A Trade and Transport Facilitation Project

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The Trade and Transport Facilitation Project will establish a public/private sector collaborative institutional framework, to develop the first phase of Pakistan's medium-term trade, and transport facilitation program, i.e., to modernize trade practices, and procedures based on international best practices. The project components call for: 1) establishment, and operation of the National Trade and Transport Facilitation Committee (NTTFC) Secretariat. The component comprises technical assistance (TA) provided by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); incremental costs of the Secretariat's professional staff; selected, and agreed reimbursable operating costs of the Secretariat, and the Ministry of Commerce; while, local support staff, office space, utilities, and cash contributions among others, will be provided by the Pakistan Shippers Council; 2) TA to draft modern trade, and transport facilitation procedures, documents, and legislation; 3) human resources development, by providing training to NTTFC Secretariat staff, as well as to the public/private staff directly involved in project implementation; and, 4) development of the third year program, to be detailed at the mid-term review, which should cover the above mentioned components.