Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards - Second Session
26 - 27 May 2016
Centre International des Conférences de Genève (CICG) Geneva Switzerland
Introduction
The second session of the Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards will discuss recent achievements in removing regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in the ECE region. The session will feature a special focus on the Republic of Albania and the Republic of Moldova, based on the results of the ECE assessment studies. In addition, delegates from countries where ECE studies on regulatory and procedural barriers to trade have been completed will inform the Steering Committee about ongoing and planned follow-up activities, particularly those related to implementing the recommendations emerging from the studies. High-level segment programme.
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Documents
| Symbol | Document Title | ENG | FRE | RUS |
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| Item 1: Adoption of the Agenda | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2016/1 | Annotated provisional agenda Programme |
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| A. General Segment | ||||
| Item 2: Matters arising | ||||
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B. High-level segment: Removing regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in the ECE region |
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| Item 3: Supporting the removal of regulatory and procedural barriers to trade | ||||
| (b) Republic of Moldova: Initial findings | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2016/3 |
ECE study on regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in the Republic of Albania: Recommendations Regulatory and Procedural Barrieres to Trade in the Republic of Albania: Needs Assessment |
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| ECE/CTCS/2016/4 | ECE study on regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in the Republic of Moldova: Initial findings | |||
| (c) Regulatory and procedural barriers to trade: A gender perspective | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2016/5 | Regulatory and procedural barriers to trade: A gender perspective | |||
| Item 4: Country follow-up to ECE studies on regulatory and procedural barriers to trade | ||||
| Item 5: Programme of work | ||||
| (a) Updates from subsidiary bodies | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2015/2 |
Report of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies on its twenty-fifth session |
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| ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/2 | Report of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards on its seventy-first session | |||
| (b) Capacity-building and technical assistance activities | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2016/6 | Report on capacity-building and technical assistance activities | |||
| (c) Reports from other ECE bodies and international organizations on related work and potential areas for collaboration with the Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards |
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| ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2016/2 | Report of the Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business on its twenty-second Plenary session and twenty-seventh Forum | |||
| ECE/CECI/2016/5 | Intersessional implementation plan for 2016-2017 | |||
| ECE/CTCS/2016/7 | Cooperation with other ECE bodies and other organizations | |||
| (d) Contribution to the sustainable development goals | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2016/8 | Sustainable Development Goals relevant to Subprogramme 6. Trade | |||
| (f) Plan for inter-sessional implementation for the programme of work | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2016/9 | Inter-sessional implementation plan for the programme of work | |||
| (g) Strategic Framework 2018-2019: Subprogramme 6- Trade | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2016/10 | Strategic Framework 2018-2019: Subprogramme 6-Trade | |||
| Item 6. Proposed Joint Conference with the Republic of Belarus and the Committee on Innovation, Competitiveness and Public-Private Partnerships | ||||
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ECE/CTCS/2016/NONE /1 |
Proposed Joint Conference with the Republic of Belarus and the Committee on Innovation, Competitiveness and Public-Private Partnerships: Background note | - | ||
| Item 8: Adoption of report | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2016/2 | Report of the Session | |||
Presentations
| High-level Segment Removing regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in the UNECE region |
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| DAY 1 - Thursday 26 May 2016 | |||
| Time | Theme | Speakers | |
| 10:30-13:00 | Supporting the removal of regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in the Republic of Moldova | ECE assessment study of regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in the Republic of Moldova Initial findings Mr. Veaceslav Sterbet, UNECE lead consultant. PPT Next steps Mr. Gheorghe Balan, Vice Prime Minister for Reintegration Ms. Angela Susanu, State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy Mr. Corneliu Trofaila ,Head of Customs Control and Revenue Department , Custom Service of the Republic of Moldova Mr. Iurii Socol , Director, National Institute for Standardisation Ms. Larisa Novac, Vice Director, National Accreditation Centre MOLDAC Mr. Ilie Volovei, Expert, National Food Safety Agency Mr. Alexandru Baltag, Advisor of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy Mr. Veaceslav Sterbet, UNECE lead consultant. PPT Ms. Delvina Hana Bakija, National Expert, CEFTA Secretariat Ms. Claudia Brand, Officer, Trade Relations Division, European Free Trade Association Ms. Valeria Leseanu, Programme Specialist, Inclusive Growth Cluster Lead , United Nations Development Programme Mr. Peter Unger, Chair, International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mr. David Hanlon, Secretary, Conformity Assessment Board, International Electrotechnical Commission PPT Ms. Antoinette Pitteloud, External Liaisons Officer, International Electrotechnical Commission Mr. Ian Dunmill, BIML Assistant Director, International Organization of Legal Metrology PPT |
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| 13.00-14.45 | Lunch | ||
| 15:00-17:00 | Supporting the removal of regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in the Republic of Albania | ECE assessment study of regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in the Republic of Albania Regulatory and Procedural Barriers to Trade in the Republic of Albania: Needs Assessment Mr. Mika Vepsäläinen, Chief, Market Access Section, UNECE PPT Next steps Ms. Filloreta Kodra, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Albania to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva PPT Ms. Mirela Meko, Deputy Director General, Albanian General Directorate of Customs PPT Ms. Klotilda Neziri, Director, MEDTTE Ms. Delvina Hana Bakija, National Expert, CEFTA Secretariat Ms. Claudia Brand, Officer – Trade Relations Division, European Free Trade Association Mr. David Hanlon, Conformity Assessment Board (CAB) Secretary, International Electrotechnical Commission Ms. Antoinette Pitteloud, External Liaisons Officer , International Electrotechnical Commission Mr. Ian Dunmill, BIML Assistant Director, International Organization of Legal Metrology Ms. Lorenza Jachia, Secretary, UNECE Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies Ms. Ariadne Abel, Associate Programme Management Officer, Transport Division UNECE PPT |
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| 17:00-17:30 | Regulatory and procedural barriers to trade: A gender perspective | UNECE Secretariat | |
| 17:30-18:00 | Country follow-up to UNECE studies on regulatory barriers and procedural barriers to trade | UNECE Secretariat | |
| DAY 2 - Friday 27 May 2016 | |||
| Report of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies on its twenty-fifth session | Ms. Lorenza Jachia, Secretary, UNECE Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies | ||
| Report of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards on its seventy-first session | Ms. Liliana Annovazzi–Jakab, Secretary, UNECE Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards | ||
| Report of UN/CEFACT on its twenty-second Plenary session and twenty-seventh Forum | Ms. Maria Ceccarelli, Acting Secretary, UNECE Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business | ||
| Report on capacity-building and technical assistance activities | Mr. Mario Apostolov, Regional Adviser, UNECE Economic Cooperation and Trade Division | ||