1. 20 th UN/CEFACT FORUM Closing Plenary Vienna, Austria – 21 Sept 2012

2. 20 th UN/CEFACT FORUM CLOSING PLENARY Trade and Transport Facilitation Program Development Area Activities during the Week Mats Wicktor & Viktor Dravitsa UN/CEFACT Plenary Vice Chairs UN/CEFACT Plenary Vice Chairs 17 - 21 September 2012 Technical University, Vienna

3. Vice Chairs MatsWicktor Viktor Dravitsa Trade and Transport Facilitation PDA Domains International Trade Procedures (Johan Pontén)International Trade Procedures (Johan Pontén) Transport and Logistics (Dominique Vankemmel and Michael Onder)Transport and Logistics (Dominique Vankemmel and Michael Onder) Customs (SP Sahu )Customs (SP Sahu ) 17 - 21 September 2012 Technical University, Vienna PDA Structure

4. Draft Recommendation on Consultation Mechanisms further developed. Project decided to revisit Rec 4 to evaluate possibility of expansion. Recommendation on PPP for Trade Facilitation Measures: work done by other groups recognized discussion paper possible outcome recommendation not excluded Work plan TFIG ITPD 17 - 21 September 2012Technical University, Vienna

5. “Cargo Tracing and Tracking” project progress report. Multi Modal Transport (MMT) structure as a subset of the Collaborative Framework (Core Components Library): decision to write a project proposal (by FIATA). Workshop on “Global Electronic Freight Data Exchange”, over 15 participants, with a goal to develop a plan to prepare and publish guidance on use of transport standards. Joint meeting with Supply Chain PDA: discuss overall SC model, materials for promotion on the Buy-Ship-Pay model. Participation in working sessions on UN Rec 14, UN Rec 36 and new framework for Core Library Feasibility. Projects: Status Report, Transport Instructions, Waybill and Dangerous Goods. Priorities to be reassessed at the next T&L meeting. ITIGG-International Transport Implementation Guidelines: update on CEFACT D11B. Report on cooperation with ISO committees, ISO TC204-ITS-Intelligent Transport Systems: proposal ISO 17187 Freight-X (Governance of Freight Electronic Exchanges) Assessment/approval of DMR’s – proposal BIC for Container EDIFACT message Pending issues: reduced resources of the T&L Group, seeking Experts for projects leadership, confirm support from International Transport Organizations Interim T&L Domain meeting 26-30 November 2012 at FIATA in Zurich Transport / Logistics

6. Processing of DMR’s (5 approved, 1 withdrawn) Participating in joint meetings within and across the PDA’s and other domains Customs 17 - 21 September 2012Technical University, Vienna

7. Recommendation 14 Most of the writing before the end of the year. Points of consideration: Levels of sensitivity / security assurance levels and level recommendation Technology neutrality Technical aspects and legal aspects to be considered Definitions and functions should be as close to those of UNCITRAL as possible Annex 1 on legally enabling implementations Establish a template for submission of data – key characteristics to be considered Important to deduce a common checklist as an introduction to the annex. Annex 2 on technical implementations enabling electronic data transfer Use typologies in UNCITRAL “Promoting Confidence…” document to group similar solutions and allow an easier lecture in the recommendation. Must consider other typologies for examples like the IATA example or GS1 example… Looking forward, we would appreciate participation of ex draft Rec 37 members. Next meeting: conference call mid-October; contact lance.thompson@conex.net for more info lance.thompson@conex.net

8. Recommendation 36 A major interest shown measured by participation Attendees had different background of Single Window Presentations were given of SW-implementations from national to regional (i.e. APEC) and global concepts (i.e. GNC) Re-use of existing draft to Rec 36 Consultation process based on a questions template together with a «glossy» to be circulated To be supplemented by contributions of several group members to tap into gained experiences The results of the consultation will be examined by the group during the Forum intersession and the Recommendation will be continuously progressed using e-collaboration facilities

9. 20 th UN/CEFACT FORUM Closing PLENARY Supply Chain Programme Development Area Mike Doran & Tim McGrath UN/CEFACT Plenary Vice Chairs UN/CEFACT Plenary Vice Chairs 21 September 2012

10. MONDAY 17 September PDA Planning for the week Preparation for the eProcurement Workshop TUESDAY 18 September eProcurement Workshop Preparatory Session Finance & Payments kick-off meeting WEDNESDAY 19 September eProcurement Workshop THURSDAY 20 SEPTEMBER Joint meeting with Agriculture – Flower Auction Change Requests – CII Joint meeting with Trade & Transport PDA Revised Technical Framework meetings during the week Meetings 21 September 2012

11. Project areas – Finance and Payments Liaison to ISO20022 and global financial services under TC68 * : - Remittance Advice re-submitted BJ - Factoring /reverse factoring - Guarantees / collaterals Liaison to standards New standardization needs to be addressed: - Purchase Order financing (NEW) - Inventory financing (NEW) - Cross-industry Invoice v3 - Credit Note (NEW) - Trade Counterparts screening (NEW) Maintenance with respect to financial issues / coordination with SCM domain Supply Chain Finance Supply Chain documents (under SCM) Work Programme (guidelines) Finance/Payments domain * Await formal assignment, see later See next slides No progress since 2008, need for review ? Mobile payments/ePayments? Finance (exTBG5) proposal s PDA: Supply Chain Coordinators: Mike Doran, Tim McGrath 21 September 2012

12. Accounting & Audit Lexical Nomenclature Benoît Marchal Study of nomenclatures Trust and security session Presentation to PDA Impact of revised technical framework

13. Supply Chain Management & Procurement Bernard Longhi & Edmund Gray 21 September 2012

14. Project Status eTendering, CFEM and CII ver 3 CC harmonization finalisation: Sept 2012 BRS update: Sept 2012 Schema generation: Sept 2012 Last internal review: 24-28 Sept 2012 Public review: October 2012 BRS and XML schema Via Confluence website

15. V3 CCL publication Proposals for CCL publication process from the projects: Option 1: validation by Validation team of CCs and BIEs and published as a standard. Option 2: validation of CCs by validation team and published as a standard. Self-validation of BIEs by projects and published by the projects on Confluence for public review. Option 3: self-validation of CCs and BIEs by projects for the establishment of the Core library and published by the projects on Confluence for public review. 21 September 2012

16. Data Type Catalogue Project proposal for the Revision of the Data Type Catalogue has been submitted: Remove requirements to use specific code lists, and code list versions, that has led to challenges in implementation. The revised data type catalogue: Allow implementers to use and validate codes in whatever way is most appropriate for their particular circumstances or communities of use. Supported by 3 HoDs in accordance with ODP

17. Project Status Supply Chain Management Meeting with Dutch Horticulture Florecom Discussed potential of capability for Auction use in general e.g. Fish / Cattle. Most requirements were already in the Library. Online Meeting next week to discuss inclusion in CII and also to start process to develop formal change requests We attended the workshop on the new Technical Framework. At an internal preparation for the eProcurement workshop presentations were made by Edmund, Jostein and Tim.

18. eNotification Didier Hardy 21 September 2012

19. 17 - 21 September 2012Technical University, Vienna Other post-awarding services Modularity in the eProcurement steps eTenderingBUY – SHIP – PAY eNotification eAccounting eAuditing ePayment eAttestation VCD eCatalogueeReporting Other eProcurement services General services Pre-awarding phases PINCNCAN ePreparationeAccesseSubmission eEvaluation eAwarding BUY eOrdering SHIP eDelivering PAY eInvoicing eContract contract eArchivingeIdentificationeSignature Secure Transfer & storage eLearning Post-awarding phases TRANSPORT TAXES eNotification

20. 17 - 21 September 2012Technical University, Vienna Other post-awarding services Identified projects in the “Supply Chain PDA” eTenderingBUY – SHIP – PAY eNotification eAccounting eAuditing ePayment eAttestation VCD eCatalogueeReporting Other eProcurement services General services Pre-awarding phases PINCNCAN ePreparationeAccesseSubmission eEvaluation eAwarding BUY eOrdering SHIP eDelivering PAY eInvoicing eContract contract eArchivingeIdentificationeSignature Secure Transfer & storage eLearning Post-awarding phases TRANSPORT TAXES eNotification

21. 20th Forum: feedback 2011: project request: submitted 2012-Jan: call for participation: submitted 2012-Sep: LNP – BRS  draft ready  ACTIONS:  Update the confluence site with LNP docuements  Required: Input/feedback from global perspective  Next step: Draft RSM Technical University, Vienna 21 September 2012

22. 20 th UN/CEFACT FORUM CLOSING PLENARY Regulatory Program Development Area Activities during the Week Tahseen Khan & Mats Wicktor UN/CEFACT Plenary Vice Chairs UN/CEFACT Plenary Vice Chairs 17 - 21 September 2012 Technical University, Vienna

23. Vice Chairs TahseenKhan Mats Wicktor RegulatoryPDA Domains Environmental Management (Delta Pelgrim)Environmental Management (Delta Pelgrim) Government (Ray Pisani)Government (Ray Pisani) Customs (SP Sahu )Customs (SP Sahu ) 17 - 21 September 2012 Technical University, Vienna PDA Structure

24. 17 - 21 September 2012 Technical University, Vienna REG PDA 17 - 21 September 2012 Technical University, Vienna

25. 20 th UN/CEFACT FORUM Closing Meeting Sectoral PDA Harm-Jan van Burg and Bruno Prepin Vice Chairs Vienna, Austria – 17 Sept 2012

26. 17 - 21 September 2012 Technical University, Vienna PDA Sectoral / Agriculture 21 September 2012 20 th UN/CEFACT FORUM Closing Meeting

27. MONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYTHURSDAYFRIDAY MORNING AFTERNOON eFood Chain Market Analysis Presentation Framewok Development Pilots prototypes Opening Plenary session eLabs EDI of fisheries catch data Project presentat ion Validation of the agenda Validation of Minutes ( Geneva) Intermediates meetings Project Templates ( project proposals, BRS…) News projects eFOOD Chain Project Livestock registration (pigs, poultry) and Livestock traceability or eCert electronic signature and implementation guide EDI of fisheries catch data Project presentation Join meetin g with PDA Supply Chain : Flower s Invoice ) Closing Plenary Session AGENDA OF THE WEEK eLabs Conf call with F. Van Diepen New project : European Commission : Health and Consumer Protection/ RASFF notification exchange eCERT electronic signature eLabs Conf call with F. Van Diepen State of progress Next steps Developpment plan for PDA Agriculture Review and finalise Draft document Final Report

28. Validation of the Agenda Validation of the minutes of last Forum Intermediate meetings since Geneva : CEN - CII Invoice (august 2012) IPPC – eCERT (september 2012) Monday

29. What will we do : European Commission will experiment with the Dutch implementation of their international exchange using a security system based on draft UN/CEFACT Recommendation 37. Based on this experiment, The Netherlands will set up draft guidelines with EC. eCERT Electronic signature

30. eLabs Session State of progress since April 2012 Comments on the last documents Update of the BRS preharmonisation results for the CCs and impact on the BIEs Next steps : Finalize the harmonisation (ABIEs) Work on RSM document Publish the schema on CCL12B eLABs

31. Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) Notification Exchange Review and finalize the project proposal 3 countries agreement Definition of editor and co-editors Health and Consumer Protection (will be presented in next Forum) European Commission projects

32. Results of the Market Analysis Work on preparation of pilots prototypes : E-Invoicing Food safety and secure produces Sustainability eFood Chain project

33. New projects in livestock registration (pigs, poultry) and Livestock traceability Presentation of the needs in Batch number identification for animal productions Animal Registration

34. Electronic data Interchange of fisheries catch data Project presentation Work on BRS documents Next steps : Finalization of BRS documents Preparation of harmonization Fish traceability

35. Joint meeting with PDA Supply Chain: change requests to the CII for Flowers Auction Presentation and discussion on the five issues in the change request Solutions were discussed Next step will be finalize the solution for the next version of the CII Invoice (BRS and CCL) Flowers Auction

36. UN/CEFACT Forum PDA: Sectoral –Travel/Tourism Coordinator: Akio Suzuki 21 September, 2012

37. Progress in this week 1.SLH ( Small scaled Lodging House) Reservation Information Process We had a joint meeting with Library Maintenance Group on qDT and code list management, and could get well guided and solved. This project will be able to fulfill the exit criteria in the near future. We discussed on the SLH Trial Project in AFACT region and agreed to make ourselves well prepared for this start 2.New Project Proposal The new project of Destination Travel Information (DTI) Process was discussed. We could document the draft project proposal to submit to the Bureau.

38. 20 th UN/CEFACT FORUM Closing Meeting Methodology & Technology PDA Vienna, Austria – 21 Sept 2012

39. Workshops on: Trusted Exchange of Business Documents Core Library Feasibility (proposed technical framework) Project team meetings: Business Document Header & Envelope Specific issues for discussion: EDIFACT maintenance procedures Revised technical framework proposal Key topics for this week 20th UN/CEFACT FORUM – Vienna, Austria

40. Workshop on Trusted Exchange of Trade Documents Authentication of Trade Documents by Means other than Signature Lance Thompson (France) Trusted trans-boundary electronic trade document exchange Alexander Sazanov (Russia) Maintaining trust within a 4-corner network model Kenneth Bengtsson (Denmark) Long Term Signature profiles for EDI Data and Electronic Documents Andrea Caccia (Italy) “# Mail, the certified email address” Mr Seongmin Lim (Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Korea)) Identifying requirements and best practices for a framework of interoperability that establishes a trusted environment for exchanging trade documents.

41. 20th UN/CEFACT FORUM – Vienna, Austria Workshop on Core Library feasibility Core Interoperable Foundation Library Tim McGrath (Australia) Community of European Semantic Assets Repositories (CESAR) and ADMS Joao Frade (European Commission) Current Core Component Libraries status Sue Probert (UK) Understanding the requirements and identifying best practices for creating a core interoperable foundation library for trade facilitation.

42. 20th UN/CEFACT FORUM – Vienna, Austria Why are we doing this? UN/CEFACT is in the business of making recommendations and standards We need business justifications not technical ones Market driven Support from stakeholder communities Revised Technical Framework

43. The current market Surveys, analysis and experience suggests: Many established communities not using UN/CEFACT standards consistently Situation is too fragmented to change Then and now… UN/EDIFACT = single SDO (UN/CEFACT) XML = many SDOs (W3C, OASIS, ISO, IEC, GS1) UN/CEFACT is not the sole arbiter of XML standards for eBusiness No ‘one’ canonical standard will work 43

44. What Standard(s) Can We Achieve? One Standard to Rule them All Centralized Global agreement on everything Is my requirement everyone’s requirement? Or Islands of standardization Foundational semantics Satisfying different communities of use Using specific EDI or XML formats Transform between different formats Needs coordination

45. Fragmented Standards -Who wins? Coordinated Standards -Common semantics -Federated approach The Options Before Us One Standard –Who decides? –What do they decide? –When do they decide?

46. The opportunity for UN/CEFACT Someone needs to facilitate the interoperability between these communities. UN/CEFACT can have that role Standardize what can be agreed, to improve interoperability ‘core’ processes, structures, components and data types (including code lists). Allow communities to re-use these in their environments. 46

47. The role for UN/CEFACT A forum for coordinating a framework for interoperability for trade facilitation and eBusiness Ensure everything is done, but … Not to do everything Facilitators not owners Support disparate community implementations Build bridges not walls How do we do this? 47

48. Restructure what we have Agree on what the ‘end game’ should be: What an effective framework for UN/CEFACT deliverables would look like. Plan how to reach the ‘end game’ Who does what Stop doing things that don’t fit this plan Manage the completion of these projects Get the right resources Manage expectations Communicate value

49. The Core Interoperable Foundation Library

50. Bureau Program Support Library Maintenance EDIFACT: Gait Boxman CCLs: Chris Hassler, Mary Kay Blantz Schema: Jostein Fromyr Code Lists: Gait Boxman + Validation: Hidekazu Enjo Vienna, Austria

51. April to September UN/EDIFACT Validated and published D11B Validated and published D12A Prepared assessment for D12B CCL based on CCTS 2.01 Published D11B and schema Published D12A (no new schema) Developing D12B Submissions from Travel and Agriculture CCL based on CCTS 3.0 3 projects: CII, eTendering, CFEM Developed CCs and BIEs Harmonized most CCs and some BIEs

52. EDIFACT Progress this week Documented and improved steps From DMR submission through directory publication Identified resources to assist Gait Boxman with EDIFACT maintenance Identified resources to assist Enjo-san with validation Changed ‘timing’ of notification to ISO/TC 154 JWG 1 Note: DMR submissions go to Maarten Peelen at NEN maarten.peelen@nen.nl

53. EDIFACT Progress this week D12B – DMR Assessment Approved: 12 Approved with amendments: 11 (comprised over 100 code change requests) Rejected: 26 (25 previously postponed) Withdrawn: 1

54. Core Component Libraries CCL based on CCTS 2.01 Finalized harmonization of Travel submission CCL based on CCTS 3.0 Updated change requests for CCs Started developing validation requirements

55. Schema Schema production Made significant progress on documentation of steps for producing schema Transferred some tasks from Jostein to Library Maintenance Automated some previously manual steps

56. Code Lists Code List Maintenance Trade Recommendations Documented source and maintenance responsibility for codes Change requests included in UN/EDIFACT procedures (UN/LOCODE requests go directly to UNECE Secretariat) International Trade Procedures domain has responsibility for text in Trade Recommendations UNCL Included in UN/EDIFACT procedures

57. Plans Through the Fourth Quarter Continue regular 3-hour calls on Tuesdays Validate and publish UN/EDIFACT D12B Complete submission, harmonization, validation procedures EDIFACT CCLs Schema Code Lists Complete and publish CCs based on CCTS 3.0 Continue harmonization of BIEs Complete and publish CCL based on CCTS 2.01 and schema

58. And, finally We need, and will welcome, more experts to any of our work efforts. Thank you to Christian Huemer and his team for the wonderful venue, the coffee, and the group dinner.

59. UN Economic Commission for Europe 20 th UN/CEFACT FORUM Communication Pier Alberto Cucino Bureau Vice Chair for Communications University of Technology Vienna, Austria – Closing Plenary - September 21, 2012

60. UN Economic Commission for Europe 3 Communication Week achievements UNCEFACT ForumsVisual Story” New material ( videos and photos) for the production of the “UNCEFACT Forums Visual Story” Press release on the Forum to be published after the Closing Plenary Press release on the Forum to be published after the Closing Plenary

61. UN Economic Commission for Europe 4 Communication Current priorities Bureau Approval of the annual UNCEFACT communication strategy Engagement of new Countries and experts in UNCEFACT work Continuous update of the website www.uncefact.orgwww.uncefact.org new videos on success stories and projects new videos on success stories and projects to be uploaded to www.uncefact.org UNCEFACT ForumsVisual Story” Production of the “UNCEFACT Forums Visual Story” Further improvement of internal and external communication

62. 20 th UN/CEFACT FORUM CLOSING PLENARY Bureau Activities During the Forum 17 - 21 September 2012 Technical University, Vienna

63. 63 20th UN/CEFACT FORUM – Vienna, Austria Main Activities Forum Facilitation and Management Priorities – work in progress and PDA developments Open Sessions Outreach to participants and organisations attending the Forum Communication Projects and Recommendations UNECE ExCom

64. 64 20th UN/CEFACT FORUM – Vienna, Austria Special PDA M&T Topic Presentations and exchange of views on Methodology and Technology PDA ideas concerning technical framework Points of clarity: –Current processes ongoing –Ideas are work-in-progress

68. 20th UN/CEFACT FORUM – Vienna, Austria 68 Concluding Remarks THANK YOU!