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| Bangkok, Thailand |
23 January 2006 |
National Workshop and Advisory Services on
Trade and Transport Facilitation
Date
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12-14 December 2005 |
Venue
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Pakse, Lao PDR |
Organizer
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
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Objective
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To assist Lao People's Democratic Republic in formulating policies and plans to reduce non-physical bottlenecks in international trade and transport. |
Documentation
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Report (including national action plan)
Presentations:
Day One: Integrated Approach to Trade and Transport
 Facilitation: Overview
Ms. Marianne Debefve, Officer-in-Charge,
Trade Efficiency and Facilitation Section,
Trade and Investment Division (TID),
UNESCAP
Work plan of the project "Institutional capacity
building on facilitation of international trade
and transport in landlocked and transit
countries"
Ms. Ja-Kyung Yoo, Chief, ICT Applications
Section, Information, Communication and
Space Technology Division (ICSTD),
UNESCAP
Trade and Transport Facilitation in Lao PDR -
Government and Industry Views
Ministry of Communication, Transport,
Post and Construction and Lao International
Freight Forwarders Association
Study on National Trade and Transport
Coordination Mechanisms
Mr. Li Yuwei, Economic Affairs Officer,
Transport
and Tourism Division (TTD),
UNESCAP
Study on ICT Application for Trade and
Transport Facilitation
Ms.
Ja-Kyung Yoo, ICSTD, UNESCAP
and Mr. Paul Kimberly, Consultant
Application of UNESCAP Trade Facilitation
Framework
Ms.
Marianne Debefve, TID, UNESCAP,
Ms.
Maria Misovicova, TID, UNESCAP
and Mr. Leon Khor, Consultant
Day Two: Import/
export procedures in Lao PDR
Ms. Souphanh Keokhamphet, Foreign
Trade Department, Ministry of Commerce
Application of UNESCAP Time/Cost-Distance
Model
Ms. Geetha Karandawala, Chief, Transport
Facilitation Section, Transport and Tourism
Division (TTD), UNESCAP
Study on legal regime for transport facilitation
Mr. Li Yuwei, TTD, UNESCAP
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Participants
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Programme
List of participants
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Contact
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Ms. Maria Misovicova
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Efficiency and Facilitation Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: misovicova@un.org |
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