13th UN/CEFACT Plenary Geneva, 14-16 May 200713th UN/CEFACT Plenary

Geneva, 14-16 May 2007

UN/CEFACT Forum Report

Forum Management GroupChair: Mike Doran

Vice-Chair: Anders Grangard

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AgendaAgenda

• Progress since the 12th UN/CEFACT Plenary• Focusing on Delivery• 9th UN/CEFACT Forum - New Delhi• 10th UN/CEFACT Forum - Dublin• Future Challenges• Reports from the Permanent Groups

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Progress since the 12th Plenary

Progress since the 12th Plenary

What did we say we would do?

• Focus on delivering UN/CEFACT products & services• Complete the ODP• Deliver a cohesive UN/CEFACT Website presence• Complete Forum Project Portfolio information, including

dependencies & timelines• Align & prioritise POW projects with the UN/CEFACT

Integrated Strategy

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Progress since the 12th Plenary

Progress since the 12th Plenary

What did we say we would do?

• Prepare requests for extra budgetary resources, including due diligence process in project proposal management

• Improve communication, coordination & synergy between Working Groups

• Support virtual collaboration & engage external stakeholders

• Adopt approved Code of Conduct

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Focusing on DeliveryFocusing on Delivery

What have we done?

• Open Development Process (ODP) updated & submitted to the Plenary for approval

• FORUM Workflow & Procedures being further refined in order to improve cooperation between the Permanent Groups

• Project Portfolio (> 80 projects) reviewed & priorities for 2007/2008 identified, including timelines & dependencies

• Mapping to the Programme of Work & “Buy-Ship-Pay” model under way

• Tool for following project progress developed by TMG

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Focusing on DeliveryFocusing on Delivery

What have we done?

• Procedure for Extra Budgetary projects agreed with UNECE

• Trade Facilitation Guide Project launched - funded by Sida, Sweden

• UNeDocs funded largely by SITPRO, UK• UNeDocs Gap Analysis - funded by Norstella, Norway

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Focusing on DeliveryFocusing on Delivery

What have we done?• Improved cooperation with Standards Development Organizations

(SDOs):• UNECE IEC/ISO/ITU MoU MG• UNECE-WCO MoU• UN/CEFACT-OASIS Cooperation Agreement• SDOs working with CEFACT include: GS1,OAGi,SWIFT, ACORD,CIDX…

• Improved Forum management through:• Bi-weekly conference calls• Minutes circulated to all Permanent Groups• F2F meetings at UN/CEFACT Forums - tactical• Extended Bureau Meetings (Bureau + FMG) - strategic

• Interactive Website to facilitate Forum’s development work - implemented

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Focusing on DeliveryFocusing on Delivery

New deliverables• Cross Industry Invoice Schemas• eTendering Schemas• Core Component Libraries• UNeDocs Business Requirements Specification• More in the pipeline…….New initiatives• UN/CEFACT Registry Implementation• Cross Border Reference Data Model• eProcurement• ITAIDE (IT for Adoption & Intelligent Design for eGovt)

9th UN/CEFACT Forum 2-6 Oct 2006 - New Delhi, India

9th UN/CEFACT Forum 2-6 Oct 2006 - New Delhi, India

Organized by :Department of Commerce,

Ministry of Commerce & IndustryGovernment of India

Co-hosts:

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The 9th UN/CEFACT ForumThe 9th UN/CEFACT Forum

• Exceptional support from the Government of India - Minister of State, Department of Commerce - Commerce Secretary, Member Secretary of the Indian Planning Commission, Director General, National Informatics Centre

• 250 participants from Africa, Asia Pacific,Europe & North America

• Very successful UNeDocs Capacity Building Workshop• Excellent hosts & organization - led by Tahseen Khan • Elections of UN/CEFACT Forum officers held

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10th UN/CEFACT FORUMMarch 26-30 2007 Dublin, Ireland

Forum Host & Supporting Sponsors:

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The 10th UN/CEFACT ForumThe 10th UN/CEFACT Forum

• The Forum was hosted by CP3 Group and Forfas, and had the shortest lead time of any Forum to date. The Forum organization was excellent.

• The Irish Minister for the Information Society opened the Forum and there was excellent support from the Irish Government and Business Sector.

• 230 participants from all continents attended. • Very successful Trade Facilitation Open Session was

held during which it was announced that Ireland would develop a Single Window.

UN/CEFACT FORUM Web Site http://www.uncefactforum.org/MEETINGS/index.htm

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Future ChallengesFuture Challenges

Accelerating Delivery - We have in place: a mandate, strategy, programme of work, IPR policy & a development process (ODP). What we now need are:

• UN/CEFACT Priority Projects• Market driven/Stakeholder requirements

• Resources - Human & Financial• Human - Right skill sets to match priority tasks• Financial - UN/CEFACT needs funding

• Improve Forum meeting logistics• Capacity Building Programme

• Based on what UN/CEFACT can deliver

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Future ChallengesFuture Challenges

The UNECE Executive Committee will review in October 2007:

• All PG Mandates & TORs which terminate in 2007• Under UN rules, there are no Permanent Groups • PGs can be extended for two years at a time• To obtain extensions each PG will have to provide

serious justification• This means that each PG will have to show its POW,

what it has achieved in terms of deliverables, future plans & deliverables over the next two years.UN/CEFACT will have to report back every year.