Program
| Day 1 | Day 2 | African Forum |
DAY 1: 08 JUNE 2011 - SINGLE WINDOW IMPLEMENTATION STAGES
8:00 – Registration
Opening ceremony
9:00 – Welcome and introduction
- Welcome Address : Mr. Ibrahima Nour Eddine DIAGNE, Managing Director - GAINDE 2000 / UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Africa (Senegal)
- Address: Dr Magdi FARAHAT, Principal Regional Advisor on Trade - UNECA
- Addres: Mr. Mouhamadou Makhtar CISSÉ, Director General - Customs (Senegal)
- Opening speech: Minister of State - Minister of Economy and Finance (Senegal)
10:00 - Coffee break
SESSION 1: CONSENSUS PHASE: ESTABLISHING A WIDE AND SOLID CONSENSUS
Chairperson: Mr. Mouhamadou Makhtar CISSE, Director General - Customs (Senegal) |
| 10:30 |
The Single Window concept in the perspective of various sectors
- Customs : Thierry PIRAUX, Senior Technical officer (WCO)
- Commerce: Birgit VIOHL, Project design and management
- Transport: Pascal OLIVIER, Chairman - European Port Community System Association (EPCSA)
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| 11:30 |
Review of international recommendations
- UNECE: Markus PIKART – United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) -Trade and Timber Division
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| 12:30 |
Open discussion
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| 13:00 |
Lunch break |
SESSION 2 : DESIGN PHASE: RECONCILING THE LEGAL , TECHNICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES TO DEFINE
THE APPROPRIATE SINGLE WINDOW MODEL
Chairperson: Eric SABATIER, Senior Vice President - Department of Services to Governments and International
Trade (BUREAU VERITAS) |
| 14:30 |
Implementation Experiences
- Asia : Chandra Bogar Samuel SWAMIADIAN, Project Manager - DagangNet (PAA )
- Europe: Jean Marc DUFOUR, Chairman - ASEAL
- Africa: Alioune DIONE, Customs Regulation Division – Department of Customs Regulation and International Cooperation (Senegal)
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| 16:00 |
Coffee break |
SESSION 3: OPERATION PHASE: ASSURING PERFORMANCES OF A SINGLE WINDOW AND A SUSTAINED
IMPROVEMENT
Chairperson: Markus PIKART , Chief of the Ebusiness Section - Trade Division |
| 16:30 |
Single Windows experiences around the world
- Asia: Alvin KC MAH, Senior Vice President - KGHNet (Malaysia)
- Europe: Yann ALIX, Executive officer - SEFACIL Foundation (France)
- Africa: Ibrahima Nour Eddine DIAGNE, Managing Director – GAINDE 2000 (Senegal)
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| 17:40 |
Open discussion |
| 18:10 |
Closing Day 1 |
| 19:00 |
Boat cruise: Goree Island, Statue of African Renaissance |
DAY 2: 09 JUNE 2011 - FUTURE PROSPECTS
SESSION 4: CHANGES NEEDED FOR THE UPCOMING DECADE
Chairperson: Ibrahima Nour Eddine DIAGNE, Managing Director - GAINDE 2000, UN/CEFACT Rapporteur
for Africa |
| 9:00 |
Crossborder paperless trade : fiction or reality
Requirements:
- Standards: Mike DORAN, Chairman - Forum Management Group (UN/CEFACT)
- Legal: Luca G. CASTELLANI, Legal Officer (UNCITRAL)
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| 9:45 |
Regional Single Window initiatives :
- UEMOA: Rose TIEMOKO, in charge of Commercial issues
- PAA/ASEAN: Eva CHAN, UN Rec. 36 – SWI Project Leader
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| 10:45 |
Open discussion |
| 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:45 |
Emergening projects:
- GAINDE 2000/SenegaleseCustoms;
- Webb Fontaine;
- Crown Agents;
- BUREAU VERITAS;
- …
Open discussion |
| 13:00 |
Lunch Break |
SESSION 5: DONORS AND SINGLE WINDOWS
Chairperson: Dr Magdi FARAHAT - Principal Regional Advisor on Trade (UNECA) |
| 14:30 |
Prospects for donnor support to Single Windows
- Donors and Donators
- World Bank: Alan HALL, Coordinator - TTF Technical Support
- ICF: Hubert HOURIZENE, Project Manager
- Service operators
- BUREAU VERITAS: Eric SABATIER, Senior Vice President – Department of Services to Governments and International Trade
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| 15:30 |
Open discussion |
| 16:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 16:30 |
Recommendations
Closing – Minister of Commerce |
| 18:00 |
Excursion: (Ile de Gorée, Monument de la Renaissance Africaine) |
| 20:00 |
Diner |
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