Implementation Mechanisms
For Additional
Information:
- Trade
Facilitation: Guide to Roles and Responsibilities (32
pages, pdf, 115 KB)
- Chart of Institutional
Arrangements of the TTFSE Projects (pdf,
11 KB)
- List of Key TTFSE
Coordinators/Managers
Overview
The
implementation of each TTFSE Project follows a common approach
with similar but country-specific implementation mechanisms.
The Project
Coordinator, a high ranking official selected by the
government in each country to serve this function, is
responsible for calling and chairing coordination meetings of
the various border control agencies and managing their input
in the project. The Project coordinator will serve as the
representative or designate a representative to attend the
Regional Steering Committee Meetings.
The day to day
management of the project is provided by the Project
Implementation Team (PIT, alternately Project
Management Unit, PMU in Romania) under the direction of a Project
Manager. The PIT is responsible for procurement,
loan/credit management, and reporting functions in a manner
satisfactory to and compliant with Bank standards. The PIT
will coordinate the project management for various
beneficiaries, prepare terms of reference, hire consultants,
and contract for services, training, goods, and civil works as
necessary for the implementation of the project.
The TTFSE Trade
Facilitation Coordinator is a high-level member of the
PRO-Committee, usually in the Chamber of Commerce. He takes
this responsibility pro-bono as an extension of his duties as
a member of the PRO-Committee. The Trade Facilitation
Coordinator is the national focal point for all trade
facilitation activities under the TFC. The Trade Facilitation
Coordinator delegates to his team as required the logistical
arrangements related to the organization of training
events/activities or working group meetings, but retains the
overall responsibility for these events. The PRO-Committee
contributes through its working groups (see below) in
analyzing issues related to trade and transport facilitation,
proposing solutions to the Regional Steering Committee, and
monitoring their implementation.
The Website
Coordinator is an internet-savvy person with the
overall responsibility to ensure that the TTFSE website is
regularly updated with information from his country and
corresponds to user needs. The Website Coordinator comes from
the same entities as the Trade Facilitation Coordinators with
the exception of Macedonia and Romania. The Website
Coordinator in Macedonia is in the Customs Administration, in
close coordination with the Chamber of Commerce. In Romania,
the manager of Trade Point is the Website Coordinator with her
team. This does not preclude the Romanian Chamber of Commerce
to also play an active role in the website.
The Regional
Steering Committee, meeting periodically at the
regional level, will oversee the overall implementation of the
TTFSE Program. The RSC is constituted of high-level officials
of the participating countries. With donor representative as
observers. It provides guidance for the necessary sector
policy and reform decisions and is a forum for comparison of
common problems and reporting progress. Meetings will be held
about twice a year, rotating among the participating
countries. The Project Manager of the host country provides
support services for the meetings; the UN-ECE is also
assisting with certain secretariat services and liaison with
SECI-PRO committees.
For reports click here.
Last Update:
March 28, 2002 |
