Project Info

Project Code
2225N
Tranche
T14
Tranche Type
Regular
Status
Active
Title
Enhanced capacities Pandemic-resilient, sustainable cross-border trade and transport of selected countries in the UNECE region

Entities

Implementing Entity (Lead)
ECE
Jointly Implementing DA Entities
ESCAP
Collaborating DA Entities
UNCTAD
Other Collaborating Entities
Other UN entities

Financial and Evaluation Info

Total Budget
$430,000.00
Project Selected for Evaluation
No

Countries and Regions

Countries or Areas: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Republic of Moldova (the), Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regions: Asia, Europe
Sub-Regions:
Intermediate Regions:
Countries in Special Situations: Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDC)

Areas of Work

SDG
17
9
1
2
3
5
8
15
SDG Targets
17.10
17.11
9.4
1.5
2.1
2.4
3.8
5.b
8.2
8.a
15.7

Brief Description

The project will help raise the efficiency and resilience of supply chains in the target transition economies by rolling out a package of harmonized electronic equivalents of key documents accompanying goods transported by sea, road, rail, air, and inland water transport, aligned to the UN/CEFACT standards. It will expand it to cover additional documents, certificates and permits, notably documents accompanying cargo, related to transparency in international trade and transport. The project will focus on the United Nations call to help its member States “build back better” after the pandemic by: a. Raising awareness and enhancing knowledge of Governments in the target countries for policy formulation and implementation for the harmonized digitalization of supply chains, trade and transport operations, using UN standards and tools, increasing the efficiency of these operations and multimodal digital corridors, while raising their resilience to sanitary crises, b. providing technical assistance for the rollout of a package of standards and standardized electronic document equivalents in selected economies in transition. So, the project will: i. mobilize expertise and technical cooperation activities to help local experts roll out the package of international standards for multimodal data and document exchange, ii. provide feedback to standard developers to continue filling in the gaps, iii. involve regional and sectorial organizations in the implementation, iv. organize capacity-building on specific streams in support of the project, e.g., for the package of standards and an electronic agricultural certificate.

Objective and Expected Outcomes

Objective
To strengthen and green supply chains and enhance their resilience and inclusivity, based on harmonization and digitization of trade and transport information flows in selected transition economies, using UN standards.
Expected Outcome 1
Enhanced capacity of policymakers in selected countries with economies in transition to formulate policies to identify and fill in gaps in electronic exchange of trade and transport information, aligned with international (UN) standards.
Expected Outcome 2
Strengthened national capacity in selected countries with economies in transition to implement a package of standards for digital multimodal corridors and paperless supply chains to cope with the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis.