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Forum on Engaging the Trading Community: WTO, Trade Facilitation and the Private Sector in Developing Countries
Geneva, 15-16 February 2010

By focusing on private sector’s perspectives regarding obstacles to international trade, on the first day, the Forum would seek to identify concrete measures which would be needed to tackle identified obstacles and consider how WTO agreement can contribute to this endeavour.
On Day Two, the Forum will outline how the private sector actors, governments and development agencies can jointly support the trade facilitation reforms that will arise from the future commitments under the WTO. Participants will identify how the private sector can contribute to the implementation of the required measures.

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On-line repository on national and regional Trade Facilitation Working Groups
Geneva, 26 January 2010.

UNCTAD in collaboration with UNECE launched the on-line repository on national and regional Trade Facilitation Working Groups. The repository offers case studies from countries that have set up an operation national and/or regional coordinating mechanism on trade facilitation.

The repository will be expanded over time. Countries are invited to share their experiences.

Please contact Jan.Hoffmann@unctad.org or Birgit.Viohl@unctad.org

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Transport Newsletter No. 44, 2009
UNCTAD/WEB/DTL/TLB/2009/3

UNCTAD’s 2009 issue of the annual Review of Maritime Transport (RMT) is available online. Including unique data such as seaborne trade statistics, the world fleet by vessel types and port traffic, this year’s issue analyses in detail the contrasting trends of reduced trade and thus demand for maritime transport services against the still-growing world fleet. The RMT 2009 regional chapter looks at international transport developments in Africa.

UNCTAD hosted and organized two topical expert meetings in early December. The Multi-year Expert Meeting on Transport and Trade Facilitation focused on Public and Private Partnerships for the Development of Infrastructure to Facilitate Trade and Transport, and the Ad Hoc Expert Meeting looked at Transit Ports Servicing Landlocked Developing Countries. Both meetings were well attended and led to insightful and interesting discussions; presentations are available online.

Topical articles in this issue of the Transport Newsletter cover an International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) “train the trainer” course, designing and implementing trade facilitation in Asia and the Pacific, the Third Meeting of Trade Ministers of Landlocked Developing Countries and an update on UNCTAD’s Port Training Programme (PTP). Further, we provide summary updates on selected documents and events dealing with trade and transport facilitation.

For feedback, comments, and suggestions for our next UNCTAD Transport Newsletter, please contact Jan Hoffmann at jan.hoffmann@unctad.org before March 2010


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Review of Maritime Transport 2009
UNCTAD/RMT/2009

UNCTAD´s Review of Maritime Transport has been published annually since 1968. With more than 80% of international trade in goods being carried by sea, and an even higher percentage for the trade of most developing countries, the Review of Maritime Transport is an important source of information for a broad audience. While the main focus of the Review is on maritime transport, it also contains some information on developments in multimodal transport covering land based transport systems. The Review provides some analysis of structural and cyclical changes affecting trade and transport, especially in developing economies as well as an extensive collection of statistical information on maritime transport and related services, including on:

  • Cargo tonnage loaded in world ports
  • Developments in the world merchant fleet
  • Major events affecting sea transport of bulk and containerised trades
  • Indexes and average freight rates for major traffics and routes
  • Port developments
  • Legal and regulatory developments
  • Review of transport developments by geographical region.

The Review of Maritime Transport 2009 covers developments in maritime and other modes of transport as well as major issues occurring over an eighteen month period from January 2008 until the middle of 2009. It also supplements long-term statistical series with new data.
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Maritime Transport and the Climate Change Challenge
Geneva, 7 December 2009

A summary of the proceedings of an Expert Meeting, held on 16-18 February 2009, has been published to present the key issues discussed by experts and to make their insights available to a broader audience. The document is part of UNCTAD´s contribution to the important debate on action to address the formidable challenge of climate change.

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UNCTAD online dicussion on Role of PPPs in Transport and Trade Facilitation and Issues related to Transit ports and LLDCs
Geneva, 2-17 December 2009

The UNCTAD Virtual Institute and the Division on Technology and Logistics (DTL) has established an online forum to welcome discussion on the abovementioned issues. The key messages of the summary of the online discussion would later be transmitted for further consideration by the UNCTAD Expert Meetings on Public and private partnerships for the development of infrastructure to facilitate trade and transport (8-10 December 2009), and on Transit ports servicing landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) (11 December 2009), in Geneva. 

How to access the forum?

Please follow these steps to create your account and participate in the online discussion:

To participate in the debate it is necessary to create an account and log-in.

1. Fill out the REGISTRATION FORM (http://vi.unctad.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=registers)

2. Log-in with your "user-name" and "password" you’ve just created in (1).

3. In the USER MENU, which is visible below the LOGIN information, click on the "Debates" button.


Whilst you are logged-in, you will have direct access to the E- FORUM


 


UNCTAD one day Ad-Hoc Expert Meeting on Transit Ports Servicing Landlocked Developing Countries
Geneva, 11 December 2009

The purpose of the meeting can be summarised as to look at recent developments that have taken place in transit ports servicing landlocked developing countries trade and potential future actions that could benefit LLDCs. In doing so, the meeting will look at major challenges and best practices with a view to assist UNCTAD Secretariat, through the Division on Technology and Logistics/Trade Logistics Branch analytical and technical assistance work programme, to focus on issues most relevant for LLDCs and transit countries as highlighted by participating experts.

The meeting will take place on 11 December 2009 in room XXVI of the Palais des Nations of the United Nations in Geneva.


