5th. Meeting VUCE-Agenda-V Latin American and Caribbean Regional Meeting on International Trade Single Windows: Measuring the impact of Single Windows on countries’ economies and adoption of international recommendations – A needed debate

5TH. LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN REGIONAL MEETING ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE SINGLE WINDOWS: MEASURING THE IMPACT OF SINGLE WINDOWS ON COUNTRIES’ ECONOMIES AND ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS – A NEEDED DEBATE

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México, D.F., México. October 30 to November 01, 2013

AGENDA AND PRESENTATIONS

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WEDNESDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2013

MORNING 8:00-12:30
8:00-9:00	REGISTRATION
9:00-9:20	OPENING CEREMONY Members of the Presidium: Rocío Ruiz Chávez, Deputy Secretary for Competitiveness and Standards, Secretariat of Economy of Mexico; Aristóteles Núñez Sánchez, Head of the Tax Administration Service of Mexico (SAT); Saadia Sánchez Vegas, Acting Director of the Information and Knowledge Network of SELA, Venezuela; Sylvia Alanís Gutiérrez, National Digital Strategy Office, Presidency of the Republic, Mexico; César Antonio Osuna Gómez, Official in charge of the Undersecretariat of Public Affairs, Mexico; Mikel Arriola Peñalosa, Head of the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (COFEPRIS), Secretariat of Health, Mexico; Irma Gómez Cavazos, Senior Official of the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), Mexico; Jorge Cantú Valderrama, General Coordinator of Federal Delegations of the Secretariat of Economy, Mexico; Arturo Calderón Ruanova, Director-General of Phytosanitary Inspection, (SEMARNAT), Mexico. Speeches: Speech by Saadia Sánchez Vegas, on behalf of Ambassador Roberto Guarnieri, Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA). Speech by Rocío Ruiz Chávez, on behalf of Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, Secretary of Economy, Mexico.
9:20-9:30	Presentation of the objectives, work dynamics and draft agenda by Saadia Sánchez Vegas, Acting Director of the Information and Knowledge Network of SELA. Keynote Lectures
9:30-10:20	“National Digital Strategy”. Sylvia Alanis. National Digital Strategy Office, Presidency of the Republic, Mexico.
10:20-10:30	COFFEE BREAK
	Thematic Area I. Measuring the impact of Single Windows on the countries’ economies: Methodological proposals. Moderator: Eduardo Romero Fong, General Coordinator of Regulatory Impact Assessments COFEMER. México
10:30-11:20	“Indicators for measuring trade facilitation: Potential impacts of trade facilitation on developing countries”. Silvia Sorescu, Policy Analyst, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Development Division, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
11:20-12:20	“Achievements and pending challenges of International Trade Single Windows”, Juan Díaz Mazadiego, Director General, General Direction of Foreign Trade, Secretariat of Economy of Mexico.
12:10-12:30	General debate
12:30-14:00	FREE TIME FOR LUNCH
AFTERNOON
14:00-18:00	Thematic Area II. Identifying new challenges for Single Windows: Interoperability, transparency, introduction of new Information and Communication Technologies. Moderator: Edgar Carrillo, Chief of the Office of Information Systems, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Colombia.
14:00-15:15	“Single Window Interoperability”. Tom Butterly, Deputy Director, Trade and Sustainable Land Management Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Includes a video. “Customs procedures in Single Windows and their role in interoperability processes”. Luis Fernando Pérez Azcárraga, Senior Manager of Planning and Customs Strategic Coordination, Tax Administration Service of Mexico . “Single Windows and the use of Information Technologies in customs”. José Francisco Rodríguez, Subdirector of Operations of the National Customs Service of Ecuador (SENAE), Ministry of Economic Policy Coordination of Ecuador.
15:15-15:30	General debate
15:30-15:50	“Advances in Single Windows interoperability in Latin America and the Caribbean, Inter-American Network of Single Windows”. Carolyn Robert, Leader Specialist on International Trade, Inter- American Development Bank (IADB) (Video).
15:50-16:10	COFFEE BREAK AND PREPARATION OF WORKING GROUPS.
16:10-17:30	Working groups Working group 1: Challenges faced by Single Windows: Interoperability and new platforms for international electronic trade - Cloud Single Window. Moderator: Fernando Herrera, Director of Services to Exporters, Guatemalan Association of Exporters (AGEXPORT), Guatemala. Working group 2: Transparency, economic impact and economic impact and advisability of adopting a methodology to evaluate International Trade Single Windows in Latin America and the Caribbean. Moderator: Alicia Jiménez, Director General of Foreign Trade Service, Ministry of Commerce and industries (MINCI) of Panama.
17:30-18:00	Session for drafting Rapporteur´s Reports on the working groups
19:00	Welcome ceremony

THURSDAY, 31 OCTOBER 2013

MORNING 9:00-12:30
	Keynote Lectures
9:00-9:35	“Regulatory improvement of the SW in Mexico and measurement of its potential benefits”. Eduardo Romero Fong, General Coordinator of Regulatory Impact Assessments COFEMER. Mexico. Thematic Area III. International Trade Single Windows in Latin America and the Caribbean. Single Windows as a tool for trade facilitation, implementation, status and challenges to be faced (Session I). Moderator: Alejandro Faya Rodríguez, Head of Unit of Design and Implementation of Public Policies for Productivity, Secretariat of Economy of Mexico.
9:35-10:50	Relevance of Inter-Secretariat Coordination in implementing the Single Window. Achievements, lessons learned and pending challenges. “Single Window for Foreign Trade in Brazil: Progresses and lessons learned in interdepartmental coordination”. André Favero, Director of Competitiveness in Foreign Trade, Secretariat of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Brazil. "VUPE: a Single Window for exports”. Fernando Herrera, Director of Services to Exporters, Guatemalan Association of Exporters (AGEXPORT), Guatemala. “Single Window for Foreign Trade of Paraguay". Cristian Darío Paredes, Head of Department, South Regional Coordination, National Customs Direction of Paraguay.
10:50-11:00	General debate
11:00-11:15	COFFEE BREAK
11:15-12:15	Thematic Area III. International Trade Single Windows in Latin America and the Caribbean. Single Windows as a tool for trade facilitation, implementation, status and challenges to be faced (Session I). Moderator: Adolfo Cimadevilla Cervera, Technical Secretary for Competitiveness, Secretariat of Economy of Mexico. “New projects to be implemented at the VDCEM”. Mayra Lorena Arce, Manager of Custom Strategic Planning and Coordination 5, Tax Administration Service of Mexico (SAT). “Single Window operation”. Fanny Palacios Morales, Manager of Custom Strategic Planning and Coordination, Tax Administration Service of Mexico (SAT). “Inter-Secretariat Coordination and Single Window Customs Operation." Javier Anaya Rojas, Deputy Director General of Exports Control, Secretariat of Economy of Mexico.
12:15-12:30	General discusión
12:30-14:00	FREE TIME FOR LUNCH
AFTERNOON 14:00-19:00	Thematic Area III. International Trade Single Windows in Latin America and the Caribbean. Single Windows as a tool for trade facilitation, implementation, status and challenges to be faced (Session II). Moderator: Mónica Mirón Medellín. Director of Information and Foreign Trade Statistics, DGCE, Secretariat of Economy of Mexico.
14:00-15:20	“New developments of Trinidad and Tobago’s International Trade Single Window. 1st Place in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 2013 United Nations Public Service Awards”. Randall Karim, Director of Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Trinidad and Tobago. “Launching of the integrated Single Window of Panama, pilot phase”. Alicia Jiménez, Director General of Foreign Trade Services, Vice-Ministry of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MICI), Panama. “Achievements of the Single Window for Foreign Trade”. Jose Cornelio Deras, Chief of the Centre for Imports and Exports Procedures (CIEX), Central Reserve Bank, El Salvador. “Operational launch of the Uruguay VUCE”. Lorena Veiga, Coordinator of Foreign Trade Single Window, Uruguay (Video).
15:20-15:30	General debate
15:30-17:00	Vision of the private sector Moderator: Javier Anaya Rojas, Deputy Director General of Exports Control, Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Secretariat of Economy of Mexico. “Lessons learned and pending challenges for Mexico’s Single Window, from the perspective of the private sector”. Fausto Cuevas Mesa, Director General of the Mexican Association of the Automotive Industry, México. “Experiences with customs operations since the implementation of Mexico’s Single Windows”. Victor Gamas Luna, Customs Agents Association of the Mexican Republic (CAAAREM) "Challenges with SW”. Jorge Montoya Castro, Latin American Confederation of Customs Agents Associations (CLAA), Mexico. “Best practices gained as regards foreign trade operations in the manufacturing sector through the Single Window”. Israel Morales Pérez, Director of the Committee of Foreing Trade and Customs, National Council of Textile and Export Manufacturing Industry (INDEX), Mexico.
15:40-16:00	COFFEE BREAK
17:15-18:25	Moderator: Javier Altamirano Magaña, Deputy General Manager of Operations, National Council of Textile and Export Manufacturing Industry (INDEX), Mexico. "Achievements and pending challenges of the Foreign Trade Single Window in Colombia". Ángela Ospina, Subdirector of Design and Operations Administration. Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Colombia. “Achievements and pending challenges facing the International Trade Single Window in Nicaragua”. Jorge Molina, Executive Director, Centre for Export Procedures (CETREX), National Commission for Promotion of Exports (CNPE), Nicaragua. “Chile´s International Trade Single Window (SICEX)”. Joseph Nehme, Executive Secretary, Integrated Foreign Trade System (SICEX), Ministry of Finance of Chile.
18:25-18:40	General discusion
18:40	Closing ceremony Speech by Juan Díaz Mazadiego, General Director of Foreign Trade, General Direction of Foreign Trade, Secretariat of Economy of Mexico. Speech by Alejandro Chacón, General Customs Manager, Tax Administration Service of Mexico. Speech by Saadia Sánchez Vegas, on behalf of Ambassador Roberto Guarnieri, Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA).

FRIDAY, 01 NOVEMBER 2013

9:00 – 14:00

Guided visit to the Customs Office of the Airport of Mexico City. This visit will be in charge of the Tax Administration Service of Mexico.

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