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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.
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  • 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
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  • 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.
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  • Technical advice

    UNNExT facilitates delivery of advisory services on trade facilitation and paperless trade, in particular for the least developed countries.
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  • 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.
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Upcoming & recent events

Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum 2022 on 29-30 August 2022
Call for research proposals: implementation of cross-border electric exchange of trade-related data via DLT including blockchain - Deadline 15 June 2022
Call for Cases: APTFF Trade Facilitation Innovation Award 2022-Deadline 15 July 2022
Online Course on Sustainable Development Provisions in Free Trade Agreements
2022 1st Meeting of the Extended UNNExT Advisory Group on Trade Process Analysis
UNESCAP-ICAO-ICC-ADB Webinar on Challenges and Trends in Digitalizing Multimodal Supply Chains, 23 March 2022, Virtual
Seventh Meeting of the Interim Intergovernmental Steering Group on Cross-Border Paperless Trade Facilitation
Towards Globally Harmonized Standards for the Digital Trading System, 26 April 2022, Virtual
First session of the Paperless Trade Council of the Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific
UNESCAP-WCO-ICC-ADB Webinar on Digitalizing Certificates of Origin - Trends and Challenges for Advancing Paperless Trade, 27 April 2022, Virtual
Call for Expression of Interest in CB Paperless Trade Feasibility Study in Selected Asian Country – Deadline 13 March 2022
Call for Expression of Interest in CB Paperless Trade Feasibility Study and Pilot Project Development Consultancy – Deadline 11 March 2022
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Results of UN Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation 2021
Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade
Trade Facilitation at ESCAP
E-Learning Series on Business Process Analysis for Trade Facilitation
Results of UN Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation 2019
Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (AFACT)
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