1. Virginia Cram-Martos, Directora División de Comercio y Maderas Comisión Económica para Europa WELCOME UN/CEFACT OVERVIEW 16 September 2008

2. Topics CONTEXT CHALLENGES WAY FORWARD QUESTIONS

3. UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR TRADE FACILITATION AND ELECTRONIC BUSINESS SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESSES FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS

4. CONTEXT Global Remit Instruments of Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business Recommendations Standards Public-Private Partnership About 300+ volunteer experts around the world

5. CONTEXT: Other Organizations

6. HIGH PRIORITIES 2008-2009 Recommendation 34 - Implementation of Single Window Recommendation 35 - Legal Aspects of Single Window Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide Standards for implementations Core Components (library of data definitions for use in electronic interchanges) Technical Good Practices (methods/models)

7. Facilitation of International Supply Chain (Reference Model) Prepare for Export Export Transport Import SHIP BUYPAY Prepare for Import Commercial Procedures Transport Procedures Regulatory Procedures Financial Procedures 7

8. Commercial Procedures Establish Sales Contract Order Goods Advise On Delivery Request Payment Prepare for Export Export Transport Import SHIP BUYPAY Prepare for Import Transport Procedures Establish Transport Contract Collect Transport and Deliver Goods Provide Waybills, Goods Receipts Status Reports Regulatory Procedures Obtain Import/Export Licences Provide Customs Declarations Provide Cargo Declarations Apply Trade Security Procedures Clear Goods for Import/Export Financial Procedures Provide Credit Rating Provide Insurance Provide Credit Execute Payment Issue Statements Facilitation of International Supply Chain (Reference Model) 8

9. Commercial Procedures Prepare for Export Export Transport Import SHIP BUYPAY Prepare for Import Transport Procedures Regulatory Procedures Financial Procedures consignment item.details payment.details party.details customs declaration.details trade item.details Efficiencies from re-using UN/CEFACT core component vocabulary (end-to-end process) Facilitation of International Supply Chain (Reference Model) 8

10. BI-ANNUAL EXPERT FORUMS AROUND THE WORLD Supported by Governments Provide face-to-face opportunities to convey UN/CEFACT trade facilitation and electronic business perspective Past and future host countries: Canada, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Senegal, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

11. EXPERT ACTIVITY AREAS Accounting & Audit Agriculture Architecture, Engineering & Construction Customs eGovernment Electronic Trade Documents Environmental Management Finance Health Care Insurance International Trade Procedures Social Services Supply Chain Transport Travel,Tourism and Leisure Business Process Analysis Harmonization Information Content Management Applied Technology Technical Methodologies Legal

12. OUTREACH Raising awareness Capacity-building foster implementations encourage more experts to participate in programme of work

13. GOVERNANCE

15. UN/CEFACT Terms of Reference Trade Programme Strategic Framework Integrated Strategy and Programme of Work Open Development Process Intellectual Property Rights Policy Recent Task Team Report concluded it is adequate, effective, meets or exceeds the protection of other standards development organisations and is well-tailored to the requirements of UN/CEFACT

16. CHALLENGES Outreach to intergovernmental constituencies Global Plenary stakeholders in national capitals Geneva Missions Resources Secretariat staffing and competing demands Volunteer experts Collaboration with other bodies to avoid duplication of effort and to offer open global solutions to common stakeholder needs, e.g. World Customs Organisation Facilitating capacity-building and implementations

17. WAY FORWARD 18-month initiative to facilitate achieving priority deliverables clarifying highest priorities of stakeholders identifying facilitation gaps in recommendations and standards improving outreach forming special volunteer eBGT expert support team seeking extra-budgetary funding electronic Business, Government and Trade initiative eBGT

18. QUESTIONS: Trade@unece.org INFORMATION: http://www.UNCEFACT.org Trade@unece.org http://www.UNCEFACT.org QUESTIONS: Trade@unece.org INFORMATION: http://www.UNCEFACT.org Trade@unece.org http://www.UNCEFACT.org