Toolbox for enhancing digital and sustainable trade facilitation along transit corridors

The purpose of this project is to develop a policy recommendation that assists UN Member States in enhancing digital and sustainable trade facilitation along transit corridors.

The first phase will focus on scoping the project deliverables, gathering insights into the persistent challenges and inefficiencies in soft trade infrastructure that hinder seamless transit procedures and data exchange along corridors, particularly impacting trade competitiveness for landlocked developing countries. It will also develop implementation guidelines for the UN/CEFACT Package of Standards for Data Exchange, which supports the digital transformation of cross-border trade which will be tested in a pilot (a real-world scenario), ensuring their effectiveness and relevance.

In today’s global trade landscape, competitiveness relies on seamless connectivity across multiple domains, including transport, logistics, telecom, and IT. This initiative will build on the UNECE UN/CEFACT Package of Standards for data exchange along supply chains, given the increasing importance of UNECE UN/CEFACT tools in managing the complexities of data transfer across transport modes.

Agenda:

• Context & Background
   
• Recap of the past High-level policy dialogues:
  a) 30th UNECE- UN/CEFACT Plenary in Geneva (July 2024)
  b) 43rd UNECE- UN/CEFACT Forum in Rome ( December 2024)
   
• Structure of the policy recommendation & deliverables:
  i) Policy recommendation
  ii) Implementation guidelines for the UN/CEFACT Package of Standards for Data Exchange
  iii) Pilot projects
   
• Brainstorming the scope of the policy recommendation
   
• Sharing some publications/readings ahead of the next meeting to scope further.
   

For more information please contact Ms. Nogaye Diagne Project Lead and Ms. Ludovica Poponcini