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TFA Advocacy & Outreach Promoting TFA awareness & mobilizing business community in dialogues Knowledge Portal on www.tradefacilitation.org 2017 engaging in outreach in the following countries: Brazil; Morocco; Honduras; Dominican Republic; Nigeria; Philippines; Guatemala We are looking for people who can help
Lifecycle of an Alliance Project 1. ASSESS COUNTRY CONDITIONS A. Receive interest from country B. Conduct needs & resource assessment C. Identify, meet stakeholders 2. DEVELOP COUNTRY PROJECT STRATEGY A. Select barrier B. Identify champions C. Design program & define scope 3. IMPLEMENT PROJECT A. Contract local implementer B. Monitor & Evaluate Results
In-country projects Country Project Phase Implementer Colombia Execution CIPE Viet Nam Execution CIPE Ghana Impending Execution GIZ Kenya Execution GIZ Morocco Planning GIZ Sri Lanka Planning CIPE Dominican Republic Planning CIPE Argentina Initiation GIZ Honduras Initiation CIPE Brazil Initiation CIPE Myanmar Paused CIPE
Vietnam: Modern Customs Bond System Project Launched September 2017: Introduction of a new system to support compliance with WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and domestic laws Objective: To establish and operationalize a Modern Customs Bond System in order to reduce clearance times through conditional release, and to reduce OGAs current role as a brake at the border Customs bonds will serve as a trade facilitation tool by: 1. Guaranteeing trade compliance by importers and exporters; and 2. Establishing a government-approved model that fulfils government agencies requirements. Direct project beneficiaries are importers, exporters, government agencies seeking greater compliance, and government officials charged with boosting trade.
Colombia Two Projects: 1. Center for Trade Facilitation and Good Practices (CTFGP) - a processing mechanism to reduce waiting times at the borders and increase coordination and trust among government agencies and private sector. Approved by the SG in September 2017. Objectives: Expedite border processing through a client-based approach to trade that identifies bottlenecks and pilots solutions; and Support better information and build trust between government and the private sector. 2. Risk Management System for Colombian National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute (INVIMA) - an IT-based solution aimed at reducing the rate of physical inspections by INVIMA thus accelerating the clearance process and border points. Objective: To assist INVIMA to implement a risk-based inspection management system in all ports of entry (Inspection, Surveillance, and Control System or IVC System) for food, medicines, medical equipments and cosmetics. - On track to launch the food part of the RMS by the end of the 2017.
Ghana Project: Expedite Release of Goods through Riskbased Pre-arrival processing Timeframe: 17 months KPIs: 100% paperless release & clearance At least 75% of shipments assigned to green channel At least 90% of green channel released at time of arrival Partners: NFTC, Customs, DHL, FedEx, Agility and Maersk
Kenya Project: Expedite Release of Goods through Riskbased Pre-arrival Processing Timeframe: 17 months KPIs: At least 70% release upon arrival of all incoming shipments (currently <10%) Partners: NFTC, Customs, DHL, Maersk
Morocco Scoping mission: June 2017 Preliminary concept ideas: Data analytics Port procedure optimization Partners: Ministry of Foreign Trade, General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM), FedEx, DHL, Maersk
Brazil Fact-Finding Mission August 2017 Formal Scoping Mission October 2017 Stakeholders Involved CNI, SECEX, DHL, Embraer, Cargill, BASF Preliminary ideas AEO expansion, Pre-Arrival Processing, Risk Management System Looking ahead Concept note generation
Dominican Republic Scoping mission conducted Aug 28 to Sep 1 Main Stakeholders: AMCHAMDR, Customs, Agriculture, Health, Environment, Technical Standards Preliminary scope: reengineering and automation of processes in OGAs, online payments, trade information portal, capacity building
Myanmar Scoping mission August 2017 Stakeholders involved: Customs, Federation of Chambers of Commerce, MoC, private sector companies, DHL etc. Preliminary ideas: Rules of Origin Program (Customs + Chamber + MoC) Establish an electronic payments system Project paused Political sensitivities regarding Rohigya
Metrics & Measurement Leveraging real world business metrics to empirically show the benefits of trade facilitation and gather support among public and private stakeholders for trade facilitation reforms: Clearance time and variance % on time international delivery Currently working with: Agility, DHL, FedEx, Maersk, UPS Metrics development Knowledge development Trade facilitation datasets Indices and benchmarking Empirical analysis How we can work with you: Explore trade and supply chain KPIs Shaping our bench-marking framework Engagement on data in priority countries Knowledge dissemination Trade Facilitation Dashboard Global Enabling Trade Report
Looking ahead What are we looking for in future partner countries?: 1. Developing countries with a high political will for trade facilitation reforms in cooperation with business; AND 2. Private sector interest both internationally and locally to work with the government on these reforms. Countries we are looking at next: Honduras Nigeria Jordan Cambodia Others
Next steps for engagement? Question 1: Have you identified an interest in any of our existing or prospective countries and projects? Question 2: Which other countries do you think we should consider a partnership with where you are willing to support the Alliance work (in-kind or financial)? Question 3: Would you be interested in supporting our strategic outreach efforts (liaising with governments and IOs) & promote the TFA and reforms in cooperation with business?