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Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business. AFACT and Single Window. Dakar, Senegal Nov. 6, 2008. Sangwon Lim On behalf of AFACT Chairman (Mr. Chun- Seok Kim). AFACT Is. ▶ Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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AFACT and Single WindowAFACT and Single Window
Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and
Electronic Business
Sangwon Lim
On behalf of AFACT Chairman (Mr. Chun-Seok Kim)
Dakar, SenegalNov. 6, 2008
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AFACT Is . . . .
▶ Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and Electronic
Business
▶ A non-profit, non-governmental organization
▶ Participation is open to:
- representatives of member economies
- experts from private sectors within the Asia
pacific region
▶ A focal point is assigned for each member economy
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AFACT Mission AFACT aims to support in the Asia Pacific region
policies and activities, especially those promoted by
UN/CEFACT, dedicates to stimulating, improving and
promoting the ability of business, trade and
administrative organizations, to exchange products and
relevant services effectively in a non-political
environment.
Its principal focus is to facilitate international
transactions, through the simplification and
harmonization of procedures and information flows, and
so contribute to the growth of global commerce.
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AFACT Terms of Reference The mission statement are to be achieved by:
– Analyzing and understanding the key elements of international transactions and working for the elimination of constraints;
– Developing methods to facilitate transactions, including the relevant use of information technologies such as UN/EDIFACT and ebXML;
– Promoting both the use of these methods, and associated best practices, through channels such as government, industry and service associations;
– Coordinating its work with UN/CEFACT and other relevant international, regional and non-governmental organizations; and
– Enhancing the cooperation among the AFACT members and promoting the objectives of the mission statement in the Asia Pacific region
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AFACT History The forerunner of AFACT was ASEB (Asia EDIFACT Board)
established in 1990 in response to disseminate EDIFACT policies and activities in the Asia-Pacific
region.
After 8 years' contribution to facilitate international transaction within the region, the need for re-engineering was raised to conform to the rapidly changing trend of EDI and EC and to respond to the successful restructuring of UN/CEFACT.
In 1999, the Asia Pacific Council for Facilitation of Procedures for Administration, Commerce and Transport was officially commenced. In 2000 AFACT was once again renamed Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation and e-Business.
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AFACT Membership
19 Countries & Economies + 1 Associate Member
Cambodia
Korea
Japan
PRC
Mongolia
Australia
Taipei
India
Pakistan
Iran
SaudiArabia
Malaysia
Indonesia
Singapore
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Vietnam
Thailand
Afghanistan
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AFACT Member Organizations
Excellent
Example of
Public
Private
Partnership
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AFACT Structure
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AFACT Achievement
▶eAsia Award: Identifying regional best
practices & sharing experiences and practices
► Capacity-building training & Workshop
► EDICOM Conference: Promotion & Awareness
► Pilot Project: ECO Development
► EDI System Interconnection
► Membership Development
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AFACT & Single Window AFACT has worked on the progress of single windows in
the region from the era of EDI, but not with exact work
item titled “Single Windows.”
AFACT recently resolved to focus its activities on regional
center for capacity-building and coordination of standard
in the areas of electronic business and trade facilitation,
including single windows.
AFACT work on single windows will be harmonized with
other regional bodies and avoid duplication.
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AFACT Future Direction
Organizational Improvement
Plenary
Steering Committee
Domain
Committee
Interoperability
Committee
Support
Committee
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AFACT Future Direction
Strategic Program of Work
1.International Supply Chain Data Harmonization
for Asia Pacific
2. UNeDocs development
3. Single Window
4. e-Government Interoperability Framework
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Thank you!
AFACT is committed to regional development and also willing to embark on inter-regional cooperation for the progress of global commerce.
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