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Update on TTFSE Performance
Indicators, TTFSE.ORG Website and
Revamped GFP/UN Website
Gérald Ollivier
World Bank
June 2003
TTFSE Program
Trade and Transport Facilitation in Southeast Europe
 Vision and political commitment (EU)
 Massive external support/good coordination
 8 countries, US$123 million (TA, IT, Civil works)
 Measuring results: Manual and database
(www.seerecon.org/ttfse)
 Focused approach: pilot sites
 Increased transparency (www.ttfse.org)
 Local/international Training (www.gfp-dli.org)
 Active PRO Committees involvement
 Peer pressure (Regional Steering Committee)
TTFSE Performance Indicators
• Purposes:
– Objective understanding of situation
– Raise awareness of border agencies to change
behavior
– Assess program impact
– Set benchmarks
– Enable regional comparisons
• Results: overall reduction in processing
times over past two years
Capturing Impact on Users
• Total time, examination,detection at border
crossing and clearance facilities
Border
agencies
Country A
Country B
Point of collection
Point of collection
Border
agencies
Point of collection
Point of collection
Clearance actual time (minutes)
Linear (Clearance actual time (minutes))
Target time
0
Actual
Target
May 03
Apr 03
Mar 03
Feb 03
Jan 03
Dec 02
Nov 02
Oct 02
Sep 02
Aug 02
Jul 02
Jun 02
50
May 02
100
Apr 02
150
Feb 02
250
Sep 01
300
Jul 01
200
minutes
BULGARIA, PLOVDIV
CLEARANCE TIMES
Jun 01
Mar 03
Apr 03
Jan 03
Feb 03
Nov 02
Dec 02
Sep 02
Oct 02
Jul 02
Aug 02
May 02
Jun 02
Mar 02
Apr 02
Jan 02
Feb 02
Dec 01
Oct 01
Nov 01
Aug 01
Sep 01
Jun 01
Jul 01
Apr 01
May 01
Feb 01
Mar 01
Nov 00
Jan 01
2000
Oct 00
minutes
Clearance and Border Crossing
See all indicators at www.seerecon.org/ttfse
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA FEDERATION ORASJE-ENTRY
TIMES (min.)
350
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Country
Pilot site
WT 2001
WT 2002
Reduction
(%)
Final
target
Albania
Tirana
4.5
hours
1.7
hours
62%
1 hour
Bulgaria
Plovdiv
3.7
hours
1.5
hours
60%
< 1 hour
Croatia
Jankomir
5.3
hours
3.0
hours
43%
< 1 hour
Croatia
Stara
Gradiska
3.3
hours
0.4 hour
88%
< 1 hour
Romania
Bacau
3.0
hours
1.4
hours
53%
1 hour
Romania
Constanta
4.3
hours
3.0
hours
31%
2 hours
4.0
hours
1.8
hours
Average:
REVENUE COLLECTED/STAFF
1,800
1,600
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
600
400
200
0
Collected Revenue versus Processing Times at Pilot Sites
Time index
BG
250
1999
2000
2001
2002
Yugoslavia
Romania
Moldova
Macedonia
Croatia
Bulgaria
BiH_RS
BiH_Fed
Index
200
Albania
USD thousands
Facilitation and Revenue Collection
Customs
Revenue
index BG (100
in 2000)
Time index
HR
150
100
50
Customs
Revenue
index HR (100
in 2001)
0
2000
2001
2002
Indicators: Some Comments
For more on indicators contact Michel Zarnowiecki, [email protected]
 Measuring helps reducing processing times
 Need other inputs: local teams, WCO TRS
 Finer analysis of results required
 Facilitation does not reduce revenue collec.
 TTF is not linear (sudden improvement)
 Establishing baseline about US$5k per site
TTFSE methodology being extended to
other countries (South Caucasus/Russia
/Central Asia/considered as a standard)
Revamped GFP Website
 Goal : maximize collective impact
coordination/cooperation/knowledge sharing/improved synergies
in TTF
 Joint GFP/UN Website
 Core Partners and Regular Partners
 Central Virtual Team (Core Partners)
 Accessible to the public
 Extension of present efforts (transfer of
all content entered in earlier sites)
GFP Website Structure/Tools
 Topics/Subtopics/Activities/Training
 Partners/National TTF Committees
 Global/Regional/National
 Reference Documents
 Simple data entry by registered Partners
via Internet with password
 Value-added tools for Core Partners
GFP Website Implementation
 Targeted release: October 2003 (web
platform end June 03)
 Shared responsibility matrix with
deadlines (WB-site design/initial upload)
 Monitoring with regular reporting
 Definition of glossary of topics
 Focus on maintenance, marketing
(internal/external)
 Modify internal workflow of Core Partners
to facilitate data capture
Your Contribution is needed!
1st Phase: Preparation-now-until October
 Select your topics of interest/
 Define content to add to topics
 Identify Main/Web Contact Persons
 Enter your TTF activities
2nd Phase : Launch
 Market the website internally/externally
 Define internal mechanisms to update
GFP-DLI Status
 Site operational at www.gfp-dli.org ready for your
registration (free)
 Core Team being formed : World Bank,
TRAINMAR, IRU, NCVT/BULPRO
 Promotion to start actively in September based on
20 page document “Becoming a Partner” and 4 page
brochure “GFP-DLI”
 Board to be established by mid September
GFP-DLI Programs
 IRU Certificate of Professional Competence
(passenger/freight piloted in 6 SEE countries)
 Freight Forwarding program under prep. for SEE
(FIATA-AFT-IFTIM)
 Supply Chain Management program : funding being
secured (Latin America/SEE) (TRAINMAR)
 Trade Facilitator Program under consideration
(with UN)
 Port Reform Program (based on toolkit)
GFP-DLI Documents
 Available to Contributing Partners:
 AFT-IFTIM Freight Forwarders’ Manual
 EFTA ABC of Trade Facilitation
 Koc University TTFSE Training Documents
 DL CPC for Road Transport Operators (IRU)
 Port Reform Toolkit
 We need Content, Content, Content from You.
The GFP-DLI Needs :
 Additional Contributing Partners
 Systematic content integration in GFP-DLI
 Review of documents/programs under devel.
 Use/update of GFP-DLI content
 Training document on Supply Chain Management
and for Trade Facilitators
 Financial support for expansion to new countries