UN/CEFACT General Overview Single Window Conference – 31 October 2017 Lance THOMPSON Chief, UN/CEFACT Support Unit UNECE Date: 23 Oct 2017, Brussels

UN/CEFACT UN Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business

UN/CEFACT Objectives Simple, transparent and effective processes for global business Efficient and automated exchange of information Outputs Global Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business Recommendations and Standards Means Public Private Sector Partnership – over 400 experts from government and business Meet virtually every week plus two Forums per year UN/ECOSOC UN/ECE UN/CEFACT UN Global Remit

UN/CEFACT Mission UN/CEFACT’s mission is to improve the ability of business, trade and administrative organizations, from developed, developing and transitional economies, to exchange products and relevant services effectively. Its principal focus is on facilitating national and international transactions, through the simplification and harmonization of processes, procedures and information flows, and so contribute to the growth of global commerce

Buy – Ship – Pay (BSP) Model Commercial Procedures Establish Contract Order Goods Advise On Delivery Request Payment Packing Inspection Certification Accreditation Warehousing Transport Establish Transport Contract Collect, Transport and Deliver Goods Provide Waybills, Goods Receipts Status reports etc. Regulatory Procedures 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 Finance Execute Payment Issue Statements INVOLVES Prepare for Export Export Import SHIP BUY PAY Prepare for Import

Trade Facilitation TRADE FACILITATION Simplification Harmonization Process of eliminating all unnecessary elements and duplications in formalities, processes and procedures Harmonization Alignment of national procedures, operations and documents with international conventions, standards and practices Standardization Process of developing internationally agreed formats for practices and procedures, documents and information

UN/CEFACT Outputs

UN/CEFACT Main Outputs Internationally developed and agreed Recommendations Internationally developed and agreed Standards Common Libraries Common Directories

Trade Facilitation Recommendations Rec1 – UN Layout Key for Trade Documents (recently revised) Rec4 – National Trade Facilitation Bodies (recently revised) Rec6 – Aligned Invoice Layout Key for International Trade Rec8 – Unique Identification Code Methodology – UNIC Rec11 – Documentary Aspects of the Transport of Dangerous Goods Rec12 – Measures to Facilitate Maritime Transport Documents Procedures Rec13 – Facilitation of Identified Legal Problems in Import Clearance Procedures Rec14 – Authentication of Trade Documents (recently revised) Rec15 – Simpler Shipping Marks Rec16 – LOCODE Code for Trade and Transport Locations (soon to be revised) Rec18 – Facilitation Measures Related to International Trade Procedures Rec22 – Layout Key for Standard Consignment Instructions Rec25 – Use of the UN Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport Standard (UN/EDIFACT) Rec26 – The Commercial Use of Interchange Agreements for Electronic Data Interchange Rec27 – Preshipment Inspection Rec40 – Consultation Approaches Rec41 – Public Private Partnerships in Trade Facilitation

Single Window Recommendations Rec33 – Single Window Recommendation Rec34 – Data Simplification and Standardization for International Trade Rec35 – Establishing a legal framework for international trade Single Window Rec36 – Single Window Interoperability Technical Note on terminology for Single Window and other electronic platforms Work in progress: Recommendation Project on Core Principles of Single Window Operations Single Submission Portal Project

Code Lists Rec 7 Date Formats Rec 8 UNIC Rec 16 UN/Locode Rec 5 INCOTERMS Rec 28 Means of Transport Rec 3 Country Codes Rec 19 Mode of Transport Rec 9 Currency Code Rec 21 Package Codes Commodity Code Rec 20 Units of Measurement Rec 15 Shipping Marks Rec 24 Status Codes Other EDIFACT Code Lists

Standardizing Business Processes and Data UN/ISCRM Int’l Supply Chain Ref. Model Processes harmonized with all other existing business processes UN/CCL Core Component Library All of the data elements (as well as the data elements in their business context) are entered into this semantic library Data harmonized with all other existing business processes UNTDED BRS Business Requirement Specification Creates a high-level semantic description of business processes Who? ; When? What business process? RSM Requirements Specification Mappings Defines the data elements which are to be exchanged in a business process What data for this business process? UN/EDIFACT UN/XML CCBDA Core Component Business Document Assembly Creates a subset of the CCL with the corresponding RSM which will reply to this business process UMM UN/CEFACT Modelling Methodology Explains how to create new models and their relations within the ISCRM library CCTS Core Component Technical Specification Explains how to create new data elements and their relations within the CCL library NDR Naming & Design Rules Defines how to create a sample XML schema from the UN/CCL

UN/CEFACT Structure and Project Development

UN/CEFACT Structure Anders GRANGÅRD Ian WATT Colin LAUGHLAN ITP PDA Estelle IGWE Int’l Trade Procedures Single Window TFA Focal Point M+T PDA Harmonization PDA Communication PDA Buy/Pay PDA Raffaele FANTETTI Supply-Chain & Procuremt Finance & Payment Accounting / Audit Specificat° BRS/RSM Harmonizat° Project Review & Support Ship PDA Sue PROBERT Transport & Logistics Insurance UNLOCODEFocal Point Library Maintenance ISCRM (UMM Harmonization) Communicat° Committee Regulatory PDA Tahseen KHAN Cross-Border Mgmt Customs e- Governmt Environmt Mgmt Syntax Validation TFIG Focal Point Sectoral PDA Harm Jan VAN BURG Agriculture Fisheries & Agri food Travel & Tourism Utilities

Open Development Process (ODP) Project proposals submitted by plenary delegation, an existing project team or a member of the Bureau Need support of 3 Heads of Delegation Approval by UN/CEFACT Bureau Work undertaken by UN/CEFACT Experts (from public and private sector)

Open Development Process (ODP) Inception: After Bureau’s approval, “Call for Participation” sent out by project leader Requirements Gathering: initial contributions collected in a comments log Interim Draft: draft-projects circulated for comments Public Reviews: minimum 60 days from publication on UN/CEFACT website Project Exit: Each project must go through a final quality assurance exercise to verify that the final draft has addressed all the stated requirements of the project. The conclusion of this process is Bureau or Plenary Approval and then Publication. Publication: Final drafts published as UNECE documents Maintenance: changes requested by implementers may lead to new projects

Approval Process Recommendations submitted to UN/CEFACT Plenary for approval by Member States Standards are approved by the Bureau within the context of the Programme of Work All UN member States can participate

Collaborative UN/CEFACT Environment (CUE)

http://tfig.unece.org/

Thank you for your attention! Lance THOMPSON lance.thompson@unece.org Chief, UN/CEFACT Support Unit UNECE Date: 23 Oct 2017, Brussels