chapter 3 freight forwarding

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION IN FORWARDING & TRADE Learning Objective: to trade and transport and their functions... UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade And Development... UNCTAD The

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INTRODUCTION TO FREIGHT

FORWARDING

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Welcome to CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 3 INTERNATIONAL

ORGANISATION IN FORWARDING & TRADE

Learning Objective:

to trade and transport and their functions

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade And Development

UNCTAD

The goal of UNCTAD´s programmes on International Trade:

a.To promote the development of developing countries through

international trade

b.Provide support for their participation in international trade negotiations;

strengthen service-sector capacities in developing countries

c.Promote the integration of trade, environment and development

d.Analyse issues related to competition law, policy and development

e.And seek to enhance the contribution of the commodity sector to

development through diversification and risk management

resolution to making the case for open trade and the market economy system, business self-regulation, fighting corruption or combating commercial crime

through its national committees The organization's Paris-based

intergovernmental organizations on issues that directly affect business operations

World Customs Organization

The WCO is an independent intergovernmental

body whose mission is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of Customs Administrations

It is the competent global intergovernmental

organization in Customs’ matters

 World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance

to developing countries around the world It is made up of two unique development institutions owned by 184 member countries — the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA)

 Each institution plays a different but supportive role in the mission of global poverty reduction and the improvement of living standards The IBRD focuses on middle income and creditworthy poor countries, while IDA focuses on the poorest countries in the world

 Together they provide low-interest loans, interest-free credit and grants to developing countries for education, health, infrastructure, communications and many other purposes

International Organisation for Standardisation

ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of

156 countries, on the basis of one member per

country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system

It is a non-governmental organization: its members are

not, as is the case in the United Nations system, delegations of national governments Nevertheless, ISO occupies a special position between the public and private sectors This is because, on the one hand, many of its member institutes are part of the governmental structure of their countries, or are mandated by their government

On the other hand, other members have their roots

uniquely in the private sector, having been set up by national partnerships of industry associations Therefore, ISO is able to act as a bridging organization in which a consensus can be reached on solutions that meet both the requirements of business and the broader needs of society, such as the needs of stakeholder groups like consumers and users

 International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations

covering approximately 40,000 forwarding and logistics firms, also known as the "Architects of Transport", employing around 8 - 10 million people in 150 countries FIATA has consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (inter alia ECE, ESCAP, ESCWA), UNCTAD, and the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)

 It is recognised as representing the freight forwarding industry by

many other governmental organisations, governmental authorities, private international organisations in the fields of transport such as ICC), the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the International Union of Railways (UIC), the International Road Transport Union (IRU), WCO, WTO etc In

summary FIATA is the largest non-governmental organisation

in the fields of transportation

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