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UN/CEFACT 2009 Plenary Session Overview

An overview of key developments, achievements, and goals in UN/CEFACT activities since the last Plenary Session in 2008 and insights into future plans and actions. Includes details on collaboration, recommendations, forums, and ways forward.

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UN/CEFACT 2009 Plenary Session Overview

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  1. Bureau 2009 Plenary Session: Item 3 Overview of developments Stuart Feder Plenary Chair

  2. Outline What‘s happened since last Plenary What‘s ahead in this year‘s Plenary Delegation outreach 2

  3. Outline Goals Achievements Decisions Ways forward 3

  4. 2008-2009 Since our last meeting in September 2008: Key deliverables have been achieved UN Member States and other stakeholders, especially within the UNECE region, showed increasingly intense focus and engagement in support of UN/CEFACT activities, including the Executive Committee Experts and elected officials from around the world worked especially hard in volunteering their skills and time to meet critically important deadlines and this teamwork deserves special recognition by the Plenary 4

  5. Goals Consolidate Identify Gaps Find Ways Forward 5

  6. Achievements Major collaboration with ISO on e-business conference: Advancing public-private partnership for e-business standards Presentations to UNECE Executive Committee, many meetings and now documents are advancing for December 2009 session Key presentation at WTO regarding implementation of standards and recommendations in international trade Strengthening web site availability to find information, especially regarding projects 6

  7. Achievements Recommendations 34 (data simplification and standardization for international trade) final drafting for intersessional approval Recommendation 35 (establishing a legal framework for international trade single window) for approval during Plenary Significant upgrades in Core Component Library Release of standards in XML and UN/EDIFACT: Cross-Industry Invoice (CII) – Version 2 Government Cross-Border Regulatory (GOVCBR) message Upgrades in core technical specifications Gap analyses begun to strengthen internal and external collaborative efforts 7

  8. Achievements Three Forums: Saly, Senegal (November 2008) Rome, Italy (April 2009) Sapporo, Japan (September/October 2009) 8

  9. Actions UNECE Executive Committee presentations and documents UNeDocs / Buy-Ship-Pay: Review Team mandate, transmission of Review Team Report to Plenary, Bureau Vice Chair (Peter Amstutz) to facilitate way forward (Stakeholder sessions in Rome Forum and Working Sessions in Sapporo) Information flows and coordination with Bureau member responsible for Standards Liaison (Anders Grangard) 9

  10. Actions Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide developments Core Component Library issues Engagement with European Commission, especially stakeholder issues of Expert Group on Electronic Invoice 10

  11. Ways forward Through guidance from EXCOM, Committee on Trade and the Plenary Through gap analyses and other aspects of the electronic Business, Government and Trade (eBGT) initiative Through increased cooperation with other organisations involved in trade facilitation, standards development and capacity building 11

  12. Ways forward Through outreach to all stakeholders By encouraging ongoing renewal and improvement of what is to be done To regularly address how we can organise and conduct ourselves better in order to yield greater efficiency and commonality of purpose among all the experts that participate around the world 12

  13. Ways forward By improving our two-way communications By improving availability of our online standards By clarifying and strengthening collaboration within UNECE By encouraging Member States to increase their support of experts to work within UN/CEFACT 13

  14. Ways forward Towards simple, transparent and effective processes for global commerce 14

  15. Plenary outreach The Bureau welcomes your comments 15

  16. 15th UN/CEFACT Plenary Geneva, 09-12 November 2009 UN/CEFACT Forum Report Forum Management Group Chair: Mike Doran Vice-Chairs: Anders Grangard Garret Minakawa

  17. Agenda • Progress since the 14th UN/CEFACT Plenary • Focusing on Delivery • Programme of Work • Workflow & Procedures • Deliverables • 13th UN/CEFACT Forum - Saly, Senegal • 14th UN/CEFACT Forum - Rome, Italy • 15th UN/CEFACT Forum - Sapporo, Japan • Outreach • Reports from the Permanent Groups

  18. Progress since the 14th Plenary Programme of Work 2008/2009 • Focus on delivering UN/CEFACT products & services • Confluence Website to track UN/CEFACT Project Portfolio progress - launched • Alignment & prioritisation of Forum projects with the UN/CEFACT Integrated Strategy • Details of POW progress in PG Reports

  19. Focusing on Delivery Workflow & Procedures • Forum Procedures Team (FPT) completed FORUM Workflow & Procedures in order to improve cooperation between the Permanent Groups • UN/CEFACT procedures for the publishing of Standards and Recommendations updated • Revision of R.650/Rev.4 and its Annexes commenced (item 9 of the agenda) • Forum elections held during the Saly, Senegal Forum under reviewed and updated election procedures

