2. International Trade Procedures PDA
Estelle Igwe, Vice Chair
Domains:
International Trade Procedures Domain
Virginia Cram Martos
Single Window Domain
Aleksei Bondarenko
TFA Focal Point
vacant (candidatures welcome)

3. International Trade Procedures Domain
Virginia Cram Martos
Projects:
Women in Trade Facilitation WP
Paloma Bernal Turnes
Paperless Trade WP
Lance Thompson

4. Activities at Forum and for Future
Women in Trade Facilitation Project
Significantly progressed
New project ideas
Integrated Services for MSMEs in International Trade (ISMIT)
Group will put forward a project proposal shortly
Reviewed WTO TFA for potential new ITP projects

5. Single Window Domain Aleksei Bondarenko Projects:
Core Principles for Operation of Single Window
Richard Morton
Single Submission Portal
Ibrahima Diagne
Kepeng Li

6. Core Principles for the Operation of SW
Draft Recommendation has been prepared and discussed by experts
Outputs:
- Consider expressed comments and suggestions in the text.
- Finalize the draft of Recommendation and submit it for public review.

7. Initiated project – Single Submission Portal (SSP)
PROJECT LEADERSHIP
Project main-leader: Ibrahima DIAGNE
Project co-leader: Mr. Kepeng LI
Lead Editor: TBD
Project Scope
The project will look at the potential stakeholders, the services such systems can provide and potential management responsibilities. It will provide guidance on these points and general recommendation for facilitating the implementation of such systems.

8. Single Submission Portal (SSP)
The project proposes to study different forms of Single Submission Portals including: Port Community Systems, Cargo Community Systems, Data Pipelines, e- Commerce Platforms, International Trade Integrated Service Platforms or Interorganizational Operating Information Systems.
Finally, this project will propose how such SSP can provide the same or similar trade facilitation mechanisms as a National Single Window. Some countries may want to use such systems as a viable alternative to a National Single Window and rely on such systems as an alternative to their WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement requirements (when a NSW does not yet exist).
SSP could also be positive in countries that already have NSW.

9. Buy / Pay PDA Raffaele Fantetti, Vice Chair Domains:
Supply Chain and Procurement Domain
Edmund Gray
Finance and Payment Domain
Liliana Fratini Passi
Accounting and Audit Domain
Eric Cohen
Benoît Marchal

10. Supply Chain and Procurement Domain
Edmund Gray
Projects:
Cross Industry Invoice BRS Repository
Rolf Wessel
Cross Industry Scheduling
Samy Scemama
Extension of CI Artefacts
Sustainable Public Procurement
Enrico Camerinelli

11. Sustainable Public Procurement
Received HoD approval
The project has approved by 3 HoDs Italy, India, Germany.
Proposed action plan:
 Identify industry sector to test the concept. Most likely: agribusiness.
Contact trade associations, industry bodies, and private companies to collect sustainability protocols and rulebooks that buyers currently adopt to prove compliance to sustainability principles and standards.
Develop a Know Your Sustainability (KYS) repository to store the data that constitute the common denominator of all sustainability documents.

12. CII-BRS Repository Lead Editor was ill, so it was cancelled
Status remains the same

13. Extension of Cross Industry Technical Artefacts
No comments received from Public Review
Meeting with Harmonisation PDA to discuss update of BRSs
Publication foreseen at end of 2017

14. Cross Industry Scheduling Supply Chain
BRS & RSM for Consumption report has finished the public review
Requirements for Demand Forecast & Supply Instruction are ready for specifying CCs/BIEs which are expected to be published in CCL18A
   BIEs for submission
Scheduling messages are available for Technical Arctefact Project to include. Proposal to be submitted to the Bureau
RSM for Consumption report is to be developed and BIEs for it are expected to be published in CCL18B

15. Joint meetings Transport and Logistics
Discussed who to use EDIFACT Semantics with our models
Harmonisation PDA
Discussed maintainenace of BRS and RSM for Reference Data Model
Also discussed this with Methodology and Technology

16. New Projects Update to Delivery Process
To include the missing Receipt Advice
update BRS and create new RSM
RSMs will include a SCRDM version
Semantic links between the CEFACT models
The EDIFACT and RDM should have mappings to the CCL
It is important to gather all Business Requirements

17. Finance and Payment Domain
Liliana Fratini Passi
Projects:
Purchase Order Financing Request
Fabio Sorrentino
Contributing Editors to eGOV Blockchain Project
Carlo Salomone,
Fabio Sorrentino,
Dario Delle Noci

