Single Window Systems
In the OIC Member States
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3.4.2. Organisational Model and Ownership
OIC Member States chose amongst three different organisational models for the Single Window:
 A departmental or non-departmental public body, namely the Custom Services, (7
countries);
 A public benefit non-profit company (6 countries); or
 A for-profit company, with majority private or public ownership (7 countries).
The for-profit companies operate under different contractual arrangements. Benin, Malaysia,
Mozambique and Togo use a PPP arrangement and formed a joint private-public enterprise as a
special purpose vehicle. The joint venture companies commonly have a private majority
shareholding. Morocco, Tunisia, and Saudi Arabia created companies that operate under special
enactment from the government and can have mixed public and private ownership. In such a
case, the government often takes a majority stake in the early stage and sells its shares to the
private sector later.
shows that out of the 22 operational Single Windows in the OIC Member States, 12 are
fully owned by the government, eight have a mixed ownership with public majority in four cases
and private majority in four cases54.
Table 13: Legal Status and Ownership of Single Windows in OIC Member States
Country Ownership Legal Status
Azerbaijan Public Non-departmental body
Bahrain Public Departmental body
Benin Majority Private For profit company
Brunei Darussalam Public Public benefit non profit cooperation
Burkina Faso Public Departmental body
Côte d’Ivoire Not available Not available
Cameroon Public Public benefit non profit cooperation
Indonesia Public Non-departmental body
Iran Public Non-departmental body
Jordan Public Departmental body
Kuwait Public Departmental body
Kyrgyz Republic Public Public benefit non profit cooperation
Malaysia Majority Private For profit company
Mali Majority Public Public benefit non profit cooperation
Morocco Majority Public For profit company
Mozambique Majority Private For profit company
Saudi Arabia Public For profit company
Senegal Majority Public Public benefit non profit cooperation
Tajikistan Public Public benefit non profit cooperation
Togo Majority Private For profit company
Tunisia Majority Public For profit company
UAE Not available Not available
Source: Authors’ own compilation from OIC survey data
54 No information for the Single Windows in Cote d’Ivoire and the United Arab Emirates