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Development in Asia and Pacific Region: Report and Decisions of UN/CEFACT Rapporteur

This report provides an overview of the development in the Asia and Pacific region, including discussions and decisions made during the 23rd AFACT meeting and the 2006 Interim AFACT StC Meeting. It also highlights major presentations and discussions on e-Business solutions and UNeDocs implementation workshops.

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Development in Asia and Pacific Region: Report and Decisions of UN/CEFACT Rapporteur

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  1. TRADE/CEFACT/2006/8 Report on the Development in the Asia and Pacific Region UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia Report of UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  2. AFACT (Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation & e-Business) Report of UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  3. 1. 23rd AFACT Meeting & EDICOM ■ Overview - Dates: Oct. 24 – 27, 2005 - Venue: Sheraton Hanoi Hotel, Ha Noi, Vietnam - Hosted by: E-Commerce Dept., Ministry of Trade, Vietnam - Participants: 60 from 12 member countries and economies and two associate members (ebXML Asia Committee & PAA) - StC Meeting, Joint Working Group Meetings, Plenary & EDICOM Conference Report of UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  4. ■ Decisions of the Plenary Meeting - One minute silence to offer condolence and sympathy to the earthquake victims in Pakistan and India - Wider distribution of its annual AFACT Yearbook for promotion - Resolved to organize the eAsia Award event bi-annually - At the Working group level, BCFWG resolved to change its name and Financial group to initiate a new project on cross-border payment - Pakistan to host 24th AFACT Meeting this year → Interim StC Meeting: Apr. 10-11, Lahore, Pakistan → AFACT Meeting: Aug. 7-10, Karachi, Pakistan Report of UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  5. ■ Decisions of the Plenary Meeting (Cont’d) - Identified hosts for future meetings up to 2010 → 2007: Thailand → 2008: Republic of Korea → 2009: India → 2010: Chinese Taipei ■ EDICOM Conference - Held on Oct. 27, 2005 - Theme: “Total Solution for e-Business” - Presentation topics → UN/CEFACT activities → ICT indicator in ASEAN → e-Business implementation policies of Vietnam → Presentation on available e-Business solutions from vendors Report of UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  6. 2. 2006 Interim AFACT StC Meeting ■ Apr. 10-11, 2006, Lahore, Pakistan ■ Major Discussions and Decisions - Next eAsia Award: to be organized by Thailand in 2007 - 25th AFACT Event → Interim StC Meeting: Apr. 18-19, 2007, Phuket, Thailand → Annual AFACT Meeting: Jul. 31-Aug. 3, Bangkok, Thailand - Pakistan: Intention to host future UN/CEFACT Forum - Collaboration with other regional bodies: APEC, ASEAN, SEACC, etc. - AFACT Roadmap for future AFACT direction - UNeDocs Assessment taskforce was formed Report of UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  7. 3. AFACT Supported UNCEFACT Event “Capacity Building Workshop on Single Windows Dev.” ■ Feb. 19 – 23, 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 19-20: Capacity building workshop - 21-23: Technical workshop on UNeDocs implementation ■ Over 80 participants from 19 countries in Asia, Europe and Africa ■ Chance to bring together key partners for the development of International trade single windows (WCO, AFACT, SITPRO, IATA, PAA, etc.) ■ Major Presentations and Discussions - WCO: Alignment of WCO and UNeDocs data models - Pakistan: UNeDocsPK Project - PAA: Possible benefits of UNeDocs platform to PAA single window - SITPRO: ASEAL’s plan to adopt UNeDocs Report of UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  8. ■ Major Presentations and Discussions (Cont’d) - IATA: e-freight Paperless Trade Project - EU research project: ITAIDE for pan-European interoperability of EU taxation and customs systems - Commercial pilots in the maritime oil industry: UNeDocs adoption - Other presentations: Cost/benefits of UNeDocs, customization strategies, UNeDocsUK, Senegal & Kenya Single Window, Hong Kong SAR DTTN, Malaysia E-Document ■ UNeDocs Implementation Workshop - Introduction of data modeling techniques based on UNTDED and CC Library - Practice on the development of a draft UNeDocs Customs document for Malaysian Customs Export Declaration - A briefing on UN Document Toolkit ■ More details at www.unece.org/trade/workshop/malaysia_feb06/welcome.htm Report of UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  9. Other Regional & Inter-regional Bodies Report of UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  10. 1. ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) ■ Trade facilitation: Good tracking on the development of ASEAN Single Windows ■ e-Business: e-ASEAN Working Group (EAWG) - dissolved in 2005 and integrated into the activities of the telecommunications working group ■ Further tracking on the e-Business activities of ASEAN is necessary Report of UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  11. 2. APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) ■ ECSG (Electronic Commerce Steering Group) - Paperless Trading SubGroup - Data Privacy SubGroup ■ Participated in the 12th ECSG and Sub-group meetings with official invitation - Sep. 2005,Kyung-Ju, Korea - Introduced UN/CEFACT and proposed collaboration on paperless trading → capacity building, promotion & paperless trading standards dev. - went into internal process to grant a guest status to UN/CEFACT ■ Participated in the 13th ECSG and Sub-group meetings - Feb. 2006, Ha Noi, Vietnam - ECSG granted a guest status to UN/CEFACT - 2nd PPP(Public Private Partnership) Dialogue on Paperless Trading was held Report of UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  12. Private Sector-led Regional Efforts Report of UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  13. 1. ebXML (e-Business) Asia Committee (eAC) ■ Regional body to promote the implementation of ebXML(e-Business) in the region ■ 13th and 14th eAC Meeting - 13th : Jun. 20 - 24, 2005, Hong Kong SAR, China - 14th : Nov. 22 – 25, 2005, Taipei, Chinese Taipei - Plenary, two task groups (CCTG & ITG) and one project (RRF) ■ RRF (Registry and Repository Federation) Project - Joint project with ISO/IEC JTC1 SC32 WG2(Metadata) - Held several interim meetings in 2005 - Completed a pilot test and guideline at the 14th Meeting ■ ITG (Interoperability Task Group) - Planning on future activities on testing ebMS 3.0 and Web Services Report of UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  14. 1. ebXML (e-Business) Asia Committee (eAC) (Cont’d) ■ CCTG (Core Component Task Group) - Continues working on the development of Asian Core Component Library - Collaborates with TBG 17 of UN/CEFACT ■ New Direction - Changed its name to e-Business Asia Committee - Expanded its scope to cover e-Business and e-Trade, etc. ■ Next Meeting - May 29 – 31, 2006, Tokyo, Japan Report of UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  15. 2. PAA (Pan Asian eCommerce Alliance) ■ Industry-led alliance of service providers to enable secure and reliable cross-border trade and logistics related documents ■ Membership: 9 member organizations from regional economies - CIECC of China - TradeVan of Chinese Taipei - TradeLink of Hong Kong SAR, China - TEDI of Japan - KTNET of Korea - TedMev of Macau SAR, China - DagangNet of Malaysia - CrimsonLogic of Singapore - CAT Telecom of Thailand ■ Continues its effort to develop data exchange formats with focus on ECO Report of UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  16. Observations & Suggestions ■ Much efforts on trade facilitation and e-Business are on-going in the region ■ Effort to Coordinate among regional bodies and with UN/CEFACT is necessary ■ UN/CEFACT should be at the centre of this coordination effort and the commitment for this effort should come from within UN/CEFACT first. - AFACT: Much closer collaboration and support from UN/CEFACT is needed → formal liaison at the working group level → joint promotion activities - APEC: Next ECSG on Sep. 2006 for official UN/CEFACT presence - ASEM: Next meeting on Nov. 2006 in China - PAA, eAC, ASEAN, etc. ■ Continue seeking collaboration with regional bodies whenever circumstances allow Report of UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

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