Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards - Sixth Session
21 June (10:00) - 22 June (18:00) 2021
TPS 2, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland
In-session documents
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/1 - SCTCS-2021 - Agenda Item 1 - Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards _ 354863 _ English _ 773 _ 327922 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/1 - SCTCS-2021 - Agenda Item 1 - Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards _ 354863 _ French _ 780 _ 327923 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/1 - SCTCS-2021 - Agenda Item 1 - Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards _ 354863 _ Russian _ 864 _ 327924 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/1 - SCTCS-2021 - Agenda Item 1 - Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards _ 354863 _ English _ 773 _ 334155 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/3 - SCTCS-2021 - Agenda Item 4 - Supporting the removal of regulatory and procedural barriers to trade: Serbia _ 357015 _ English _ 773 _ 328929 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/3 - SCTCS-2021 - Agenda Item 4 - Supporting the removal of regulatory and procedural barriers to trade: Serbia _ 357015 _ Russian _ 864 _ 328930 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/4 - SCTCS-2021 - Agenda Item 5 - Findings and recommendations emerging from the COVID-19 impact assessments targeting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in selected countries _ 357172 _ English _ 773 _ 328977 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/4 - SCTCS-2021 - Agenda Item 5 - Findings and recommendations emerging from the COVID-19 impact assessments targeting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in selected countries _ 357172 _ Russian _ 864 _ 328978 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/5 - SCTCS-2021 - Agenda Item 7 (b) - Programme of work: Capacity-building and technical assistance activities _ 357481 _ English _ 773 _ 329786 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/5 - SCTCS-2021 - Agenda Item 7 (b) - Programme of work: Capacity-building and technical assistance activities _ 357481 _ French _ 780 _ 329787 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/5 - SCTCS-2021 - Agenda Item 7 (b) - Programme of work: Capacity-building and technical assistance activities _ 357481 _ Russian _ 864 _ 329788 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/6 - SCTCS-2021 - Agenda Item 7 (c) - Programme of work: Cooperation with other organizations and Economic Commission for Europe bodies _ 356015 _ English _ 773 _ 328919 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/6 - SCTCS-2021 - Agenda Item 7 (c) - Programme of work: Cooperation with other organizations and Economic Commission for Europe bodies _ 356015 _ French _ 780 _ 328920 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/6 - SCTCS-2021 - Agenda Item 7 (c) - Programme of work: Cooperation with other organizations and Economic Commission for Europe bodies _ 356015 _ Russian _ 864 _ 328921 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/7 - SCTCS-2021 - Agenda Item 7 (f) - Programme of work for 2022 and outline of key components of the progoramme of work for 2023 _ 356017 _ English _ 773 _ 327257 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/7 - SCTCS-2021 - Agenda Item 7 (f) - Programme of work for 2022 and outline of key components of the progoramme of work for 2023 _ 356017 _ French _ 780 _ 327258 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/7 - SCTCS-2021 - Agenda Item 7 (f) - Programme of work for 2022 and outline of key components of the progoramme of work for 2023 _ 356017 _ Russian _ 864 _ 327259 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/INF.1 - SCTCS-2021 - Agenda Item 7 (f) - Outline of key components of the Trade subprogramme’s programme of work for 2023 _ 357255 _ English _ 773 _ 329087 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/2 - SCTCS-2021 - Report of the Session _ 359503 _ English _ 773 _ 342955 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/2 - SCTCS-2021 - Report of the Session _ 359503 _ French _ 780 _ 342956 _ pdf
9659 _ ECE/CTCS/2021/2 - SCTCS-2021 - Report of the Session _ 359503 _ Russian _ 864 _ 342957 _ pdf
Reference Documents
12653 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2020/2 - WP6 Virtual Informal Consultations 2020 - Report on the Session _ 355383 _ English _ 773 _ 324740 _ pdf
12653 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2020/2 - WP6 Virtual Informal Consultations 2020 - Report on the Session _ 355383 _ French _ 780 _ 324741 _ pdf
12653 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2020/2 - WP6 Virtual Informal Consultations 2020 - Report on the Session _ 355383 _ Russian _ 864 _ 324742 _ pdf
12653 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2020/2 - Chair’s Note on the Informal Virtual Consultations of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards _ 388503 _ English _ 773 _ 406809 _ pdf
12653 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2020/2 - Chair’s Note on the Informal Virtual Consultations of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards _ 388503 _ French _ 780 _ 406810 _ pdf
12653 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2020/2 - Chair’s Note on the Informal Virtual Consultations of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards _ 388503 _ Russian _ 864 _ 406811 _ pdf
12653 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2020/3 - Draft programme of work of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards 2021 _ 388688 _ English _ 773 _ 407265 _ pdf
12653 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2020/3 - Draft programme of work of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards 2021 _ 388688 _ French _ 780 _ 407266 _ pdf
12653 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2020/3 - Draft programme of work of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards 2021 _ 388688 _ Russian _ 864 _ 407267 _ pdf
12653 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2020/10 - Programme of work of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies for 2021 _ 388689 _ English _ 773 _ 407268 _ pdf
12653 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2020/10 - Programme of work of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies for 2021 _ 388689 _ French _ 780 _ 407269 _ pdf
12653 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2020/10 - Programme of work of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies for 2021 _ 388689 _ Russian _ 864 _ 407270 _ pdf
12653 _ ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2021/2 - Report of the UN/CEFACT on its Twenty-Seventh Session _ 357897 _ English _ 773 _ 330691 _ pdf
12653 _ ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2021/2 - Report of the UN/CEFACT on its Twenty-Seventh Session _ 357897 _ French _ 780 _ 330692 _ pdf
12653 _ ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2021/2 - Report of the UN/CEFACT on its Twenty-Seventh Session _ 357897 _ Russian _ 864 _ 330693 _ pdf
Presentations / Speeches
Item 3: Matters arising
Agenda Item 4: Supporting the removal of regulatory and procedural barriers to trade: Serbia
- ►Mr. Stevan Nikčević, State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications and Chairman of the Serbian Trade Facilitation Body
- ►Ongoing reforms and key findings and recommendations emerging from the UNECE assessment Ms. Hana Daoudi, Economic Affairs Officer, Market Access Section, ECTD, UNECE
- ►Mr. Dusko Marinkovic, Deputy Director General, Customs Administration of Serbia
- ►Consolidating the national system of quality infrastructure: Priority needs Mr. Zoran Bakic, Head of Special Working Group on the Regulation of Quality and Products Safety, Ministry of Economy of Serbia
- ►Ms. Francoise Jacob, United Nations Resident Coordinator, Serbia
Agenda item 5: Findings and recommendations emerging from the COVID-19 impact assessments targeting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in selected countries
- ►Increasing the contribution of non-tariff measures to post pandemic recovery and structural transformation: Challenges and recommendations emerging from UNECE assessments Ms. Hana Daoudi, Economic Affairs Officer, Market Access Section, ECTD, UNECE
- ►Mr. Artur Maysuryan, Head of EU Economic Cooperation Department, Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia
- ►Ms. Elina Simonyan, Advisor, Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia
- ►Ms. Iryna Babachenok, Deputy Head of the Main Department of Regional Development and Property Relations, Head of the Department of Property Relations, Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus
- ►Mr. Shombi Sharp, Resident Coordinator, UN Resident Coordinator Office in Armenia
- ►Ms. Joanna Kazana, Resident Coordinator, UN Resident Coordinator Office in Belarus
- ►Ms. Sabine Machl, Resident Coordinator, UN Resident Coordinator Office in Georgia
- ►Mr. Simon Springett, Resident Coordinator, UN Resident Coordinator Office in the Republic of Moldova
General debate on issues discussed under agenda items 4 and 5
- ►Statement of Hungary
- ►Mr. Christoph Schneider, Department for Economic and Trade Policy, Chamber of Commerce Austria, Vienna, Austria
Agenda item 6: Country follow-up to Economic Commission for Europe studies on regulatory barriers and procedural barriers to trade
- ►Mr. Rustambek Sartkalchaev, IT Expert Administrator, Single Window State Enterprise in foreign trade under the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic
- ►Mr. Ralf Peters, Chief, Trade Information Section and Officer-in-Charge, Trade Analysis Branch, Division on International Trade in Goods, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Agenda item 7: Programme of Work
- (a) Updates from subsidiary bodies
►Chair’s Note on the Informal Virtual Consultations of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP.6)
►Chair’s Note on the Informal Virtual Consultations of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards (WP.7) - (b) Capacity-building and technical assistance activities
►Regional Advisor’s Report, Mr. Mario Apostolov, Regional Advisor, ECTD/UNECE
►Independent Review of the Project: Strengthening the National Capacities of Selected UNECE Countries for Evidence-Based Regulatory and Procedural Trade Policies to Achieve SDGs - (c) Cooperation with other organizations and Economic Commission for Europe bodies
►Updates - UN/CEFACT - (d) Stakeholder needs and priorities
►Mr. Askar Mirsaidov, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva - (f) Trade subprogramme's programme of work for 2022 and outline of key components of the programme of work for 2023
►UN/CEFACT Programme of Work for 2022