Background Documents (general)
Topic | Short description | Name of document (and link) | Date | Comment | Action |
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Base | Guidelines for the establishment of NSW and RSW | APEC SingleWindow Implementation Guide Summary document | 2009-July | Document produced by the Sub Committee on Custom Procedures. Custom + OGA + Private stakeholders. Currently used to progress NSW, RSW and interoperability. | Utility and possible inputs for Recommendation 36 |
Base | Single Windows and Supply Chains in the Next Decade based upon smart supply chains. An UNECE and EU contribution in the framework of Cassandra EU Project | UNPaper_SingleWindowDataPipeline | 2011 | The data pipeline concept represents a unique opportunity for business and governments to rethink, redefine and redesign the way in which data are exchanged throughout the entire international supply chain---both from an operational and a regulatory perspective. | Utility and possible inputs for Recommendation 36 |
Base | Key Factors in Establishing Single Windows for Handling Import/Export Procedures and Formalities: | Single Window WTO-ESCWA | 2011 | A document based on an expert input : four months desk research, interview and questionnaire process. Concluded with the Regional Training Workshop on Requirement for the Establishment of Single Window. • Identify best practices in the region; • Provide policy recommendations | Utility and possible inputs for Recommendation 36 |
Base | Single Window Planning | SW Implement-guideUNECE-UNESCAP | 2012 | One of the UNNExT tools | Utility and possible inputs for Recommendation 36 |
Base | White paper on IOS | UNECE Trends for collaboration in international trade: Building a common Single Window Environment Summary presentation | 2013 | UNECE White Paper on Inter-organizational Operating Systems | Ressource for actual implementation of SW concept |
Governance | Exemplarity nature of this Minister's declaration establishing the ASEAN Regional Single Window | Agreement to Establish and Implement the ASEAN Single Window and Protocol to Establish and Implement the ASEAN Single Window | 2005 & 2006 | Objectives, Principles, Obligations a. legal framework b. regional commitments in each country; c. coordination and partnership (Customs Administrations, OGA, importers, exporters, transport operators, express industries, customs brokers, forwarders, commercial banking entities and financial institutions, insurers) | Transform from specific to generic Consider as a topic for Guidelines |
Legal issues for SW | Electronic Single Window Legal Issues: A Capacity-Building Guide | ElectronicSingleWindowLegalIssues | 2012 | A publication for Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) with UNECE contribution. A report made by a group of experts under their responsibility. | How can we motivate the legal experts to work on SWI legal aspects ? Create a team and ask for a workplan? |