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The UN/CEFACT Updates

The UN/CEFACT Updates. Tahseen A. Khan - UN/CEFACT Vice-Chair and Chairman of AFACT 27th AFACT StC Mid-Term Meeting 14-15 May 2009. OVERVIEW. INTRODUCTION 14th CEFACT FORUM UPDATES WAY FORWARD BUREAU ACTIVITIES. UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR TRADE FACILITATION AND

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The UN/CEFACT Updates

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  1. The UN/CEFACT Updates Tahseen A. Khan - UN/CEFACT Vice-Chair and Chairman of AFACT 27th AFACT StC Mid-Term Meeting 14-15 May 2009

  2. OVERVIEW • INTRODUCTION • 14th CEFACT FORUM UPDATES • WAY FORWARD • BUREAU ACTIVITIES

  3. UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR TRADE FACILITATION AND ELECTRONIC BUSINESS SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESSES FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS

  4. Instruments of Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business • Recommendations • Standards • Public-Private Partnership • About 300+ volunteer experts around the world

  5. BI-ANNUAL EXPERT FORUMS AROUND THE WORLD • Supported by Governments • Provides face-to-face opportunities to convey UN/CEFACT trade facilitation and electronic business perspective • Past and future host countries: Canada, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Senegal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

  6. EXPERT ACTIVITY AREAS • Social Services • Supply Chain • Transport • Travel,Tourism and Leisure • Business Process Analysis • Harmonization • Information Content Management • Applied Technology • Technical Methodologies • Legal • Accounting & Audit • Agriculture • Architecture, Engineering & Construction • Customs • eGovernment • Electronic Trade Documents • Environmental Management • Finance • Health Care • Insurance • International Trade Procedures

  7. Facilitation of International Supply Chain (Reference Model) BUY PAY SHIP Prepare for Export Prepare for Import Transport Export Import Commercial Procedures Transport Procedures Regulatory Procedures Financial Procedures 7

  8. Facilitation of International Supply Chain (Reference Model) BUY PAY SHIP Prepare for Export Prepare for Import Transport Export Import • Commercial • Procedures • Establish Sales Contract • Order Goods • Advise On Delivery • Request Payment • Transport • Procedures • Establish Transport Contract • Collect Transport and Deliver Goods • Provide Waybills, Goods Receipts Status Reports • Regulatory • Procedures • Obtain Import/Export Licences • Provide Customs Declarations • Provide Cargo Declarations • Apply Trade Security Procedures • Clear Goods for Import/Export • Financial • Procedures • Provide Credit Rating • Provide Insurance • Provide Credit • Execute Payment • Issue Statements 8

  9. Facilitation of International Supply Chain (Reference Model) customs declaration .details consignment item.details party .details payment .details trade item .details BUY PAY SHIP Prepare for Export Prepare for Import Transport Export Import • Regulatory • Procedures • Financial • Procedures • Commercial • Procedures Transport Procedures efficiencies from re-using UN/CEFACT core component vocabulary (end-to-end process) 8

  10. OUTREACH • Raising awareness • Capacity-building • foster implementations • encourge more experts in programme of work

  11. GOVERNANCE • Integrated strategy and programme of work • Open Development Process • Intellectual Property Rights Policy • recent Task Team Report concluded it is adequate, effective, meets or exceeds the protection of other standards development organisations and is well-tailored to the requirements of UN/CEFACT

  12. UN/CEFACT Integrated Framework of Standards for Paperless Trade UN/CEFACT Paperless Trade Framework for Data Exchange (CBRDM, BRS) APEC & ASEAN SW, UNeDocs.UK, … IATA e-freight, IMO Cargo Manifest … Revised Kyoto Convention, WTO, eTIR … XML/EDI Schemas, Paper Forms UN/CEFACT Recommendations Single Window (Rec 33) Data Harmonization (Rec 34) Rec: 6,11,12,14,18,22,26 WCO Rec UNeDocs SAD … Data Model UN/TDED Core Components UN/EDIFACT Reusable Elements Paper Electronics Business UN Layout Key Code lists Rec … UMM, CCTS, XML NDR ISO 9735(EDIFACT Syntax) … Trade Facilitation Layers Policy (National, Regional, Sector) Implemen tation Interchange Generic

  13. UN/CEFACT Trade Facilitation Staircase Cross Boder Reference Data Model Cross Border Data Exchange Single Window Rec 33,34,35 National Data Harmonization UNTDED, Core Component Library, UN LOCODE and code lists, UNeDocs, Rec 34 Document Simplification and Standardization UN Layout Key, UNTDED, TF Toolkit and Forms Repository Process Analysis and Simplification Business/Political Process Collaboration Between Trader and Government (UN/CEFACT Rec 4, Rec 18), UN/CEFACT International Supply Chain Reference model, Unified Modeling Methodology, Global Facilitation Partnership for Trade and Transport Audit Methodology

  14. 14th CEFACT Forum Update Achievements of the 14th Forum • UN/CEFACT Priority Project Review • BSP-UNeDocs Way forward agreed with stakeholders • D.08B XML Schemas produced • Confluence project tracking tool launched and training provided • Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide update & delivery • Cross Industry Invoice ready to be included in D.09A • Architecture re-launched as cross PG project • UN/CEFACT Procedures: • Forum Operating Procedures updated with TBG input. • Audit procedures being documented • R/650 to be updated for UN/CEFACT Plenary, November 2009

  15. Future Forum Meetings • 15th UN/CEFACT Forum - Sapporo, Japan 28 September to 02 October 2009 • 16th UN/CEFACT Forum - UK (tbc) • 17th UN/CEFACT Forum – Geneva, Switzerland 30 August to 03 September 2010

  16. Way Forward • Complete project deliverables for 2009 • Publish Cross Industry Invoice • Update the projects in Confluence • UBL Work Plan completion • Update R.650/Rev.4 with Bureau • Prepare 15th UN/CEFACT Forum in Sapporo • Prepare 15th UN/CEFACT Plenary 9 – 12 November 2009

  17. Way Forward Activities to improve the UN/CEFACT developmentprocess • TBG1 formed two permanent subteams • Business Requirements Team via business process models (supported by TBG14) • Data Modelling Team • TBG1/14 Evaluation of toolset to support the Management of Business Requirements to improve consistency of BRS documents

  18. Bureau Activities • Stakeholder sessions on BSP-UNeDocs: • 1 - Stakeholder Needs Assessment • 2 - Deliverables, Tasks and Skills • 3 - Priorities and Ways Forward • Reviewing Code of Conduct with respect to email exchanges • Liaison Topics, including MOU Management Group on e-Business • Preparing for presentation on UN/CEFACT at World Trade Organization • Preparing reply to European Commission Expert Group on e-invoicing • Workflow follow-up: harmonization, audit and message development process

  19. Bureau Activites • Planning for Plenary (9-12 November 2009) – schedule, R650, work programme • Planning to respond to EXCOM deliverables: June and December 2009 deadlines • Next steps for the electronic Business, Government and Trade (eBGT) initiative

  20. Thank You SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESSES FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS.

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