BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6ad6eee53687a DTSTART:20230717T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20230717T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Multi-Year Expert Meeting on Transport\, Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitation\, tenth session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Coordination and digitalization as a means to accelerated and c limate-smart trade facilitation\n\nTrade facilitation reforms have been ad vancing considerably in recent years\, in particular with the entry into f orce of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation of the World Trade Organizatio n in 2017 and the inclusion of dedicated trade facilitation provisions in many regional trade agreements.\n\nThe implementation of trade facilitatio n reforms is challenging\, as evidenced by experiences in implementing the Agreement on Trade Facilitation. In particular\, developing countries and vulnerable economies\, such as the least developed countries\, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States\, are required to address many trade facilitation implementation issues at the same time\, and often embark on trade facilitation reforms from a less advanced starti ng point\, thus facing the need for knowledge acquisition and the need to make policy and implementation decisions\, as well as funding requirements related to all issues\, in a relatively short time frame.\n\nThe tenth se ssion of the Multi-year Expert Meeting on Transport\, Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitation provides an opportunity to reflect on the key issues at stake\, review good practices\, provide recommendations on the best way f orward\, identify priority action areas\, in particular for the most vulne rable group of countries\, among these the least developed countries\, lan dlocked developing countries and small island developing States\, and defi ne the role of relevant stakeholders\, including from government\, industr y\, the public and private sectors\, development partners and financial in stitutions.\n\nParticipation and registration\n\nMember States of UNCTAD a re requested to nominate experts in the relevant fields by 30 June 2023.\ n\nExperts\, who will participate in the meeting in their personal capacit ies\, are expected to have proven expertise in the subject areas and may b e selected from governmental and non-governmental organizations\, the priv ate sector or academia.\n\nSpecialized agencies and intergovernmental bodi es that wish to participate in the meeting\, as well as non-governmental o rganizations in the general category and those in the special category tha t wish to participate as observers\, are requested to register by the same date.\n\nThe meeting will be in a hybrid format (in-person and online par ticipation) and online registration is mandatory for all participants.\n\n Contributed papers\n\nExperts are encouraged to prepare and submit brief p apers (maximum 10 pages) related to their studies\, findings or national e xperiences.\n\nThese papers will be made available at the meeting in the f orm and language in which they are received. Papers should be submitted by 30 June 2023 to the contacts provided below.\n<\;h3 class="\;text-a lign-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/mult i-year-expert-meeting-transport-trade-logistics-and-trade-facilitation-ten th-session DTSTAMP:20261020T043237Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6ad6eee5368b6 DTSTART:20230718T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20230718T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Multi-Year Expert Meeting on Transport\, Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitation\, tenth session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Coordination and digitalization as a means to accelerated and c limate-smart trade facilitation\n\nTrade facilitation reforms have been ad vancing considerably in recent years\, in particular with the entry into f orce of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation of the World Trade Organizatio n in 2017 and the inclusion of dedicated trade facilitation provisions in many regional trade agreements.\n\nThe implementation of trade facilitatio n reforms is challenging\, as evidenced by experiences in implementing the Agreement on Trade Facilitation. In particular\, developing countries and vulnerable economies\, such as the least developed countries\, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States\, are required to address many trade facilitation implementation issues at the same time\, and often embark on trade facilitation reforms from a less advanced starti ng point\, thus facing the need for knowledge acquisition and the need to make policy and implementation decisions\, as well as funding requirements related to all issues\, in a relatively short time frame.\n\nThe tenth se ssion of the Multi-year Expert Meeting on Transport\, Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitation provides an opportunity to reflect on the key issues at stake\, review good practices\, provide recommendations on the best way f orward\, identify priority action areas\, in particular for the most vulne rable group of countries\, among these the least developed countries\, lan dlocked developing countries and small island developing States\, and defi ne the role of relevant stakeholders\, including from government\, industr y\, the public and private sectors\, development partners and financial in stitutions.\n\nParticipation and registration\n\nMember States of UNCTAD a re requested to nominate experts in the relevant fields by 30 June 2023.\ n\nExperts\, who will participate in the meeting in their personal capacit ies\, are expected to have proven expertise in the subject areas and may b e selected from governmental and non-governmental organizations\, the priv ate sector or academia.\n\nSpecialized agencies and intergovernmental bodi es that wish to participate in the meeting\, as well as non-governmental o rganizations in the general category and those in the special category tha t wish to participate as observers\, are requested to register by the same date.\n\nThe meeting will be in a hybrid format (in-person and online par ticipation) and online registration is mandatory for all participants.\n\n Contributed papers\n\nExperts are encouraged to prepare and submit brief p apers (maximum 10 pages) related to their studies\, findings or national e xperiences.\n\nThese papers will be made available at the meeting in the f orm and language in which they are received. Papers should be submitted by 30 June 2023 to the contacts provided below.\n<\;h3 class="\;text-a lign-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/mult i-year-expert-meeting-transport-trade-logistics-and-trade-facilitation-ten th-session DTSTAMP:20261020T043237Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6ad6eee5368be DTSTART:20230719T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20230719T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Multi-Year Expert Meeting on Transport\, Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitation\, tenth session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Coordination and digitalization as a means to accelerated and c limate-smart trade facilitation\n\nTrade facilitation reforms have been ad vancing considerably in recent years\, in particular with the entry into f orce of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation of the World Trade Organizatio n in 2017 and the inclusion of dedicated trade facilitation provisions in many regional trade agreements.\n\nThe implementation of trade facilitatio n reforms is challenging\, as evidenced by experiences in implementing the Agreement on Trade Facilitation. In particular\, developing countries and vulnerable economies\, such as the least developed countries\, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States\, are required to address many trade facilitation implementation issues at the same time\, and often embark on trade facilitation reforms from a less advanced starti ng point\, thus facing the need for knowledge acquisition and the need to make policy and implementation decisions\, as well as funding requirements related to all issues\, in a relatively short time frame.\n\nThe tenth se ssion of the Multi-year Expert Meeting on Transport\, Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitation provides an opportunity to reflect on the key issues at stake\, review good practices\, provide recommendations on the best way f orward\, identify priority action areas\, in particular for the most vulne rable group of countries\, among these the least developed countries\, lan dlocked developing countries and small island developing States\, and defi ne the role of relevant stakeholders\, including from government\, industr y\, the public and private sectors\, development partners and financial in stitutions.\n\nParticipation and registration\n\nMember States of UNCTAD a re requested to nominate experts in the relevant fields by 30 June 2023.\ n\nExperts\, who will participate in the meeting in their personal capacit ies\, are expected to have proven expertise in the subject areas and may b e selected from governmental and non-governmental organizations\, the priv ate sector or academia.\n\nSpecialized agencies and intergovernmental bodi es that wish to participate in the meeting\, as well as non-governmental o rganizations in the general category and those in the special category tha t wish to participate as observers\, are requested to register by the same date.\n\nThe meeting will be in a hybrid format (in-person and online par ticipation) and online registration is mandatory for all participants.\n\n Contributed papers\n\nExperts are encouraged to prepare and submit brief p apers (maximum 10 pages) related to their studies\, findings or national e xperiences.\n\nThese papers will be made available at the meeting in the f orm and language in which they are received. Papers should be submitted by 30 June 2023 to the contacts provided below.\n<\;h3 class="\;text-a lign-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/mult i-year-expert-meeting-transport-trade-logistics-and-trade-facilitation-ten th-session DTSTAMP:20261020T043237Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR