Single Window Systems
In the OIC Member States
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3 Analysis of OIC Member States Efforts
The subject of this study is the Single Window efforts of OIC Member States. It is the first time
that all 57 OIC Member States are reviewed in a single study. The Single Window efforts in the
OIC Member States show a great variety in terms of progress, organisation, business scope and
functionalities, and IT architecture.
This chapter presents the general findings of the study. Detailed information on specific
country efforts can be found in the Annex I and in the three case studies of Chapter 4.
3.1 Previous Surveys and Assessments
In the past years, several international and regional organizations have launched surveys on
trade facilitation and Single Windows. These surveys capture the current state of
implementation of different trade facilitation concepts, including Single Window. Examples of
such global surveys that do report on the status of Single Window implementation are the
OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators46 and the United Nations Regional Commissions (UNRC)
Joined Paperless Trade and Trade Facilitation implementation surveys47 . The Doing Business
Index from the World Bank Group will include Single Window as an indicator in the Trading
Across Borders Index starting in 2017 48.
The OECD survey covers 152 countries and the data is collected from governments’ own
submissions and expert reports. The joined UNRC surveys cover 119 United Nations Member
States and the data is collected through governments’ own submissions.
The UNRC Paperless Trade and Trade Facilitation Survey 2015 covered 40 OIC Member States.
It reported – se – a Single Window implementation level of
 33% of OIC Member States with full or partial Single Windows;
 28% of OIC Member States with pilot stage Single Windows; and
 39% of OIC Member States with no Single Window.
46 OECD, Trade Facilitation Indications, Under Trad accessed January 2017).
47 An UNRCS Paperless Trade and Trade Facilitation Implementation survey is an initiative launched by the United Nations
Regional Commissions ECE, ECA, ESCWA, ECLAC, and ESCAP in 2010. The latest published reports, the 2015 survey, are
based on data collected in 2014.
48 See Doing Business Trading Across Borders Technology gains in trade facilitation, Doing Business 2017 report. The data is
however not yet available.
Reports/English/DB17-Chapters/DB17-CS-Trading-across-borders.pdf