Membership status

Switzerland

Contact points

Coordinator(s) of national trade facilitation committee

Contact Point
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO
Name
Special Foreign Economic Services (AFWA)
Position
Contact Point National Trade Facilitation Committee
Address

Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Berne
Switzerland

Telephone
Email
seco-afwa [at] seco.admin.ch

Geneva delegate(s)

Name
Ms. Marine Willemetz
Position
Delegate for trade facilitation at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the WTO and EFTA
Address

Rue de Varembé 9-11, CP 107, CH-1211 Genève 20

Telephone
Email
marine.willemetz [at] seco.admin.ch
TFA Implementation Assistance
Country Project Type Implementing Organizations
Switzerland Donor conference for NCTF support and WTO TFA implementation assistance in Ukraine
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Short-term training activity or other event World Customs Organization (WCO); HMRC; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) View
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom To progress the trade facilitation (TF) agenda, within the framework of the WCO Mercator Programme in the East and Southern Africa Region 2016-2019 delivered.
to
Short-term training activity or other event CCF Finland/Customs View
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom Regional Transit Workshop for the East and Southern Africa Region
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Longer-term grant/loan support, infrastructure, etc.) Sweden Short-term Fund 2017/WCO
The World Bank SSATP provided funding for the participants from the ESA Members.
/Customs
View
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom To progress the trade facilitation (TF) agenda, within the framework of the WCO Mercator Programme in the East and Southern Africa Region 2016-2019
to
Short-term training activity or other event CCF Finland/Customs View
Article 22 Notifications
Date and Description of the assistance Committed/Disbursed Beneficiaries Implementing Agencies Procedures for disbursements
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The Trade Facilitation Support Program (TFSP) is a multi-donor program of the World Bank Group's Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice which provides support for countries seeking assistance in aligning their trade practices with the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.
Committed:
2000000 USD
Disbursed:
1500000 USD
Unspecified, Eligible countries are expected to have demonstrated a strong commitment to implementing trade facilitation reforms in the areas covered by the WTO TFA. Moreover, the TFSP will prioritize assistance to countries with limited access to other donor support.

World Trade Organization, WTO
International Trade Center, ITC
United States International Trade Commission, US ITC
World Customs Organization, WCO
International Monetary Fund, IMF
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD
World Bank Group, WBG

Requests for technical assistance can be made directly to the Trade Facilitation Support Program or through WBG offices and partners.

http://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/trade-facilitation-support-program

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The Trade Facilitation Support Program (TFSP) is a multidonor program of the World Bank Group's Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice which provides
support for countries seeking assistance in aligning their trade practices with the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.
Committed:
2000000 CHF
Eligible countries are expected to have demonstrated a strong commitment to implementing trade facilitation reforms in the areas covered by the WTO TFA. Moreover, the TFSP will prioritize assistance to countries with limited access to other donor support., Unspecified

WTO: World Trade
Organization
ITC: International Trade Center
US ITC: United States International Trade Commission
WCO: World Customs Organization
IMF: International Monetary Fund
UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
WBG: World Bank Group

Requests for technical
assistance can be
made directly to the
Trade Facilitation
Support Program or
through WBG offices
and partners.
For further information:
Trade Facilitation Support Program
http://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/trade-facilitation-support-program…

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The Global Trade Facilitation Program (GTFP) is a multi-bi donor program of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and Switzerland providing support to priority countries in the realm of the Swiss Economic Development Cooperation. The program assists countries in implementing the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and the WCO Revised Kyoto Convention.
Committed:
5500000 CHF
Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Egypt, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kyrgyz Republic, North Macedonia, Peru, Serbia, South Africa, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, Viet Nam, Kosovo

WCO: World Customs Organization

Requests for assistance can be made to the notified TF Contact Point responsible for technical assistance and capacity Building or directly to the WCO.
Eligible countries will be selected through the program.