eBusiness Government & Trade Overview

1. eBusiness Government & Trade Overview United NationsCentre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business

2. What is eBGT? • 18-month UN/CEFACT initiative that will support the FMG/Bureau/Plenary in: • Clarifying priorities • Identifying gaps • Improving outreach • Achieving deliverables

3. eBGT’s Four Components Gap Analysis Online Standards Communication Capacity Building

4. Online Standards • Two Components • Online Standards Showcase • Online Standards Registry Gap Analysis Online Standards Communication Capacity Building

5. Online Standards Showcase • Short-term development project • Purpose is promotional - initial focus on the Buy-Ship-Pay model • Maintained long-term Gap Analysis Online Standards Communication Capacity Building

6. Online Standards Registry • Medium/long-term project • Strategy formulation • Phased implementation • Purpose is operational Gap Analysis Online Standards Communication Capacity Building

7. Capacity Building Defined Capacity building is an effort to strengthen knowledge and skills in order to support individuals and organizations in more effectively achieving their objectives on a sustainable basis Gap Analysis Online Standards Communication Capacity Building

8. Capacity Building Instruments • Instruments could include: • training materials • training programmes • e-learning • freely available tools • conformance criteria for commercial trainers • conformance criteria for tools developers Gap Analysis Online Standards Communication Capacity Building

9. Communication • Considerations • Core themes • Target-audience diversity • Media Gap Analysis Online Standards Capacity Building Communication

10. Gap Analysis • Gaps in deliverables supporting business, government and trade • Gaps in technical methodologies Gap Analysis Online Standards Communication Capacity Building

11. Activity Interrelationships Gap Analysis Online Standards Communication Capacity Building

12. Online Standards – Gap Analysis Gap Analysis Online Standards Communication Capacity Building • Business, Government and Trade Perspective • Facilitates a detailed examination of artefacts supporting the Buy-Ship-Pay model

13. Online Standards – Gap Analysis Gap Analysis Online Standards Communication Capacity Building • Technical Perspective • Facilitates a detailed examination of how the technical components fit together

14. Online Standards – Capacity Building Gap Analysis Online Standards Communication Capacity Building OSS support for Buy-Ship-Pay is key for Capacity Building Universally understood Illustrates the CEFACT approach

15. Capacity Building – Gap Analysis Gap Analysis Online Standards Communication Capacity Building • Capacity-building activities should reveal gaps/issues with: • Business, Government and Trade Resources • Technical Resources • Supporting Resources

16. Communication – Others Gap Analysis Online Standards Communication Capacity Building • Obvious connections to Online Standards and Capacity Building • Gap Analysis: • Misperceptions • “Real” gaps

17. eBGT Support Team UN/CEFACT Plenary Bureau UNECE secretariat (eBGT Trust Fund Administration) eBGT Support Team eBGT Support Team Forum Management Group (FMG)

18. eBGT Expected Outcomes The eBGT initiative gap analysis could become a facilitating mechanism for developing the program of work CEFACT is strengthened and is widely seen as a more agile, responsive, and easily engaged organization

19. eBGT Support Team Members • Sylvie Colas* • David Dobbing • Jostein Frømyr • Arofan Gregory • Peter Potgieser • Jim Wilson* * eBGT Co-ordinators

20. Thank you!