18. next steps agreed Purchase Order Financing Project BRS Fine tuning
BRS Publication and Project Exit
Contributing to eGOV Blockchain White Paper Project
Financial use case analysis
First draft of the White Paper Trade Finance chapter
The Finance & Payment domain met on Tuesday and discussed about ongoing project status, next steps and the renaming proposal of the Domain.
In this synoptic you can see synthesized all the next steps the will be reached by the year.
The purchase order financing project, after the public review, will be finalized by the year and the team will ask the bureau for the project exit.
The blockchain project has been the hot topic of this Forum, and of course we hope that our contribution could be incisive. During the F&P meeting wa analysed several and interesting financial use cases, and we discussed about aspects of authentication, privacy and legal framework.
Our goal for the project is to deliver a first draft of the Trade Finance Chapter by the year.
Last but not least we discussed about a renaming proposal of the domain. I think that we need to rename the Domain, in accordance to the UN/CEFACT mission avoiding possible misunderstanding about of the formal taxonomy of the domain. I believe that a renaming of the domain from Finance and Payment Domain to Finance Domain could link the relevant activities to a specific sector (finance) and not to a specific service (payment) avoiding any possible misunderstanding from terminology point of view with other organization primary involved in the payment services standardization.
Finance & Payment Domain renaming
Domain renaming proposal: from Finance and Payment Domain to Finance Domain, linking the relevant activities to a specific sector (finance) and not to a specific service (payment)

19. Accounting and Audit Domain
Benoît Marchal
Eric Cohen

20. Activities during Forum and for future
Representatives of the AAA Domain are evaluating projects closely related to two ISO committeess with overlapping mandates to our Domain, in order to contribute to and influence these efforts.
Consider and document how to use the accounting token message to provide the accounting/journalization information relevant to a transaction or business event recoffded in a Blockchain or Distributed Ledger and
Leverage the release of the first ISO consensus draft of ISO/PC295 Audit Data Collection to begin a formal mapping between the core components library and AA schemas and 1) the tables in the ISO deliverables and 2) XBRL GL.

21. Ship PDA Sue Probert, Vice Chair Domains:
Transport and Logistics Domain
David Roff
Jérôme Besancenot
Insurance Domain
Andreas Schultz
UN/LOCODE Focal Point
vacant

22. Transport and Logistics Domain
David Roff
Jérôme Besancenot
Projects:
Multi-Modal Transport RDM
David Hesketh
eCMR
Evginiya Iafaev
Data Pipeline
David Roff
Smart Containers
Hanane Becha
eBOD (pending new name)
Youngkon Lee

23. Outcome of Work during the Week
Interest from the group in how to engage universities and intern’s to have some kind of involvement.
Domain communications strategy discussion.
Joint Meeting with Supply Chain Domain enabled members to cross communicate on areas of commonality such as ’code list management’

24. Project Updates (MMT)
Transport MMT – overview of the CCL and reference data model introductions to highlight correct way of re- use.
Accepted some minor amendments from the eCMR team to enrich the reference model
Project is ready for public review, some questions around how to publish a reference data model in UN/CEFACT will follow the lead of SCRDM ‘How to publish a reference model’
Aiming for publication in December 2017

25. Project Updates (eCMR)
eCMR – Closed off the comments from the public review in September 2017, some terminology needs to be reviewed such as ‘Sender/Consignor’ and ‘Carrier/Transport Services Provider’
Due to increasing number and importance of eCMR projects, it is crucial that the eCMR XML schema is published ASAP
Aiming for XML schema publication in December 2017

26. Project Updates (data pipeline)
Data Pipeline – Reviewed the content feedback from internal review on the BRS
Linked the eCMR to pipeline project due to common waypoints and shows the multimodal application of the data pipeline.
BRS will be out for public review slightly after the eCMR to capture and align the feedback
Discussing how the project could fit under the Harmonization PDA approach

27. Project Updates (New Projects)
Smart Containers – Launched the project after 4 HOD’s supported the project, a call for participation has been published.
eBod/Transport Data Exchange via Mobile (TDEM) the revised project proposal document will be sent to the T&L members for information

28. Regulatory PDA Tahseen Khan, Vice Chair Domains:
Cross-Border Management Domain
Abdoulaye Basse
eGovernment Domain
vacant (candidatures welcome)
Environment Domain
Norbert Pfaffinger

29. eGovernment Domain vacant Projects: Blockchain project
Virginia Cram Martos
Trusted Transboundary Environment project
Aleksandr Sazanov

