Transcript WELCOME Virginia Cram-Martos, Directora División de Comercio y Maderas Comisión Económica para Europa UN/CEFACT OVERVIEW 16 September 2008

WELCOME
Virginia Cram-Martos, Directora
División de Comercio y Maderas
Comisión Económica para Europa
UN/CEFACT OVERVIEW
16 September 2008
Topics
• CONTEXT
• CHALLENGES
• WAY FORWARD
• QUESTIONS
UNITED NATIONS CENTRE
FOR
TRADE FACILITATION
AND
ELECTRONIC BUSINESS
SIMPLE,
TRANSPARENT
AND
EFFECTIVE
PROCESSES
FOR
GLOBAL BUSINESS
CONTEXT
• Global Remit
• Instruments of Trade Facilitation and Electronic
Business
• Recommendations
• Standards
• Public-Private Partnership
• About 300+ volunteer experts around the world
CONTEXT:
Other Organizations
UNECE UN/CEFACT
Recommendations/
Standards
Development and
Maintenance
(These are
instruments that
can be used for
compliance with
WTO rules)
UNECE in partnership
with other
organizations
UNCTAD, WB,
UNIDO, UNDP,
others
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)
WTO
Develops 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
• 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)
BUY
Prepare
for
Export
Commercial
Procedures
Export
Transport
Procedures
PAY
SHIP
Transport
Prepare
for
Import
Regulatory
Procedures
Import
Financial
Procedures
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Facilitation of International Supply Chain
(Reference Model)
BUY
Prepare
for
Export
Commercial
Procedures
• Establish Sales
Contract
• Order Goods
• Advise On Delivery
• Request Payment
Export
PAY
SHIP
Transport
Transport
Procedures
• Establish Transport
Contract
• Collect Transport and
Deliver Goods
• Provide Waybills,
Goods Receipts Status
Reports
Prepare
for
Import
Regulatory
Procedures
• Obtain Import/Export
Licences
• Provide Customs
Declarations
• Provide Cargo
Declarations
• Apply Trade Security
Procedures
• Clear Goods for
Import/Export
Import
Financial
Procedures
• Provide Credit Rating
• Provide Insurance
• Provide Credit
• Execute Payment
• Issue Statements
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Facilitation of International Supply Chain
(Reference Model)
BUY
Prepare
for
Export
Commercial
Procedures
Export
Transport
Procedures
PAY
SHIP
Transport
Prepare
for
Import
Regulatory
Procedures
Import
Financial
Procedures
Efficiencies from re-using UN/CEFACT core component vocabulary (end-to-end process)
party
.details
payment
.details
trade item
.details
consignment
item.details
customs
declaration
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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 AREAS
• Accounting & Audit
• Agriculture
• Architecture, Engineering &
Construction
• Customs
• eGovernment
• Electronic Trade Documents
• Environmental Management
• Finance
• Health Care
• Insurance
• International Trade
Procedures
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Social Services
Supply Chain
Transport
Travel,Tourism and
Leisure
Business Process
Analysis
Harmonization
Information Content
Management
Applied Technology
Technical Methodologies
Legal
OUTREACH
• Raising awareness
• Capacity-building
• foster implementations
• encourage more experts to participate in
programme of work
GOVERNANCE
UN
UN/ECOSOC
UN/ECE
UN/ECE Committee
on Trade
UN/CEFACT
GOVERNANCE
UN/CEFACT Plenary
Plenary Chair
Plenary Chair
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Bureau
Bureau
UNECE
UNECE
Secretariat
Secretariat
FMG
FMG
UN/CEFACT Forum
Forum
Forum
Management
Management
Group
Group
International Trade
International Trade
and Business
and Business
Processes Group
Processes Group
Applied Technology
Applied Technology
Group
Group
Information Content
Information Content
Management Group
Management Group
Techniques and
Techniques and
Methodologies Group
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
GOVERNANCE
• 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
CHALLENGES
• 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 FORWARD
electronic Business, Government and Trade initiative
eBGT
• 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
QUESTIONS:
[email protected]
INFORMATION:
http://www.UNCEFACT.org