UN Economic Commission for Europe Agenda item 7 Strategic Directions for UN/CEFACT 2012 - 2012 18th UN/CEFACT Plenary 15-17 February 2012 Palais des Nations,

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Agenda item 7Agenda item 7Strategic Directions for UN/CEFACT Strategic Directions for UN/CEFACT

2012 - 20122012 - 2012

18th UN/CEFACT Plenary15-17 February 2012

Palais des Nations, Geneva

Mats WicktorMats WicktorVice ChairVice Chair

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•Trade Facilitation Trade Facilitation RecommendationsRecommendations•Electronic Business StandardsElectronic Business Standards•Governmental & Business Governmental & Business

ProcessesProcesses

•Transparent and effective Transparent and effective processes for global tradeprocesses for global trade

What?

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•Increasing complexityIncreasing complexity•New requirementsNew requirements•New processesNew processes•Increased digitalized processesIncreased digitalized processes•International standards basis for International standards basis for

global trade faciliation and improved global trade faciliation and improved securitysecurity

Why?

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How?

•StandardsStandards•RecommendationsRecommendations•Other InstrumentsOther Instruments

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•Common LibrariesCommon Libraries•Common DirectoriesCommon Directories

•Internationally agreed and Internationally agreed and standardizedstandardized•Unambigious sharing of Unambigious sharing of

informationinformation

With what?

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Development and maintenance of Development and maintenance of recommendations, standards and recommendations, standards and

instrumentsinstruments

Opportunities to simplify, align and Opportunities to simplify, align and standardize processes, procedures and standardize processes, procedures and

information flowsinformation flows

Capacity building to foster implementationCapacity building to foster implementation

Working in partnership with key players in Working in partnership with key players in trade facilitation and standards trade facilitation and standards

development to avoid duplication and to development to avoid duplication and to create a consistent framework based on create a consistent framework based on

best practicesbest practices

In what way?In what way?

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•Create a solid foundationCreate a solid foundation•Collaboration with othersCollaboration with others•Increase uptake through high Increase uptake through high

qualityquality•Use the unique remit to fill the gapsUse the unique remit to fill the gaps

Conclusion!

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Thank you for Thank you for the attention!the attention!