Establishing Well Functioning National Trade Facilitation Bodies (NTFBs)
In the OIC Member States
133
Participants
having
knowledge on
trade
facilitation
Members have a high level of knowledge on trade facilitation
(senior representative of each agency)
√
Awareness of
the
importance of
trade
facilitation
among
stakeholders
Every representative of each stake holder is fully aware of the
importance of TF
√
Strong
political
commitment
Malaysia fully supports the proposed new agreement as it is a
multilateral arrangement that would benefit all members by
enhancing efficiency, transparency and predictability of rules
relating to imports and exports.
√
Strong
leadership by
the
coordinating
agency
The secretariat was switched to MPC in order to increase
productivity and is thus more operational.
√
Appropriate
monitoring
and
evaluating
tools
There are monitoring and evaluating tools regarding to
decision making
√
Trust and
respect among
stakeholders
There is mutual respect between the members. √
An efficient
work
structure and
methodology
(groups,
subgroups,
etc.)
This is clearly represented in the above organigram √
Technical
assistance and
training for
the members
of the TF
bodies
There is training from international assistance agencies and
from the MPC.
√
Source: Author based on UNCTAD Repository 2015 and field surveys