30. Blockchain White Paper Project Team
Held a successful Blockchain Conference on 4 October which provided UN/CEFACT experts with a common understanding of this technology as well as some of its potential applications in support of trade facilitation
Agreed that it would be useful to develop a list of Frequently Asked Questions for UN/CEFACT experts
Heard reports from Chapter editors/coordinators on progress made to date
Held discussions on security and authentication issues for blockchain-based trade-related applications and on possible uses of blockchain to support Co-operative e- Commerce Platforms (i.e. platforms owned and managed by the businesses using the platform to sell their goods)

31. Project for ensuring legally significant trusted trans-boundary electronic interaction
Agreed ways forward:
Finalize the TTP White Paper
Launch TTP International Convention development
Issue a press-release on TTP International Convention

32. Other activities of E-Government Domain
Discussions on Internet Of Things (IOT) for Trade facilitation (TF).
Propose to hold a conference on “IOT for TF” in the coming 31st UN/CEFACT Forum in Geneva
Discussions on Cyber Security issues for TF and EB.

33. Environment Domain
Norbert Pfaffinger

34. Forum Results Project to be proposed on Waste Management and Analysis
Drafted Project Proposal
Gathered Head of Delegation support
Collected and analysed requirements
Sample preparation (size reduction, particle size, drying temperature, preservation)
Digestion, extraction, leaching, percolation methods
Parameters, limit values, analysis results
Test reports, evaluation reports
Proposed Project Leader: Franz Mochty
Transboundary Movements of Waste Project
(Basel Convention)
Reviewed implementation process
Discussed and defined further implementation steps

35. Sectoral PDA Harm Jan van Burg, Vice Chair Domains:
Agriculture, Agri-Food and Fisheries Domain
Frans van Diepen
Travel and Tourism Domain
Akio Suzuki
Utilities Domain
Kees Spaareboom

36. Agriculture, Agri-Food and Fisheries Domain
Frans van Diepen
Projects:
Traceability Animals, Plants & Biproducts
Niki Dieckmann
eCrop
Henk Zwinkels
FLUX
Ben Kloppenborg

37. Agricultural Domain Project to be proposed on E-Quality Certificate :
Finalise project proposal
Start with fresh fruits and vegetables
Continue with other sensitive products later
Legal and above legal information
Based on e-Cert standard and CCL elements
Add what is needed
Explore exchange mechanisms
(IPPC platform for SPS-certificates, blockchain,….)
Proposed project leader: Frans van Diepen

38. Agricultural domain Traceability: Develop implementation guidelines
Make use of existing material (e-Cert, GS1,..)
Working group established
FLUX:
- Version 1.2

39. Agricultural Domain
RASFF:
Project proposal for update of RASFF

40. Travel and Tourism Domain
Akio Suzuki
Projects:
Destination Travel Information Process
Gil Jun Ko

41. Since the Last Forum Meeting
1. AFACT (Asia-Pacific region Organization) Meetings: We had twice physical Travel related WG s in Taipei. 2. Conf-Call among AFACT members: 4 times 3. Major Topics discussed: 1) API related matters for SLH International Pilot Project 2) Green Paper Project Proposal on Experience Program 3) DTI project rescheduling 4) Block Chain in T/T Domain

42. Work Items during the Week
Green Paper Project Proposal on Experience Programs
a. The project can be proposed to Bureau and could be started soon thereafter
b. What to described in the Paper
c. Try to survey the use cases in European countries
SLH and DTI related matters
a. Remaining issues discussed
b. Discuss how to incorporate the working results into Experience Programs
Others
a. Discuss applicable use cases of Block Chain technologies to T/T Domain
b. Attend the Block Chain Mini-Conference and the other working groups’ meetings, etc.

43. Methodology and Technology PDA
Anders Grangård, Vice Chair
Domains:
Specification Domain
Hisanao Sugamata
Syntax Focal Point
Gait Boxman
Library Maintenance Focal Point
Mary Kay Blantz

44. Specification Domain Hisanao Sugamata Projects: Code Management
Rolf Wessel
Header/Envelope Document Exchange
Anders Grangård
Library Publication
Christian Huemer

45. Projects Library Publication Format Project
Outreach to multiple solution providers for collaboration
Face to face meeting being planned
Standard Business Document Header/Envelope
SBDH/BDE -> XHE
Joint project with OASIS
First draft in internal review
Looking for real world implementation samples of current version
Code List management
Ready for public review

46. Syntax Focal Point
Gait Boxman

47. Activities since the last Forum
UN/EDIFACT
Processed 49 DMRs:
3 approved
6 approved with modifications
40 postponed
0 rejected
0 withdrawn
UNCEFACT/XML
Based on CCL D17B
Published 124 messages

