Trade facilitation
Shaping resilient, efficient, and sustainable global supply chains through trade facilitation reforms, digital innovation, and the UNCTAD Global Supply Chain Forum.
Trade facilitation
Shaping resilient, efficient, and sustainable global supply chains through trade facilitation reforms, digital innovation, and the UNCTAD Global Supply Chain Forum.
Objectives
Through the Empowerment Programme for Trade Facilitation, UNCTAD helps countries achieve:
- Stronger institutions: Build capacity of governments and private sector actors to implement trade reforms.
- Smarter reforms: Use data and analysis to reduce bottlenecks and costs.
- Better coordination: Strengthen cooperation across border agencies.
- Digital transformation: Accelerate paperless and data-driven trade systems.
- Inclusive outcomes: Ensure women, youth, persons with disability and other vulnerable groups benefit.
Empowerment Programme for Trade Facilitation
The UNCTAD Empowerment Programme for Trade Facilitation offers diverse solutions to support developing and Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), and economies in transition in strengthening their trade facilitation capacities.
It engages government officials, private sector professionals (including women, young traders, and vulnerable groups), academic and research institutions, and civil society organizations.
By providing tailored solutions, the programme supports inclusive and sustainable development, supply chain resilience, and good governance through digitalization, improving trade efficiency and cross-border collaboration.
Trade facilitation solutions implemented since 2015
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Projects
- Comoros Economic Integration Acceleration Programme
- Trade Information Portal and National Trade Facilitation Committee in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Sustaining transparency in trade through Trade Information Portals in PACER Plus Countries
- Reform Tracker for SIECA trade facilitation strategy
- AfCFTA support on non-tariff barriers, trade facilitation and intellectual property rights
- Capacity building for East African Community trade portals connectivity
- Strengthening the capacity of national trade facilitation committees in the ECOWAS region
- Blockchain for trade facilitation
- Accelerate trade facilitation
- PACER Plus transparency and trade portals
Events & meetings
21 – 24 mayo 2024
Foro Global de la Cadena de Suministro 2024
22 – 26 abril 2024
Comisión de Comercio y Desarrollo, 14º período de sesiones
21 – 25 noviembre 2022









