres have become pervasive, production has been offshored, and the speed of manufacture and distribution of products has increased rapidly. Most of the fashion industry operates under the fast-fashion model, which involves more collections per
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This policy paper reviews the state of play of traceability and transparency approaches in three economic sectors critical to the circular transition in the ECE region: the agrifood, garment and footwear, and minerals sectors. Moreover, it provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities for advancing the circular economy and highlights successful practices from the whole region. Lastly,
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The second Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of Armenia builds on the substantial experience accumulated by the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) and its member States in using the EPR tool to regularly assess progress achieved in reconciling national economic and environmental objectives. The second EPR of Armenia takes stock of progress made in the governance and management of the
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The Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for such Carriage (ATP) was done at Geneva on 1 September 1970 and entered into force on 21 November 1976.
The objectives of the ATP are to facilitate international transport of perishable foodstuffs and to ensure a high level of preservation of the quality of perishable foodstuffs during
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The third Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of Kyrgyzstan builds on the substantial experience accumulated by the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) and its member States in using the EPR tool to regularly assess progress achieved in reconciling national economic and environmental objectives. The third EPR of Kyrgyzstan takes stock of progress made in the governance and management of the
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The Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of Mauritania builds on the substantial experience accumulated by the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) and its member States in using the EPR tool to regularly assess progress achieved in reconciling national economic and environmental objectives.
The review covers legal and policy frameworks and compliance assurance mechanisms. It also focuses on
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L’examen de la performance environnementale (EPE) de la Mauritanie s’appuie sur l’expérience substantielle accumulée par la Commission économique pour l’Europe (CEE) et ses États membres dans l’utilisation de cet outil pour évaluer régulièrement les progrès accomplis dans la conciliation des objectifs économiques et environnementaux nationaux.
L’examen porte sur les cadres juridiques et
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Amid multiple ongoing crises, UNECE’s 2023 SDGs status report revealed that the region was further away from achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development than it had been a year earlier.
The 2023 Annual Report illustrates how UNECE is supporting countries to accelerate SDGs progress and respond to key sustainable development challenges, leveraging its practical normative tools and policy
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This report is part of a global survey effort on the implementation of trade facilitation and paperless trade measures, undertaken jointly by the five United Nations Regional Commissions for Africa (ECA), Europe (ECE), Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and West Asia (ESCWA) as well as the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
This report
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When properly structured and implemented, Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) can fulfil a range of valuable purposes and objectives for the benefit of society and the common good. They can advance the efficient and cost-effective development, provision and operation of public infrastructure and public services, by harnessing the skills, resources, know-how and/or finance of the private sector
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The short publication Why Gender-Responsive Standards are Better for Everyone offers an explanation and rationale of gender-responsive standards for the new comer. It provides a general overview of the intrinsic nature of standards and how these might affect women and men differently.
The publication underlines that gender-responsive standards improve the desired outcome. Standards seek by nature
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This assessment was conducted between 18 June 2020 and 3 June 2021 with the objective of analyzing the developments and challenges in the management of biodiversity and protected areas (PAs) in 14 countries that carried out and completed a ECE Environmental Performance Review (EPR) under its 3rd cycle (further 3EPR) since 2014. This includes Albania (2018), Belarus (2016), Bosnia and Herzegovina