Single window concept in this context single window for export and import clearance is an advanced tool for trade facilitation. Contrary to broad understanding it is not foremost an it project. It is a change management project, that encompasses multiple agencies and other partners, involve some form of business process redesign, document simplification and data. The most commonly applied definition of the term single window is the following. Study on the challenges of implementing single window concept to. Window concept a nice 06000 rcs, siren, siret, bilans, statuts, chiffre daffaires, dirigeants, cartographie, alertes, annonces legales, enquetes, ape. Currently annex 9 describes single window only in chapter 1 as a definition, namely a facility that allows parties involved in trade and. A single window is a singleentry point for data, and data should only be submitted once. In the following elaboration phase described in section 4.
It is based on the single window implementation framework swif developed by. It permits the trader or transporter to submit all the data needed for determining admissibility of the goods in a standardized format only once to the authorities. Inception for developing the initial concept paper. Index termsfreight forwarders, single window concept. The single window is clearly a trade facilitative measure. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of escwa.