28th UN/CEFACT Forum
26 - 30 September 2016
UNESCAP Bangkok Thailand
General Background
The United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and E-business (UN/CEFACT) will hold the 28th UN/CEFACT Forum at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand from 26 to 30 September 2016.
This Forum is co-organized and hosted by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Electronic Transactions Development Agency of Thailand (ETDA).
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
Forum sessions are held bi-annually in different locations throughout the world. Information on previous Forums is available at: http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=3145
Schedule and Agendas
Schedule (last update on 13 September 2016)
Floor plans
For floor plans of UNCC, please see: http://www.unescap.org/uncc/floor-plans
Draft agendas
Buy/Pay PDA
Regulatory PDA
Sectoral PDA
Ship PDA
Mini Conferences
Monday, 26 September 2016:
- Mini Conference on Women in Trade Facilitation: agenda updated
- Mini Conference on Trade Finance: agenda updated
- Mini Conference on Travel and Tourism: agenda updated
- Mini Conference on Electronic Certification: agenda updated
- Change of Room: Transport and Logistics Meeting in MR-F only on Monday afternoon
Mini Coference Presentations
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| Monday, 26 September (pm) | Women in Trade Facilitation |
| Tuesday, 27 September (am) | Electronic Certification |
| Tuesday, 27 September (pm) | The UN/CEFACT Reference Data Model: A new way to facilitate eBusiness communication |
| Wednesday, 28 September (am) | Presentation of the Activities of the UN/CEFACT Travel and Tourism Domain |
| Wednesday, 28 September (pm) | Core Principles of the Operation of Single Windows |
| Thursday, 29 September (am) | Sustainable Fishery Management and Combatting Illegal Fisheries through Information Management (FLUX) |
| Thursday, 29 September (pm) | Transboundary Movements of Waste |
| Friday, 30 September (am) | Trade Finance as a Tool for Trade Facilitation |
DISCLAIMER
Opinions expressed in the presentations in this section are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position of UNECE, of the bodies established under its international legal agreements/conventions, or of the secretariat.
Presentations
Agriculture Domain
DISCLAIMER
Opinions expressed in the presentations in this section are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position of UNECE, of the bodies established under its international legal agreements/conventions, or of the secretariat.