1 UNECE Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Facilitation Implementation: October 2004 Electronic PostMark (EPM) Security & Authentication for eTrade Documents (UNeDocs) Paul Donohoe eBusiness Programme Manager Universal Postal Union (UPU) Capacity Building on Trade Facilitation

2 UNECE Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Facilitation Implementation: October 2004 UPU Overview UPU is a specialised UN Agency - Postal 191 countries Regulators – Ministry of Post and Telecoms Operators – Postal Administrations eg. Swiss Post. 700,000 postal outlets globally Posts provide Financial Services Logistics Services Communication Services Identity Services All of these are being e-enabled Posts have Universal Service Obligations Support the right to communicate for all citizens of the world

3 UNECE Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Facilitation Implementation: October 2004 What is EPM  The electronic equivalent of the physical post mark  Fundamentally a non-repudiation service supporting  Digital signature verification  Timestamping of successfully verified signatures  Encryption  Storage and archival of all non-repudiation evidence data required to support subsequent challenges  Legislative protection (ie. as for physical mail)

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5 Signature scan Digital PostMark ID Number Date &Time

6 UNECE Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Facilitation Implementation: October 2004 What is EPM What document was signed When the document was signed Who signed the document Why the document was Signed  E-Sign legislation compliant declaration of intent  I am signing this document because (pick one): I Agree with the terms of the document I Disagree with the terms of the documents I am the Author of the documents I am a Reviewer of the document…

7 UNECE Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Facilitation Implementation: October 2004 EPM - Adding value to electronic trade Identity Management Authentication Document Integrity Non-repudiation Globally Trusted Third Party Physical and electronic validity

8 UNECE Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Facilitation Implementation: October 2004 Electronic Post Mark (ePM) Strategy ePM will be a global “optional post service” in 2006 Which Posts operate ePM services? Canada Post, United States Postal Service Portugal Post, Post Italiene, La Post France Deutsche Post Germany Pilots Africa: Sth Africa Asia Pacific: Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand (UNeDOCS) Europe: Netherlands, Poland Middle East: Egypt, Tunisia Americas: Brazil

9 UNECE Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Facilitation Implementation: October 2004 How is EPM being used? Example of EPM services Certified Portugal, Italy Registered France Transaction/Document authentication services USPS, Canada

10 UNECE Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Facilitation Implementation: October 2004 The Logo of the individual Post

11 UNECE Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Facilitation Implementation: October 2004 The CPC Logo

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22 UNECE Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Facilitation Implementation: October 2004 Business Partnership Model Postal Industry (UPU) will have a world wide network of EPM providers All identified and linked via web services under “ UPU will establish global PKI infrastructure coverage as Trusted Third Party Industry Postal Administrations will issue Electronic Post Marks and provide the non repudiation service Hybrid Processes for International Trade (both electronic and paper) via UNeDOCS Providing the bridge between online and offline; electronic and paper

23 UNECE Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Facilitation Implementation: October 2004 Conclusion Posts are very busy building the digital evidentiary services required by the Information Society Electronic PostMark Identity Management In all continents of the world Postal Industry Standards and Policies in place for global interoperability Support from major Software vendors Investing resources in the UNeDOCS initiative Local Posts are willing to pilot UNeDOCS projects with interested parties involved in International Trade

24 UNECE Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Facilitation Implementation: October 2004 Thank you - Paul Donohoe eBusiness Programme Manager, Universal Postal Union Switzerland