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DTSTART:20251105T080000Z
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LOCATION:Skopje\, North Macedonia
SUMMARY:Training workshop on the use of CEFTA market access barriers databa
 se
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The training workshop on the use of CEFTA Market Access Barrier
 s Database (MABD) is organized by UNCTAD on 5 November 2025 in Skopje\, No
 rth Macedonia within the EU funded project: EU4Business support to CEFTA f
 or Non-Tariff Measures monitoring and reporting and support to the impleme
 ntation of the CEFTA Dispute Settlement Mechanism.The main objective of th
 e workshop is to build capacity and knowledge of the CEFTA Parties and CEF
 TA Secretariat on utilization of the upgraded CEFTA MABD tool\, the new fu
 nctionalities of the system\, new problem categories in MABD including pro
 cedural obstacles and services alongside with the NTMs. Parties will have 
 the opportunity to test the system on the basis of hypothetical claims pro
 vided in group exercises. The aim is to build and enhance the capacity of 
 CEFTA Parties on the use of MABD\, taking advantage of the benefits of the
  updated version of the system that incorporates all agreed changes.The wo
 rkshop covers the following topics:CEFTA MABD Overview AP7 Supporting Docu
 mentsOverview (purpose\, structure\, users)Main functionalities and change
 s to the systemNon-Tariff Measures (NTMs)Procedural Obstacles (POs)Service
 s categoriesShowcasing how the MABD system functions from IT perspectiveHy
 pothetical cases: using the upgraded MABD systemThe participants of the wo
 rkshop are representatives from CEFTA Parties and the CEFTA Secretariat. 
 Parties and the Secretariat will be granted the opportunity to test the up
 graded system and the new guidelines/MABD User Manual will be prepared and
  presented to the Parties. &lt\;p&gt\;The training workshop on the use of
  CEFTA Market Access Barriers Database (MABD) is organized by UNCTAD on 5 
 November 2025 in Skopje\, North Macedonia within the EU funded project: EU
 4Business support to CEFTA for Non-Tariff Measures monitoring and reportin
 g and support to the implementation of the CEFTA Dispute Settlement Mechan
 ism.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The main objective of the workshop is to build 
 capacity and knowledge of the CEFTA Parties and CEFTA Secretariat on utili
 zation of the upgraded CEFTA MABD tool\, the new functionalities of the sy
 stem\, new problem categories in MABD including procedural obstacles and s
 ervices alongside with the NTMs. Parties will have the opportunity to test
  the system on the basis of hypothetical claims provided in group exercise
 s. The aim is to build and enhance the capacity of CEFTA Parties on the us
 e of MABD\, taking advantage of the benefits of the updated version of the
  system that incorporates all agreed changes.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The wo
 rkshop covers the following topics:&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;ul&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;CEF
 TA MABD Overview AP7 Supporting Documents&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;/ul&gt\;&lt\;ol
 &gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Overview (purpose\, structure\, users)&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;l
 i&gt\;Main functionalities and changes to the system&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;/ol&
 gt\;&lt\;ul&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs)&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li
 &gt\;Procedural Obstacles (POs)&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Services categorie
 s&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Showcasing how the MABD system functions from IT
  perspective&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;Hypothetical cases: using the upgrade
 d MABD system&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;/ul&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The participants of the 
 workshop are representatives from CEFTA Parties and the CEFTA Secretariat.
 &amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;br&gt\;Parties and the Secretariat will be granted the op
 portunity to test the upgraded system and the new guidelines/MABD User Man
 ual will be prepared and presented to the Parties.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&
 amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/
 meeting/training-workshop-use-cefta-market-access-barriers-database
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