UN/CEFACT

The UN/CEFACT Updates

Tahseen A. Khan - UN/CEFACT Vice-Chair and
Chairman of AFACT

27th AFACT StC Mid-Term Meeting

14-15 May 2009
UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR TRADE FACILITATION AND ELECTRONIC BUSINESS
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

OVERVIEW

INTRODUCTION

14th CEFACT FORUM UPDATES

WAY FORWARD

BUREAU ACTIVITIES

UN/CEFACT

UNITED NATIONS CENTRE

FOR
TRADE FACILITATION
AND
ELECTRONIC BUSINESS

SIMPLE,
TRANSPARENT
AND
EFFECTIVE
PROCESSES
FOR
GLOBAL BUSINESS

UN/CEFACT

Instruments of Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business

o

Recommendations

Standards

Public-Private Partnership

About 300+ volunteer experts around the world

UN/CEFACT

BI-ANNUAL EXPERT FORUMS AROUND

THE WORLD

Supported by Governments

Provides face-to-face opportunities to convey

UN/CEFACT trade facilitation and electronic business
perspective

Past and future host countries: Canada, India,

Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Senegal,
Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

UN/CEFACT

EXPERT ACTIVITY AREAS

Accounting & Audit

Social Services

Agriculture

Supply Chain

Architecture, Engineering & Construction

Transport

Customs

Travel,Tourism and Leisure

eGovernment

Business Process Analysis

Electronic Trade Documents

Harmonization

Information Content Management

Applied Technology

Technical Methodologies

Legal

Environmental Management
Finance
Health Care
Insurance
International Trade Procedures

UN/CEFACT

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

party
.details

payme
nt
.details

trade item
.details

consignment
item.details

customs
declaration
.details
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OUTREACH

Raising awareness

Capacity-building
o

foster implementations

encourge more experts in programme of work

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GOVERNANCE

Integrated strategy and programme of work

Open Development Process

Intellectual Property Rights Policy

o
recent Task Team Report concluded it is
adequate, effective, meets or exceeds the
protection of other standards
development organisations and is welltailored to the requirements of
UN/CEFACT

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Trade Facilitation
Layers
Policy
(National,
Regional,
Sector)

Implemen
tation

Interchange

UN/CEFACT Integrated Framework of

Standards for Paperless Trade
APEC & ASEAN SW, UNeDocs.UK,

Framework
for Data
Exchange

IATA e-freight, IMO Cargo Manifest

(CBRDM, BRS)

Revised Kyoto Convention, WTO, eTIR

UN/CEFACT Recommendations
Single Window (Rec 33)
Data Harmonization (Rec 34)
Rec: 6,11,12,14,18,22,26

UN/TDED

Paper

Generic

UN/CEFACT
Paperless
Trade

UN Layout Key
Code lists Rec

WCO
Rec

Core
Components

UNeDocs

SAD

UN/EDIFACT

XML/EDI
Schemas,
Paper Forms

Data
Model

Electronics Business

UMM, CCTS, XML NDR

ISO 9735(EDIFACT Syntax)

Reusable
Elements

UN/CEFACT

UN/CEFACT Trade Facilitation Staircase

Cross Border
Data Exchange
Single Window

Cross
Boder
Reference
Data
Model

Rec 33,34,35

National Data UNTDED, Core Component

Harmonization Library, UN LOCODE and
code lists, UNeDocs, Rec 34
Document Simplification
UN Layout Key, UNTDED, TF Toolkit
and Standardization
and Forms Repository
Process Analysis
and
Simplification

Business/Political Process Collaboration Between Trader

and Government (UN/CEFACT Rec 4, Rec 18),
UN/CEFACT International Supply Chain Reference model,
Unified Modeling Methodology, Global Facilitation
Partnership for Trade and Transport Audit Methodology

14th CEFACT Forum Update

Achievements of the 14th Forum

UN/CEFACT Priority Project Review

o
o
o
o
o
o

BSP-UNeDocs Way forward agreed with stakeholders

D.08B XML Schemas produced
Confluence project tracking tool launched and training provided
Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide update & delivery
Cross Industry Invoice ready to be included in D.09A
Architecture re-launched as cross PG project

UN/CEFACT Procedures:
o
Forum Operating Procedures updated with TBG input.
o
Audit procedures being documented
o
R/650 to be updated for UN/CEFACT Plenary, November 2009

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Future Forum Meetings

15th UN/CEFACT Forum - Sapporo, Japan

28 September to 02 October 2009

16th UN/CEFACT Forum - UK (tbc)

17th UN/CEFACT Forum Geneva, Switzerland

30 August to 03 September 2010

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Way Forward

Complete project deliverables for 2009

Publish Cross Industry Invoice

Update the projects in Confluence

UBL Work Plan completion

Update R.650/Rev.4 with Bureau

Prepare 15th UN/CEFACT Forum in Sapporo

Prepare 15th UN/CEFACT Plenary 9 12 November 2009

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Way Forward
Activities to improve the UN/CEFACT development process
TBG1 formed two permanent subteams
o
Business Requirements Team via business process
models (supported by TBG14)
o
Data Modelling Team

TBG1/14 Evaluation of toolset to support the Management

of Business Requirements to improve consistency of BRS
documents

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Bureau Activities

o
o
o
o
o
o
o

Stakeholder sessions on BSP-UNeDocs:

1 - Stakeholder Needs Assessment
2 - Deliverables, Tasks and Skills
3 - Priorities and Ways Forward
Reviewing Code of Conduct with respect to email exchanges
Liaison Topics, including MOU Management Group on e-Business
Preparing for presentation on UN/CEFACT at World Trade
Organization
Preparing reply to European Commission Expert Group on einvoicing
Workflow follow-up: harmonization, audit and message
development process

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Bureau Activites

Planning for Plenary (9-12 November 2009) schedule, R650, work

programme
Planning to respond to EXCOM deliverables: June and December
2009 deadlines
Next steps for the electronic Business, Government and Trade
(eBGT) initiative

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Thank You

SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE

PROCESSES
FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS.