UN/CEAFACT Bureau report to 8th Forum

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Stakeholder Perspectives Countries
SUMMARY
UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR TRADE FACILITATION AND
ELECTRONIC BUSINESS Under the auspices of United
Nations Economic Commission for Europe
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Country ObjectivesIdentified in the Stakeholder
Paper

• Influence the development of administrative
  regulatory components of international trade
• Identify opportunities for improving national
  competitiveness
• Identify the international standards best
  practices that meet these requirements

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Country ObjectivesIdentified in the
Stakeholder Paper

• Modify these international standards to also meet
  national requirements
• Implement them in an affordable way
• Know which international organisation to address
  when they need information about, or assistance
  with, the above

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What Countries Said They Want From UN/CEFACT
Interoperable, intersectoral standards, that help

• Create information links between different
  national government agencies as well as between
  public and private sectors
• Converge multiple existing national standards
  around a standard that is both SME big
  organization friendly
• Preserve existing and future investments in data
• Advance the work on e-invoicing

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What Countries Said They Want From UN/CEFACT

• Related solutions and tools that meet the needs
  of stakeholders

• Government policy makers
• Government agencies that use the standards
• Businesses that use the standards
• Businesses that sell services based on the
  standards
• Intermediary organizations such as AIAG, GS1,
  SWIFT, other trade and industry associations

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What Countries Said They Want From UN/CEFACT

• An organization that has

• Transparent, understandable processes that
  generate standards in a timely way
• Well-defined relationships with other standards
  development organizations (SDOs)
• Procedures for receiving external input
• Cross sectoral coordination and harmonization

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What Countries Said They Want From UN/CEFACT

• Implementation assistance through

• Implementation guidelines models
• Publication of best practice especially best
  practice in government
• Better access to CEFACT products (improved
  organization of current web access, development
  of repository)
• Taking into account multiple implementation
  languages

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What Countries Said They Want From UN/CEFACT

• Promotion and awareness support through

• Coordinated approach
• Case studies
• Information about existing implementations
• Cost/benefit and added value indicators
• Cooperation with other UN Regional Commissions

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What Countries Said They Want From UN/CEFACT

• Input to policy work on trade facilitation and
  electronic business in

• The World Trade Organization (WTO)
• The World Summit on the Information Society
  (WSIS)
• Other international organizations
• National administrations