  20. Focusing on Delivery Deliverables • Cross Industry Invoice (CII) v2.0 schemas • GOVCBR (Government Cross Border Regulatory Message) • UN/EDIFACT Directories, D.08B & D.09A published • Core Component Libraries (CCL) D.08B and D.09A • XML Schema Directories D.08A, D.08B and D.09A • Core Components Technical Specification (CCTS) Version 3.0 • Core Components Data Type Catalogue Version 3.0

  21. Focusing on Delivery Deliverables Trade Facilitation Recommendations: • UN/CEFACT Recommendation 35 - Legal Framework for Single Windows, completed • Revisions of UNECE Trade Facilitation Recommendations No. 20 , 21 and 24 • Draft Recommendation 34 - Data Simplification & Standardization for International Trade - in final drafting stage Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide project -completion delayed Buy-Ship-Pay/UNeDocs - Bureau Gap Analyses Teams set up

  22. 13th UN/CEFACT Forum Saly, Senegal 10-14 November 2008

  23. The 13th UN/CEFACT Forum • The Saly Forum was hosted by the government of Senegal. The Minister of Budget, Mr Mamadou Abdoulaye Sow opened the Forum • 150 participants from Africa, Asia, Europe & North America • A National Forum on eBusiness was held in Dakar for Senegalese government & regional business officials • The meetings highlighted the importance of global standards in international trade, in general, & in Africa, in particular

  24. 14th UN/CEFACT Forum Rome, Italy 20 - 24 April 2009

  25. The 14th UN/CEFACT Forum • The Forum was hosted by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development & the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade • The Under-Secretary for Trade, Mr Adolfo Urso, opened the Forum. • Over 200 participants from all regions attended the Forum. • A seminar on “The Role of Trade Facilitation: Promoting Market Integration with a Focus on Africa” was held in parallel to the Forum. Participants included the EU Development Commissioner, Italian Minister for Economic Development, WTO, & OECD.

  26. 15th UN/CEFACT Forum Sapporo, Japan 28 September - 2 October 2009

  27. The 15th UN/CEFACT Forum • The Forum was organized by Japan Association for Simplification of International Trade procedures (JASTPRO) and the UN/CEFACT Japan Committee (JEC), under the auspices of: • The Ministries of Finance (Customs Bureau) - Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure & Transportation - The Hokkaido Government and the City of Sapporo. • The Director-General of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, Mr Katsuyuki Ozaki and the Mayor of Sapporo, Mr Fumio Ueda opened the Forum. • Over 180 participants from all regions attended the Forum. • JASTPRO organized a seminar on “UN/CEFACT Standards & Recommendations” in parallel to the Forum which was attended by some 100 local attendees. A particular emphasis was placed on UN/CEFACT’s standards for agriculture which was very important for the economy of Hokkaido.

  28. OUTREACH Presentations on UN/CEFACT’s standards & recommendations were also made at: • Joint Trade & Transport Conference on the Impact of Globalisation, Geneva - February 2009 • The APEC Single Window Workshop, Singapore - April 2009 • The Importance of standards in International Trade - World Trade Organization, Geneva, April 2009 • WCO IT Conference, April 2009 • Information & Communication Technologies in International Trade, Geneva, June 2009 • Trade Development & Facilitation for Economies in Transition, Geneva, October 2009.

  29. Future Forum Meetings • 16th Forum meeting - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 12 to 16 April, 2010 • 17th Forum meeting - Geneva, Switzerland, 30 August to 3 September 2010 • 18th Forum meeting - Spring 2011?? • 19th Forum meeting - Autumn 2011??

  30. International Trade and Business Processes Group Report to the 15th UN/CEFACT Plenary Session Chair: Natascha Pottier Vice-Chair: Chris Hassler Vice Chair: Michael Dill 9th November 2009 Geneva 31

  31. TBG’s Mandate The purpose of the TBG is to be responsible for the simplification of international trade procedures, business and governmental process analysis, and best practices, using the UN/CEFACT Modeling Methodology, where appropriate, to support the development of trade facilitation & e-Business standards. 32 9th November 2009 Geneva

  32. TBG Summary Typical Forum attendance - 150 experts within 16 Working Groups Many participants are sponsored by companies, trade associations and national governments but in all cases are expected to contribute as individual subject matter experts Since the last UN/CEFACT Plenary, International Trade and Business Processes Groups met during the 13th (Saly), 14th (Rome), and 15th (Sapporo) UN/CEFACT Forums Also to progress work forward, TBG Work Groups conducted numerous face to face interim meetings and more than 100 internet conferences and conference calls 33 9th November 2009 Geneva

