Virginia Cram-Martos, Directora División de Comercio y Maderas Comisión Económica para Europa...

Virginia Cram-Martos, Directora División de Comercio y Maderas

Comisión Económica para Europa

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UN/CEFACT OVERVIEW16 September 2008

TopicsTopics

• CONTEXT

• CHALLENGES

• WAY FORWARD

• QUESTIONS

UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR

TRADE FACILITATION AND

ELECTRONIC BUSINESS

SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT

AND EFFECTIVE

PROCESSES FOR

GLOBAL BUSINESS

CONTEXTCONTEXT

• Global Remit

• Instruments of Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business• Recommendations• Standards

• Public-Private Partnership

• About 300+ volunteer experts around the world

CONTEXT: Other OrganizationsCONTEXT: Other Organizations

Recommendations/ StandardsDevelopment and Maintenance (These are instruments that can be used for compliance with

WTO rules)

Capacity Building(Helping governments elaborate TF strategies, where appropriate in compliance with WTO rules)

Technical Assistance(To implement national strategies -Done by other agencies – UNECE does not provide long term TA)

UNECE -UN/CEFACT

UNECE in partnership with other

organizations

UNCTAD, WB, UNIDO, UNDP, others

WTODevelops rules such as those for minimum transparency, equal treatment and, perhaps in the future, for simplified procedures (however, WTO does not develop the recommendations and

instruments needed for implementation)

HIGH PRIORITIES 2008-2009

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)

Facilitation of International Supply Chain (Reference Model)

Facilitation of International Supply Chain (Reference Model)

Prepare for

ExportExport Transport Import

SHIPBUY PAY

Prepare for

Import

Commercial Procedures

Transport Procedures

Regulatory Procedures

Financial Procedures

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CommercialProcedures

• Establish Sales Contract

• Order Goods• Advise On Delivery• Request Payment

Prepare for

ExportExport Transport Import

SHIPBUY PAY

Prepare for

Import

TransportProcedures

• 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

FinancialProcedures

• Provide Credit Rating• Provide Insurance• Provide Credit• Execute Payment• Issue Statements

Facilitation of International Supply Chain (Reference Model)

Facilitation of International Supply Chain (Reference Model)

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CommercialProcedures

Prepare for

ExportExport Transport Import

SHIPBUY PAY

Prepare for

Import

TransportProcedures

Regulatory Procedures

FinancialProcedures

consignment item.details

payment .details

party.details

customsdeclaration .details

trade item .details

Efficiencies from re-using UN/CEFACT core component vocabulary (end-to-end process)

Facilitation of International Supply Chain (Reference Model)

Facilitation of International Supply Chain (Reference Model)

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BI-ANNUAL EXPERT FORUMS AROUND THE WORLD

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

EXPERT ACTIVITY AREASEXPERT 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

OUTREACHOUTREACH

• Raising awareness

• Capacity-building

• foster implementations

• encourage more experts to participate in programme of work

GOVERNANCEGOVERNANCE

UN/ECE Committeeon Trade

UN/CEFACT

UN/ECE

UN/ECOSOC

UN

GOVERNANCEGOVERNANCE

International Tradeand Business

Processes Group

International Tradeand Business

Processes GroupApplied Technology

Group

Applied TechnologyGroup

Information ContentManagement Group

Information ContentManagement Group

Techniques and Methodologies Group

Techniques and Methodologies Group Legal Group

Legal 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 - Supply Chain - Transport - Travel, Tourism and Leisure

Plenary Chair___________________

Bureau

Plenary ChairPlenary Chair___________________

BureauBureau

FMG

ForumManagement

Group

FMGFMG

ForumForumManagementManagement

GroupGroup

UNECESecretariat

UNECESecretariat

UN/CEFACT Forum

UN/CEFACT Plenary

GOVERNANCEGOVERNANCE

• 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

CHALLENGESCHALLENGES

• 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

WAY FORWARDWAY 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

QUESTIONS:

Trade@unece.org

INFORMATION:

http://www.UNCEFACT.org

QUESTIONS:

Trade@unece.org

INFORMATION:

http://www.UNCEFACT.org