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Progress

Updated 01-10-2026

This page is how the steps are followed: where we are, what comes next. Read next: Decisions · Concept note.

We are at step 1 of 7, the concept note. It is written; it waits for melux's agreement in principle. Next: the reviewers' check.

How a step moves

The work is cut into seven steps, each producing something you can read or click. Every step gets the same four marks, always in this order D9:

Mark What it means Who
Written The step's documents exist Claude, from the sources and earlier decisions
Agreed in principle melux has read each document and agrees with its direction; open questions are answered melux
Checked by reviewers Two agents, Claude and Codex, each look for what is wrong or missing, on their own; every finding is answered the agents; melux decides what the findings change
Signed off The step is final and dated; its copy is kept in history melux, after colleagues' comments

Nothing is drawn or built before a step is signed off.

The seven steps

Step
WrittenAgreed in principleChecked by reviewersSigned off
  1. 1
    01-10waiting
  2. 2
    2 · Short specificationsOne page per module, fourteen modules
  3. 3
    3 · MockupsPublic site, an embedded page, the back-office; clickable
  4. 4
    4 · Detailed specificationsData model, importer mappings, API contract, rights
  5. 5
    5 · Detailed mockupsEvery state of every screen
  6. 6
    6 · Build phasesOne branch and one pull request per phase
  7. 7
    7 · The productBuilt phase by phase
  8. 7.1
    Foundation, data model and importer; pilot-tradeportal imported
  9. 7.2
    Public site and API, old routes included
  10. 7.3
    Back-office: editing and publishing
  11. 7.4
    Translations, review, statuses, rights
  12. 7.5
    TradePortal modules
  13. 7.6
    Operations, and the first country switched

Timeline

Date What happened
24-09-2026 The current system inventoried; the lot 1 design written, its decisions taken (D1 to D8)
01-10-2026 The work restarts at step 1, under the tariff calculator's way of working (D9 to D12). Concept note written; three of its four questions answered (D13 to D15)
Next Agreement in principle; the reviewers' check; colleagues' comments; sign-off

Waiting and stuck

Waiting on melux

Agreement in principle on the concept note. Its questions are answered (D13 to D15); ?2, the first country to switch, is deferred.

Drafted with Claude for melux · UNCTAD · working material, hidden from search enginesUpdated · 01-10-2026