1、Bureau,2009 Plenary Session: Item 3Overview of developmentsStuart Feder Plenary Chair,2,Outline,Whats happened since last PlenaryWhats ahead in this years PlenaryDelegation outreach,3,Outline,Goals Achievements Decisions Ways forward,4,2008-2009,Since our last meeting in September 2008:Key deliverab
2、les have been achieved UN Member States and other stakeholders, especially within the UNECE region, showed increasingly intense focus and engagement in support of UN/CEFACT activities, including the Executive Committee Experts and elected officials from around the world worked especially hard in vol
3、unteering their skills and time to meet critically important deadlines and this teamwork deserves special recognition by the Plenary,5,Goals,Consolidate Identify Gaps Find Ways Forward,6,Achievements,Major collaboration with ISO on e-business conference: Advancing public-private partnership for e-bu
4、siness standards Presentations to UNECE Executive Committee, many meetings and now documents are advancing for December 2009 session Key presentation at WTO regarding implementation of standards and recommendations in international trade Strengthening web site availability to find information, espec
5、ially regarding projects,7,Achievements,Recommendations 34 (data simplification and standardization for international trade) final drafting for intersessional approval Recommendation 35 (establishing a legal framework for international trade single window) for approval during Plenary Significant upg
6、rades in Core Component Library Release of standards in XML and UN/EDIFACT: Cross-Industry Invoice (CII) Version 2 Government Cross-Border Regulatory (GOVCBR) messageUpgrades in core technical specificationsGap analyses begun to strengthen internal and external collaborative efforts,8,Achievements,T
7、hree Forums:Saly, Senegal (November 2008)Rome, Italy (April 2009)Sapporo, Japan (September/October 2009),9,Actions,UNECE Executive Committee presentations and documents UNeDocs / Buy-Ship-Pay: Review Team mandate, transmission of Review Team Report to Plenary, Bureau Vice Chair (Peter Amstutz) to fa
8、cilitate way forward (Stakeholder sessions in Rome Forum and Working Sessions in Sapporo) Information flows and coordination with Bureau member responsible for Standards Liaison (Anders Grangard),10,Actions,Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide developments Core Component Library issues Engagement
9、 with European Commission, especially stakeholder issues of Expert Group on Electronic Invoice,11,Ways forward,Through guidance from EXCOM, Committee on Trade and the Plenary Through gap analyses and other aspects of the electronic Business, Government and Trade (eBGT) initiativeThrough increased co
10、operation with other organisations involved in trade facilitation, standards development and capacity building,12,Ways forward,Through outreach to all stakeholders By encouraging ongoing renewal and improvement of what is to be done To regularly address how we can organise and conduct ourselves bett
11、er in order to yield greater efficiency and commonality of purpose among all the experts that participate around the world,13,Ways forward,By improving our two-way communications By improving availability of our online standards By clarifying and strengthening collaboration within UNECEBy encouragin
12、g Member States to increase their support of experts to work within UN/CEFACT,14,Ways forward,Towards simple, transparentand effective processesfor global commerce,15,Plenary outreach,The Bureau welcomes your comments,15th UN/CEFACT Plenary Geneva, 09-12 November 2009,UN/CEFACT Forum ReportForum Man
13、agement Group Chair: Mike Doran Vice-Chairs: Anders Grangard Garret Minakawa,Agenda,Progress since the 14th UN/CEFACT Plenary Focusing on Delivery Programme of Work Workflow & Procedures Deliverables 13th UN/CEFACT Forum - Saly, Senegal 14th UN/CEFACT Forum - Rome, Italy 15th UN/CEFACT Forum - Sappo
14、ro, Japan Outreach Reports from the Permanent Groups,Progress since the 14th Plenary,Programme of Work 2008/2009 Focus on delivering UN/CEFACT products & services Confluence Website to track UN/CEFACT Project Portfolio progress - launched Alignment & prioritisation of Forum projects with the UN/CEFA
15、CT Integrated Strategy Details of POW progress in PG Reports,Focusing on Delivery,Workflow & ProceduresForum Procedures Team (FPT) completed FORUM Workflow & Procedures in order to improve cooperation between the Permanent Groups UN/CEFACT procedures for the publishing of Standards and Recommendatio
16、ns updatedRevision of R.650/Rev.4 and its Annexes commenced (item 9 of the agenda)Forum elections held during the Saly, Senegal Forum under reviewed and updated election procedures,Focusing on Delivery,DeliverablesCross Industry Invoice (CII) v2.0 schemas GOVCBR (Government Cross Border Regulatory M
17、essage) UN/EDIFACT Directories, D.08B & D.09A published Core Component Libraries (CCL) D.08B and D.09A XML Schema Directories D.08A, D.08B and D.09A Core Components Technical Specification (CCTS) Version 3.0 Core Components Data Type Catalogue Version 3.0,Focusing on Delivery,DeliverablesTrade Facil
