2.  The contest is open to any company or organization nominated by Head of Delegate of AFACT member countries within the due time.  Aims: › To promote the achievement of AFACT members in the development of trade facilitation, e-business policies and activities, and initiatives for bridging digital divide in the Asia Pacific Region › To recognize the significance and great effort made within AFACT community to encourage exchange of best practices

3.  Trade Facilitation  Electronic Business in the Public Sector  Electronic Business in the Private Sector  Bridging Digital Divide  Special Honorary

4.  To be hosted by Iran Center for e-Commerce Development  Review of Manual  Scheduling the further tasks  Evaluation panel

6.  e-Asia Awards 2015 Evaluation Committee: › Dr. Eva Yueh, CSC Chair, Chinese Taipei › Mr. Hisanao Sugamata, TMC Chair, Japan › Mr. Mohammad Garakani Neghad › Ms. Azadeh Bagheri; AFACT Chair and AFACT Secretariat 2015, Iran › Mr. Yann Louis, Duval, UNESCAP Representative › Dr. Mahmood Zargar, General Secretary of AFACT › Mr Gong HoD of Chinese Taipei represented by Mr Morris H. Hsiao › Mr. Mitsuru Ishigaki, UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia and the Pacific and HoD of Japan › Mr. Anil Sinha, HoD of India › Four other experts from the host country (Mr Javadi Nia, Ms Kashani, Ms Taj, Ms Ziaei  All HoDs signed and submitted the recommended outstanding projects of their awards categories by 31 Aug. 2015 for semi-final evaluation, which was held virtually through e-mail.

7.  The entries for the 4 categories were received by e-Asia Awards Host Secretariat. These entries were reviewed by e-Asia Awards Secretariat for general eligibility, and then forwarded to EC members who also reviewed and assessed the proposals.  Based on the evaluation sheets received from all the EC members, the Secretariat chose 3 top ranked projects and prepared the short list as per merit.  These semi-finalist projects have been invited to attend the Final Evaluation to be held on Dec. 15 2015 in Tehran, Iran

8.  12 projects from 4 countries have participated in this year contest →  11 finalists in 4 categories in order of the rank each project obtained in semi-final evaluation: A. Bridging Digital Divide 1. Advanced Program of Health Diet for the Students in Chinese Taipei (Chinese Taipei) 2. eSign (India) 3. Designing and Implementing the Iranian Automotive Portal (Iran) B. e-Business in Private Sector 1. Nationwide RFID-based Multi-lane Free Flow (MLFF) Freeways ETC System and Service (Chinese Taipei) 2. “Business Platform” corresponding to Industry 4.0 ~ Achieving “Financial EDI cooperation” among Small-and Medium-sized Enterprises ~ (Japan) 3. CHAKAVAK Project (Iranian Cheque Imaging System) CMS 2.0 (2014 - 2015) (Iran) C. e-Business in Public Sector 1. Service of the Pre-Calculation of Individual Income Tax Returns (Chinese Taipei) 2. SHAPARAK, Iranian Electronics Card Payment System (Iran) 3. Persian Model for Ocean Dynamics (PMODynamics) (Iran) D. Trade Facilitation 1. Iran Single Window for Cross-Border Trade (ISWCBT) (Iran) 2. Drugs Authentication and Verification Application (DAVA) (India)

9.  During the final evaluation, the leaders and/or representatives of semi-finalists have been requested to deliver their presentation to the EC. The EC members will make the final decision based on the oral presentation and supplemented materials.

11. 08:30-9:00 Registration and Opening session Presentation order of semi-finalist projects (including questions and answers session) Bridging Digital Divide category 09:00-9:30Designing and implementing the Iranian Automation Portal 09:30-10:00 eSign 10:00-10:30Advanced program of Health Diet for students in Chinese Taipei 10:30-10:40Coffee Break eBusiness in Public Sector category 10:40-11:10Persian model for ocean dynamics 11:10-11:40SHAPARAK 11:40-12:10Service of the pre-calculation of individual income tax returns Trade Facilitation category 12:10-12:40Drug Authentication & verification application 12:40-13:10National Single Window 13:10-14:00Lunch Break eBusiness in Private Sector category 14:00-14:30CHAKAWAK 14:30-15:00Financial EDI cooperation platform among SMEs 15:00-15:30National wide RFID-based multi-lance free flow freeways ETC system & service 15:30-15:45 Coffee Break 15:45-17:00Evaluation of finalists and Announcement of Awardees

12. Project Name Country Final Rank Bridging Digital Divide Advanced Program of Health Diet for the Students in Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 1 Designing and Implementing the Iranian Automotive PortalIran2 eSignIndia3 e-Business in Public Sector SHAPARAK, Iranian Electronics Card Payment SystemIran1 Service of the Pre-Calculation of Individual Income Tax Returns Chinese Taipei 2 Persian Model for Ocean Dynamics (PMODynamics)Iran3 Trade Facilitation Iran Single Window for Cross-Border Trade (ISWCBT)Iran1 Drugs Authentication and Verification Application (DAVA)India2 e-Business in Private Sector Nationwide RFID-based Multi-lane Free Flow (MLFF) Freeways ETC System and Service Chinese Taipei 1 “Business Platform” corresponding to Industry 4.0 ~ Achieving “Financial EDI cooperation” among Small-and Medium-sized Enterprises~ Japan2 CHAKAVAK Project (Iranian Cheque Imaging System) CMS 2.0 (2014 - 2015)Iran3