Morning 

08:00-12:30

8:00-9:00

REGISTRATION

9:00-9:30

OPENING SESSION

Opening session:  

• Representative of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA). Gloria Cañas Arias, Consultant of the Permanent Secretariat of  SELA 
• National Director of Customs – Republic of Paraguay, Mr Nelson Daniel Valiente Saucedo

09:30-12:00 

BLOCK 1. BIG DATA, FTSWs AND IMPLEMENTATION IN RISK MANAGEMENT

• Treatment of data and origin requirements in FTSWs. Rafael Cornejo, International Trade Consultant
• Big Data and risk management. Spanish. Javier Serviddio, Enterprise Architect – ORACLE consulting, DNA-VUI-SOFIA Project, and Edgar Vera, Coordinator of Single Windows for Imports / VUI – Paraguay

10:30 – 10:45

COFFEE BREAK

• Interoperability Project in the Pacific Alliance. Experience with phytosanitary documents and certificates of origin. Gustavo Davis, Crimson Logic - Country Manager
• Information available in Single Windows and its importance for risk management and security in foreign trade. Spanish. Giomar González, World BASC Organization  

QUESTIONS

12:00–13:30 

LUNCH: OFFERED BY THE HOST COUNTRY-PARAGUAY 

AFTERNOON / 13:30-18:00 

13:30 - 18:00 

BLOCK 2: WTO TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT (TFA) AND THE ROLE OF FTSWs

• Status of implementation of the TFA in Paraguay and the Single Window for Imports. Spanish. Patricio Castro, IMF Consultant and Collaborator and  Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
• Implementation of measures of the Trade Facilitation Agreement in the Latin American and Caribbean region. Sebastián Herreros, Division of International Trade and Integration, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC-UN) 
• Electronic survey on National Trade Facilitation Committees. Spanish. Roy Santana WTO, Market Access Division 

QUESTIONS

15:30 – 15:45 

COFFEE BREAK 

• Recommendation 41 – UN/CEFACT: Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Trade Facilitation. Spanish. Paloma Bernal, Coordinator of Trade Facilitation and eBusiness at the United Nations, leading the project “PPP in Trade Facilitation”
• Importance of intergovernmental agreements for the development of the Maritime Single Window of Panama (VUMPA). Spanish. Mario Franco León, Department of Port Control and Compliance, Directorate of Ports and Auxiliary Maritime Industries of the Panama Maritime Authority (PMA)  
• Structure of Public-Private Governance in the FTSW of Colombia. Spanish. Karen Tatiana Robayo, Official of the Directorate for Design and Operations Management – Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia 

QUESTIONS

DINNER / WELCOME EVENT

Friday, 27 October 2017

MORNING / 09:00-12:00

09:00 – 11:30 

BLOCK 3. FOREIGN TRADE AND TRANSPORT FACILITATION

• Foreign trade and port development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Spanish. Fausto Arroyo, Senior Logistics Executive of CAF-development bank of Latin America / Vice-presidency of Infrastructure
• Latin American and Caribbean Network of Digital and Collaborative Ports. Eng. Luís Ascencio – SELA’s Consultant

10:30 – 10:45 

COFFEE BREAK 

• Integration of the Foreign Trade Single Window and the Port Single Window - the case of Perú. Spanish. Mariela Gutarra Ramos, Head of Information and Technology – Peru´s National Port Authority.  
• Foreign trade in a Mediterranean country. Spanish. Nikolas Osiw – Export and Investment Network (REDIEX), Paraguay

• International Customs Transit Computerized System (SINTIA) Spanish.

  Américo Pereira Rodi, Director for Custom Procedures, Paraguay

QUESTIONS

OFFICIAL GROUP PHOTO

12:00–13:30

LUNCH: OFFERED BY THE HOST COUNTRY-PARAGUAY 

AFTERNOON / 13:30-18:00

14:00 – 17:00

BLOCK 4. ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES OF FTSWs IN LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES  

Presentations by countries on the latest developments and introduction of new services in their FTSWs:

• National Trade Facilitation Agenda - Mexico. Spanish. Irving Luna Cruz, Directorate of Design and Implementation of Foreign Trade, Secretariat of Economy
• FTSW: the dark side. Spanish. Eng. Lorena Veiga, Manager of FTSWs. Uruguay
• FTSWs in Guatemala today. Spanish. Fernando Herrera, Director of Exporter Services

QUESTIONS

COFFEE BREAK 

• CIEX EL Salvador: achievements and incorporation of new services and ongoing projects. Spanish. José Cornelio Deras, Manager of CIEX-EL Salvador

• FTSWs in Costa Rica. Spanish. Guillermo Solis, Representative of PROCOMER

• Foreign Trade Facilitation – Business Process Reengineering and Change Management. Spanish. Fátima Flores, Deputy Director for Regulations, National Customs Service (SENAE)

• TTBizLink 2017. Trinidad and Tobago. Neshan Singh, SEW Specialist, Ministry of trade, Industry, Investment and Communications.  

QUESTIONS 

Closing session  

• Speech by authority of Paraguay 
• Speech by representative of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Gloria Cañas Arias, Consultant of the Consultant of the Permanent Secretariat of  SELA