1. Reorganisation of UN/CEFACT
Peter Amstutz
15-17 February, 2012
18th UN/CEFACT Plenary
Palais Des Nations, Geneva

2. Overview
Drivers for Change
Recommendations from UNECE Executive Committee
Requirement to review permanent group mandates
More timely availability of deliverables
Outreach to stakeholders
Gap Analyses
Maturity of experience / lessons learned

3. Activities Supporting the Programme of Work
Programme Development Areas
Project Teams
Bureau Programme Support

4. Programme Development Areas
Organisation
Plenary
Plenary Bureau
Project Teams
Teams of Specialists
Programme Development Areas
Regional Rapporteurs

5. Programme Development Areas (PDAs)
Transport and Trade Facilitation
Supply Chain
Regulatory
Sectoral
Methodology and Technology

6. Methodology and Technology
Development methodology
Maintenance of technological specifications
Document flow ommendation
Naming and design rules
Validation techniques
Plenary
Plenary Bureau
Methodology and Technology
Sectoral
Small Scale Lodging House Information
Small Scale Lodging House Travel Product
Information Process
Cattle Registration Information Exchange
Livestock Life Record
EDI of Agronomical Observations Report
eArchiving
eDAPLOS
Sectoral
Regulatory
Programme of Work
eCert
Cattle Registration
Electronic Data Exchange Proxy
MSDS
GHS
REACH
Dangerous Goods Declaration
Regulatory
Supply Chain
Cross Industry Catalog
Cross Industry Invoice
Cross Industry Ordering
Cross Industry Scheduling
Cross Industry Delivery
Cross Industry Quotation
Market Research Information
eTendering
Project Schedule and Cost Performance Management
Contract Financial Execution Management
Public Electronic Procurement
Supply Chain
Trade and Transport Facilitation
Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide
Annex to Trade Recommendation 6
Revision of Trade Recommendation 11
Revision of Trade Recommendation 12
Trade Recommendation 34
Trade Recommendation 35
Trade Recommendation 36
Consultation Models for Public and Private Sector Consultation
International Supply Chain Reference Model
Trade and Transport Facilitation
Programme Development Areas
Project Teams

7. Project Teams
Project Teams
Streamlined project-oriented organisation
Engines of growth for developing and maintaining UN/CEFACT deliverables
Project Leads report to Bureau Vice Chairs responsible for their Programme Development Areas

8. Goals achievable only through contribution of experts
Participate in Project Teams – to develop and maintain UNECE recommendations and UN/CEFACT standards
Respond to calls for participation to apply their skills
Collaborate with other experts in domain communities
Can serve as Domain Coordinators

9. Domains
Confirmed by the Bureau
Way for experts to find each other and collaborate with colleagues
Ensure needs of Domains are brought forward into the UN/CEFACT context
Important for maintaining knowledge base
Groupings of experts, projects and/or project teams

10. UN/CEFACT Plenary Bureau ___________________ Chair Regional
Rapportuers
UNECE Secretariat
Programme of Work
Vice Chair
Vice Chair
Vice Chair
Vice Chair
Vice Chair
Vice Chair
Vice Chair
Programme Development Areas
Bureau Programme Support
Trade and
Transport
Facilitation
Supply Chain
Regulatory
Sectoral
Methodology
and Technology
Roster of Experts
Projects
Domain
Support
Projects
Domain
Support
Projects
Domain
Support
Projects
Domain
Support
Projects
Domain
Support
Registry of Domains
Business: Accounting & Audit Agriculture Customs Environmental Management Finance/Payments Government Health Care Insurance
International Trade Procedures Procurement Supply Chain Management Transport Travel/Tourism
Technical: Audit/Validation Business Process Modelling Communication Harmonisation Legal Library Maintenance Library Production
Methodology Publlications UN/EDIFACT XML

11. Project Teams
Project Teams
Streamlined project-oriented organisation
Engines of growth for developing and maintaining UN/CEFACT deliverables
Project Leads report to Bureau Vice Chairs responsible for their Programme Development Areas

12. Programme Development Areas
Plenary
Plenary Bureau
Project Teams
Teams of Specialists
Programme Development Areas
Regional Rapporteurs

13. Process
Emphasis should be not on the organisation, but on the process
The process central to our work is the Open Development Process (ODP)