From 9 till 16 March, the Border Management Programme in Central Asia held workshops in Tashkent and Bishkek on trade facilitation for veterinary and phytosanitary services. The workshops assisted Central Asian countries in assessing their trade facilitation measures and trained authorities in the areas covered by the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and on sanitary and phytosanitary measures.

The workshops were conducted by experts from the Food and Veterinary Service of Latvia, who supported developing recommendations and draft action plans on trade facilitation measures applied by the sanitary and phytosanitary authorities. The recommended actions build upon the results of the legal and trade analysis of the existing legal framework and practices for compliance with the provisions of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.