reorganisation of un/cefact

UN Economic Commission for Europe

Reorganisation of UN/CEFACT

Peter Amstutz

15-17 February, 201218th UN/CEFACT Plenary

Palais Des Nations, Geneva


Drivers for Change•Recommendations from UNECE Executive Committee•Requirement to review permanent group mandates•More timely availability of deliverables•Outreach to stakeholders•Gap Analyses•Maturity of experience / lessons learned

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Overview


Activities Supporting the Programme of Work

•Programme Development Areas

•Project Teams

•Bureau Programme Support

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Activities


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Plenary BureauRegional Rapporteurs

Organisation


Programme Development Areas (PDAs)

•Transport and Trade Facilitation•Supply Chain•Regulatory•Sectoral•Methodology and Technology

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PDAs


Methodology and Technology•Development methodology•Maintenance of technological specifications•Document flow ommendation Naming and design rules •Validation techniques

•Small Scale Lodging House Information•Small Scale Lodging House Travel Product Information Process•Cattle Registration Information Exchange•Livestock Life Record•EDI of Agronomical Observations Report•eArchiving•eDAPLOS

Sectoral

•eCert•Cattle Registration•Electronic Data Exchange Proxy•MSDS•GHS•REACH•Dangerous Goods Declaration

Regulatory

Supply Chain•Cross Industry Catalog•Cross Industry Invoice•Cross Industry Ordering•Cross Industry Scheduling•Cross Industry Delivery•Cross Industry Quotation•Market Research Information•eTendering•Project Schedule and Cost Performance Management•Contract Financial Execution Management•Public Electronic Procurement

Trade and Transport Facilitation•Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide•Annex to Trade Recommendation 6•Revision of Trade Recommendation 11•Revision of Trade Recommendation 12•Trade Recommendation 34•Trade Recommendation 35•Trade Recommendation 36•Consultation Models for Public and Private Sector Consultation•International Supply Chain Reference Model

Methodology and Technology

Sectoral

Regulatory

Supply Chain

Trade and Transport Facilitation

Programme of Work

Programme Development Areas Project Teams

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Project Teams•Streamlined project-oriented organisation•Engines of growth for developing and maintaining UN/CEFACT deliverables•Project Leads report to Bureau Vice Chairs responsible for their Programme Development Areas

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Project Teams


• Goals achievable only through contribution of experts– Participate in Project Teams – to develop and

maintain UNECE recommendations and UN/CEFACT standards

– Respond to calls for participation to apply their skills– Collaborate with other experts in domain

communities– Can serve as Domain Coordinators

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Experts


• Confirmed by the Bureau• Way for experts to find each other and

collaborate with colleagues• Ensure needs of Domains are brought forward

into the UN/CEFACT context• Important for maintaining knowledge base• Groupings of experts, projects and/or project

teams

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Domains


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Trade and Transport Facilitation

Supply Chain Regulatory Sectoral Methodology and Technology

Bureau___________________

ChairUNECE

Secretariat

UN/CEFACT Plenary

Regional Rapportuers

Vice Chair Vice ChairVice Chair Vice Chair Vice Chair Vice Chair Vice Chair

Programme Development Areas Bureau Programme Support

Programme of Work

Roster of Experts

Registry of Domains Business: Accounting & Audit Agriculture Customs Environmental Management Finance/Payments Government Health Care Insurance International Trade Procedures Procurement Supply Chain Management Transport Travel/Tourism Technical: Audit/Validation Business Process Modelling Communication Harmonisation Legal Library Maintenance Library Production Methodology Publlications UN/EDIFACT XML

ProjectsDomainSupport ProjectsDomain

SupportProjectsDomainSupport ProjectsDomain

Support ProjectsDomainSupport


Project Teams•Streamlined project-oriented organisation•Engines of growth for developing and maintaining UN/CEFACT deliverables•Project Leads report to Bureau Vice Chairs responsible for their Programme Development Areas

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Project Teams


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• Emphasis should be not on the organisation, but on the process

• The process central to our work is the Open Development Process (ODP)

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Process

reorganisation of un/cefact

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