BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 16. The 'Single Window'
platform will reduce Azerbaijan’s logistics costs and strengthen
its competitive advantages, the Executive Director of the Center
for Economic Reform Analysis and Communications, Vusal Gasimli
said, Trend's
correspondent reports from the event.


Gasimli made the remark at the official presentation of the
'Single Window' information system, a digital logistics
platform.


''The new digital platform will improve the efficiency of public
administration and will also help improve the country’s position in
international logistics rankings and enhance its competitiveness in
the transportation and logistics sector.


This platform will reduce costs and save time. In developed
countries, logistics costs account for about 10 percent of gross
domestic product; in developing countries, this figure ranges from
10 to 20 percent; and in landlocked countries, it sometimes exceeds
30 percent. Reducing these costs will strengthen Azerbaijan’s
competitive advantages in the transportation and logistics sector
and contribute to the implementation of the policy aimed at
transforming the country into a regional logistics hub,'' he
noted.


According to Gasimli, the platform will ensure data collection
in a single center and enable data-driven decision-making within
the government system.







''We collect data in a single information pool, and the relevant
agencies use this data. Based on the analysis of this data,
decisions are made using analytics. This is a very important factor
in improving the effectiveness of public administration,'' he
noted.


The executive director stated that the new system will also
enable Azerbaijan to improve its ranking in the World Bank’s
Logistics Performance Index.


''We have already created all the necessary conditions for this.
This platform will help expand cooperation with partner countries
along the East-West and North-South transport corridors in the
future and will create the conditions for Azerbaijan to rank highly
in the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index,'' Vusal Gasimli
emphasized.