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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

Launch of the Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Report 2021: supply chain resilience and trade facilitation amid the COVID-19 pandemic, , 6 October 2021, Virtual

Webinar on SPS E-CERTS Accelerating cross-border paperless trade, 8 September 2021, Virtual

Webinar on Blockchain technology for cross-border trade, 16 August 2021, Virtual

Call for Research Proposals ESCAP-WHO Research Initiative on From Lab to Jab: Improving Asia-Pacific’s Readiness to Produce and Deliver Vaccines (Deadline: 20 August 2021)

Pilot Course on Negotiating Regional Trade Agreements for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic, 23 July - 6 August 2021, Virtual

Global Launch for the UN Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation 2021, 14 July 2021, Virtual

Webinar on Single Window Interoperability, 7 July 2021, Virtual

Launch of RIVA Value Chain Analyzer, 30 June 2021, Virtual

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

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