Joint Facilitation Meeting on WSIS Action Lines C7 on e-Business E-COMMERCE AS A KEY FACILITATOR FOR SME COMPETITIVENESS May 22nd, 2008, ITU Latin American.

Joint Facilitation Meeting on WSIS Action Lines C7 on e-Business E-COMMERCE AS A KEY FACILITATOR FOR SME COMPETITIVENESS May 22nd, 2008, ITU Latin American experience in e-commerce legal and regulatory harmonization framework Jorge Navarro, Esq. ICT Law Consultant

Latin America Same cultural roots V Centuries-Colonial-Heritage Language, Religion & Legal System Laws of Indias (1861) - Napoleon Codes Civil Wars & Military Regimes – XIX - XX Centuries Human Rights – Sensitive concern Wealth: Natural resources and human resources © 2008 - Jorge Navarro, Esq. ITC Law Consultant

Latin American Internet penetration 2002 – 8.2% 2006 – 18.8% 100,000,000 – Internet users - 2006 38% online buyers Internet growth rate – 40% for the period 2006-2010 (Visa International) © 2008 - Jorge Navarro, Esq. ITC Law Consultant

© 2008 - Jorge Navarro, Esq. ITC Law Consultant ALADI´s DCO Harmonized Common Framework to operate PKI - Some countries have legislation others do not -Different standards (Mex. NOM 151) - Different definitions (Arg. – Mex) NAFTA / MERCOSUR Consumer Protection (Spam) -Different agencies -Legal lagoons - Judicial remedies

Some numbers Argentina 39.1 Millions in 23 provinces 2006 – historical records: 5,000,000 online buyers 69.9% companies on line (2005) 43.3% e-buying orders 79.6% companies use e-banking services (2005) Brazil 180 Millions 33% access to Internet 16.5% users – financial services 14% online buyers 12.6% use e-governmet services 48.1% Income Tax Retrurns 11.97% Pay public services (water, electricity) 80% Companies with Interent access – financial services 83% Companies with Internet access - use e-government services Mexico e-SAT 99.8% of the companies tax declarations – online (Ministry - Former GD Telco) 894% growth of e-government services 2001 a 2005 - 174 a 1690 © 2008 - Jorge Navarro, Esq. ITC Law Consultant

Different ways to harmonize regulation Multiple Organizations with different Strategies eLAC OAS ALADI APEC Data Protection Ibero-American Network Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America – SSP MERCOSUR Comunidad Andina © 2008 - Jorge Navarro, Esq. ITC Law Consultant Regional strategies / National strategies State/Provinces/Municipal Strategies? - Political aspects - Access to resources

Data protection authorities of Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Mexico Nicaragua Peru Portugal Spain Directives to Harmonize Data Protection in the Ibero-America Community Seminario de Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, May 2007 OCDE UN-Resolution 45/95 Directive 95/46 EC – European Model Resolution 4/2002, Argentina adequate level on data protection legislation One example: Data Protection © 2008 - Jorge Navarro, Esq. ITC Law Consultant Ibero-American Network

Australia Brunei Darussalam CanadaCanada ChileChile People's Republic of China Hong Kong, China Indonesia Japan Republic of Korea Malaysia MexicoMexico New Zealand Papua New Guinea PeruPeru The Republic of the Philippines The Russian Federation Singapore Chinese Taipei Thailand United States of AmericaUnited States of America Viet Nam © 2008 - Jorge Navarro, Esq. ITC Law Consultant One example: Data Protection

UNCTAD / ALADI Latin-American Integration Association MERCOSUR South Common Market Official support at the last Presidents Summit Capacity building – UNCEFACT; APEC; ITU Projects Inventory of legislation and regulation Digital Certificate of Origin Regional Trust Mark for Latin-America Technical Assistance for elaboration of harmonized laws and regulations © 2008 - Jorge Navarro, Esq. ITC Law Consultant

Adequate Coordination – ICT nature is transversal Multiple international standards Diverse organisms with overlapping functions Promotion of Self Regulatory regimes – Regional Trust Marks Capacity building – Authorities, industry, legislators, courts. Inclusive law making process – Effective dialogue with Industry and competent authorities. Adequate inter-government agencies strategy to include main actors to reform laws or establish adequate regulations. Budget – Priority which is not included in budget – is not a priority! Political issues – federal vs. province/state/municipal autonomy. Interoperability of national single windows in the region? © 2008 - Jorge Navarro, Esq. ITC Law Consultant

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