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Learn about the Asia Europe Alliance for Paperless Trade (ASEAL) and its mission to promote seamless electronic trade between Asian and European regions. Explore projects, challenges, and opportunities for global cooperation.
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Regional Co-operation Meeting organised by Korea in September 2004 established the Asia Europe Alliance for Paperless Trade (ASEAL) Private sector Partnership of 4 Founding Members KT NET (Korea) EDIFRANCE (France) DAKOSY AG (Germany) SITPRO (United Kingdom) Public sector facilitation offered by Governments Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Energy ( MOCIE, Korea) Ministry of Economy, Finance & Industry (MINEFIN, France) Federal Ministry of Economics & Labour (Germany) Department of Trade & Industry (Dti, UK) 4th Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) e-Commerce Conference, February 2005 in London, recognised ASEAL and supported the work programme and pilot schemes to prove concept 2nd ASEAL Conference, April 2005 in UK, established Articles of Membership including Statute and Charter Admission of first Ordinary Member - Trade-Van 3rd ASEAL Conference, January 2007 in France, extended membership and participation to Observer nations Second Ordinary Member - Dagangnet Observers Spain, Luxembourg, Thailand, Viet Nam and from Africa – Morocco and Senegal History of ASEAL
ASEAL - The Founding Partners ASEAL - Ordinary Members
ASEAL Action Plan Mission Statement • Promote Paperless Trade between the two regions, contributing to the economic development of Asia and Europe Objectives • Secure and reliable transmission of trade, logistics and customs information • Inter-connection of networks providing Paperless Trade applications for the business community • Inter-operability of Paperless Trade systems Action Plan • Enable Paperless Trade by creating a global and coherent framework and removing barriers
Obstacles to Paperless Trade Just another brick in the wall Complicated procedures Multi agency paperwork Different data requirements Uncoordinated documentary checks Unpredictable official controls Customs Various reporting systems Separate physical examinations Law Etc…Etc… Proscribed Payment Methods
The Paperless Trade challenge • Open and transparent migration path to link paper and electronic equivalent documents • Business and government choose the technology to support • Based on international standards • Compatible with existing and future legal and regulatory environments • Simple, easy to use and cost effective from low end applications to advanced technology solutions
1. Transport – bill of lading, port declarations using 2. Automotive – order, advice, status, invoice ASEAL Projects Customs – export and import declarations Freight Forwarder – export data for import declaration Customs – export data for import declaration Viet Nam
Customs – exchange of data from UK import ASEAL Projects Certificate of Origin – exchange of declaration data Certificate of Origin (PAA pathfinder project) Management of trade-related data (with e-signature)
Professions (mainly SME) Sectors (customers, primes, tier 1 to tier n suppliers) Sectors belonging to the same ecosystem, sharing the needs and the same suppliers Railway Architecture & Construction Atom industry Petrol, chemistry IT c& Telco Retail Furnitures, Shoes, Toys,Textile Agriculture Sea ressources Wood – Forests Aeospace/ Defense Automotive Shibuilding Tourism Mecanic Electronic Plasturgy Textile Logistics/transportation Services : customs, … Interdependance of Industry & Services sectors TIC&PME 2010a French good practice model ?
Organisation of the program • First step : sectorial projects • led by professional organisations and/or prime contractors for a given sector of activity • promoting innovative and advanced use of ICT and standards • only assistance for project owners (project management, specifications, call for tender, acceptance test, communication…) is beeing funded by the French government • Second step : deployment • implementation and deployment will be led at local and regional scale • deployment projects should be multi-sectorial since SME’s usually work for several sectors • Background support • a coordination commitee supported by associations specialized in e-Business and standardisation (AFNet, GS1, EDI France) is providing coordination and cross information between the sectors STANDARDS & INTEROPERABILITY
Conclusion • French custom have officially mandated France eCommerce International (4th March 2008) to develop papelesstrade between France and country interested. • 4th ASEAL summit in Taipei taiwan October 2008 • Expansion to 4ASEAL alliance (America, Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe) • Topic: Report since 3rd ASEAL, ASEAL business directory, legal recognition, Electronic signature(PKI), • Open to new economy as new member or observer (government and private sector) • Promotion
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