1. UN Economic Commission for Europe 18 th UN/CEFACT SESSION Item8. Challenges for trade facilitation and electronic business: visions and realities for public-private sector collaboration Panel C: Perspectives from governments and national, regional and international institutions Ajin Jirachiefpattana 15-17 February 2012 Geneva International Conference Centre Geneva, Switzerland

2. UN Economic Commission for Europe 2 ASEAN (Association of SouthEast Asian Nations) AFACT (Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business) PAA (Pan Asian e-Commerce Alliance) Regional/International Institutions

3. UN Economic Commission for Europe 3 ASEAN ICT Masterplan 2015 - Vision Empowering Transformational Inclusive Vibrant Integrated ASEAN

4. UN Economic Commission for Europe 4 ASEAN ICT Masterplan 2015 – Strategic Thrusts Economic transformation People empowerment and engagement Innovation Infrastructure development Human capital development Bridging the digital divide ASEAN

5. UN Economic Commission for Europe 5 ASEAN ICT Masterplan 2015 – Projects ASEAN ICT e-Mall (online Trading Center for ASEAN) CA-CA Interoperability Project CA-CA Interoperability Framework in ASEAN Develop ASEAN Technical Architecture Framework For E-Commerce Interoperability (ASEAN – TAFECI) ASEAN ICT Skills Standard Development Empowering Homeworkers in ASEAN countries through the usage of ICT ASEAN CyberKids Camp Proposal to Develop ASEAN Technical Architecture Framework for E-Government Interoperability ASEAN – EU Training for Law Enforcement, Judges and Prosecutors on Cybercrime ASEAN e-Government Development Plan Workshop on Enhancing ICT Adoption of Small and Medium Enterprises Open Source Software (OSS) 3D Animation Skill Improvement Training for ASEAN Universities (OTIS) ASEAN

6. UN Economic Commission for Europe 6 ASEAN ICT Ministerial Meeting 2011 –Dialogue Partners (China, Japan, Korea and India) IT Infrastructure IT Training IT Security E-Commerce Disaster Management ASEAN

7. UN Economic Commission for Europe 7 To support in the Asia Pacific region and its adjacent countries and economies policies and activities, especially those promoted by UN/CEFACT, dedicated to stimulate, improve and promote the ability of business, trade and administrative organizations, to exchange products and relevant services effectively through the simplification and harmonization of processes, procedures and information flows in a non-political environment. AFACT - Mission

8. UN Economic Commission for Europe 8 6th Generation interbank EDI system (Japan) Implementation of e-CERT by Animal Quarantine Service (AQS) (Japan) Realization of Green Cloud Computing – Green EDI Collaboration with Financial EDI The cooperation between Vietnam and Japanese customs e-Commerce and e-Tailing in India Indian Customs EDI Gateway (ICEGATE) Port Community System (PCS) (India) Peanut.net - Traceability System for Peanut Products (India) Government eProcurement System of National Informatics Centre (GePNIC) (India) AFACT - Progress

9. UN Economic Commission for Europe 9 The Standardization Project of Technology and Information for Efficient Logistics Transport (Korea) Government electronic document distribution support center (GDOC) (Korea) e-Government SOA services (Korea) Electronic Tax Bill (Korea) The Project for Providing Assistance of Digital Opportunity Center in Northern Taiwan The Government Cloud (G-Cloud) (Singapore) AFACT - Progress

10. UN Economic Commission for Europe 10 The survey of needs for training/consultancy in eBusiness and trade facilitation, and of resources to provide in the AFACT community The Survey of Status on eCOO Implementation in the AFACT Community Single Window Survey in AFACT Economies Survey on SOA/Interoperability status in AFACT members Utilizing CCL in Asian region Single Window Interoperable Framework Realization of Interoperability Practical Implementation Support (IPIS) Application in e-Business Interoperability among the Countries of AFACT Members SLHs (Small scaled Lodging Houses) reservation information project AFACT – Action/Project

11. UN Economic Commission for Europe 11 To promote and provide secure, trusted, reliable and value-adding IT infrastructure and facilities to enhance seamless trade globally. Combined membership of the parties now exceeds 150,000 organizations, representing almost all active trading enterprises in the Asian market. PAA - Mission

12. UN Economic Commission for Europe 12 B2B Projects: Commercial Documents Exchange B2B2G Projects: Automated Manifest / Declaration Service ECO Project Global Visibility Project: cross border container tracking between Asia and Europe. PAA – Action/Project

13. UN Economic Commission for Europe 13 There are 48 countries in Asia. Very few are transition countries. So many are developing countries. Besides building infrastructure, these developing countries strongly need for technical assistance in capacity building issues on ICT, e-commerce, UN/CEFACT recommendations and standards. Potential exists for cross border projects in Asia pacific using UN/CEFACT tools. This may be taken up in various PDAs. Conclusions

14. UN Economic Commission for Europe 14 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION