AGENDA
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Thursday, 15 October 2015
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8:00 – 9:00 |
REGISTRATION |
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9:00 – 9:30 |
OPENING SESSION Speeches:
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9:30 – 10:30 |
LECTURES One of the main characteristics of the current organization of production around global value chains is its regional dimension, which highlights the importance of trade integration with the purpose of achieving higher levels of competitiveness on the international arena. Within this context, the strategic role of Single Windows and other provisions of the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation has gained great relevance. |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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11:00 – 12:00 |
THEMATIC AREA 1. SINGLE WINDOWS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE FACILITATION IN SUBREGIONAL TRADE INTEGRATION MECHANISMS Within the regional context, trade integration takes on renewed importance in guiding, in a well-coordinated way, the implementation of provisions of the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation, thus creating favourable conditions to increase intra-regional trade, as well as the competitiveness of countries and of the region as a whole. This thematic area will provide knowledge about the progresses of subregional integration mechanisms in Latin America and the Caribbean in this matter. Moderator: Juan Juncal. Director of Technologies for International Trade Single Windows, Instituto Uruguay XXI, Uruguay.
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12:00 – 12:20 |
GENERAL DEBATE |
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12:20 – 13:40 |
FREE TIME FOR LUNCH |
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13:40 – 14:40 |
THEMATIC AREA 1 (CONTINUATION)
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14:40 – 15:00 |
GENERAL DEBATE |
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15:00 – 16:00 |
THEMATIC AREA 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE FACILITATION The application of the provisions of the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation is proposed, in principle, as a commitment that the countries must take on individually, which, in fact, they have been addressing within the framework of the implementation of various integration mechanisms and free trade agreements, as well as some Articles of the GATT. Learning how this process has evolved and knowing the support mechanisms developed by organizations such as UNCTAD for this purpose provides officials in charge of executing foreign trade policies with elements to face the challenges that may arise in this connection, and allows national FTSW authorities to assume a position within this context. |
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16:00 - 16:30 |
COFFEE BREAK
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16:30 – 17:30 |
PANEL: Positioning of FTSWs within the framework of the national policies to implement the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation Moderator: To be defined
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17:30 – 17:50 |
GENERAL DEBATE |
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18:00 |
CLOSING SESSION FOR THE DAY
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20:00 |
WELCOME CEREMONY All registered participants are invited to attend the Welcome Reception, to be held at 20:00 at the Criolla Elias Regules (Av. Bolivia 2455). For international guests, transfer to the Welcome Reception venue will be provided. Participants interested in this transfer are urged to be at the entrance of the Radisson Hotel at 19.30. |
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Friday, 16 October 2015
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9:00 – 12:30 |
THEMATIC AREA 3. INTEROPERABILITY TO FACILITATE INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE The electronic exchange of data and business documents at the regional level and with other systems within the international supply chain, in accordance with internationally accepted standards, is a necessary condition for a proper and efficient integration of economies in current world trade. For the authorities in charge of Foreign Trade Single Windows it is crucial to monitor and learn about new developments regarding these matters, which can help them to make decisions as part of the policy of permanent improvement of these tools.
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9:00 – 10:00 |
LECTURES |
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10:00 – 10:20 |
GENERAL DEBATE |
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10:20 – 10:50 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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11:00 – 11:10 |
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11:10 – 11:30 |
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11:30 – 11:50 |
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11:50 – 12:10 |
GENERAL DEBATE |
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12:10 – 14:00 |
FREE TIME FOR LUNCH
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14:00 – 16:00 |
THEMATIC AREA 4. FOREIGN TRADE SINGLE WINDOWS. ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES One of the objectives of the various regional meetings on Single Windows, organized by SELA with relevant government counterparts of its member countries, is to gain knowledge about the achievements made by the national Single Windows in LAC countries, with the purpose of disseminating best practices and contributing to their development and consolidation within the framework of digital and regional integration in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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16:30 – 17:00 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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17:00 – 18:00 |
GENERAL DEBATE Moderador: Ms Gloria Cañas Arias, Director of the Information and Knowledge Network. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System - SELA
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18:00 |
CLOSING CEREMONY
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