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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

Webinar Series on Next Generation Trade Facilitation, 14 December 2021, Virtual

UNESCAP-IPCSA-ICC-ADB Webinar on Digital Mobile Apps facilitating cross border paperless trade, 8 December 2021, Virtual

ARTNeT Workshop on Automating Text Analysis using R: Applications to Trade Agreements and Non-Tariff Measures, 7-17 December 2021, Virtual

Webinar on Closing the trade finance gaps, 23 November 2021, Virtual

Workshop on Advancing Electronic Origin Data Exchange in APTA, 17-18 November 2021, Virtual

Second Meeting of the extended UNNExT Advisory Group on Trade Process Analysis in 2021, 11 November 2021, Virtual

A National Workshop to promote APTA utilization in Mongolia, 4 November 2021, Virtual

ESCAP-ARTNeT-ITD Online Course on Trade Facilitation for Sustainable Development 2021, 1 November-3 December 2021, Virtual

UNESCAP-WCO-ICC-ADB Webinar on Disruptive Technologies applied to cross-border transactions, 27 October 2021, Virtual

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