To discuss on dissemination of TRS results of the various COMESA Member States and agreeing the way forward in designing the road map to address the bottlenecks to fast clearance of goods based on the outcomes of the regional TRS.
UK Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC);
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD);
Partners
UK Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC); World Customs Organization (WCO);United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD);
Description
This is an intensive professional programme for the secretariats and members of national trade facilitation committees (NTFCs). The main objective is to help them implement, in a coordinated manner, trade facilitation reforms, including the provisions of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation of the WTO.
We provide 4 to 5 flexible modules which last 3 to 5 days each, according to country-specific needs.
Start up module: Establishing an NTFC;
Module 1: Understanding International Standards and Recommendations;
Module 2: Measuring and implementing trade facilitation;
Module 3: Strengthening an NTFC and establishing a trade facilitation roadmap; and
Module 4: Training of trainers.
The programme aims overall at increasing formal small-scale cross-border trade flows in the COMESA/tripartite region, leading to higher revenue collection for governments at the borders as well as increased security and higher incomes for small-scale cross-border traders. The specific objective of the programme is to facilitate small-scale cross border trade flows between targeted countries through effective policy and government reforms, institutional capacity building, improved border infrastructure and better data collection and monitoring.