eBusiness Strategy

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Development in the Asia Pacific Region
Asia Rapporteurs Report to the 14th Plenary Sep.
16-17, 2008
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Contents

1. AFACT
2. Collaboration with APEC

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AFACT (Asia Pacific Council for Trade
Facilitation e-Business)
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25th AFACT Meeting
? 25th AFACT Annual Meeting
Event Date Venue
25th AFACT StC Meeting Aug. 6, Bangkok, Thailand
AFACT JWG Meeting Aug. 7, Bangkok, Thailand
25th AFACT Plenary Aug. 8, Bangkok, Thailand
eAsia Award Evaluation Ceremony Aug. 9, Bangkok, Thailand
EDICOM 2007 Conference Aug. 10, Bangkok, Thailand
? 2007 eAsia Award - 12 final candidate best
practice projects - 10 awards in 4 areas
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26th AFACT Meeting
? 26th AFACT StC Mid-term Meeting - May 1-2,
2008 Jeju Island, Korea - 19th Member Saudi
Arabia - Roadmap is on the way for future
direction
? 26th AFACT Annual Meeting and Related Events
Event Date Venue
26th AFACT StC Meeting Oct. 13, COEX
AFACT JWG Meeting Oct. 14, COEX
26th AFACT Plenary Oct. 15, COEX
EDICOM 2008 Conference Oct. 16, Textile Center
WfMC Conference Oct. 17, Textile Center
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Collaboration with APEC (Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation)
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Under the auspices of APEC Electronic Commerce
Steering Group UN/CEFACT
May 26 28, 2008 Seoul, Korea
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? Symposium Participants
160 stakeholders from 22 economies (14 economies
from APEC)
UNECE
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? Conjunctive UN/CEFACT TBG Meetings - TBG
17 May 19 - 23 - TBG2 May 22 - 28 -
TBG15 May 29 - 30
? Participation and Contribution from UN/CEFACT
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? Symposium Conclusion
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? Symposium Recommendations
As illustrated in the development of ASEAN Single
Window, support from the top-level policy-makers
is critical in successful implementation of
paperless trading. Therefore, the Symposium
recommends that a high-level convention such as
APEC Ministerial Meeting on e-Commerce is to be
organized.
As unanimously agreed among the participants,
open and harmonized international standards are
critical for successful cross-border paperless
trading. The Symposium recommends that a
recommendation is prepared on the use of the
UN/CEFACT Core component Library as the
foundational data standard for cross-border
paperless trading.
Taking into account of important role of private
sector in paperless trading, the Symposium
recommends encouraging the private sector,
including industry associations, to get involved
in developing paperless trading and related
instruments. This may include more Public Private
Partnership (PPP) with more special care for the
requirements of SMEs. It was also recognized that
UNeDocs could be a suitable paperless trading
instruments for SMEs.
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The finding of the survey result reinforces that
APEC economies need more capacity building
support for paperless trading. They Symposium
recommends that APEC and UN regional bodies such
as UNECE, UNESCAP and UNECLAC to collaborate and
develop joint capacity building program. As a
first step, it was suggested that a proper
communication channel is to be set up. Another
proposal was the introduction of mentoring
program in paperless trading capacity building
project in its eBGT project.
It was pointed out during the Symposium that the
outreach and presence of both APEC and UN is not
enough in certain region such as Latin America.
The Symposium recommends both APEC and UN to
increase its outreach and promotional activities
in paperless trading.
Single Window is a good candidate to be a
paperless trading instruments for facilitating
cross-border trade. However, for many economies,
implementing a Single Window can pose many
obstacles caused by regulatory requirements,
business practices, technical incompetence, etc.
The Symposium recommends UN/CEFACT to consider
requests for developing recommendations related
to the Single Window to facilitate its
implementation.
Recognizing the respective strengths of APEC and
UN/CEFACT in facilitating paperless trading in
the region and globally, the Symposium recommends
forming a joint task force. The joint task force
will develop common mission and statement,
convincing business model for paperless trading
and necessary resolution to implement the agreed
Symposium recommendations.
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Thank you !
Sangwon Lim UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia Tel.
82-2-528-5020 Fax [phone] email
swlim_at_KIEC.or.kr