18、itation Recommendations: UN/CEFACT Recommendation 35 - Legal Framework for Single Windows, completed Revisions of UNECE Trade Facilitation Recommendations No. 20 , 21 and 24 Draft Recommendation 34 - Data Simplification & Standardization for International Trade - in final drafting stageTrade Facilit
19、ation Implementation Guide project -completion delayedBuy-Ship-Pay/UNeDocs - Bureau Gap Analyses Teams set up,13th UN/CEFACT Forum,Saly, Senegal 10-14 November 2008,The 13th UN/CEFACT Forum,The Saly Forum was hosted by the government of Senegal. The Minister of Budget, Mr Mamadou Abdoulaye Sow opene
20、d the Forum150 participants from Africa, Asia, Europe & North AmericaA National Forum on eBusiness was held in Dakar for Senegalese government & regional business officialsThe meetings highlighted the importance of global standards in international trade, in general, & in Africa, in particular,14th
21、UN/CEFACT Forum,Rome, Italy 20 - 24 April 2009,The 14th UN/CEFACT Forum,The Forum was hosted by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development & the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade The Under-Secretary for Trade, Mr Adolfo Urso, opened the Forum. Over 200 participants from all regions attended the
22、Forum. A seminar on “The Role of Trade Facilitation: Promoting Market Integration with a Focus on Africa” was held in parallel to the Forum. Participants included the EU Development Commissioner, Italian Minister for Economic Development, WTO, & OECD.,15th UN/CEFACT Forum,Sapporo, Japan 28 September
23、 - 2 October 2009,The 15th UN/CEFACT Forum,The Forum was organized by Japan Association for Simplification of International Trade procedures (JASTPRO) and the UN/CEFACT Japan Committee (JEC), under the auspices of:The Ministries of Finance (Customs Bureau) - Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry - M
24、inistry of Land, Infrastructure & Transportation - The Hokkaido Government and the City of Sapporo. The Director-General of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, Mr Katsuyuki Ozaki and the Mayor of Sapporo, Mr Fumio Ueda opened the Forum. Over 180 participants from all regions att
25、ended the Forum. JASTPRO organized a seminar on “UN/CEFACT Standards & Recommendations” in parallel to the Forum which was attended by some 100 local attendees. A particular emphasis was placed on UN/CEFACTs standards for agriculture which was very important for the economy of Hokkaido.,OUTREACH,Pre
26、sentations on UN/CEFACTs standards & recommendations were also made at:Joint Trade & Transport Conference on the Impact of Globalisation, Geneva - February 2009The APEC Single Window Workshop, Singapore - April 2009The Importance of standards in International Trade - World Trade Organization, Geneva
27、, April 2009WCO IT Conference, April 2009Information & Communication Technologies in International Trade, Geneva, June 2009Trade Development & Facilitation for Economies in Transition, Geneva, October 2009.,Future Forum Meetings,16th Forum meeting - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 12 to 16 April, 2010 17th F
28、orum meeting - Geneva, Switzerland,30 August to 3 September 2010 18th Forum meeting - Spring 2011? 19th Forum meeting - Autumn 2011?,TBG Report,Chair: Natascha Pottier Vice Chairs: Chris Hassler Michael Dill,9th November 2009,Geneva,31,International Trade and Business Processes Group,Report to the 1
29、5th UN/CEFACT Plenary SessionChair: Natascha Pottier Vice-Chair: Chris Hassler Vice Chair: Michael Dill,9th November 2009,Geneva,32,TBGs Mandate,The purpose of the TBG is to be responsible for the simplification of international trade procedures, business and governmental process analysis, and best
30、practices, using the UN/CEFACT Modeling Methodology, where appropriate, to support the development of trade facilitation & e-Business standards.,9th November 2009,Geneva,33,TBG Summary,Typical Forum attendance - 150 experts within 16 Working Groups Many participants are sponsored by companies, trade
31、 associations and national governments but in all cases are expected to contribute as individual subject matter experts Since the last UN/CEFACT Plenary, International Trade and Business Processes Groups met during the 13th (Saly), 14th (Rome), and 15th (Sapporo) UN/CEFACT Forums Also to progress wo
32、rk forward, TBG Work Groups conducted numerous face to face interim meetings and more than 100 internet conferences and conference calls,TBG Working Groups,9th November 2009,Geneva,34,9th November 2009,Geneva,35,TBG1-Supply Chain & eProcurement,Purpose Supply chain and e-Procurement covers the Purch
33、asing, Material Management and Payment areas Programme of Work The Cross Industry Invoice (CII) version 2.0 has been published Collaboration with TBG6 on developing the “Cross Industry Catalogue”, included in CCL09B Collaboration with TBG18 on developing the “Despatch Advice”, included in CCL09B Dev
34、elopment of “Ordering” and “eMarket Research” messages, included in CCL09B Another suite of messages is planned to be included in the CCL10A which cover “Quotation” (in collaboration with TBG6), “Remittance Advice”, and “Scheduling”.,9th November 2009,Geneva,36,TBG3-Transportation and Logistics,Purp
