18 th un/cefact forum closing p lenary 14.00 hrs

UN Economic Commission for Europe

18th UN/CEFACT Forum

Closing Plenary14.00 hrs

23 September 2011Geneva International Conference Centre

Geneva, Switzerland


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•Bureau•Programme Development Areas

Trade and Transport Facilitation Supply Chain Regulatory Sectoral Methodology and Technology

•Bureau Programme Support•Closing Remarks

Overview


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Bureau

Some key topics/activities

• Focus on developments in PDAs and BPS • Open Bureau sessions Monday-Thursday 17.00-17.30 hrs• Plenary topics:

Programme of Work Agenda, documents, recommendations and standards Consultations

• Website, transparency and communication• Liaison and strategic cooperation in standards • UNECE Mobile Business flier to be published• Calendar of events• Next Forums

• India - March/April 2012 •Vienna September 2012

Domains:Domains:

• International Trade ProceduresInternational Trade Procedures• CustomsCustoms• TransportTransport

Trade and Transport FacilitationTrade and Transport FacilitationTrade and Transport FacilitationTrade and Transport Facilitation

UN Economic Commission for Europe International Trade Procedures

• Review and update of work programmeReview and update of work programme• Rec 36 Single Window Interoperability first draft being developedRec 36 Single Window Interoperability first draft being developed• Rec on Consultation Models first draft being developed with Rec on Consultation Models first draft being developed with

support of Business Process Analysis domain support of Business Process Analysis domain • UN/REC 1 ITP Nominee to reengage with ISO to workUN/REC 1 ITP Nominee to reengage with ISO to work

jointly on the aligned standard Layout keyjointly on the aligned standard Layout key• Rec 14 further discussions on possible update-projectRec 14 further discussions on possible update-project• Proposal for a new project to prepare a recommendation Proposal for a new project to prepare a recommendation

supporting the work on Environmental (Hazardous) supporting the work on Environmental (Hazardous)

Material Coding (supporting the work of Ms Pilgrim)Material Coding (supporting the work of Ms Pilgrim)• Strategic Discussion on the future development Strategic Discussion on the future development

of Single Window recommendationsof Single Window recommendations• Strategic Discussion on mBusiness solutions for Trade FacilitationStrategic Discussion on mBusiness solutions for Trade Facilitation


Customs

• Participated in the EDIFACT technical assessment• Processed DMRs for GOVCBR; updated GOVCBR expected in D11B

• Participated in the project Single Window interoperability• Updated the group on the initiative on Globally Networked Customs

• Updated the PDA on developments on IMO FAL Committee:• The finalization of the FAL compendium, • Treatment of stowaways, privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel, • Finalization of the Maritime Single Window Guidelines,

• Development of guidelines for electronic access to certificates on board vessels. • Participated in the UNECE information session on a standard for the

electronic CIM/SMGS Consignment Note for Railways• Updates on development of a standard on advance cargo reporting

• Development of a new electronic message not necessary• WCO will convey the difficulties faced by carriers• Support for common data requirements and procedures for advance cargo

reporting by countries • Held discussions with UNCTAD on areas of mutual interest in Trade

Facilitation


Transport

• Status of and further actions for the projects in the Transport Domain (status report, Status of and further actions for the projects in the Transport Domain (status report, transport instruction, waybill, dangerous goods). transport instruction, waybill, dangerous goods).

• Action plan to progress the “Cargo Tracing and Tracking” projectAction plan to progress the “Cargo Tracing and Tracking” project• The Multi Modal Transport structure as a subset of the Core Components for use in the The Multi Modal Transport structure as a subset of the Core Components for use in the

Transport and Logistics domainTransport and Logistics domain• Assessment of DMR’s from the transport domainAssessment of DMR’s from the transport domain• Harmonization work between TDED and EDED Directories for transport itemsHarmonization work between TDED and EDED Directories for transport items• Maintenance of the EDIFACT Directories and UN/RecommendationsMaintenance of the EDIFACT Directories and UN/Recommendations• Report on cooperation with developments in the Transport domain (IATA, UIC, FIATA, IMO, Report on cooperation with developments in the Transport domain (IATA, UIC, FIATA, IMO,

SMDG, PROTECT, etc.)SMDG, PROTECT, etc.)• Joint meeting with Customs / WCO on the action plan regarding the Advance Cargo Joint meeting with Customs / WCO on the action plan regarding the Advance Cargo

Declaration harmonization issue; Other items: IMO FAL Forms…Declaration harmonization issue; Other items: IMO FAL Forms…• Report on cooperation with ISO committees relevant for the Transport domain, namely ISO Report on cooperation with ISO committees relevant for the Transport domain, namely ISO

TC204 ( ITS - Intelligent Transport Systems) and ISO TC8 (Maritime)TC204 ( ITS - Intelligent Transport Systems) and ISO TC8 (Maritime)• Confirmation of the Transport interim meeting in Valencia on 14 18 November‐Confirmation of the Transport interim meeting in Valencia on 14 18 November‐• September 20th : Meeting with International Transport Organizations at IATA to assess September 20th : Meeting with International Transport Organizations at IATA to assess

impact of the CEFACT reorganization on the Transport/Logistics sectorimpact of the CEFACT reorganization on the Transport/Logistics sector• September 21th: Meeting with UNECE Trade-Transport Division and UIC to discuss September 21th: Meeting with UNECE Trade-Transport Division and UIC to discuss

regulatory aspects and data harmonization of the Rail Consignment Note (CIM) with the regulatory aspects and data harmonization of the Rail Consignment Note (CIM) with the CEFACT standards.CEFACT standards.


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Supply Chain PDASupply Chain PDAAchievements Achievements

of the Weekof the Week

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AgendaAgenda

• Changes in Supply Chain PDA Domains

• Supply Chain PDA Scope

• Projects within Supply Chain PDA Scope - Existing & New

• Projects outside Supply Chain PDA Scope

• Future Supply Chain PDA Strategy

SUPPLY CHAIN PDA

PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT AREA Domains

PROGRAMME OF WORK

Vice Chairs

Mike Doran&

Tim McGrath

Supply Chain

•Supply Chain Management•Procurement•Finance/Payments•Accounting/Audit•Government


CURRENT DOMAINS & COORDINATORSCURRENT DOMAINS & COORDINATORS

• Supply Chain Management: Karina Duvinger & Edmund Gray

• Procurement: Bernard Longhi

• Finance & Payments: Liliana Fratini Passi

• Government: Ray Pisani

• Accounting & Audit: Michel Lesourd & Eric Cohen

SUPPLY CHAIN PDA


PresentationsPresentations

• European perspective on eProcurement from the PEPPOL & BII Point of View - Josteyn Fromyr

• EU Multistakeholder Forum to Facilitate the Adoption of eInvoicing - Edmund Gray

• CEN Message User Guidelines MUG 1 - Bernard Longhi

• CEN European Core Invoice Implementation Guide - Kevin Smith

• Legal Notice Publication – Didier Hardy

SUPPLY CHAIN PDA


Supply Chain PDA Scope

NOTIFY SOURCE TENDER

International Supply Chains consist of integrated and coordinated flows of information, goods & payments

DELIVER

CONTRACT

ORDER

BILL PAY RETURN

REPORT

This flow diagram will be discussed with other PDAs to provide a complete view of CEFACT Scope of Work


PROJECTS & PROJECT LEADERSPROJECTS & PROJECT LEADERS

NOTIFY

• Legal Notification Publication: Didier Hardy

SOURCE

• Cross Industry Catalogue: Karina Duvinger• Price Lists (New)

TENDER

• eTendering (including eNotices): Kevin Smith • Cross Industry Quotation: Gilles Brandel

SUPPLY CHAIN PDA



CONTRACT/ORDER

•Cross Industry Ordering: Martin Forsberg

DELIVER

• Project Schedule & Cost Performance Management: Chris Hassler • Cross Industry Scheduling: Samy Scemama• Cross Industry Delivery: Edmund Gray

BILL

• Contract Financial Execution Management: Michel Entat • Cross Industry Invoice: v2.0 + 2.1: Edmund Gray

– Migration CII to CCTS 3.0 & NDR 3.0: Karina Duvinger (Coordinator)

SUPPLY CHAIN PDA



PAY

• Cross Industry Remittance Advice: Mounir El-Koury• Customer Statement (New)

RETURN

• REPORT

• Market Research Information: Helge Simonsen

SUPPLY CHAIN PDA



Cross Domain and Other

• Accounting Token: Michel Lesourd

• Supply Chain Process Common Requirements: Sue Probert

• Security for XML Documents & Messages (Rec 37): Sujeet Bhatt

• Master & Measured Data Alignment for the European Energy Market (Proposal): Kees Sparreboom

SUPPLY CHAIN PDA



Finance & Payments

Supply Chain Finance: new standardization needs to be addressed (eg.: guarantees, letters of credit, open account, trade counterparties screening)

– Cross-Industry Invoice: maintainance with respect to financial issues / coordination with other PDA domains

– Liaison with ISO20022 and global financial services (e.g.: Common Global Implementation)

To be followed up after SIBOS event in Toronto

SUPPLY CHAIN PDA



Accounting & Audit

• Lexical Nomenclature: Michel Lesourd• Accounting Trial Balance: Michel Lesourd• Accounting Bundle Collection: Michel Lesourd• Accounting Entry v.1 & v.2 (maintenance): Michel Lesourd• Accounting Ledger: Michel Lesourd• Accounting Chart of Accounts: Michel Lesourd• Accounting Reporting: Michel Lesourd• Accounting Message: Michel Lesourd• Accounting Journal: Michel Lesourd

SUPPLY CHAIN PDA


Future Supply Chain PDA StrategyFuture Supply Chain PDA Strategy

• Publish current project deliverables by end of 2011• Improve UN/CEFACT’s Publication Process as a matter of

high priority• Address private and public sector requirements• Revisit Gap Analysis recommendations• Propose new Themes & Projects - Business Requirements• Review external Supply Chain initiatives• Encourage Supply Chain experts to return to UN/CEFACT• Request resources from Plenary delegations, and/or other

potential sponsors, to support projects

SUPPLY CHAIN PDA


Planning for VirtualMeetings

Planning for VirtualMeetings

Every Second Wednesday at 16:00 CET

Starting on 28 September 2011

SUPPLY CHAIN PDA


Domains:Domains:• Environmental ManagementEnvironmental Management• CustomsCustoms• GovernmentGovernment

RegulatoryRegulatoryRegulatoryRegulatory

UN Economic Commission for Europe EnvironmentalManagement

• Discussions on the work program for the Environment Domain. Discussions on the work program for the Environment Domain.

• Continued work on the GHS, MSDS and REACH projects. Continued work on the GHS, MSDS and REACH projects.

• Changes/updates coming to the waste disposal project.Changes/updates coming to the waste disposal project.

• Discussions on developing a Recommendation for the Environmental Discussions on developing a Recommendation for the Environmental work jointly with International Trade Procedures Domain. work jointly with International Trade Procedures Domain.


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Sectoral PDADomain Insurance

Domain CoordinatorAndreas Schultz


Domain Insurance

The domain insurance is at present a joint work between ACORD - USA, and the European eBusiness Expert Group for Insurance (eEG7) with members from BiPRO - Germany, SIVI – The Netherlands, Telebib - Belgium, GS4eB – Germany.


Workplan

Projects are planned for•Commercial line business (from small commercial up to large industrial) •Private Claims•Together with the healthcare domain for exchange between healthcare professionals, patients and health insurance companies.


Sectoral PDADomain Travel/Tourism

Domain Coordinator Akio Suzuki


Domain Travel/Tourism

Achieved this week: 1)BRS preparation for Small scaled Lodging House

Reservation Information Process was progressed.2) Attended the CCL property terms review held and

guided by CCL 3.0 development/maintenance team 3) Discussion on the new project proposed by a

Thailand expert was held and will be further studied among the experts.


Work plan

1) Small scaled Lodging House Reservation Information Process will be finalized (by March 2012)

2) New project proposals will be discussed among the experts. And they will be proposed to be in time for the next forum when they are agreed upon by them.

3) Collaboration with such organizations as OTA, AFACT, other international or national bodies will be well checked and negotiated, if needed, by the experts of the group.

4) Capacity building activity will be considered especially for Asian countries.

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Sectoral PDADomain Agriculture

Domain CoordinatorFrans van Diepen

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Agriculture

• Livestock Life Events RecordingFocus on animal trade issues

• Agricultural observationsFocus on e-LABs :exchange of laboratoria observations and conclusions on soil, animal and plant samples

New projects expected:• Cross industry invoice Extensions to support trade in fresh vegetables, fruits and cutflowers

• Farming management and farm operation information exchangeMachine instructions, logging of operations and remote sensing on the farm


Methodology and Technology PDA

Closing Plenary Report


Geneva


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Bureau Programme Support

Progress for the week

•Appointment of Domain Coordinator(s) not needed at present

•Review the status of all projects

•Review of the existing Programme of Work


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Project Meetings

• Business Document Header

• Core Components Business Document Assembly


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Maintenance and Developmentprocedures

Maintenance and Developmentprocedures

Processes

Messages

Processes

Messages

CollaborationCustomizations

Extensions

CollaborationCustomizations

Extensions

User View Internal ViewExternal View

TechnicalFramework

Future Strategy


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Identified Issues

• XML Versioning/Compatibility• Naming (of ABIEs)• Naming (of Property terms)• Extension of XML (data type for extending a

model/schema)• Code lists publishing• Library synchronization

Impact Analysis on UN/CEFACT Specifications


Bureau Programme Support (BPS)

Closing Plenary Report


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•Appointment of Domain Coordinator(s)– Mary Kay Blantz – Library Maintenance– Hidekazu Enjo – Validation (not confirmed)

•360o review of all maintenance tasks– Libraries, Codelists, XML Schema generation– Publication processes– Validation


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•CCTS 3.0 Property Harmonization

•EDIFACT DMR processing completed

•11.A XML schemas produced

•11.A CCL revalidated


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Progress for the weekIdentified key areas to focus on:

– Streamline production process(es)• Updates to technical specifications and ‘methodologies’ to

eliminate ‘oddities’ that drive unnecessary work and rework.– Capacity building

• BPS needs help, especially in the codelist, validation, and EDIFACT maintenance areas

– Complete gaps in methodologies• Validation is a key area• Publication, versioning


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Progress for the weekWebsite

– Website migration issues identified with corrective action plan established

Marketing / Outreach– Piero (Fellini) Cucino has video taped many

testimonials to be published on the website


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Excellent Turnout within BPS!


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Communication: results of the week

1. Actions agreed with the Secreteriat:

• A team was formed to update and revise the website www.uncefact.org

2. Promotional materials: 5 video interviews on UN/CEFACT success stories


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And now watch the video….


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Closing Remarks