BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a58d360b1d10 DTSTART:20230816T073000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20230816T123000Z LOCATION:Cotonou\, Benin SUMMARY:Benin national workshop: Validation of studies for project to facil itate transit transport and trade in West Africa for better participation in value chains CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:As part of the project "\;Facilitation of transit transport and trade in West Africa for better participation in value chains"\; national workshops will be organized to:\n\n\nValidate the study on the mo dalities of interconnection and interoperability of Single Windows of Burk ina Faso\, Benin\, Niger and Togo to inspire a sub-regional application:\n \n\nThis study was carried out with the aim of developing a reflection tha t goes beyond the simple construction and implementation of Article 10.4 ( Single Window) of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation of the World Trade O rganization (WTO) and which considers the necessary interactions to be exp ected between national Single Windows in the context of complex internatio nal trade transactions.\n\n\nFollow up the implementation of the Quadrilat eral Declaration of Convergence of the Legal Framework for Road Transport in the context of the implementation of the AfCFTA signed in Niamey on 25t h May 2023 through the validation at the national level of: \n \n\nStruct ure of a project for a quadrilateral road transport agreement\n\nA quadril ateral agreement intended to enact the principles of regulatory convergenc e aims to reflect the new needs of the road transport and intermediation s ector. To do so\, the quadrilateral agreement would provide the general fr amework for the organization and operation of road transport\, also taking into account the development and increase of quadrilateral transport.\n  \nStudy and transitional quadrilateral agreement on the operation of the I SRT single guarantee\n\nTransit trade is one of the longstanding problems in the West Africa and ECOWAS region. The common customs guarantee system covering transport through the transit country to the consignee in the lan dlocked country faces several operational challenges/obstacles and ineffic iencies. This study and draft agreement will be discussed at the national level to lay the foundation to achieve a functional transit mechanism betw een the four beneficiary countries.\n\n\n\n\n \nhttps://unctad.org/projec t/facilitation-transit-transport-and-trade-west-africa-better-value-chain- participation\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/be nin-national-workshop-validation-studies-project-facilitate-transit-transp ort-and-trade DTSTAMP:20260716T124936Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a58d360b1d58 DTSTART:20230817T073000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20230817T123000Z LOCATION:Cotonou\, Benin SUMMARY:Benin national workshop: Validation of studies for project to facil itate transit transport and trade in West Africa for better participation in value chains CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:As part of the project "\;Facilitation of transit transport and trade in West Africa for better participation in value chains"\; national workshops will be organized to:\n\n\nValidate the study on the mo dalities of interconnection and interoperability of Single Windows of Burk ina Faso\, Benin\, Niger and Togo to inspire a sub-regional application:\n \n\nThis study was carried out with the aim of developing a reflection tha t goes beyond the simple construction and implementation of Article 10.4 ( Single Window) of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation of the World Trade O rganization (WTO) and which considers the necessary interactions to be exp ected between national Single Windows in the context of complex internatio nal trade transactions.\n\n\nFollow up the implementation of the Quadrilat eral Declaration of Convergence of the Legal Framework for Road Transport in the context of the implementation of the AfCFTA signed in Niamey on 25t h May 2023 through the validation at the national level of: \n \n\nStruct ure of a project for a quadrilateral road transport agreement\n\nA quadril ateral agreement intended to enact the principles of regulatory convergenc e aims to reflect the new needs of the road transport and intermediation s ector. To do so\, the quadrilateral agreement would provide the general fr amework for the organization and operation of road transport\, also taking into account the development and increase of quadrilateral transport.\n  \nStudy and transitional quadrilateral agreement on the operation of the I SRT single guarantee\n\nTransit trade is one of the longstanding problems in the West Africa and ECOWAS region. The common customs guarantee system covering transport through the transit country to the consignee in the lan dlocked country faces several operational challenges/obstacles and ineffic iencies. This study and draft agreement will be discussed at the national level to lay the foundation to achieve a functional transit mechanism betw een the four beneficiary countries.\n\n\n\n\n \nhttps://unctad.org/projec t/facilitation-transit-transport-and-trade-west-africa-better-value-chain- participation\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/be nin-national-workshop-validation-studies-project-facilitate-transit-transp ort-and-trade DTSTAMP:20260716T124936Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a58d360b1d5f DTSTART:20230818T073000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20230818T123000Z LOCATION:Cotonou\, Benin SUMMARY:Benin national workshop: Validation of studies for project to facil itate transit transport and trade in West Africa for better participation in value chains CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:As part of the project "\;Facilitation of transit transport and trade in West Africa for better participation in value chains"\; national workshops will be organized to:\n\n\nValidate the study on the mo dalities of interconnection and interoperability of Single Windows of Burk ina Faso\, Benin\, Niger and Togo to inspire a sub-regional application:\n \n\nThis study was carried out with the aim of developing a reflection tha t goes beyond the simple construction and implementation of Article 10.4 ( Single Window) of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation of the World Trade O rganization (WTO) and which considers the necessary interactions to be exp ected between national Single Windows in the context of complex internatio nal trade transactions.\n\n\nFollow up the implementation of the Quadrilat eral Declaration of Convergence of the Legal Framework for Road Transport in the context of the implementation of the AfCFTA signed in Niamey on 25t h May 2023 through the validation at the national level of: \n \n\nStruct ure of a project for a quadrilateral road transport agreement\n\nA quadril ateral agreement intended to enact the principles of regulatory convergenc e aims to reflect the new needs of the road transport and intermediation s ector. To do so\, the quadrilateral agreement would provide the general fr amework for the organization and operation of road transport\, also taking into account the development and increase of quadrilateral transport.\n  \nStudy and transitional quadrilateral agreement on the operation of the I SRT single guarantee\n\nTransit trade is one of the longstanding problems in the West Africa and ECOWAS region. The common customs guarantee system covering transport through the transit country to the consignee in the lan dlocked country faces several operational challenges/obstacles and ineffic iencies. This study and draft agreement will be discussed at the national level to lay the foundation to achieve a functional transit mechanism betw een the four beneficiary countries.\n\n\n\n\n \nhttps://unctad.org/projec t/facilitation-transit-transport-and-trade-west-africa-better-value-chain- participation\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/be nin-national-workshop-validation-studies-project-facilitate-transit-transp ort-and-trade DTSTAMP:20260716T124936Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR