Guide for National Trade Facilitation Bodies on How to Use UN/CEFACT Standards and Tools

Guide for National Trade Facilitation Bodies on How to Use UN/CEFACT Standards and Tools
Submitted by the secretariat for information
UNECE produced a Guide for National Trade Facilitation Bodies on How to Use UN/CEFACT Trade Facilitation Standards and Tools. The objective is to help NTFBs in their response to current and long-term challenges to international trade, using the instruments of the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT). The Guide introduces the concept of NTFBs, their role in raising awareness and implementing UN/CEFACT standards and tools. It highlights the role that NTFBs can play in the review of processes and procedures, document and data harmonization, standardization of electronic information exchange, assisting Single Window implementation projects. It informs NTFBs how they can collaborate with UN/CEFACT on these issues. The plan is to distribute this Guide to the NTFBs worldwide and to organize training events. UNECE is organizing training events on the functioning and regional cooperation of National Trade Facilitation Committees, notably for the countries with economies in transition.
Document ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2021/INF.8 is submitted by the secretariat to the twenty-seventh session for information.