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7-11 April 2008
Mexico City
Sponsors
Hosts & Organizers
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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UN/CEFACT Procedures:
• Forum Procedures Team (FPT) reported
• Code of Conduct & Conflict of Interest reviewed with Bureau
• Forum Election Procedures Revised for Sengal elections
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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)
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Objectives
Important tasks to accomplish in the next 6 months.
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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
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