eBusiness Government

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eBusiness Government Trade Overview

• United NationsCentre for Trade Facilitation and
  Electronic Business

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What is eBGT?

• 18-month UN/CEFACT initiative that will support
  the FMG/Bureau/Plenary in
• Clarifying priorities
• Identifying gaps
• Improving outreach
• Achieving deliverables

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eBGTs Four Components
Online Standards
Gap Analysis
Capacity Building
Communication
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Online Standards

• Two Components
• Online Standards Showcase
• Online Standards Registry

Online Standards
Gap Analysis
Communication
Capacity Building
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Online Standards Showcase

• Short-term development project
• Purpose is promotional - initial focus on the
  Buy-Ship-Pay model
• Maintained long-term

Online Standards
Gap Analysis
Communication
Capacity Building
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Online Standards Registry

• Medium/long-term project
• Strategy formulation
• Phased implementation
• Purpose is operational

Online Standards
Gap Analysis
Communication
Capacity Building
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Capacity Building Defined

• Capacity building is an effort to strengthen
  knowledge and skills in order to support
  individuals and organizations in more effectively
  achieving their objectives on a sustainable basis

Online Standards
Gap Analysis
Communication
Capacity Building
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Capacity Building Instruments

• Instruments could include
• training materials
• training programmes
• e-learning
• freely available tools
• conformance criteria for commercial trainers
• conformance criteria for tools developers

Online Standards
Gap Analysis
Communication
Capacity Building
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Communication

• Considerations
• Core themes
• Target-audience diversity
• Media

Online Standards
Gap Analysis
Communication
Capacity Building
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Gap Analysis

• Gaps in deliverables supporting business,
  government and trade
• Gaps in technical methodologies

Online Standards
Gap Analysis
Communication
Capacity Building
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Activity Interrelationships
Online Standards
Gap Analysis
Communication
Capacity Building
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Online Standards Gap Analysis
Online Standards
Gap Analysis

• Business, Government and Trade Perspective
• Facilitates a detailed examination of artefacts
  supporting the Buy-Ship-Pay model

Communication
Capacity Building
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Online Standards Gap Analysis
Online Standards
Gap Analysis

• Technical Perspective
• Facilitates a detailed examination of how the
  technical components fit together

Communication
Capacity Building
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Online Standards Capacity Building
Online Standards
Gap Analysis

• OSS support for Buy-Ship-Pay is key for Capacity
  Building
• Universally understood
• Illustrates the CEFACT approach

Communication
Capacity Building
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Capacity Building Gap Analysis

• Capacity-building activities should reveal
  gaps/issues with
• Business, Government and Trade Resources
• Technical Resources
• Supporting Resources

Online Standards
Gap Analysis
Communication
Capacity Building
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Communication Others
Online Standards
Gap Analysis

• Obvious connections to Online Standards and
  Capacity Building
• Gap Analysis
• Misperceptions
• Real gaps

Communication
Capacity Building
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eBGT Support Team
UN/CEFACT Plenary
Bureau
UNECE secretariat (eBGT Trust Fund Administration
)
eBGT Support Team
Forum Management Group (FMG)
eBGT Support Team
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eBGT Expected Outcomes

• The eBGT initiative gap analysis could become a
  facilitating mechanism for developing the program
  of work
• CEFACT is strengthened and is widely seen as a
  more agile, responsive, and easily engaged
  organization

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eBGT Support Team Members

• Arofan Gregory
• Peter Potgieser
• Jim Wilson

• Sylvie Colas
• David Dobbing
• Jostein Frømyr

eBGT Co-ordinators
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Thank you!