1. UN Economic Commission for Europe Agenda item 7 Strategic Directions for UN/CEFACT 2012 - 2012 18th UN/CEFACT Plenary 15-17 February 2012 Palais des Nations, Geneva Mats Wicktor Vice Chair

2. UN Economic Commission for Europe 2 Trade Facilitation Recommendations Trade Facilitation Recommendations Electronic Business Standards Electronic Business Standards Governmental & Business Processes Governmental & Business Processes Transparent and effective processes for global trade Transparent and effective processes for global trade What?

3. UN Economic Commission for Europe 3 Increasing complexity Increasing complexity New requirements New requirements New processes New processes Increased digitalized processes Increased digitalized processes International standards basis for global trade faciliation and improved security International standards basis for global trade faciliation and improved security Why?

4. UN Economic Commission for Europe 4 How? Standards Standards Recommendations Recommendations Other Instruments Other Instruments

5. UN Economic Commission for Europe 5 Common Libraries Common Libraries Common Directories Common Directories Internationally agreed and standardized Internationally agreed and standardized Unambigious sharing of information Unambigious sharing of information With what?

6. UN Economic Commission for Europe 6 Development and maintenance of recommendations, standards and instruments Opportunities to simplify, align and standardize processes, procedures and information flows Capacity building to foster implementation Working in partnership with key players in trade facilitation and standards development to avoid duplication and to create a consistent framework based on best practices In what way?

7. UN Economic Commission for Europe 7 Create a solid foundation Create a solid foundation Collaboration with others Collaboration with others Increase uptake through high quality Increase uptake through high quality Use the unique remit to fill the gaps Use the unique remit to fill the gaps Conclusion!

8. UN Economic Commission for Europe 8 Thank you for the attention!