Corporate Registers Forum Auckland, March 2013 Ricco Dun – CRF Executive Committee The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce Bucharest, 14 June 2013

Presentation Overview of CRF Report on activities Looking to the future

Corporate Registers Forum The Corporate Registers Forum (CRF) is an international organisation for administrators of corporate registers governed by it’s constitution – To promote liaison, co-operation and discussion among Members' jurisdictions/countries – To exchange or facilitate the exchange of information on the registry systems of Members' jurisdictions/countries, their roles and responsibilities, and issues relevant to their activities, including operational and management practices and procedures, technologies used or proposed and responses to changing registration trends; – To identify issues and problems that are seen to impede the efficient and effective management of registries, particularly any cross-border issues; and – To liaise with other international registry management organizations and constituencies on common registry management issues

Corporate Registers Forum Registered in Hong Kong as an incorporated society in member countries

CRF Report Appointment of an Executive officer (Tim Moss – UK) to grow the CRF Supporting a conference on Ease of Doing Business in East and Southern Africa 10 th anniversary conference held during March at Auckland, New Zealand – 185 attendees from 53 countries

Annual Conference Tomorrow’s Registries Today - Tell, Inspire, Revolutionize 4 days focusing on:- – Networking – Future Challenges, risks and potential solutions – Technologies – Law Reform – General sessions

Annual Conference Networking – Cultural evenings – Sightseeing evening – Gala dinners – Breakout sessions – Feedback sessions

Annual Conference Future Challenges, risks and potential solutions – Understanding the needs of the next generation of entrepreneur – Unique challenges faced by emerging economies – Single business identifier across all agencies, information reporting once use often – Global registries, interoperability and data exchange – Global economic outlook, impact on corporate registers – Combating Registry Integrity – Money laundering, criminal activity, identity thief

Annual Conference Technologies XBRL / iXBRL Electronic IDs Biometrics Case studies of new online registers Mobile apps, badges, QRs, CRM, web services

Annual Conference Law Reform – Corporate Governance – Simplifying & streamlining business registration & reporting – Lowing cost of compliance – Making laws simple – Enhancing powers of inspection & enforcement, increasing penalties to improve integrity – Aligning with AML legislation

Annual Conference General sessions – Country Updates – IACA and ECRF – World Bank and – Asian Development Bank – Sponsor booths

CRF 2014 To be hosted by Junta Comercial do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - JUCERJA March 2014 Come join us in Rio?

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