23rd UN/CEFACT Forum
07 - 11 April 2014
Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland
General Background
The United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and E-business (UN/CEFACT) organises the 23rd session of the UN/CEFACT Forum in Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland from 7 to 11 April 2014. Priorities at the Forum are:
- Advancing current projects and domain activities
- Ongoing maintenance tasks (such as UN/EDIFACT Data Maintenance Requests)
- Formulating and approving a series of new projects to be conducted within the framework of the approved programme of work
- Continuing liaison and cooperation activities with external organizations (governmental as well as industry and standards consortia)
- Advancing UN/CEFACT’s current and forthcoming technical framework
UN/CEFACT supports activities dedicated to improving the ability of business, trade and administrative organizations, from developed, developing and transition economies, to exchange products and relevant services effectively. Its principal focus is on facilitating national and international transactions, through the simplification and harmonization of processes, procedures and information flows, and so contributing to the growth of global commerce
Forum sessions are held bi-annually in different locations throughout the world.
Schedule and Agendas
Forum Week: Download Morning Schedule and Afternoon Schedule
Team agendas:
Travel & Tourism Domain Agenda
Agriculture Domain Agenda
International Trade Procedures Domain Agenda
Transport & Logistics Domain Agenda and Weekly Programme
Supply Chain Programme Development Area Agenda
Draft Agenda of Supply Chain PDA Open session, Tuesday, April 8 14:00 - 17:00
Presentations
- Opening Plenary
- Agriculture domain media: FLUX eGov Good Practice
- Trusted transboundary electronic transactions project
- ITPD:
- Rec. 12 promoting Sea Waybill JASTPRO
- Rec. 12 Sea Waybill summary report
- WCO Bali presentation
- WTO Bali agreement
- UNCTAD study on TF bodies - to be released soon
- Supply Chain PDA Open session on Public Procurement:
- Session agenda
- Marc Christopher Schmidt,DG/MARKT
- Antonio Conte, DG/ENTR
- Kodjo Osei-Lah, WTO/GPA
- Bernard Longhi, SC PDA
- Michel Entat and Bernard Longhi, SC PDA - to be soon available
- Stefan Engel-Flechsig, ZUGFeRD
- Session minutes
- ITPD session on authentication:
- ITPD and T&L Domain mini-conference on Multi-modal trade corridors:
- Opening slide
- Marco SORGETTI, FIATA
- Martin MAGOLD, UNECE WP.24
- Björn HASSELGREN, KTH
- Rudolf BAUER, Paradigm
- ITPD Public-Private-Partnerships in Trade Facilitation WG slides
- Closing session slides: