INTERNATIONAL SINGLE WINDOW CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 3 to 5 October 2017,Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast

Accra-Republic of Ghana

Trade Facilitation Agreement and e-Commerce development: The role of Single Window as Catalyst.

DRAFT AGENDA

Day 0: Monday 2nd October 2017

10:00-6:00 / Registration
6:00 pm-8:00pm / Welcome Cocktail and reception

OPENING CEREMONY

Day 1: Tuesday3rdOctober 2017

8:00 / Registration
9:00 / Official Opening Ceremonyof the 6thInternational Single Window Conference
Master of Ceremony:
  • Welcome Message
Dr. Nortey Omaboe - Executive Chairman of Ghana Community Network Services Ltd
  • Brief presentation of AAEC, Vice president in charge Development and Mobilization,AAEC
  • Hon. Kwaku Kwarteng - Deputy Minister of Finance
  • Mr. Alan Kyerematen - Minister of Trade & Industry
  • Messages from the
-World Trade Organization
-World Customs Organization
-UNECE
-ATPC/UNECA
-AACE
10:00-11:00 / Official Visit Of Booths & Media interaction
11:00-12:00 / Refreshment & Contact Break - Sponsored by
12:00 / Beginning of proceedings
SESSION 1 / TFA’S ENTRY INTO FORCE: ROLE OF THE SINGLE WINDOW FOR ACCELERATING THE IMPLEMENTATION
Moderator: African Union Commission, Commissioner for Trade and Customs
12:00-1:00 / Panelists:
-WTO TFA: the role of Single Window,by WTO
-Ghana’s vision for SW and WTO TFA, by GCNet / MoTI
-TFA and SW view by Mr Isidore Biyiha, President of Executive Committee,AAEC
1:00-1:30 / Discussion
1:30-3:00 / Lunch break – Sponsored by
SESSION 2 / ACHIEVING PORT EFFICIENCY AND PAPERLESS CLEARANCE AT THE GHANAIAN PORTS
3:00-4:30 / Panelists:
  • Deputy Minister of Finance
  • Deputy Minister of Trade & Industry
  • Commissioner of Customs –GRA
  • Director General – Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority
  • Executive Director – Ghana Community Network Services Ltd
  • President – Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders – GIFF
  • Representative Ship Owners Association of Ghana
  • Representative of Terminal Operators

4:30-5:00
5:00 / End of proceedings day 1
Day 2: Tuesday 4th October 2017
8:30 / Beginning of proceedings
SESSION 3 / TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENTS (TFA) AND e-COMMERCE
Moderator: Isidore Biyiha, President of the Excecutive Committee, AACE
Part 1
9:00-10:00 / Panelists:
  • E-Commerce, the key for a sustainable economy by Africa Trade Policy Centre (ATPC);
  • e-Commerce in Africa, UNCTAD
  • Presentation of the AAEC new guide of SW implementation, AAEC
  • Managing Data from e-Commerce Industry for goods clearance at the borderby World Custom Organization
  • NEPAD Agency

10:00-10:30 / Discussions
10:30-11:00 / Coffee break
Part 2
11:00-12:00 / Panelists:
  • United Nations Economic and Social CommissionforAsia and the Pacific(UNESCAP)
  • Ghana Community Network Services LimitedGhana
  • African Union Commission (AUC)

12:00-12:30 / Lunch break
SESSION 3 / NATIONAL INITIATIVE OF E-COMMERCE INVLOLVING SW PLATEFORMS
Moderator: World Bank
12:30-1:30 / Panelists:
  • Amos Wangora, Chief Executive Officer, AACE Chairman of the General Assembly, Kenya
  • Alwin Hoegerle,General Manager, Ghana Community Network Services Limited
  • Eugène Rufin Bouya, Director General GUOT, AACEVice-president, Republic of Congo
  • Jalal Benhayoun,Director General PORTNET, AACEVice-presidentKingdom of Morocco
  • Abdoullahi FAOUZI, Chief Operation Officer, GUCE, Cameroon
  • Mor Talla DIOP, Director of Business Development GAINDE 2000, AACEVice-president
  • Serge Manouan, Director General of GUCE Cote d’ivoire,AACEVice-president, Cote d’Ivoire
  • Director General of Tunisie TradeNet, Tunisia
  • [others…]

1:30-2:00 / Discussion
2:00-3:00 / Lunch break
SESSION 4 / PERSPECTIVES: E-COMMERCE DEVELOPMENT
Moderator:
3:00-4:30 / Panelists:
  • “e-Trade for all” Initiative, CNUCED
  • AUC: policy for external trade
  • Union Postal Universal
  • Africa Transport Policy Program(SSATP), The World Bank
  • Ghana’s strategy for the development of e-Commerce, Ministry of Trade
  • WTO strategy for boosting e-Commerce, WTO
  • AAEC perspectives for the development of e-Commerce, AAEC

4:30-5:00 / Discussion
5:00 / End of proceeding day 2
7pm – 10pm / Gala Dinner
Day 3: Wednesday 5thOctober 2017
8:30 / Beginning of proceedings
SESSION 5 / ROUND TABLE: E-COMMERCE DEVELOPMENT BY:
Moderator: Amos Wangora, Chief Executive Officer, AACE Chairman of the General Assembly, Kenya
9:00-10:30 /
  • Afreecom, shopping platform online
  • Jumia, a shopping platform online
  • Union Postal Universal (UPU)

10:00-10:30 / Discussion
10:30-10:45 / Coffee break
SESSION 6 / PLENARY SESSION: BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE COLLABORATION
Moderator:
10:45-11:45 / Technical Partners views:
  • WTO, WCO, UNCTAD, ITC
Development partner views
  • World Bank, AfDB, ATPC
RECs perspective’s:
ECOWAS, EAC, COMESA, SADC, etc.
Public & Private Sector perspective’s:
  • Pan African Chamber of Commerce (PACCI)
  • Ports Association
  • UCCA

11:45-12:45 / Reading of recommendations
12:45-1:45 / Closing ceremony
2:00 / END OF PROCCEEDINGS
3:00-:00 / Working Visit to Tema Port