About the Survey:
The United Nations Regional Commissions including ECA, ECE, ECLAC, ESCAP and ESCWA are conducting the second Global Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade to collect relevant data and information from their respective member states. The initiative will support the implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, as well as emerging regional and global initiatives on paperless trade and e-trade, such as the new Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-Border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific. Partnership with relevant UN and other Organizations other relevant regional and sub-regional organizations, was key to the success for the First Global Survey, and will be further strengthened for the Second Global Survey. Interested organizations, industry associations, academia, research institutes and other stakeholders, are very welcome to join the initiative.
The Survey for 2017 is available at
https://unnext.unescap.org/content/global-survey-trade-facilitation-and-paperless-trade-implementation-2017.
The Reports of the Survey conducted in 2015 are available at:
https://unnext.unescap.org/content/global-survey-trade-facilitation-and-paperless-trade-implementation-2015.
Outcome:
The Survey will lead to the production of a Global Report and five Regional Reports, as well as a database
, which aim at providing insightful information for policy makers to harness trade as a key means of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It is envisaged that, whenever possible, the Reports will be presented at some important meetings such as the
6th Global Aid for Trade Review to be held at the WTO in July 2017.
Contacts:
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA): Heini Suominen,
hsuominen@uneca.org
Economic Commission for Europe (ECE): Maria Ceccarelli,
Maria.Ceccarelli@unece.org and Maria-Teresa Pisani,
Maria-Teresa.Pisani@unece.org
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC): Sebastian Herreros,
sebastian.herreros@cepal.org and Tania Garcia-Millan,
Tania.GARCIA-MILLAN@cepal.org
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP): Mr. Tengfei Wang,
wangt@un.org
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA): Mr. Adel Al-Ghaberi,
al-ahaberi@un.org
Any questions or requests for additional information can be sent to the above focal points in your region or to Mr. Tengfei Wang, who coordinates the Survey.
Advice on completing the questionnaire:
- Please kindly complete the questionnaire as much as you can. A partially completed questionnaire according to your expertise is totally acceptable.
- Please be assured that your answers, together with feedback from other respondents, will be analysed in an aggregate manner. No individual name will be released in the study report.