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What is UNNExT?

The United Nations Network of Experts for Paperless Trade and Transport in Asia and the Pacific (UNNExT) is a community of knowledge and practice for experts from developing countries and transition economies from Asia and the Pacific involved in the implementation of electronic trade systems and trade facilitation. It was established by the UN ESCAP and UNECE in 2009.
Guides and Tools on Trade Facilitation

UNNExT develops guides and training materials to bridge the gap between the standards developers and the “implementers” and emerging experts in developing countries
Capacity building and knowledge sharing

An important feature of the capacity building and training under UNNExT is that it relies heavily on peer-to-peer support, where experts and practitioners from countries with advanced paperless trade systems transferring their know-how and experience to those in less advanced countries.
Technical advice

UNNExT facilitates delivery of advisory services on trade facilitation and paperless trade, in particular for the least developed countries.
Research and analysis

UNNExT collaborates with the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT) to deliver analytical studies related to trade facilitation and paperless trade.

Upcoming & recent events

Call for study proposals: Readiness assessment for crossborder paperless trade (country level) - Deadline 30 April 2021

Request for Expression of Interest (EOI): Research on selected topics in paperless trade and trade facilitation - Deadline 15 April 2021

Call for proposals: Food loss in international trade in Asia-Pacific: Country case studies and implications for trade facilitation - Deadline 31 March 2021

Sixth Meeting of the Interim Intergovernmental Steering Group on Cross-Border Paperless Trade Facilitation

High-Level Meeting on Regional Cooperation on Trade and Transport Connectivity in the Age of Pandemics in Asia and the Pacific

Call for application to the ESCAP-ARTNET-ITD Online Course on Trade Facilitation for Sustainable Development

Request for Expression of Interest (EOI): To conduct a study on good (best) practices of national policy framework on (crossborder) paperless trade - Deadline 24 April 2020

Results of UN Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation 2019

Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum 2019, 17-18 September 2019, New Delhi, India

4th Meeting of UNNExT Task Force on Cross-border Electronic Data Exchange, 15-16 March 2019, Bangkok, Thailand,

National Consultative Workshop on Cross-border Paperless Trade Facilitation, 26 February 2019, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

3rd Meeting of UNNExT Task Force on Cross-border Electronic Data Exchange and Subregional Capacity Building Workshop on Development of Electronic Message for Trade Facilitation, 28 January-1 February 2019, Bangkok, Thailand