1. 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

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

3. 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)

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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