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EEC and UNESCAP develop partnership on creating new global supply chains
The discussion of measures to ensure sustainable supply chains in the new logistics realities was organized by the Eurasian Economic Commission at the panel session Digital Transformation of Transport: Key Trends and Synergetic Effect at the 11th Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum held under the auspices of ESCAP in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
The event was opened by Arzybek Kozhoshev, EEC Minister in charge of Energy and Infrastructure, and Sohail Khan, Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
As a discussion platform, the panel session brought together the business community and experts from international organizations to discuss current specifics of transport and logistics in global trade.
The panelists exchanged views on the main trends in shaping a seamless transport space on the Eurasian continent and also identified the key factors constraining digitalization processes in the transport sector.
The presentations covered in detail the issues of ensuring sustainable supply chains through the introduction of electronic transport documents, the role of innovations and digital tools in the development of transport corridors, the identification of financing mechanisms for joint digital projects and the prospects for cross-border recognition of electronic signatures.
"Partnership of international organizations and associations in the field of integration of digital transport systems allows to gradually establish a seamless transport space within the Greater Eurasia framework, taking into account the principles of sovereignty and respect for national interests", mentioned Arzybek Kozhoshev.The discussions resulted in noting that the availability of a developed network of transport, logistics and customs infrastructure, accommodating digital and intelligent technologies, is today a basic need for maintaining economic corridors in the Greater Eurasia region.
Speakers were representatives of the CIS Executive Committee, IRU Permanent Delegation to Eurasia, the Digital Transport Center under the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan, UTLC ERA JSC, Gazinformservice LLC, Commercial Port of Vladivostok PJSC (FESCO).
The panel session as the ESCAP forum's side-event was organized by the EEC Transport Unit in partnership with the ESCAP Secretariat, supported by the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia.
