UNECE - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UN/CEFACT

United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business

Presentation made during the
UN/CEFACT Technical Briefing in Geneva, Switzerland
8 December 2010


10:00 – 10:20 Opening and Introduction to Workshop

	Opening and Introduction Ms Virginia Cram Martos, Director, UNECE Trade and Timber Division

10:20 – 11:30 UNECE Recommendations, Standards and Tools for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business

	Economic benefits of trade facilitation Serguei Kouzmine, UNECE

	Documentary Standards for Cross Border Trade - UN Layout Key, UN Trade Data Element Directory (UN/TDED) Markus Pikart, UNECE

	eBusiness Standards - UN/CEFACT Core Components Library (CCL), use and development; UN/EDIFACT and its role today; linkages to ISO Mary Kay Blantz, UN/CEFACT

11:30-11:50 Questions and Answers

11:50– 12:10 Single Window

	Single Window – concept, approaches and standards Tom Butterly, Chief, Global Trade Solutions Section, UNECE

12:10 – 12:30 Capacity Building and Implementation Support

	Capacity Building Programme and Tools Markus Pikart, UNECE

	Inter Agency Cooperation, Joint UN Regional Commission approach and link to WTO Tom Butterly, UNECE

12:30 - 12:50 Questions and Answers

12:50 – 13:00 Summary and Conclusions
	Conclusions
	Background information submitted by countries in transition (CIS)
	Azerbaijan ENG Belarus ENG RUS Georgia ENG Kazakhstan ENG RUS Republic of Moldova ENG RUS Russian Federation ENG RUS Tadjikistan ENG RUS Ukraine ENG RUS