Going forward

UN/CEFACT Bureau

14 May 2007

UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR TRADE FACILITATION AND ELECTRONIC BUSINESSUnited Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UN/CEFACT

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Overview

• Starting point

• Setting the Stage

• Towards a New Initiative

• Next steps

• Comments and Questions

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Starting point

• Track record speaks for itself– New Delhi Forum (October 2006)– Dublin Forum (March 2007)

• Advances– Coordination– Project review– Priorities– Pinpointing and resolving constraints

• Work programme - integrated strategy

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Towards Strengthening Deliverables

• Workflow gap review, constraints of volunteer experts

• UNECE secretariat resource constraints to support coordination of deliverables, currently fully allocated to ongoing tasks after recent review

• Limited tools and assistance for specific processes, e.g., core component harmonization / registry

• Compelling demand for bringing together end-to-end global core of interoperable standards for buy-ship-pay model in support of e-business, e-government and e-trade

• Scope for extra-budgetary funding

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Coordination and Funding Challenges background presentations to follow

• Programme of Work

• Sweden's case

• Significance of the Cross-Border Reference Data Model

• Information Technology for Adoption and Intelligent Design for e-Government (ITAIDE)

• UN/CEFACT Registry

• UN/CEFACT Core Components

• Trust Fund

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• Creation of cross domain project (TBG1, TBG6 and TBG19) on Public Electronic Procurement

• European Committee for Standardization / Information Society Standardization System (CEN/ISSS) Workshop on Interoperability in the Implementation of Electronic Public Procurement in Europe (WS/ePPE)

• European Commission efforts on e-Invoicing and ISO 20022, especially given formation of Single European Payments Area (SEPA)

Coordination and Funding Challenges

a few more to keep in mind

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Towards a New Initiative

• Background presentations highlight the work in progress, but also the coordination and resource challenge at the heart of UN/CEFACT deliverables

• Need to focus on a support team for the FMG, scaling up productivity

• Need to identify resources for time-critical projects

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Towards a New Initiative

• The time seems to have come to launch a new idea - an initiative on

electronic Business, Government and Trade

eBGT

• Initial secretariat consultation with the UNECE Executive Committee indicates UNECE extra-budgetary Trust Fund rules can be applied and that eBGT has its support

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A Priority eBGT Interoperability Target:e-business, e-government and e-trade

BUY SHIP PAYCustomer Supplier

Intermediary

Authority

The International Trade Transaction Process consists ofInternational Supply Chains consist of integrated and coordinated flows of information, goods & paymentsSource: UN/CEFACT International Supply Chain Reference Model

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRANSACTION PROCESS

CommercialProcedures

• Establish Contract• Order Goods• Advise On Delivery• Request Payment

TransportProcedures

• Establish Transport Contract

• Collect,Transport and Deliver Goods

• Provide Waybills, Goods Receipts Status reports etc.

RegulatoryProcudures

• Obtain Import/Export Licences etc

• Provide Customs Declarations

• Provide Cargo Declaration

• Apply Trade Security Procedures

• Clear Goods for Export/Import

Financial Procedures

• Provide Credit Rating• Provide Insurance• Provide Credit• Execute Payment• Issue Statements

INVOLVES

Prepare For

ExportExport Transport Import

SHIPBUY PAY

Prepare For

Import

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UN/CEFACT Projects

• BUY - Commercial Procedures

eProcurement

• eTendering• eCatalogues• eDocuments

• SHIP - Transport & Regulatory Procedures• UNeDocs• Transport messages• Cross Border Reference Data Model (in preparation)• Single Window projects

• Pay - Payment Procedures

Cross Industry Invoice

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Applied TechnologyGroup

UNECESecretariat

Plenary

International Tradeand Business

Processes Group

Information Content Management Group

Techniques and Methodologies Group Legal Group

UN/CEFACT

Plenary Chair ___

Bureau

Advisory Groupsto Plenary Chair

• Heads of National Delegations Group• International 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 - Statistics Collection and Reporting - Supply Chain - Transport - Travel,Tourism and Leisure

UNECESecretariat

(eBGT Trust Fund Administration)

ForumManagement

Group

eBGT Support Team

Voluntary & Funded Experts

UN/CEFACT: electronic Business, Government and Trade (eBGT) Initiative

preliminary draft

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Target Support and Funding Tranches

• one-third for eBGT support team (2-5 staff)

– funded experts and travel costs (including secretariat)

– core set of competencies (contact point, coordination, drafting, communication, websites, capacity building, gap analyses, technical work to assist FMG, groups and

projects)

• one-third focused on phased development of warehouse / registry for core components and business process models, including expert staff for tasks (eg Help Desk)

• one-third for special projects / tasks / tools

current estimate for all of the above: about $3 million

initiative target timeframe: eighteen months

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Target Timetable - Launch in

Stockholm • stage one (three months): getting started

– launch projects on core deliverables and tools

– document scope for vendor / academic involvement, eg demos / case studies

• stage two (six months): focus on priority developments

• stage three (three months): triage review of progress

• stage four (three months): focus on demos / case studies

• stage five (three months): evaluate / formulate next steps

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Governance

• Budget proposal to Plenary for approval

• UNECE administration of Trust Fund

• Quarterly reports to Plenary

• Detailed FMG funding recommendations to UNECE secretariat - subject to Bureau due diligence

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Preparing for eBGT Launch

• FMG completes specification of eBGT deliverables / tasks / skills

• FMG drafts proposal, including roadmap and budget

• Drafting of governance principles for Trust Fund (legal review)

• Invitation to participate in Advisory Groups

• Promote support for eBGT

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Help is Needed from the Plenary

• Comment on Draft Proposal for eBGT Initiative

• Serve on Heads of Delegation National Advisory Group

• Endorse Proposal via Inter-sessional Approval Process

• Quarterly Oversight

• Contribute to the Trust Fund

• Promote support for eBGT

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Comments and Questions

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