Final report

Final report of the VII Latin American and Caribbean Meeting of Foreign Trade Single Windows: Single Windows as tools for trade facilitation and Commercial Integration. SP/VII-ERLC-VUCE-IDECIS/IF-15

Presentations

Importance of Intra-Regional Trade for International Competitiveness
Tania García Millán. 
International Trade and Integration Division - ECLAC

Strategic Function of FTSWs: Aiming at Trade Facilitation and an increase in Intra-Regional Trade 

Alicia Jiménez
Consultant and expert in international trade

Las VUCE y otras disposiciones del acuerdo sobre Facilitación del Comercio de la OMC en esquemas subregionales de integración comercial: caso ALADI 
Belquisse Pimentel
Jefa del Departamento de Integración Física y Digital - ALADI

VUCE, AFC y MERCOSUR
Case MERCOSUR. 
Alvaro Palmigiani
Director of Processes of the National Customs Directorate - Uruguay.

Interoperabilidad Alianza Pacífico 
Case of the Pacific Alliance. 
Emmanuel Abraham Ortega Aguilar 
Director of Design and Implementation of International Trade Operations. 
Directorate General for International Trade, Secretariat of Economy - México. 

Las VUCE y Otras Disposiciones del Acuerdo sobre Facilitación del Comercio en Esquemas Subregionales de Integración Comercial
Case of SICA
José Cornelio Deras
Head of the CIEX Department. El Salvador

TTBizLink
Case CARICOM. 
Christian Marquez
SEW Specialist
Ministry of Trade, Industry Investment and Communications. Trinidad and Tobago.

Las VUCE y otras disposiciones del acuerdo sobre Facilitación del Comercio: el caso de la Comunidad Andina
Case CAN
Adriana Alvarado
Information System Office – Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism. Colombia.

Agreement on Trade Facilitation: Challenges and Solutions for its Implementation.
Edna Ramírez
UNCTAD Consultant – Expert on Trade Facilitation. 

Review and Analysis of the Application of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation in the countries of the region
Juan Acuña
SELA’s Consultant


Results of the Global Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade 2014-2015.
Tania García Millán 
International Trade and Integration Division – ECLAC

Portal Único de Comercio Exterior Implementación del AFC/OMC en Brasil
Janaina Batista
Coordinator of Trade Facilitation - MIDC - Brasil

EcuaPass y Ventanilla Única Ecuatoriana
Logros y retos al 2015 
Rubén Montesdeoca
Director of Continuous Improvement and Regulations – SNA - Ecuador 

Posicionamiento de las VUCE en el marco de las políticas nacionales de implementación del acuerdo sobre facilitación del comercio de la OMC  
Perú: Katty E. Chávarri Rubio
International Trade Single Windows - MINCETUR - Perú

Progress in the work of UN/CEFACT on Single Window Interoperability (SWI Project) 
Avances del Trabajo de UN/CEFACT sobre Interoperabilidad de las VUCE (Proyecto SWI). 
Paloma Bernal
Expert from UN/CEFACT

Mutual legal recognition of electronic communications and electronic signatures and paperless trade facilitation: challenges and opportunities
Luca G. Castellani
Legal Officer, UNCITRAL Secretariat.

Interoperability between FTSW and PSW (Foreign Trade Single Window and Port Single Window) - Problems posed by the G2B Dimension 
Progress with SELA Programme Network of Digital and Collaborative Ports
Luis Ascencio Carreño
SELA’s Consultant.

Port Single Windows, benefits from their integration with FTSWs
Jean-Edouard Nicolet
SOGET, France.

Technologies at the service the integration of the International Supply Chain
Claudia Araujo and Alejandro Rinaldi 
CONCEPTO-GENEXUS CONSULTING.

Single Window of Costa Rica- VUCE 2.0
Lannier Sosa
Coordinator of Single Window Projects – PROCOMER - Costa Rica.


Case Chile. New services in SICEX
Bárbara Matamala
Director of the SICEX Programme, Chile.


Ventanilla Única de Comercio Exterior 
Case Uruguay: Avances y Desafíos
Lorena Veiga
Coordinator of VUCE – Uruguay XXI. 

VUCE. Ventanilla de Comercio Exterior: Argentina
Case Argentina
Santiago Losada
Technical Director -  Customs General Directorate. - Argentina

Ventanilla Única de Comercio Exterior
Caso República Dominicana
Jorge Medrano
Gerente de Planificación y Desarrollo, Coordinador VUCE - República Dominicana