The International Chamber of Commerce and The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) are calling on public and private service providers to submit best practices for a new online repository of cross-border paperless trade initiatives and solutions.
Launched during the Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum by UNESCAP’s Chief of Trade Policy and Facilitation, Yann Duval, in partnership with the ICC Digital Standards Initiative, the one-stop Cross-border paperless Trade (CBPT) Database aims to showcase projects and services relevant to cross-border paperless trade.
The publicly available online repository of legal instruments and implementation instruments will support trade facilitation and promote close and sustained collaboration between countries, including through the Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-Border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific.
Mr Duval said:“Finding reliable information on cross-border paperless trade projects remains a challenge, as many projects are still at the pilot or PoC stage. The new database provides a one-stop shop to learn from existing project cases and services, to promote harmonisation and cooperation among public and private stakeholders. It covers G-to-G, B-to-G and B-to-B initiatives to exchange trade-related data electronically across borders. We look forward to further developing the database in close cooperation with ICC DSI.
The database will be an essential source of information for ESCAP member states as they proceed with implementation of the UN treaty on cross-border paperless trade facilitation in Asia and the Pacific, but also to all those who want to further accelerate the digitalization of their trade processes.
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