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13th UN/CEFACT Plenary Geneva, 14-16 May 200713th UN/CEFACT Plenary Geneva, 14-16 May 2007

Report on the Development in Asia Region

Sangwon LimUN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

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To be Reported

Progress in AFACT Progress in Regional Bodies Progress in Inter-regional Bodies Others Observations & Recommendations

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AFACT

Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation & Electronic Business 24th AFACT Meeting & EDOCOM 2006 - Karachi, Pakistan on Aug. 7-10, 2006 with 100 participants - Afghanistan joined as 18th member - Need for the development of AFACT Roadmap re-affirmed - Iran and Philippines elected as StC members - AFACT JWGs focused their discussions on such implementation issues as Single Window, UNeDocs, Electronic Certificate of Origin - Thailand to host 25th AFACT meeting & EDICOM as well as 3rd eAsia Award in 2007 - EDICOM 2006 on Aug. 10: UNeDocs Single Window for Paperless Trade

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AFACT (Cont’d)

2007 AFACT StC Mid-term Meeting - Phuket, Thailand on April 26 & 27, 2007 - Extensive discussion on the development of AFACT Roadmap - Planning on 25th AFACT meeting, EDICOM 2007 and eAsia Award 2007 - Discussion on collaboration with UNESCAP, APEC and others - Presence of UNeDocs project leaders in TBG2 - Call for strengthening of collaboration between WGs of AFACT & UN/CEFACT

Plan for 25th AFACT Meeting - July 29 - Aug. 3 in Bangkok, Thailand - 3rd eAsia Award final evaluation and Ceremony - www.afact2007.com

26th AFACT Meeting: Korea in 2008

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Regional Bodies

eAC (eBusiness Asia Committee)

- 2006 meetings: 15th(May, Tokyo Japan) & 16th(Nov. Seoul Korea)

- ITG: ebMS 3.0 issues and Web Services Reliability test

- CCTG: eLogistics with focus on UCR

- Scheduled to hold its meeting during 25th AFACT Meeting

PAA (Pan Asian e-commerce Alliance)

- Continues its meetings and efforts for data exchange among the

members

- Electronic Certificate of Origin between KTNET and TradeVan

- Air Way Bills and other commercial documents

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Inter-regional Bodies

ASEM

- 5th ASEM e-Commerce Seminar & TFAP Meeting

- Nov. 2-3, 2006 in China with 200 participants from 16 countries

- “Basic Guideline for Paperless Trade in ASEM”

ASEAL (Asia Europe Alliance for Paperless Trade)

- Cross regional alliance among service providers

- 3rd Meeting: Jan. 9-11, 2007 in France with 110 participants

- New member: DagangNet of Malaysia

- Observers: Luxembourg, Morocco, Senegal, Spain, Thailand,

Vietnam

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APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) - Two APEC fora in close relevance (ECSG and SCCP)

ECSG (Electronic Commerce Steering Group) - 14th(Sep. 2006, Vietnam) & 15th(Jan. 2007, Australia) meetings - APEC Symposium on Paperless Business Transaction - Work on e-Invoicing, Electronic Certificate of Origin, etc. - Joint Capacity Building Symposium on Paperless Trading to be proposed

SCCP - Single Window Initiative launched and SWWG formed - Deliverables: APEC Single Window Strategic Plan & Report - UN/CEFACT presence by one of Vice-chairs (Kick-off and Workshop)

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Others

UNeDocs Workshops

- New Delhi on Oct. 3, 2007 (in conjunction with 9 th UN/CEFACT Forum)

- Targeted for Asian countries, especially India and South Asia

- Technical session on UNeDocs modedling practice (Oct. 4)

- 5 recommendations made

UNESCAP Workshop on UNeDocs for SPECA countries

- Bangkok, Thailand on April 23 & 24, 2007

- TBG2 presence for presentation and training

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Observations & Recommendations

Dynamism in Asia - Keen interest on the development of paperless trading & eBusiness - Also active in the implementation - Harmonization is still desired More Capacity Building Is Needed, But in a Coordinated Manner

Support from UN/CEFACT on Capacity Building activities of the regional bodies with practical models

Enhancement of UN/CEFACT Efforts on Phased Development Capacity of Paperless Trading Instruments (SW, UNeDocs, etc.)

Closer Collaboration between UN/CEFACT and AFACT at the Working Level

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