  33. TBG Working Groups 34 9th November 2009 Geneva

  34. Purpose Supply chain and e-Procurement covers the Purchasing, Material Management and Payment areas Programme of Work The Cross Industry Invoice (CII) version 2.0 has been published Collaboration with TBG6 on developing the “Cross Industry Catalogue”, included in CCL09B Collaboration with TBG18 on developing the “Despatch Advice”, included in CCL09B Development of “Ordering” and “eMarket Research” messages, included in CCL09B Another suite of messages is planned to be included in the CCL10A which cover “Quotation” (in collaboration with TBG6), “Remittance Advice”, and “Scheduling”. TBG1-Supply Chain & eProcurement 35 9th November 2009 Geneva

  35. Purpose Develop the eBusiness standards for Logistics planning and Transport. This covers operational movements of goods, administrative and governmental requirements and safety and security of freight movements. Programme of Work Development priority for individual Projects/Business Requirements Specifications (BRSs): Status Request / Report, Transport Instructions, Dangerous Goods Declaration, Multimodal Waybill for transports Collaboration on Version 3.0 guidelines of the International Transportation Implementation Guidelines Group (ITIGG) for transport messages for both EDIFACT & XML Collaboration with Customs TBG4 / WCO and other users’ groups, specifically GS1 and IATA TBG3-Transportation and Logistics 36 9th November 2009 Geneva

  36. Purpose Collaborate with World Customs Organisation (WCO) covering Business to Government (B2G), Government to Government (G2G) and Business to Business (B2B) requirements in cross border transactions. Programme of Work Government Cross Border Regulatory (GOVCBR) EDIFACT message finalized during Sapporo forum and published Contributed to Recommendation 34 Initiated submission of Core Components to TBG17, BIEs to follow Collaborated with TBG3 on transport messages IMO Marine Safety DMR’s Multimodal Dangerous Goods Requirements TBG4-Customs 37 9th November 2009 Geneva

  37. Purpose Be responsible within the financial services area for the simplification of international trade procedures, business and governmental process analysis, and optimization of information exchange standards. Programme of Work Inclusion of Customer Credit Transfer semantics in CC Library marks the successful first presence of finance in UN/CEFACT. Global financial strategy to promote ISO 20022 as financial standard TBG5 continues to actively participate in cross-domain projects The key objective right now is on e-invoicing and integration to the financial payment chain. TBG5-Finance 38 9th November 2009 Geneva

  38. Purpose Responsible to coordinate and propose new developments and maintenance in the area of Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry (AEC). Programme of Work Continued refinement of eTendering and Project Schedule and Cost Performance Management standards. Joint projects with TBG1 eCatalog (will be part of D09B) Contract Financial Execution Management (CFEM). Continued development of Security in Messages and Documents. Work with TBG19 on the gap analysis between eNotification and eTendering TBG6-Architecture, Engineering & Construction 39 9th November 2009 Geneva

  39. Purpose Functional area of insurance business including policy production, placement, claims, risk management. It covers also domestic and international environments, insurance and reinsurance, single company policies and co-insurance. Programme of Work Project work developed through Global Insurance Standards (ACORD), the Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO) and eBES Expert Group Seven Data elements for insurance related information for Contract, Party and Coverage as well as business areas of claims, life insurance, health insurance and automotive insurance are included in CCL09B. TBG8-Insurance 40 9th November 2009 Geneva

  40. Purpose To support and promote international business activities related to the exchange of travel industry data. Programme of Work First set of schemas for requesting and receiving information on small-scale lodging published in D.07A. Small Scale Lodging Travel Product Information has been included in D.09A The third part of the project, which deals with the reservation of the products has been initiated Discussion on travel-related activities in the Republic of Korea to harmonize with the UN/CEFACT Forum procedures has started. TBG9 will also review the data maintenance requests (DMR) code requests, etc TBG9-Travel, Tourism & Leisure 41 9th November 2009 Geneva

  41. Purpose Develop e-Business standards for Accounting and Audit domains. It covers specific accounting matters as well as regulatory obligations requiring business to file multiple questionnaires, returns, declaration forms and reporting towards private and governmental collectors. Programme of Work Achieved: Accounting Token (for Invoice), Accounting Entry Message; 4 Messages on the final ODP step: Chart Of Accounts Message, Ledger Message, Reporting Message, Accounting Message; BRS preparation in progress for 2 Messages: Trial Balance, Journal; Insertion of “Accounting Token”: collaboration with TBG1, TBG6; Joint project TBG18 “Cooperative Farms” Financial Reporting. New project: Bundle Collection with TBG6 & 19. TBG12-Accounting & Audit 42 9th November 2009 Geneva

  42. Purpose To support and promote both international and regional cooperation activities related to environmental data exchange. Programme of Work Meeting the information process requirements under the Basel Convention on Control of Transboundary Movements of Waste (TMW): 172 Parties, G2G, B2G; TMW Business Information Entity/Core Component submission approved, and published within CCL 09A; Plans to work on TMW-related waste-assessment data. TBG13-Environmental 43 9th November 2009 Geneva

  43. Purpose Responsible for defining the International Supply Chain model to present the various processes and parties involved within the international supply chain in a simplified way. Programme of Work Project P059 “International Supply Chain Reference Model” delivered version 2008A (May 2008) and 2009A (July 2009) of the Buy-Ship-Pay Model (aka “International Supply Chain Reference Model” (ISCM)) and the related Modelling Guidelines. The latest achievements since the 2008A version are Catalogue, Waste Transport, Customs, Despatch and Receive Goods, Scheduling and Remittance Advice. TBG14 will harmonize business processes Working with TBG15 on the “International Trade Facilitation Model“ TBG14-Business Process Analysis 44 9th November 2009 Geneva

  44. Purpose Analyze, simplify, harmonize and align public and private sector practices, procedures and information flows relating to international trade transactions both in goods and related services. Programme of Work Develop guidance and tools to support a national Single Window facility. Completed Recommendation 35 establishing a legal framework for the efficient and effective operation of Single Window Continued work on Recommendation 34 on the Data Simplification and Standardization, Completed revision of the Annex to Recommendation 6 (Aligned Invoice Layout-Key for International Trade) Established review team for revision of Recommendations 12 (Measures to Facilitate Maritime Transport Documents Procedures) and 14 (Authentication of Trade Documents by Means Other than Signature) Project Team of the Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide Work with TBG14 on International Trade Facilitation Model Initiated new recommendation for Consultation, based on Recommendation 4 Initiated new recommendation for Public Private Partnerships TBG15-International Trade Procedures 45 9th November 2009 Geneva

  45. Purpose Responsible for consistency and harmonisation of core components across business domains and sectors, contributing to a concise and well-defined glossary of business terms, business data semantic definitions, and structuring of data exchanges. Programme of Work CCL has two components, Standards Library and Reference Library Developed Core Component Libraries 08B, 09A, 09B, including: Cross Industry Invoice version 2.0 Waste Movement (Basel Convention) Buy-Ship-Pay reference model Working with ISO on Trade Data Elements Directory (TDED) update Members Other TBGs and PGs UNCTAD, UNEP, eAC (AFACT), EDIFICE, GS1, JAI, IATA, OAGi, RosettaNet, SBR, SWIFT, OASIS UBL TC, USG, WCO, X12 TBG17-Core Component Harmonisation 46 9th November 2009 Geneva

  46. Purpose Develop and maintain Business Process Models, the Business Transaction Models, the semantics and the contents in a syntax neutral way that fulfil the requirements of the Agro – Food communities Programme of Work Sanitary and Phytosanitary Certificates (eCert) and Crop Data Sheet message (eDAPLOS) published. Other projects: Livestock Animal Record, Electronic Data Exchange Proxy, Cattle Registration Information Joint project with TBG 12: “P075 - Accounting Reporting – Joint Project Amendment”. Work with TBG1 on Despatch and Receive Advice Work with TBG3 on Dangerous Goods and on Tracing and Tracking Fish TBG18-Agriculture 47 9th November 2009 Geneva

  47. Purpose Develop and maintain business scenarios and business transactions to facilitate the electronic delivery of services to citizens, businesses and government organizations. Programme of Work Continued work on eArchiving “Transfer of digital records” Progress on joint project (TBG1, 6 and 19) on ePublic procurement tied to CEN-ISSS Business Interoperability Interfaces on Public Procurement in Europe (BII) work. Work proceeding on gap analysis between eNotification vs. eTendering TBG19-eGovernment 48 9th November 2009 Geneva

  48. Subject matter experts Domain Modelling Technical developers Project Management skills Tools Registry development Complete suite of technical specifications Needs of TBGs 49 9th November 2009 Geneva

  49. ICGINFORMATION CONTENT MANAGEMENT GROUP Mike CONROY, Chair David DOBBING, Vice Chair http://www.cen.eu/uncefactforum/ICG/ 09/11/2009 ICG Plenary Report 51

  50. ICG Mandate The purpose of the Information Content Management Group (ICG) is to ensure the release of quality technical specifications for e-business: • Management of the UN/CEFACT information repositories and libraries for electronic business and Rec.s that fall within its scope • Technical conformance and registration of the UN/CEFACT business requirements specifications • Normalisation and maintenance of the base syntax neutral information components that serve as the building blocks for the development of standards for implementation • Technical conformity and registration of the syntax specific objects and components 09/11/2009 ICG Plenary Report 52

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