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LOCATION:Online\, 
SUMMARY:Webinar: Assessing cost-effectiveness of NTMs – A toolkit
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DESCRIPTION:NTMs can increase the cost of doing business through increased 
 compliance costs\, thus reducing productivity. Poorly designed and ineffic
 iently implemented NTMs can create administrative and financial burden for
  the private sector. This makes it necessary to review NTMs with the objec
 tive of minimizing compliance costs\, improving design and making implemen
 tation processes more effective: all critical elements for boosting region
 al value chains (RVCs). At the same time\, NTMs are necessary for achievin
 g other social or development goals. Thus\, there is a need to strike a ca
 reful balance when reviewing NTMs such that effectiveness of NTMs in meeti
 ng the policy objectives for which they are designed is not undermined.\n\
 nThe NTM Cost-Effectiveness Toolkit addresses this very issue: it provides
  tools to evaluate NTMs in terms of the objective they are designed for\, 
 the way they are being implemented\, and how easy it is for the private se
 ctor to comply with them. In a pilot project\, the toolkit was piloted in 
 the Kenyan cotton\, textiles and apparel (CTA) value chain\, the project i
 nvolved a review of NTMs applied to cotton lint imports in Kenya. It resul
 ted in recommendations for simplifying import regulations and procedures a
 nd reduce trade costs while ensuring that relevant public policy objective
 s are not compromised.\n\nThe webinar on 27 January will present the NTM C
 ost-Effectiveness Toolkit and discuss its use and implementation with a gr
 oup of expert panellists from the Government of Kenya\, the Economic Resea
 rch Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and the Organization for Econ
 omic Co-Operation (OECD).\n\nThe webinar is open to policymakers\, researc
 hers\, the private sector\, and other interested stakeholders. \n\n \n 
                         \n\n&lt\;p&gt\;NTMs can increase the
  cost of doing business through increased compliance costs\, thus reducing
  productivity. Poorly designed and inefficiently implemented NTMs can crea
 te administrative and financial burden for the private sector. This makes 
 it necessary to review NTMs with the objective of minimizing compliance co
 sts\, improving design and making implementation processes more effective:
  all critical elements for boosting regional value chains (RVCs). At the s
 ame time\, NTMs are necessary for achieving other social or development go
 als. Thus\, there is a need to strike a careful balance when reviewing NTM
 s such that effectiveness of NTMs in meeting the policy objectives for whi
 ch they are designed is not undermined.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The &lt\
 ;strong&gt\;&lt\;em&gt\;NTM Cost-Effectiveness Toolkit&lt\;/em&gt\; &lt\;/
 strong&gt\;addresses this very issue: it provides tools to evaluate NTMs i
 n terms of the objective they are designed for\, the way they are being im
 plemented\, and how easy it is for the private sector to comply with them.
  In a pilot project\, the toolkit was piloted in the Kenyan cotton\, texti
 les and apparel (CTA) value chain\, the project involved a review of NTMs 
 applied to cotton lint imports in Kenya. It resulted in recommendations fo
 r simplifying import regulations and procedures and reduce trade costs whi
 le ensuring that relevant public policy objectives are not compromised.&lt
 \;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The webinar on 27 January will present the &lt\;em
 &gt\;NTM Cost-Effectiveness Toolkit &lt\;/em&gt\;and discuss its use and i
 mplementation with a group of expert panellists from the Government of Ken
 ya\, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and th
 e Organization for Economic Co-Operation (OECD).&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\
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