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LOCATION:Baku\, Azerbaijan
SUMMARY:Joint World Bank-UNCTAD Validation Workshop on Non-tariff Measures 
 of Azerbaijan 2026
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Non-tariff measures data collection involves a comprehensive 
 regulatory mapping that registers in a systematic database all identifie
 d regulations that affect imports and exports. A standardized methodolog
 y for data collection and classification developed by UNCTAD helps compar
 ability across other countries/economies. UNCTAD presently holds a databas
 e that includes about 150 economies around the world publicly available 
 for use for the benefit of companies\, SMEs\, policy makers\, researcher
 s and other actors at the link following link: https://trainsonline.unc
 tad.org/.  NTMs data of Azerbaijan was originally collected in 2018\, a
 nd due to significant number of amendments and new adopted regulations 
 since then was in need of updating. This assignment was implemented by t
 he collaborative effort of the World Bank and UNCTAD.  The workshop whic
 h was organized jointly with the World Bank presented the NTMs data of Aze
 rbaijan\, key statistics\, methodology of NTMs data collection and the i
 mportance of NTMs and is aimed at presenting the results and methodology
  of data collection process to relevant stakeholders. The workshop cover
 s the following topics: NTMs data collection: objective and methodolo
 gy International NTMs Classification (defining the scope of NTMs) UNCTAD
  TRAINS online database at https://trainsonline.unctad.org/home Presenti
 ng NTMs data of Azerbaijan Comprehensiveness of the data (methodology o
 f collecting list of regulations) Regulating institutions Summary of st
 atistics of the NTMs Future updating of the NTMs data for Azerbaijan Fe
 edback\, comments\, questions &amp\; answers The objective of the works
 hop is to provide a better understanding of the methodology\, how and
  from which sources the data is being collected as well as the benefits a
 nd utilization of data and receive any comments and feedback from the r
 elevant public sector stakeholders. https://trainsonline.unctad.org/home\
 n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/joint-world-bank
 -unctad-validation-workshop-non-tariff-measures-azerbaijan-2026
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