ajin jirachiefpattana 15-17 february 2012 geneva international conference centre

UN Economic Commission for Europe

18th UN/CEFACT SESSIONItem8. Challenges for trade facilitation and electronic business:

visions and realities for public-private sector collaboration

Panel C: Perspectives from governments and national,

regional and international institutionsAjin Jirachiefpattana

15-17 February 2012Geneva International Conference Centre

Geneva, Switzerland


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•ASEAN(Association of SouthEast Asian Nations)•AFACT(Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and

Electronic Business)•PAA(Pan Asian e-Commerce Alliance)

Regional/International Institutions


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ASEAN ICT Masterplan 2015 - Vision

•Empowering•Transformational•Inclusive•Vibrant•Integrated

ASEAN


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ASEAN ICT Masterplan 2015 – Strategic Thrusts

•Economic transformation•People empowerment and engagement•Innovation•Infrastructure development•Human capital development•Bridging the digital divide

ASEAN


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ASEAN ICT Masterplan 2015 – Projects•ASEAN ICT e-Mall (online Trading Center for ASEAN)•CA-CA Interoperability Project•CA-CA Interoperability Framework in ASEAN •Develop ASEAN Technical Architecture Framework For E-Commerce

Interoperability (ASEAN – TAFECI)•ASEAN ICT Skills Standard Development•Empowering Homeworkers in ASEAN countries through the usage of ICT•ASEAN CyberKids Camp•Proposal to Develop ASEAN Technical Architecture Framework for E-

Government Interoperability •ASEAN – EU Training for Law Enforcement, Judges and Prosecutors on

Cybercrime•ASEAN e-Government Development Plan •Workshop on Enhancing ICT Adoption of Small and Medium Enterprises•Open Source Software (OSS) 3D Animation Skill Improvement Training for

ASEAN Universities (OTIS)

ASEAN


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ASEAN ICT Ministerial Meeting 2011 –Dialogue Partners (China, Japan, Korea and India)

•IT Infrastructure•IT Training•IT Security•E-Commerce•Disaster Management

ASEAN


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To support in the Asia Pacific region and its adjacent countries and economies policies and

activities, especially those promoted by UN/CEFACT, dedicated to stimulate, improve and

promote the ability of business, trade and administrative organizations, to exchange products and relevant services effectively

through the simplification and harmonization of processes, procedures and information flows in a

non-political environment.

AFACT - Mission


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•6th Generation interbank EDI system (Japan)•Implementation of e-CERT by Animal Quarantine Service (AQS)

(Japan)•Realization of Green Cloud Computing – Green EDI

Collaboration with Financial EDI•The cooperation between Vietnam and Japanese customs•e-Commerce and e-Tailing in India•Indian Customs EDI Gateway (ICEGATE)•Port Community System (PCS) (India)•Peanut.net - Traceability System for Peanut Products (India)•Government eProcurement System of National Informatics

Centre (GePNIC) (India)

AFACT - Progress


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•The Standardization Project of Technology and Information for Efficient Logistics Transport (Korea)

•Government electronic document distribution support center (GDOC) (Korea)

•e-Government SOA services (Korea)•Electronic Tax Bill (Korea)•The Project for Providing Assistance of Digital

Opportunity Center in Northern Taiwan•The Government Cloud (G-Cloud) (Singapore)

AFACT - Progress


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•The survey of needs for training/consultancy in eBusiness and trade facilitation, and of resources to provide in the AFACT

community•The Survey of Status on eCOO Implementation in the AFACT

Community•Single Window Survey in AFACT Economies

•Survey on SOA/Interoperability status in AFACT members•Utilizing CCL in Asian region

•Single Window Interoperable Framework•Realization of Interoperability Practical Implementation

Support (IPIS) Application in e-Business Interoperability among the Countries of AFACT Members

•SLHs (Small scaled Lodging Houses) reservation information project

AFACT – Action/Project


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To promote and provide secure, trusted, reliable and value-adding IT infrastructure and facilities to enhance seamless trade globally. Combined membership of the

parties now exceeds 150,000 organizations, representing almost all active trading

enterprises in the Asian market.

PAA - Mission


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•B2B Projects: Commercial Documents Exchange

•B2B2G Projects: Automated Manifest / Declaration Service

•ECO Project•Global Visibility Project: cross border

container tracking between Asia and Europe.

PAA – Action/Project


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•There are 48 countries in Asia.•Very few are transition countries.

•So many are developing countries. •Besides building infrastructure, these developing

countries strongly need for technical assistance in capacity building issues on ICT, e-commerce,

UN/CEFACT recommendations and standards.•Potential exists for cross border projects in Asia

pacific using UN/CEFACT tools. This may be taken up in various PDAs.

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