23.2 National Committee on Trade Facilitation
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Kazakhstan | Eastern Europe Trade Facilitation Project |
Multi-year technical assistance project | World Bank Group (WBG) | ViewEastern Europe Trade Facilitation ProjectOngoing Description
Contact Point(s)
Name
William Gain
Position
Global Program Manager, Trade Facilitation & Border Management
Telephone
Email
wgain [at] worldbank.org
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Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan | Central Asia: Ready4Trade (R4TCA) to |
Multi-year technical assistance project | EU/ITC | ViewCentral Asia: Ready4Trade (R4TCA)
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December 2023 Description
The project aims to promote intra-regional and international trade in Central Asia (CA) by enhancing the transparency of cross-border requirements, removing regulatory and procedural barriers, strengthening business capability to comply with trade formalities and standards, as well as by improving cross-border e-commerce. The project is structured according to four expected results: Contact Point(s)
Name
Mohammad Saeed
Email
saeed [at] intracen.org
Name
Eleonora Salluzzi
Email
esalluzzi [at] intracen.org
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Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Romania, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan | Promoting Green Ports and Connectivity to |
Multi-year technical assistance project | The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) | ViewPromoting Green Ports and Connectivity
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Description
The project aims to support Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan in maximizing the transit potential of their Dry Ports, Caspian and Black Sea ports, by digitally connecting them, facilitating sustainable trade along the route, and by promoting the utilization of green energy in the port’s operations. Its overarching goal is to boost trade, reduce transportation costs and diversify supply chain from Asia to Europe through comprehensive connectivity approach based on standard harmonization, regional community building and digitalization. In the area of trade facilitation, the aim of the project is to identify main bottlenecks on the trade route from China to Europe through the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, and to implement measures to overcome them, such as enhanced data exchange between authorities and economic operators, as well as between countries. |
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Republic of | Strengthening Good Governance and Promoting Connectivity to |
Multi-year technical assistance project | The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) | ViewStrengthening Good Governance and Promoting Connectivity
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Description
The project supported Belarus, Kazakhstan and Moldova in strengthening their institutional mechanisms and tools to improve coordination and implementation of trade facilitation reforms in compliance with the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and other relevant international standards related in particular to the freedom of transit and exchange of information between customs authorities. In particular, this project contributed towards (i) the adoption in Kazakhstan of the national trade facilitation roadmap (January 2019), (ii) enhanced capacities of national stakeholders in Moldova in managing trade facilitation reforms in the area of cross-border e-commerce, (iii) raising awareness of different stakeholders in Belarus about the stage of implementation of digital tools in their respective fields, and about available solutions and best practices in the field of paperless trade and integrated single window. |