Project Info

Project Code
2023X
Tranche
T12A
Tranche Type
Regular
Status
Closed
Title
Transport and trade connectivity in the age of pandemics

Entities

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

Financial and Evaluation Info

Total Budget
$5,363,780.00
Project Selected for Evaluation
No

Countries and Regions

Countries or Areas: Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic (the), Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros (the), Congo (the), Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo (the), Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic (the), Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia (the), Georgia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jamaica, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger (the), Nigeria, Niue, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines (the), Qatar, Republic of Moldova (the), Romania, Russian Federation (the), Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine (the), Sudan (the), Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic (the), Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates (the), United Republic of Tanzania (the), Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regions: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania
Sub-Regions:
Intermediate Regions:
Countries in Special Situations: Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDC), Least Developed Countries (LDC), Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

Areas of Work

SDG
8
9
17
SDG Targets
8.2
8.3
9.1
Thematic Clusters
International Trade
Social Development

Brief Description

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a supply and a demand shock - both aspects influencing international trade in goods and services. Furthermore, cargo and document handling during global maritime trade can facilitate virus transmission across borders, lockdowns in both major producing and trading countries have crippled international supply chains and regional coordination on the transport response to COVID-19 has been limited. The joint project brings together UNCTAD, the UN focal point for trade and development, and the five UN Regional Commissions (ECA, ECE, ECLAC, ESCAP and ESCWA), thereby ensuring both global reach and regional presence, international cooperation, and exchange of knowledge and good practices from all over the world.

Objective and Expected Outcomes

Objective
To implement UN solutions, including standards, tools, methodologies and policy recommendations, with immediate effect and helping governments, including Customs and other border agencies, ports authorities and broader logistics industry stakeholders, and the business community world-wide, to keep transport and borders operational to facilitate the international flow of goods, while containing the further spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Expected Outcome 1
Cluster A: Contactless - Enhanced implementation and development of UN Conventions, standards and recommendations for contactless solutions, on national and regional levels, lead to safer and more efficient cross-border transport and trade operations.
Expected Outcome 2
Cluster B: Seamless - Improved capacity for efficient cross-border trade and transport flows, including commercial law and NTMs, towards the development of seamless solutions to COVID-19 challenges
Expected Outcome 3
Cluster C: Collaborative - Increased regional and sectoral collaboration leading to a greater cooperation and synergies in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic