1. Going forward UN/CEFACT Bureau 14 May 2007 U NITED N ATIONS C ENTRE F OR T RADE F ACILITATION A ND E LECTRONIC B USINESS United Nations Economic Commission for Europe UN/CEFACT

2. Slide 2 Overview Starting point Setting the Stage Towards a New Initiative Next steps Comments and Questions

3. UN/CEFACT Slide 3 Starting point Track record speaks for itself –New Delhi Forum (October 2006) –Dublin Forum (March 2007) Advances –Coordination –Project review –Priorities –Pinpointing and resolving constraints Work programme - integrated strategy

4. UN/CEFACT Slide 4 Towards Strengthening Deliverables Workflow gap review, constraints of volunteer experts UNECE secretariat resource constraints to support coordination of deliverables, currently fully allocated to ongoing tasks after recent review Limited tools and assistance for specific processes, e.g., core component harmonization / registry Compelling demand for bringing together end-to-end global core of interoperable standards for buy-ship-pay model in support of e-business, e-government and e-trade Scope for extra-budgetary funding

5. UN/CEFACT Slide 5 Coordination and Funding Challenges background presentations to follow Programme of Work Sweden's case Significance of the Cross-Border Reference Data Model Information Technology for Adoption and Intelligent Design for e-Government (ITAIDE) UN/CEFACT Registry UN/CEFACT Core Components Trust Fund

6. UN/CEFACT Slide 6 Creation of cross domain project (TBG1, TBG6 and TBG19) on Public Electronic Procurement European Committee for Standardization / Information Society Standardization System (CEN/ISSS) Workshop on Interoperability in the Implementation of Electronic Public Procurement in Europe (WS/ePPE) European Commission efforts on e-Invoicing and ISO 20022, especially given formation of Single European Payments Area (SEPA) Coordination and Funding Challenges a few more to keep in mind

7. UN/CEFACT Slide 7 Towards a New Initiative Background presentations highlight the work in progress, but also the coordination and resource challenge at the heart of UN/CEFACT deliverables Need to focus on a support team for the FMG, scaling up productivity Need to identify resources for time-critical projects

8. UN/CEFACT Slide 8 Towards a New Initiative The time seems to have come to launch a new idea - an initiative on electronic Business, Government and Trade eBGT Initial secretariat consultation with the UNECE Executive Committee indicates UNECE extra-budgetary Trust Fund rules can be applied and that eBGT has its support

9. UN/CEFACT Slide 9 A Priority eBGT Interoperability Target: e-business, e-government and e-trade BUY SHIP PAY Customer Supplier Intermediary Authority The International Trade Transaction Process consists of International Supply Chains consist of integrated and coordinated flows of information, goods & payments Source: UN/CEFACT International Supply Chain Reference Model

10. UN/CEFACT Slide 10 INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRANSACTION PROCESS Commercial Procedures Establish Contract Order Goods Advise On Delivery Request Payment Transport Procedures Establish Transport Contract Collect,Transport and Deliver Goods Provide Waybills, Goods Receipts Status reports etc. Regulatory Procudures Obtain Import/Export Licences etc Provide Customs Declarations Provide Cargo Declaration Apply Trade Security Procedures Clear Goods for Export/Import Financial Procedures Provide Credit Rating Provide Insurance Provide Credit Execute Payment Issue Statements INVOLVES Prepare For Export Transport Import SHIP BUY PAY Prepare For Import

11. UN/CEFACT Slide 11 UN/CEFACT Projects BUY - Commercial Procedures eProcurement eTendering eCatalogues eDocuments SHIP - Transport & Regulatory Procedures UNeDocs Transport messages Cross Border Reference Data Model (in preparation) Single Window projects Pay - Payment Procedures Cross Industry Invoice

12. UN/CEFACT Slide 12 Applied Technology Group UNECE Secretariat Plenary International Trade and Business Processes Group Information Content Management Group Techniques and Methodologies Group Legal Group UN/CEFACT Plenary Chair ___ Bureau Advisory Groups to Plenary Chair Heads of National Delegations Group International Group Domains: Accounting & Audit - Agriculture - Architecture, Engineering & Construction - Business Process Analysis - Customs - eGovernment - Electronic Trade Documents - Environmental Management - Finance - Harmonization - Health Care - Insurance - International Trade Procedures - Social Services - Statistics Collection and Reporting - Supply Chain - Transport - Travel,Tourism and Leisure UNECE Secretariat (eBGT Trust Fund Administration) Forum Management Group eBGT Support Team Voluntary & Funded Experts UN/CEFACT: electronic Business, Government and Trade (eBGT) Initiative preliminary draft

13. UN/CEFACT Slide 13 Target Support and Funding Tranches one-third for eBGT support team (2-5 staff) – funded experts and travel costs (including secretariat) – core set of competencies (contact point, coordination, drafting, communication, websites, capacity building, gap analyses, technical work to assist FMG, groups and projects) one-third focused on phased development of warehouse / registry for core components and business process models, including expert staff for tasks (eg Help Desk) one-third for special projects / tasks / tools current estimate for all of the above: about $3 million initiative target timeframe: eighteen months

14. UN/CEFACT Slide 14 Target Timetable - Launch in Stockholm stage one (three months): getting started –launch projects on core deliverables and tools –document scope for vendor / academic involvement, eg demos / case studies stage two (six months): focus on priority developments stage three (three months): triage review of progress stage four (three months): focus on demos / case studies stage five (three months): evaluate / formulate next steps

15. UN/CEFACT Slide 15 Governance Budget proposal to Plenary for approval UNECE administration of Trust Fund Quarterly reports to Plenary Detailed FMG funding recommendations to UNECE secretariat - subject to Bureau due diligence

16. UN/CEFACT Slide 16 Preparing for eBGT Launch FMG completes specification of eBGT deliverables / tasks / skills FMG drafts proposal, including roadmap and budget Drafting of governance principles for Trust Fund (legal review) Invitation to participate in Advisory Groups Promote support for eBGT

17. UN/CEFACT Slide 17 Help is Needed from the Plenary Comment on Draft Proposal for eBGT Initiative Serve on Heads of Delegation National Advisory Group Endorse Proposal via Inter-sessional Approval Process Quarterly Oversight Contribute to the Trust Fund Promote support for eBGT

18. UN/CEFACT Slide 18 Comments and Questions

19. UN/ CEFACT SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESSES FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS.