About the Regional Digital Trade Regulatory Integration Initiative
The Regional Digital Trade Regulatory Integration Initiative is a cooperation among three United Nations Regional Commissions (UNRCs) —ECA, ECLAC, and ESCAP— and implemented in collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European University Institute (EUI). This joint regulatory research effort was initiated at ESCAP in 2020 for selected Asia-Pacific economies as part of developing a broader Digital and Sustainable Regional Integration Index (DigiSRII), under a joint UN Development Account (DA) project on measuring regional integration led by ECA and jointly implemented with the Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA). ECA and ECLAC joined ESCAP to add the African and Latin American & Caribbean (LAC) regions, respectively.