1. Country Stakeholder Perspectives Virginia Cram-Martos Director UNECE Trade and Timber Division U NITED N ATIONS C ENTRE F OR T RADE F ACILITATION A ND E LECTRONIC B USINESS United Nations Economic Commission for Europe UN/CEFACT

2. Slide 2 Countries need interoperable, intersectoral standards Business Government Ministries of trade, transport, etc. Customs, Border Control Agencies, etc. Big companies and associations in various sectors Exporters, importers, freight forwarders, software companies banks, SMEs etc.

3. UN/CEFACT Slide 3 To Increase efficiency & competitiveness Protect investments in data Government Business Ministries of trade, transport, etc. Customs, Border Control Agencies, etc. Big companies and associations in various sectors Exporters, importers, freight forwarders, software companies banks, SMEs etc.

4. UN/CEFACT Slide 4 Among the top priorities e-invoicing standards

5. UN/CEFACT Slide 5 UN/CEFACT ’s response The cross-industry invoice and e-tendering candidate release XML schemas Two releases of the Core Component Library Eleven Business Requirements Specifications Three releases of the UN/EDIFACT Directories Two releases of the UN/LOCODE Directory Four revised code recommendations Launched eGov data project

6. UN/CEFACT Slide 6 UN/CEFACT has: Updated its open development process (ODP) Reviewed its project portfolio & set priorities Worked on improving work flow Developed a procedure for managing extra- budgetary projects Countries need open, transparent & efficient processes

7. UN/CEFACT Slide 7 With other Standards Development Organizations: through the e-business MoU and the secretariat to ISO TC154 With WTO: by reinforcing UN/CEFACT’s input With other international organizations: as a founding partner in the Global Facilitation Partnership for Trade and Transport with the World Bank, WCO, UNCTAD, ICC and UNIDO With other UN regional commissions: through joint projects UN/CEFACT needs to have good partnerships

8. UN/CEFACT Slide 8 Implementation help is requested Guidelines, models, case studies and best practices Started Trade facilitation implementation guidelines Published Single Window case studies Made available a trade facilitation toolkit Better on-line access to the standards Published registry implementation specification + draft implementation plan Improved website for the permanent groups Promotion and awareness Seminars/workshops: India, Ireland, Moscow Presentations: APEC, SWIFT, EU Single Window meetings, ITAIDE project

9. UN/CEFACT Slide 9 Government Business UN/CEFACT = Government and Business Working Together

10. UN/ CEFACT SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESSES FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS.