ActionPlanforTransportand Action Plan for Transport and TradeFacilitationintheGMS

8th Meetingof GMSWorkingGrouponAgriculture 2526October2011 Siem Reap,Cambodia

ActionPlan:Outline
1.Exchangeoftrafficrights 2.Improvedtransit 3.GMSFreightTransportAssociation 4.StrengthenRoadTransportIndustry 5.CoordinatedBorderManagement 5 Coordinated Border Management 6.EnhancedSPSRegime 7.StrengthenTradeandTransportFacilitation h d d l institutions 8.RegionalTradeLogisticsStrategy p y p 9.Capacitydevelopment 10.Legal/regulatoryimprovementandharmonization

1.ExchangeofTrafficrights
Comprehensivereviewandanalysisofbilateral p y andtrilateralexchangesoftrafficrights Encourage early adoption and/or further Encourageearlyadoptionand/orfurther implementationofbilateralandtrilateral exchangesoftrafficrights h f ff h SeekexpansionoftheEastWestEconomic p Corridor(EWEC)toconnectadditional origins/destinations

2.ImproveTransit(1)
UndertakeanalysisofCTSonEWECand p presentresultsforhighlevelconsultations g amongstLao,ThailandandVietNamofficials Customs from EWEC countries to prepare CustomsfromEWECcountriestoprepare detailedActionPlanforeffective implementationofCTS i l t ti f CTS Prepareanddocumentimplementation detailspertainingtoMOUssignedbetween nationalCustomsagenciesandthenational national Customs agencies and the national transitguarantorsselected(BOT,LIFFA,VATA)

ImproveTransit(2)
Assistinsettinguptheapprovalprocessre. vehiclesthatwillbepermittedtotakepart h l h ll b d k inthetransittrade. Fostertheaccesstocrossborderthird partytransitinsurancefortransitoperators party transit insurance for transit operators Ensurethattransportregulationsfor vehicleanddriversareharmonizedacross thetransitCorridor Trainborderstaffofcustoms

3.GMSFreightTransport Associations
Toprovidestrongprivatesectorvoiceto p participateinGMStradeandtransport p p reforms FRETA would among other items FRETAwouldamongotheritems
Representroadtransportindustry Disseminateinfore.CBTA Promotequalityservicesrenderedbyindustry q y y y Organizetrainingforsectoroperators

4.StrengthenRoadTransport Industry
FocusonLaosandCambodiawhereindustry y isrelativelyweakto:
Promotecooperationbetweentraders,Chamber ofCommerceandtransportindustryfocusedon of Commerce and transport industry focused on transportneeds Facilitate upgrading of fleet Facilitateupgradingoffleet PromoteForeignDirectInvestment Shareinformationamongsttruckers,provide training

5.ImproveCrossBorder p managementandcoordination
Supportdefinitionofaphasedandpragmatic approachtobettercrossborder management Phase1
Fostergreaterawarenessofstakeholdersofthe g benefitsofimprovedCBMstaffofthevarious bordercontrolagencies,privatesectoroperators Undertakemappingofallprocessesthatinvolve bordercontrolagenciestostreamline,and proposeprocessimprovementsthatincludetime savingdataandinformationexchange

 Review for each border crossing what the Reviewforeachbordercrossingwhatthe mostappropriateandpracticalsolutionis toimprovebordercrossingprocedures. t i b d i d SSI,SWI. Reviewforeachproposedsolutionthe implementingrequirements implementing requirements
Legal Infrastructure Stafftraining ICTimplications Standard Operating Procedures StandardOperatingProcedures

Supportimplementationofthechosenoption Phase2 BasedonfindingsofPhase1,confirmdecision d fi di f h fi d i i toimplementchosenpragmaticapproach DefineActionPlanforspecifiedborder g, g crossings,includinginfrastructure ImplementtheActionPlan

6.EnhancetheSPSregime
Assistinimprovingimplementationofexisting regulations Providetrainingtostaffatthebordersandupgrade laboratories StrengthennationalcapacitytoissueSPScertificates acceptedbyimportingcountries a epted b importin o ntries Improvecoordinationamongstagenciesandcustoms Identifyinvestmentneedsandaddressgaps pp p Mobilizesupporttoimplementothermeasures identifiedandagreedintheActionPlanforimproved SPSinGMS

7.StrengthenTTFInstitutions
Providesupporttonationalinstitutionssoas topermitthemto: to permit them to
MonitorprogresswithCBTAimplementation SupportinitiativestoimplementCBTAandother tradefacilitationmeasures Promoteinteragencycooperation Establish methodology to evaluate progress with Establishmethodologytoevaluateprogresswith TTFimplementation

8.RegionalTradeLogistics
Reviewtradelogisticscomponents (infrastructure,institutionalframework, (infrastr ct re instit tional frame ork logisticsserviceproviders,producersand traders)toidentifyshortcomingsand p p prepareaprogramforenhancingefficiency p g g y ofthelogisticschain Assist in establishing logistics indicators as Assistinestablishinglogisticsindicatorsas monitoringmechanism

9.Capacitydevelopment 9 Capacity development

Nationalandregionalworkshopsand traininginitiativestoimprove training initiatives to improve implementation Willinvolveallagenciesinvolvedinthe bordercrossingactivitiesandprocedures border crossing activities and procedures

10.Legalandregulatory ImprovementsandHarmonization
Nationallegislationandregulations needtobeattunedtotheCBTAits d b d h CBTA i ProtocolsandAnnexes,aswellas , otherregionalinitiativessuchas ASEAN Align GMS transport and trade AlignGMStransportandtrade facilitationwithASEAN

Updates2011
CTS:tailwaggingdog,demand CTS: tail wagging dog demand SWI,SSI Transportintegrationagenda Coordinatedbordermanagement Coordinated border management AusAID clusterRETA Customsstrengthening Governmentof p Japaninitiative DPcoordination

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