35、ose Develop the eBusiness standards for Logistics planning and Transport. This covers operational movements of goods, administrative and governmental requirements and safety and security of freight movements. Programme of Work Development priority for individual Projects/Business Requirements Specif
36、ications (BRSs): Status Request / Report, Transport Instructions, Dangerous Goods Declaration, Multimodal Waybill for transports Collaboration on Version 3.0 guidelines of the International Transportation Implementation Guidelines Group (ITIGG) for transport messages for both EDIFACT & XML Collabora
37、tion with Customs TBG4 / WCO and other users groups, specifically GS1 and IATA,9th November 2009,Geneva,37,TBG4-Customs,Purpose Collaborate with World Customs Organisation (WCO) covering Business to Government (B2G), Government to Government (G2G) and Business to Business (B2B) requirements in cross
38、 border transactions. Programme of Work Government Cross Border Regulatory (GOVCBR) EDIFACT message finalized during Sapporo forum and published Contributed to Recommendation 34 Initiated submission of Core Components to TBG17, BIEs to follow Collaborated with TBG3 on transport messages IMO Marine S
39、afety DMRs Multimodal Dangerous Goods Requirements,9th November 2009,Geneva,38,TBG5-Finance,Purpose Be responsible within the financial services area for the simplification of international trade procedures, business and governmental process analysis, and optimization of information exchange standar
40、ds. Programme of Work Inclusion of Customer Credit Transfer semantics in CC Library marks the successful first presence of finance in UN/CEFACT. Global financial strategy to promote ISO 20022 as financial standard TBG5 continues to actively participate in cross-domain projects The key objective righ
41、t now is on e-invoicing and integration to the financial payment chain.,9th November 2009,Geneva,39,TBG6-Architecture, Engineering & Construction,Purpose Responsible to coordinate and propose new developments and maintenance in the area of Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry (AEC). P
42、rogramme of Work Continued refinement of eTendering and Project Schedule and Cost Performance Management standards. Joint projects with TBG1 eCatalog (will be part of D09B) Contract Financial Execution Management (CFEM). Continued development of Security in Messages and Documents. Work with TBG19 on
43、 the gap analysis between eNotification and eTendering,9th November 2009,Geneva,40,TBG8-Insurance,Purpose Functional area of insurance business including policy production, placement, claims, risk management. It covers also domestic and international environments, insurance and reinsurance, single c
44、ompany policies and co-insurance. Programme of Work Project work developed through Global Insurance Standards (ACORD), the Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO) and eBES Expert Group Seven Data elements for insurance related information for Contract, Party and Coverage as well as business
45、areas of claims, life insurance, health insurance and automotive insurance are included in CCL09B.,9th November 2009,Geneva,41,TBG9-Travel, Tourism & Leisure,Purpose To support and promote international business activities related to the exchange of travel industry data. Programme of Work First set
46、of schemas for requesting and receiving information on small-scale lodging published in D.07A. Small Scale Lodging Travel Product Information has been included in D.09A The third part of the project, which deals with the reservation of the products has been initiated Discussion on travel-related act
47、ivities in the Republic of Korea to harmonize with the UN/CEFACT Forum procedures has started. TBG9 will also review the data maintenance requests (DMR) code requests, etc,9th November 2009,Geneva,42,TBG12-Accounting & Audit,Purpose Develop e-Business standards for Accounting and Audit domains. It c
48、overs specific accounting matters as well as regulatory obligations requiring business to file multiple questionnaires, returns, declaration forms and reporting towards private and governmental collectors. Programme of Work Achieved: Accounting Token (for Invoice), Accounting Entry Message; 4 Messag
49、es on the final ODP step: Chart Of Accounts Message, Ledger Message, Reporting Message, Accounting Message; BRS preparation in progress for 2 Messages: Trial Balance, Journal; Insertion of “Accounting Token”: collaboration with TBG1, TBG6; Joint project TBG18 “Cooperative Farms” Financial Reporting.
50、 New project: Bundle Collection with TBG6 & 19.,9th November 2009,Geneva,43,TBG13-Environmental,Purpose To support and promote both international and regional cooperation activities related to environmental data exchange. Programme of Work Meeting the information process requirements under the Basel Convention on Control of Transboundary Movements of Waste (TMW): 172 Parties, G2G, B2G; TMW Business Information Entity/Core Component submission approved, and published within CCL 09A; Plans to work on TMW-related waste-assessment data.,
