A Practical Guide to Cross-Border Facilitation – New OSCE Publication

I am pleased to share a publication that I recently had the privilege of authoring for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): A Practical Guide to Cross-Border Facilitation. The guide was commissioned by the OSCE Office of the Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities and is intended as a practical introduction for customs and other border officials, policymakers, practitioners, and private sector stakeholders working on trade and transport facilitation. I am very grateful to the team for involving me in this undertaking and hopeful that the publication will prove useful not only to those directly engaged in border management, but also to readers wishing to become more familiar with the broader field of cross-border facilitation.

Workshop: Facilitating external trade via border management

On 25th January 2017 we proudly delivered a workshop at the European Parliament for members of its International Trade Committee (INTA). A recording of my presentation along with that of Dr Juha Hintsa can be accessed online at the European Parliament’s Media Centre.

Our subsequent report was published on the 25 July 2017 and is available for free download.