48. Library Maintenance Focal Point
Mary Kay Blantz

49. Activities since the last Forum
CCL D17B (based on CCTS 2.01)
Produced/validated CCL, including updates for
Agriculture: FLUX
Transport & Logistics: Multi Modal Transport
Supply Chain: ETDA (Electronic Transactions Development Agency) Thailand
CCs: 7,794
BIEs: 12,251
qDTs:
Note: Schema production
Awaiting update of UN/EDIFACT D.17B code lists based on approved DMRs

50. Plans for the next Forum
Advance active projects
Library Publication Format Project
Standard Business Document Header/Envelope (XHE)
Code List management
Library Review
UN/EDIFACT
UN/CCL
XML
Template review
Review current templates
High level BRS
Style guides
Maintenance rules
Host a Q&A session for all participants
If requested

51. Cut-off dates for Library submissions
8 weeks before the first day of the UN/CEFACT Forum
Submissions received after the deadlines will be postponed until the next version of the affected UN/CEFACT deliverable
Example:
Start date: 23 April 2018
Cut-off date: 26 February 2018
Note: Please notify well in advance in case of large submissions. DMRs will be processed in the order that they are received.

52. Conference calls M&T Conference Calls
Coordination & information sharing
Projects will have dedicated calls
Monthly
26 October 2017, 1 PM CET
23 November 2017, 1 PM CET
14 December 2017, 1 PM CET …
Non M&T members also welcome

53. Harmonization PDA Ian Watt, Vice Chair Domains:
BRS-RSM Harmonization Domain
Tat Tsen Jonathan Koh
Validation Focal Point
Hidekazu Enjo

54. BRS/RSM Domain Tat Tsen Jonathan Koh Projects: Canonical Models

55. Harmonization PDA Framework
The Framework shall support “harmonization of processes, choreographies and data” of domain-specific use cases.
This shall significantly contribute to the opportunities confirmed at the 30th Forum:
Blockchain enabled “Trust” applied to the supply chain
Internet enabled ecosystems “collaboration” applied to the supply chain “Data Pipeline”
The uptake of process driven not document only driven supply chains
Deployment of UN/CEFACT’s Reference Data Model approach
Proposed Project Leadership:
Maurizio Morabito
Supachok Jantarapatin (Peng)
Rajiv Garg

56. Validation Focal Point
Hidekazu Enjo

57. Activities this week Finished Validation Continuing Validation
Recommendation 20
Revision 13e
Continuing Validation
XML Schemas 17B
Code Lists:
Messages:
Data: (Reusable ABIE, CCT, qDT, uDT)
Identifier Lists: 3

58. Expect Activities by the next Forum
Validation
UN/EDIFACT Directory 17B
CCL 18A (based on CCTS 2.01)
If it will be developed before the next forum.
XML Schemas 18A (Based on CCL 18A)

59. Communication PDA Colin Laughlan, Vice Chair
Communication Team Members:
Communication Team
Hanane Becha
Benoît Marchal
Paloma Bermal Turnes
Kepeng Li
Miluse Tichavska
TFIG Focal Point
Vacant (candidatures welcome)

60. Call for Participation
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Representation wanted for
All World Regions
All Domains

61. Activities During Forum
Communications Workshop
How to Leverage Domain Projects for Public Awareness
TFIG, TFA and SDGs
New Welcome Brochure Produced
Video Production Launched
During Forum
UN/CEFACT Bi-annual Newsletter in Development Phase

62. Going Forward from Rome
Comprehensive Strategic Communications Planning
Project-Specific Communications Planning
UN/CEFACT Brand Planning

63. Next Meetings

64. UNECE 3rd Single Window Symposium
Geneva CH, 30 & 31 October
Will look at the state of play of Single Windows today (participating government agencies point of view, accompanying documents, types of SW implemented…)
Will likely result in the revision of Recommendation 33.

65. UN/LOCODE Advisory Group
Geneva CH, 30 November & 1 December
Will discuss the reengineering of the DMR process and the strengthening of the Focal Point network.
May result in a fee for UN/LOCODE DMRs where there is either no Focal Point or the Focal Point is inactive.
More information on the website: advisorygrpmtg2017.html

66. Fisheries Team of Specialists
Geneva CH, January 2018
Launching the team of specialists on the UN/CEFACT FLUX standard.
More information to come soon on the website

67. Next UN/CEFACT Forum Geneva April 23-27 2018
Palais des Nations
Note: Plenary will be back to back (30 April & 1 May 2018) in Geneva
Chair election

68. UN/CEFACT Deliverables Questionnaire
Will be extended until 15 October

69. Housekeeping
Please don’t forget to fill out the evaluation form for ITA
Please don’t forget to fill in the survey on the Forum Organizaiton

70. Look forward to seeing you at the next meetings!