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7-11 April 2008 Mexico City Sponsors Hosts & Organizers 24 September 2007 11th UN/CEFACT FORUM - Stockholm 1 7-11 April 2008 12th UN/CEFACT FORUM - Mexico City 1 Bureau UN/CEFACT Plenary Bureau Report Plenary Chair: Plenary Vice Chairs: Stuart Feder Tahseen Khan Mark Palmer Christina Rahlen Bureau Report Bureau Accomplishments at the 12th Forum • Met with delegations and technical experts to understand issues and recommendations for strategy and Programme of Work • Worked with the FMG and Secretariat on the Programme of Work for 2010 – 2011 • Established objectives for UN/CEFACT 14th Plenary (September 16-17, 2008) • Identified organizations adopting UN/CEFACT standards to present at the 14th Plenary 10 April 2008 12th UN/CEFACT Forum - Mexico City 3 Bureau Report Bureau Accomplishments at the 12th Forum (continued) • Reviewed and updated the Code of Conduct to incorporate recommendations from IPR Task Team Report • Constructive meetings with representatives of Mexican government, trade and industry • Discussed input to the UN/ECE Executive Committee and the Committee on Trade • Discussed opportunities for improved support by the Secretariat for UN/CEFACT 10 April 2008 12th UN/CEFACT Forum - Mexico City 4 Bureau Report electronic Business, Government and Trade (eBGT) initiative • an 18-month initiative to facilitate achieving priority deliverables • to support the FMG/Bureau/Plenary and stakeholders • clarifying priorities • identifying gaps • improving outreach • eBGT Team completed planning for launch in June 2008 • more information to follow 10 April 2008 12th UN/CEFACT Forum - Mexico City 5 FMG Forum Management Group Report Chair: Mike Doran Vice-Chair: Anders Grangard FMG Report • Participants: Forum - 247 registered • Forum Organisation: • B2B Gabriel, Dalynn, Monserrat & all of their team deserve our very sincere thanks • Technicologo de Monterrey likewise 11 April 2008 12th UN/CEFACT Forum - Mexico City 7 FMG Report Achievements of the week • Excellent discussions with Mexican Govt, Trade & Industry representatives • Participants from ECLAC (UN Regional Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) • Initial discussions with ALADI (Latin American Integration Association) • ALADI Secretary General here today • Welcome development of Latin American representation in UN/CEFACT 11 April 2008 12th UN/CEFACT Forum - Mexico City 8 FMG Report Achievements of the week • UN/CEFACT Project management • Projects reviewed & prioritised for delivery in 2008 & end user “Champions” identified • Projects reviewed over time - Unrealistic projects will be discontinued • Confluence enterprise wiki tool will be available for pilot project by June 2008 - eventually will be used for tracking all UN/CEFACT Projects • UN/CEFACT Procedures: • Forum Procedures Team (FPT) reported • Code of Conduct & Conflict of Interest reviewed with Bureau • Forum Election Procedures Revised for Sengal elections 11 April 2008 12th UN/CEFACT Forum - Mexico City 9 Future Forum Meetings • 13th UN/CEFACT Forum - Saly, Senegal 10-14 November2008 • 14th UN/CEFACT Forum - Rome, Italy 20 - 24 April 2009 • 15th UN/CEFACT Forum - Sapporo, Japan 28 September to 02 October 2009 • 16th UN/CEFACT Forum - UK (tbc) 11 April 2008 12th UN/CEFACT Forum - Mexico City 10 Objectives Important tasks to accomplish in the next 6 months. • • • • • Progress project deliverables for 2008 Pilot Confluence wiki tool Update R.650/Rev.4 with Bureau Prepare 14th UN/CEFACT Plenary 16/17 September 2008 Prepare Public Private Partnership conference with IEC, ISO, ITU, OASIS & UPU - 18/19 September 2008 • Prepare elections - Senegal Forum, November 11 April 2008 12th UN/CEFACT Forum - Mexico City 11 http://www.UNCEFACT.org 7-11 April 2008 12th UN/CEFACT FORUM - Mexico City 12