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What Does it Mean for UN/CEFACT ?

UNECE REFORM. What Does it Mean for UN/CEFACT ?. U NITED N ATIONS C ENTRE F OR T RADE F ACILITATION A ND E LECTRONIC B USINESS Under the auspices of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. UNECE REFORM PROCESS. Started February 2005 External review published July 2005

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What Does it Mean for UN/CEFACT ?

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  1. UNECE REFORM What Does it Mean for UN/CEFACT ? UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR TRADE FACILITATION AND ELECTRONIC BUSINESS Under the auspices of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

  2. UNECE REFORM PROCESS • Started February 2005 • External review published July 2005 • Negotiated agreement on implementation approved 2 December 2005

  3. UNECE REFORM Changes Impacting UN/CEFACT • Restructured UN/CEFACT’s parent body: The Committee on Trade • Changed the UNECE Governance Structure • Made 2 requests with specificly related to on UN/CEFACT’s programme of work

  4. The UNECE Committee on Trade Its Objective “To facilitate trade and trade-related economic cooperation among countries of the ECE region and with the rest of the world”

  5. Visions supporting the objective United Nations Working Party Working Party on Centre for Trade on Agricultural Regulatory Facilitation Quality Cooperation and and Electronic Standards Standardization Business Policies UN/CEFACT WP.7 WP.6 COMMITTEE ON TRADE Open, rule-based, predictable and non- discriminatory trading system supported by Clear commercial quality standards to support trade in agricultural produce Simple, transparent, effective processes for global commerce Predictable, transparent and harmonized regulatory environment for commerce and business

  6. application of best practices in transition economies global promotion in partnership with other organizations Business community The Committee on Trade (CT) supports UNECE reform Governments and public agencies CT: Multilateral platform to discuss & decide on tools for simpler trading standards, procedures, recommendations

  7. The Committee on Trade supports UN global decisions on trade • International standards • Simple, transparent, effective processes • Harmonized product regulations Open, rule-based, predictable and non-discriminatory trading system

  8. UNECE REFORM Governance: Greater Political Oversight The UNECE Executive Committee will: • Review, evaluate, approve programmes of work (PoW) • Approve setup, renewal, ToR and work plans of sub-groups (i.e. CEFACT Groups) • Examine reports on PoW implementation • Ensure coherence between subprogrammes • Deal with the budget

  9. UNECE REFORM Decisions directly impacting UN/CEFACT “Activities in the field of Trade Facilitation shall continue and focus on supporting the development of standards carried out by UN/CEFACT” (para. 54) “The Committee on Inland Transport shall strengthen activities in the fields of border crossing and trade facilitation in cooperation with the Committee on Trade and submit proposals thereon to the Executive Committee” (para. 34)

  10. UNECE REFORM OPPORTUNITIES • To raise the profile of UN/CEFACT’s activities in the UNECE & in Capitols • To reinforce UN/CEFACT’s work through improved cooperation with the Committee and its other subsidiary bodies

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