United+Nations+Economic+Commission+for+Asia+and+the+Pacific+(UNESCAP)

The UN Economic Commission for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP) is one of the five regional commissions of the UN, set up in 1947 to foster development and economic growth in their respective regions and to promote regional implementation of internationally agreed goals and instruments. UNESCAP's headquarters is based in Bangkok, Thailand. It has 62 member countries from a geographical region that stretches from Turkey in the west to the Pacific island nation of Kiribati in the east, and from the Russian Federation in the north to New Zealand in the south. UNESCAP focuses on regional cooperation in areas including macroeconomic policy and development, trade and investment, and transport. = UNESCAP work related to trade facilitation = In the area of trade facilitation, UNESCAP assists countries to: It undertakes capacity development projects, conducts studies, hosts inter-governmental meetings and provides advisory services for its member states. Together with UNECE, it founded the United Nations Network of Experts for Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific (UNNExtT), and provides the secretariat for the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade, ArtNet. =UNESCAP instruments covered in this wiki= UNNExT Guide on Business Process Analysis UNNExT Guide for Document Alignment UNNExT Data Harmonisation and Modelling Guide UNNEXT Guide on the SW Implementation Framework (SWIF)
 * promote the simplification, harmonization and standardization of trade procedures to reduce costs as well as times for the transactions;
 * facilitate trade and investment flows, in particular regarding trade finance and e-commerce; and
 * promote the application of the UNESCAP trade facilitation framework in the countries of the region.