The United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) held its 36th Forum as a fully virtual event.

The semi-annual Forums of UN/CEFACT bring together experts from the public and private sectors to work on trade facilitation recommendations and e-business standards on a global scale. As a virtual event, we look forward to enhancing the participation from those experts who may not normally be able to travel as well as welcome new experts. Detailed agendas for each domain will be made available soon; it is expected that this year’s Forum will advance, among other topics on:

• Trade Information Portals e-business standards
• Supply chain track and trace e-business standards
• Dangerous goods e-business standards
• Electronic certificates
• Digital identity for trade facilitation
• Sustainable tourism
• Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
• UN/EDIFACT, UN/CEFACT Core Component Library

Download the overall general event schedule

Monday, 26 April 2021 (all times are listed as Geneva-time)

• 10:00-12:30 Newcomer's Session
• 10:00-12:30 API Guideline Sandbox for use with UN/CEFACT
• 10:00-12:30 Communication Team
• 13:30-16:00 Opening Session

Tuesday, 27 April 2021 (all times are listed as Geneva-time)

• 10:00-12:30 Transport and Logistics (T+L) domain meeting
• 10:00-12:30 Agriculture (AGRI) domain meeting
• 13:30-16:00 Transport and Logistics (T+L) domain meeting
• 13:30-16:00 Agriculture (AGRI) domain meeting
• 13:30-16:00 Travel and Tourism (T+T) domain meeting

Wednesday, 28 April 2021 (all times are listed as Geneva-time)

• 10:00-12:30 Traceability Discussion (T+L, SCMP, AGRI)
• 10:00-12:30 Use of CUE Session
• 13:30-16:00 Transport and Logistics (T+L) domain meeting
• 13:30-16:00 Agriculture (AGRI) domain meeting
• 13:30-16:00 Travel and Tourism (T+T) domain meeting

Thursday, 29 April 2021 (all times are listed as Geneva-time)

• 10:00-12:30 Supply Chain & Procurement (SCMP) domain meeting
• 10:00-12:30 Environmental (ENV) domain meeting
• 13:30-16:00 Supply Chain & Procurement (SCMP) domain meeting
• 13:30-16:00 Travel and Tourism (T+T) domain meeting
• 13:30-16:00 Library Maintenance finalization

Friday, 30 April 2021 (all times are listed as Geneva-time)

• 10:00-12:30 Supply Chain & Procurement (SCMP) domain meeting
• 13:30-16:00 Supply Chain & Procurement (SCMP) domain meeting
• 13:30-16:00 Travel and Tourism (T+T) domain meeting
• 13:30-16:00 Library Maintenance finalization

Monday, 3 May 2021 (all times are listed as Geneva-time)

• 10:00-12:30 eData Management (eDATA) domain meeting
• 10:00-12:30 Trade Procedures Facilitation (TPF) domain meeting
• 13:30-16:00 eData Management (eDATA) domain meeting
• 13:30-16:00 Trade Procedures Facilitation (TPF) domain meeting
• 15:00-17:00 Accounting and Audit (A+A) domain meeting

Tuesday, 4 May 2021 (all times are listed as Geneva-time)

• 10:00-12:30 eData Management (eDATA) domain meeting
• 10:00-12:30 Single Window (SW) and COVID-19 Webinar
• 13:30-16:00 Single Window (SW) and COVID-19 Webinar
• 15:00-17:00 Accounting and Audit (A+A) domain meeting

Wednesday, 5 May 2021 (all times are listed as Geneva-time)

• 10:00-12:30 Single Window (SWD) domain meeting
• 10:00-12:30 Finance and Payment (F+P) domain meeting
• 10:00-12:30 Specification (SPEC) domain meeting
• 13:30-16:00 Single Window (SWD) domain meeting
• 13:30-16:00 UN/EDIFACT D21A DMR Review
• 15:00-17:00 Accounting and Audit (A+A) domain meeting

Thursday, 6 May 2021 (all times are listed as Geneva-time)

• 10:00-12:30 Code List Management
• 10:00-12:30 Cross Border Management (CBM) domain meeting
• 10:00-12:30 Insurance (INS) domain meeting
• 13:30-16:00 Cross Border Management (CBM) domain meeting
• 13:30-16:00 UN/EDIFACT D21A DMR Review
• 15:00-17:00 Accounting and Audit (A+A) domain meeting

Friday, 7 May 2021 (all times are listed as Geneva-time)

• 10:00-12:30 Use of CUE Session
• 13:30-16:00 Closing Session meeting

Single Window and COVID-19 webinar will be taking place during the 36th UN/CEFACT Forum  from 26 April to 7 May 2021

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General presentation
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• Opening Session
• Newcomer's Session
• Closing Session

• Traceability - Supply Chain Integrated Track and Trace and related work
• Traceability - Transport and Logistics Pipelines and related work
• Traceability - Agriculture Textile and Leather Transparency

• API - UN/CEFACT RDM2API project - update
• API - Sandbox implementation of the Cross Industry Invoice
• API - Sandbox implementation of Automotive deliverables

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International Trade Procedures
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• TPF - Trade Procedures Facilitation Domain meeting
• SWD - SW Assesment Method proposal

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International Supply Chain
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• SCMP - International Supply Chain Management Domain Meeting
• SCMP MLETR - Compliant Title Transfer Session
• SCMP - Automotive Project
• T+L - Interoperability for data and document exchange in multimodal transport aligned to UN standards
• T+L - UN/CEFACT Transport Modal Standards project
• T+L - Rec 45 Minimum Standards for Ship Agents and Ship Brokers - update
• T+L - Multi-Modal Transport Reference Data Model and Role in Transport Data Exchange
• T+L - Achieving Traceability in International Supply Chains
• T+L - Cross Border Management Reference Data Model project - update
• T+L - Ontologies for Reference Data Models discussion
• T+L - FIATA Bill of Lading - update
• T+L - EU Project eFTI - update
• T+L - EU Project Data Ports - update
• T+L - DCSA standard adoption - update
• T+L - BIC - update
• T+L - SMDG - update
• T+L - IPCSA - update
• T+T - Sustainable Tourism Rating System proposal
• T+T - Longevity Health Dock Experience Program use case
• T+T - Future trade of Experience Programs proposal
• INS - Domain Meeting

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Regulatory / e-Government
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• AGRI - Implementation Guide - eCERT
• AGRI - Evolution and implementation of eLABS
• AGRI - Authentication of electronic certificates in cross border trade in New Zealand
• AGRI - Use of signatures on CITES permits and certificates
• AGRI - eCERT initiative in the ASEAN region
• AGRI - Electronic documents in EU TRACES
• AGRI - Traceability, Transparency and Sustainabililty for Textile and Leather Sector
• AGRI - Traceability for Sustainable Garment and Footwear
• CBM - Cross Border Management Domain Meeting
• CBM - Cross Border Management Reference Data Model project - update
• ENV - Transboundary Movements of Waster Implementation
• ENV -  Work of the Basel Convention on electronic approaches

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Methodology and Technology
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• LIB - Maintenance CCL and RDM
• SPEC - Specification Domain - updates
• EDATA - eData Management Domain updates