For more detail please contact:
Mr. Vincent Valentine
Vincent.Valentine@unctad.org

or

Ms. Eugenia Nuñez
Eugenia.Nunez@unctad.org
 


Multi-year expert meeting on transport and trade facilitation (second session) focusing on public and private partnerships for the development of infrastructure to facilitate trade and transport.
Geneva, 8-10 December 2009.

The meeting will explore modalities and best practices for PPPs and the role of technology in developing and operating efficient transport infrastructure and services to facilitate international trade and transport in developing countries.

The meeting will take into account the implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action in Land-Locked and Transit Developing Countries as well as specific issues faced by least developed countries and small island developing States.

It will also consider the potential impact of future commitments ensuing from the World Trade Organization negotiations on trade facilitation.

The findings and recommendations of this expert meeting will be reported to the second session of the Trade and Development Commission, to be held 3-7 May 2010.


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GFP Meeting: Regional approaches to Trade and Transport Facilitation
Tunisia, 17-18 November 2009.

Biannual meeting of the Global Facilitation Partnership for Trade and Transport (GFP), will be jointly organized in partnership with the African Development Bank.

The theme of our GFP bi-annual meeting will be “Regional approaches to Trade and Transport Facilitation”. The meeting will thus explore regional integration perspectives in order to raise awareness of the needs at the regional level. There will also be a chance to discuss trade and transport facilitation issues with experts from different organizations as well as the role of private sector and areas of opportunities in participating in the process. Available tools and possible assistance from GFP’s International Governmental Organizations core partners will also be presented. And finally, the meeting will provide practical examples of successful implementation of TF measures.

Attendance at the meeting is by invitation only.
Partners are invited to inform GFP Secretariat of the names of contacts and colleagues they suggest or would like to forward the invitation to.

Please kindly mark your calendars.

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Transport Newsletter No. 43, 2009
UNCTAD/WEB/DTL/TLB/2009/2

UNCTAD’s next Multi-year Expert Meeting on Transport and Trade Facilitation is scheduled for 8–10 December 2009. It will focus on “public and private partnerships for the development of infrastructure to facilitate trade and transport” and aims at an interrelated discussion on trade, investment, services and technical assistance and capacity-building aspects, and how they interact with trade and transport facilitation measures. On 11 December, UNCTAD further organizes an Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on Transit Ports Servicing Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), which will provide an opportunity for experts and different stakeholders to exchange views on challenges and opportunities of transit ports that serve LLDCs.

In the context of the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations on trade facilitation in which members are engaged in since 2004, the importance of national coordinating mechanisms has come to the forefront of countries’ preoccupations. UNCTAD and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) have introduced a repository of such mechanisms.

Three articles in this Transport Newsletter look at different aspects of international transport, notably liner shipping connectivity and UNCTAD’s Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (LSCI), dry ports and the Transports Internationaux Routiers (TIR) Convention. We further announce various recent and upcoming events and documents considered of interest for trade facilitation, transport and development.


For feedback, comments, and suggestions for our next UNCTAD Transport Newsletter, please contact Jan Hoffmann at jan.hoffmann@unctad.org by December 2009


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Meeting on Implementation of Trade Facilitation Measures - Tools, Approaches and Concerns
Geneva, 3 March 09.

Biannual meeting of the Global Facilitation Partnership for Trade and Transport (GFP), organized by UNCTAD and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).

The meeting was organizied to provide an opportunity for all stakeholders - including Governments, enterprises, and international and non-governmental organizations - to discuss specific concerns and gain a better understanding of trade facilitation implementation strategies and instruments to increase efficiency in international supply chains.

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Transport Newsletter No. 42, 2009
UNCTAD/WEB/DTL/TLB/2009/1

At a time of increasing concerns about energy security and of multiple global crises, including the global financial crisis and the food and water crises, which are severely impacting our ability to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), climate policy action remains an urgent priority and a major challenge for the international community. Climate change poses a potentially permanent and serious threat to human development and prosperity, with implications for water and food security, human health, biodiversity, migration, global trade and security.

The three-day UNCTAD Expert Meeting on Maritime Transport and the Climate Change Challenge (Geneva, 16–18 February 2009) covered issues such as climate change impacts and challenges, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international shipping and control, approaches to mitigation and adaptation, and cross-cutting issues such as energy, technology and financing. The meeting provided a unique platform for fruitful and timely informal discussions among experts from a variety of public and private sector backgrounds. A key contribution lay in the fact that it allowed for a broad analysis of the potential implications of the climate change challenge for the maritime industry and helped participants gain a better understanding of the various maritime industry approaches to mitigation as well as the urgent need for an increased focus on climate change impacts and adaptation. On a related issue, we also report on the World Ports Climate Initiative launched by the International Association of Ports and Harbours.

Two articles in this issue look at maritime transport issues, notably the linkages between the global economic crisis and shipping and liner shipping connectivity in Africa and in South America.

In the area of trade facilitation, several articles provide updates on the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA), the twice yearly meeting of the Global Facilitation Partnership, Saint Lucia’s National Trade Facilitation Task Force and the WTO Trade Facilitation Self-Assessment in Afghanistan.


For feedback, comments, and suggestions for our next UNCTAD Transport Newsletter, please contact Jan Hoffmann at jan.hoffmann@unctad.org before June 2009


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Climate change must be faced despite global economic crisis, expert meeting on maritime transport stresses
Geneva, 19 February 09.

Over 80% of world trade is carried in seaborne vessels and — while their engines now contribute between 1.6 and 4.1% of global carbon dioxide emissions — their emissions may triple by 2050, said experts at a three-day UNCTAD meeting. More >>
 


 

 
   


 

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