OSCE-UNECEHandbook of Best Practices at Border
Crossings – A Trade and Transport Facilitation Perspective
Jeannette Kloetzer, Deputy Head, OSCE Centre in Astana
UN High-Level Global Thematic Meeting on Internatio nal Trade, Trade Facilitation and Aid for Trade, Almaty, 13-14 Septe mber 2012
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� OSCE rationale and scope of action� The OSCE’s mandate and activities in
Customs, trade and transport� The Handbook of Best Practices at Border
Crossings
Outline of the presentation
� Regional security organization (56 OSCE pS + 12 Partners for Co-operation)
� Political dialogue and practical work
� Three dimensions of activities , a network of 15 field operations
OSCE rationale and scope of action
OSCE Landlocked Countries
� Out of 31 landlocked developing countries globally , 9 are OSCE participating States, 2 are OSCE Partners for Co-operation
� OSCE assists its participating States to tackle non -physical barriers to transport
Examples of OSCE engagement
� Regional & national capacity-building/awareness rai sing activities on the UNECE Harmonization Convention, WCO SAFE Framework of Standards and Revised Kyoto Convention: Moscow, Belgrade (2006), Almaty, Tbilisi, Kyiv (2007), Astana, Balkanabat, Ashgabat, Tashkent (2009), Skopje (2011), Dushanbe (2012)� EATL, TEM & TER Meetings : Tashkent and Turkmenbashy (2010), Almaty and Astrakhan (2011) � OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe (since 2009)
OSCE/UNECE Handbook of Best Practices at Borders
� Idea emerged in 2007 , following the Belgian Chairmanship of the OSCE
� Extrabudgetary project was developed
� Received funding from the Governments ofBelgium, Finland, France, Kazakhstan and the U.S.
� Stakeholders meetings and assessment visits in fall 2008 (Minsk & Bishkek)
Inception, fundraising, preparatory process
On-site assessment visits
On-site assessment visits
� Allowing for the exchange of national experiences and expertise
� Providing concrete guidance and access to practical examples
� To become a reference document and a source of inspiration for national policy makers when drafting and implementing transport, trade and border policies
Overall Goals
� High and mid -level officials from transport, trade and finance ministries, customs agencies, as well as senior BCP staff
� Transport, freight and logistics communities as well as business associations
� Civil society, academia and researchers
Target audience
� Balance (security and facilitation; between concepts; geographical)
� Focused (on trade and transport)� Innovative (benchmarking)
� Challenges ( diversity of the contents, vast amount of references to be consulted)
Important considerations
� 9 chapters and 2 Annexes� 265 pages in total
� Over 120 international best practice examples and case studies� Original version in English , Russian translation forthcoming as well as translation in other languages
Handbook Content
� Comprehensive overview of the relevant international legal instruments tools and standards at the disposal of policy makers
�Ways and methods to increase inter-agency co-operation and to harmonize procedures both domestically as well as internationally
� Examples of how to improve policies for control, clearance and transit
Scope of the handbook
� Better balance security and trade facilitation and build stronger partnerships between Government and the private sector
� Examples of risk-based approaches incl. through increased selectivity and profiling
� Need to introduce a solid human resource management system incl. training on the use of IT
Scope of the handbook
� Provides a comprehensive overview of border agency performance measurement methods based on the assumption that what gets measured also gets managed properly
� In conclusion: the Handbook is a useful resource for LLDCs globally!
Scope of the handbook
� High-level awareness raising and capacity building activities are foreseen for 2012-2013
� Upon request of national authorities , OSCE stands ready to provide tailor-made seminars can be organized on specific aspects of the publication
Road ahead
� Access the OSCE or UNECE websites
� Contact OCEEA or the UNECE Transport Division to obtain hard copies or CD-ROMs
� Copies of the publication have been distributed through the 15 OSCE field operations
Accessing the Handbook
Web-Access
www.osce.org/eea/88200
http://www.unece.org/trans/publications/wp30/best_practices.html
Thank you for your attention!
Contacts:� Jeannette Kloetzer, Deputy Head, OSCE Centre in AstanaE-mail: [email protected]
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