Stakeholder Priorities UN/CEFACT Overview of Stakeholder Priorities Sectors UN/CEFACT Bureau 14 May 2007 UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR TRADE FACILITATION AND ELECTRONIC BUSINESS United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

12th Plenary Business stakeholders The Business Sector stakeholders noted that UN/CEFACT should continue to provide: a) Benefits from the collaboration with other organizations and opportunities from cross-sector collaboration b) Opportunities for broader sectoral participation and involvement of national and governmental operational experts in the work.

Holistic Approach to Stakeholder Requirements Public sector requirements Holistic Approach to Stakeholder Requirements SELLER Buy Ship Pay BUYER Supply-chain management Potential problems A) Commercial b) Official requirements Misunderstandings between trade and the authorities Assistance in overcoming commercial problems Private sector requirements

Business Sector Participation BUY SHIP PAY Automotive - JAIF Chemicals - CIDX Insurance - ACORD Retail - GS1 The International Trade Transaction Process consists of

Business Sector Participation BUY SHIP PAY Air Freight - IATA Customs - WCO Forwarders - FIATA Ports - IAPH The International Trade Transaction Process consists of

Business Sector Participation BUY SHIP PAY International Payments - SWIFT National Payments - BACS Bankers Associations - Various The International Trade Transaction Process consists of

New sectors 1. New sectors are entering the e-business arena, enhancing the sectoral work, including: a) Agriculture (for the tracking and tracing of food products); b) Government, for new e-government services to the private sector;

Other sectors are also renewing their engagement a) Finance (developing end-to-end e-processing of a payment); b) Air freight industry (e-freight programme with UNeDocs);

Cross Border Reference Data Model Proposed new projects Cross Border Reference Data Model UN/CEFACT and WCO will address how “To guide and support work in UN/CEFACT and the WCO related to the development of a Cross Border Reference Data Model to allow data interoperability for end-to-end trade transactions; and to support Single Window initiatives at both the national and regional level” Public electronic procurement project Review government requirements for electronic procurement documents. These include semantic interoperability within the public sector and between the public and private sector

SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESSES UN/CEFACT SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESSES FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS.