Challenges for the 12th Plenary UN/CEFACT Challenges for the 12th Plenary Stuart Feder Plenary Chair 22 May 2006 UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR TRADE FACILITATION AND ELECTRONIC BUSINESS United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Overview Changing International Environment UN/CEFACT Priorities Plenary Challenges Stakeholder Perspectives

Changing International Environment Trade Policy Negotiations and Trade Facilitation Digital Divide and Global Infrastructure End-to-End Interoperability with International Standards Common Semantics for Business and Trade (electronic data interchange for administration, commerce and transport)

UN/CEFACT Priorities Response to UNECE Reform Activities Secretariat, Bureau, Forum Management Group Outreach to members of the Trade Committee, Executive Committee, Geneva Missions and UN/CEFACT HODs Activities Improved Communication (e.g. Quarterly Reports, website) Resolved Intellectual Property Rights Policy Stronger Cooperation with SDOs Successful Forums in Lyon and Vancouver

Example: Cooperation with OASIS Coordinated Delivery of eBusiness Standards Cooperation Agreement (June 2005) 2006 Coordination and Project Alignment OASIS/UBL and UN/CEFACT collaboration plan work together to build a common set of eBusiness document standards work with all relevant Forum Groups common core components and business processes recognition of UBL v.2 as appropriate first-generation XML documents for eBusiness Business Process Specifications collaborative effort on BPSS v.3

Plenary Challenges Inter-Governmental Business Model public-private partnership, global remit UNECE secretariat and volunteers UN budget and extra-budgetary resources Validation of Priorities via experimental format for plenary compiling stakeholder perspectives follow up via intersessional process recommendations to UNECE

Stakeholder Perspectives Countries within and across countries national, regional and global priorities Sectors within and across sectors key building blocks and focused next steps Standards Development Organisations building on centres of competency communication and coordination

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