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Virginia Cram-Martos, Directora División de Comercio y Maderas Comisión Económica para Europa

WELCOME. Virginia Cram-Martos, Directora División de Comercio y Maderas Comisión Económica para Europa. UN/CEFACT OVERVIEW 16 September 2008. Topics. CONTEXT CHALLENGES WAY FORWARD QUESTIONS. UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR TRADE FACILITATION AND ELECTRONIC BUSINESS. SIMPLE,

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Virginia Cram-Martos, Directora División de Comercio y Maderas Comisión Económica para Europa

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  1. WELCOME Virginia Cram-Martos, Directora División de Comercio y Maderas Comisión Económica para Europa UN/CEFACT OVERVIEW 16 September 2008

  2. Topics • CONTEXT • CHALLENGES • WAY FORWARD • QUESTIONS

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

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

  5. CONTEXT:Other Organizations

  6. HIGH PRIORITIES 2008-2009 • Recommendation 34 - Implementation of Single Window • Recommendation 35 - Legal Aspects of Single Window • Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide • Standards for implementations • Core Components (library of data definitions for use in electronic interchanges) • Technical Good Practices (methods/models)

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

  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. customs declaration .details consignment item.details party .details payment .details trade item .details Facilitation of International Supply Chain (Reference Model) 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. BI-ANNUAL EXPERT FORUMS AROUND THE WORLD • Supported by Governments • Provide face-to-face opportunities to convey UN/CEFACT trade facilitation and electronic business perspective • Past and future host countries: Canada, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Senegal, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

  11. 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

  12. OUTREACH • Raising awareness • Capacity-building • foster implementations • encourage more experts to participate in programme of work

  13. GOVERNANCE

  14. GOVERNANCE

  15. GOVERNANCE • UN/CEFACT Terms of Reference • Trade Programme Strategic Framework • 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

  16. CHALLENGES • Outreach to intergovernmental constituencies • Global Plenary stakeholders in national capitals • Geneva Missions • Resources • Secretariat staffing and competing demands • Volunteer experts • Collaboration with other bodies to avoid duplication of effort and to offer open global solutions to common stakeholder needs, e.g. World Customs Organisation • Facilitating capacity-building and implementations

  17. WAY FORWARD electronic Business, Government and Trade initiative eBGT • 18-month initiative to facilitate achieving priority deliverables • clarifying highest priorities of stakeholders • identifying facilitation gaps in recommendations and standards • improving outreach • forming special volunteer eBGT expert support team • seeking extra-budgetary funding

  18. QUESTIONS:Trade@unece.orgINFORMATION:http://www.UNCEFACT.org

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