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Virginia Cram-Martos, Directora División de Comercio y Maderas
Comisión Económica para Europa
WELCOME
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
7
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)
8
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)
8
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:
INFORMATION:
http://www.UNCEFACT.org
QUESTIONS:
INFORMATION:
http://www.UNCEFACT.org
