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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
3. IMPLEMENT PROJECT
A. Contract local implementer B. Monitor & Evaluate Results
2. DEVELOP COUNTRY PROJECT STRATEGY
A. Select barrier B. Identify champions C. Design program & define
scope
1. ASSESS COUNTRY CONDITIONS
A. Receive interest from country
B. Conduct needs & resource assessment
C. Identify, meet stakeholders
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
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.
Vietnam: Modern Customs Bond System
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.
Colombia
Ghana • Project: Expedite Release of Goods through Risk-
based 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 Risk-based 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
How we can work with you: • Explore trade and supply chain KPIs
• Shaping our bench-marking framework
• Engagement on data in priority countries
Global Enabling
Trade Report
Trade Facilitation Dashboard
Trade facilitation datasets
Metrics development
Knowledge dissemination
Indices and bench-
marking
Empirical analysis
Knowledge development
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?