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.

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.