A little bit about me

Maria Rosaria Ceccarelli is the Chief of the UN Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) Support Unit of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). She has 16 years of experience in Trade and Transport Facilitation within UNECE.

In her former position in the UNECE’s Transport Division, she provided training and advisory services to promote the development of border-crossing facilitation and multimodal transport and supported member states in formulating strategies, policies and actions to facilitate transport development in countries with economies in transition.

In her current position, she manages a group of some 300 experts working on Trade Facilitation projects to produce Trade Facilitation Recommendations and electronic business standards, covering both commercial and government business processes that can foster growth in international trade and related services.  

Ms. Ceccarelli holds a MA in Transport Policy and Economics and a MA in Political Science (La Sapienza University, Italy) and a Diploma in Corporate Social Responsibility (University of Geneva, Switzerland).