COVID-19 Trade Facilitation Repository
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This COVID 19 Trade Facilitation Repository aims to facilitate access to initiatives, guidelines, case studies, and other information that was developed by various partner organizations and associations to help maintain the flow of safe cross border trade during the COVID 19 pandemic.
*Disclaimer: The tool is for purely informative purposes and does not intend to be comprehensive and the organizations participating in the initiative do not purport to advocate or promote any particular course of action, nor shall they be held responsible for any loss or damage caused by errors, omissions, misprints or misinterpretation of the contents hereof.
| Organization | Description | Area of work | Focal Point | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Maritime Organization | Intervene in specific cases regarding crew changes, repatriation, access to medical care and/or abandonment, where resolution at the UN/diplomatic level is required |
Instruments and tools | info@imo.org | |
| International Maritime Organization | Contains statements of the SG, press briefings, technical advice issued by CL (4204 and addenda), COVID-19 related notifications received from MS (including summary table), WHO advice, links to various information sources |
Website | info@imo.org | View |
| United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, United Nations Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | Adding to the existing UN Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation (untfsurvey.org) and emerging best practices, an additional survey component on TF measures in times of crisis and epidemic will be developed and implemented for the Survey in 2021. |
Project | kim51@un.org, duvaly@un.org | View |
| United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, World Trade Organization, United Nations Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa | In support of “building back better” after COVID-19, the initiative aims to develop model provisions in regional and other trade agreements to promote more trade cooperation and predictability in times of crisis and pandemic – and speed up recovery. |
Project | duvaly@un.org, tuntiwigit@un.org | View |
| United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | As part of the project, an analysis of the impact of trade requirements and procedures on food losses behind, at and beyond the border. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, food security and food safety have been brought to the forefront of public policy, having a multifaceted impact on trade in agricultural products, and as such this project will further consider such emerging policy implications. |
Project | kravchenko@un.org | View |
| World Bank Group | Report | wgain@ifc.org | View | |
| World Bank Group | Case Studies | wgain@ifc.org | View | |
| World Bank Group | Report | wgain@ifc.org | View | |
| World Bank Group | Report | wgain@ifc.org | View | |
| International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations | Identifying opportunities and value-added services of the freight forwarding industry, despite the challenges encountered with container imbalences during COVID-19. |
Report | tang@fiata.com | View |