Single Window Systems
In the OIC Member States
120
Table 31: OIC Member States with Single Window per geographical grouping
African group (8 countries) Asian group (8 countries) Arab group (7 countries)
Benin Azerbaijan Bahrain
Burkina Faso Brunei Darussalam Kuwait
Cameroun Indonesia Morocco
Côte d’Ivoire Iran Qatar
Mali Malaysia Saudi Arabia
Mozambique Kyrgyz Republic Tunisia
Senegal Tajikistan United Arab Emirates
Togo Turkey
These countries are part of a Free Trade Agreement or/and Customs Union and therefore are
in the process of legal harmonization in areas such as Customs law and trade policy, and have
existing institutions. The cross-border exchange of data and regional single windows can be
embedded into the regional integration process.
2. Encourage OIC Member States to launch pilot projects for cross-border Single
Window cooperation and to share lessons learned
Commonly, such projects include the following activities:
1) Definition of the rationale for the cross-border data exchange.
2) Analysis of the current legal, operational and technical environments for cross-
border exchange
3) Identification of best practices and available technical solutions
4) Scenario development and cost benefit analysis of cross-border exchange
5) Standardisation and harmonization of trade data using international standards and
conventions, such as the UN/CEFACT Modeling Methodology, WCO Data Model);
6) Business process alignment with embedding the exchange data into the decision
making process of the other country
3. Promote legal framework for the recognition of e-signature and e-documents and
the protection of data and confidentiality in OIC Member States
Often, the exchange of documents is hindered by regulatory differences regarding the
validity of e-signatures and recognition of e-documents, namely commercial
documents. It is therefore necessary to explore possibilities for adopting a (sub)
regional legal framework on e-documents. UNESCAP, for example, has recently
adopted the Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade in
Asia and the Pacific, which aims to promote paperless trade and e-commerce. It is also
necessary to align the legal standards of data protection and privacy.