The Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Meeting on a Regional Arrangement for the Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade was held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 22-24 April 2014.

A questionnaire assessing the relevance, efficiency and effectiveness of the meeting was distributed to delegates of ESCAP members and associate members. The total number of submitted individual questionnaires was 21. The overall response rate is therefore 43% (N=21/49). The present assessment was prepared on the basis of these questionnaire responses.

In line with the secretariat's efforts to reduce the use of paper and move towards paper smart meetings, an online version of the questionnaire was offered alongside the traditional paper version.

The main purpose of this assessment is to support the secretariat's ongoing efforts to improve its servicing of intergovernmental meetings.