Economic and Social Council Distr.: General 29 …The Bureau endorses the initial definition of cross-border e-Commerce for UN/CEFACT as follows: “online-initiation; cross-border

ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2019/INF.1

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Economic Commission for Europe Executive Committee Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business Twenty-fifth session Geneva, 8-9 April 2019 Item 4 of the provisional agenda Bureau overview of developments

Bureau report of developments

Summary

This brief report aims to update the Plenary on evolutions within the Bureau since the twenty-fourth session. It provides a list of all Bureau decisions since the last Plenary session and a brief overview of developments of each Programme Development Area.

Document ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2019/INF.1 is submitted by the Bureau to the twenty-fifth UN/CEFACT Plenary for information.

United Nations ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2019/INF.1

Economic and Social Council Distr.: General 29 March 2019 Original: English only


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1. Since the twenty-fourth session of the Plenary, the Bureau has held twenty regular Bureau calls during which project development and procedural points were discussed. A list of all Bureau decisions is listed in Annex I. There were 60 Bureau decisions; more than half of these related directly to projects.

2. With the election of a new chair at the twenty-fourth session, the first decision (1805001) of the Bureau was to redefine the structure of the Programme Development Areas (PDAs) (see figure 1). Most areas remained constant from the previous structure. The BUY/PAY PDA, the SHIP PDA and the Harmonization PDA were merged into the International Supply Chain PDA; two vice chairs were put in charge of this area. The rest of the PDAs remained the same.

Figure 1: Bureau structure since May 2018

3. Several Domain Coordinator positions were vacant, so the Bureau proceeded with nominations to fill these vacancies. A call for candidates was announced on the website on 22 May 2018 with a deadline of 24 June 2018. The Bureau subsequently nominated (Bureau decision 1807016 on 2 July 2018) for a two year period (July 2019 to June 2020) the following Domain Coordinators:

a. Mr. Yves Jobin for the Trade Facilitation Agreement Focal Point;

b. Mr. Rajiv Garg for the International Supply Chain Orchestration Domain; and

c. Mr. Michel Bormans for the Insurance Domain.

4. The former Domain Coordinator of the Insurance Domain, Mr. Andreas Schultz, did not wish to represent his candidature again; the Bureau expressed its gratitude for his years of dedication to this group. Mr. Jérôme Besancenot and Mr. Benoît Marchal have also


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needed to step down from their functions over the past year; the Bureau expressed its gratitude to them for their engagement within UN/CEFACT.

5. All other Domain Coordinators and Focal Points were nominated in 2017. The Bureau will therefore proceed with nominations for these positions (either renewals or new candidates) in the coming months.

6. One of the Bureau decisions concerns the definition of eCommerce (Bureau decision 1805003 of 3 May 2018). This term has constituted a buzz-word in the international community in recent times and the term is often used to describe any electronic communication of information. The difference with other terms such as eBusiness and eTrade is therefore unclear. For this reason, the Bureau has proposed a working definition of this term for all work within UN/CEFACT as follows:

a. The Bureau endorses the initial definition of cross-border e-Commerce for UN/CEFACT as follows: “online-initiation; cross-border transaction/ shipment; and destined to consumers (commercial and non-commercial)”

7. Likewise, the use of the term “ontologies” was proposed by several working groups of UN/CEFACT. However, the relationship with the term “semantics” was not clear; for reminder, the principle of UN/CEFACT serving as a “semantic hub” for all data exchanges is clearly outlined in the UN/CEFACT strategy document “UN/CEFACT Perspective Direction” (document ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2016/20/Rev.1, approved at the twenty-second session of the UN/CEFACT Plenary). In order to ensure clarity on the work of UN/CEFACT and the current approach to its work, the Bureau agreed that at this time, UN/CEFACT deliverables should concentrate on semantics (Bureau decision 1805004 of 3 May 2018).

8. The Bureau and Secretariat try to record all meetings at which UN/CEFACT is officially represented. There is a conscious effort to ensure that the work is presented in a consistent manner, in the interest of the organization. 85 such events were recorded on a Regular Bureau call; more than half of these were reports from the Secretariat on their efforts to represent UN/CEFACT at conferences; a little less than half were Bureau members representing the activities of UN/CEFACT. Four of these meetings were attended by UN/CEFACT experts – Domain Coordinator, Project Leader or Head of Delegation – who presented the work of UN/CEFACT at a meeting.

9. The UNECE Communication Unit actively identifies any news stories which mention one of the activities of the UNECE. In 2018, there were a total of 10256 news stories on UNECE activities and of these, there were 441 on UN/CEFACT. This is the sixth most number of press stories of all of the UNECE (1st is Working Party.29, 2nd is TIR, 3rd is the Aarhus Convention, 4th is Sustainable Development, 5th is PPP and 6th is UN/CEFACT). Trade in general, which sometimes covers UN/CEFACT material, had 253 news stories in 2018.

A. International Trade Procedures Programme Development Area

10. Since the twenty-fourth session, the International Trade Procedures PDA (ITP-PDA) completed a recommendation on Single Submission Portals (ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2019/6). This has taken the work from the “Technical Noteon Terminology for Single Window and other electronic platforms” (ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2017/10) and elaborated clear guidance to countries and the private sector on this type of trade facilitation mechanism. This work is accompanied by


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case studies (ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2019/INF.2) which are being proposed as the basis for a repository.

11. The project to revise recommendation 33 has progressed well with monthly conference calls. The final steps leading to the Public Review were discussed during the UN/CEFACT thirty-third Forum; this document should be presented to the twenty-sixth session. Work continues on the recommendation project for the “Core Principles for the Operation of Single Window”; the project team wants to wait until the revision of Recommendation 33 is finalized in order to complete its work.

12. The project on Integrated Services for Micro-, Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises in International Trade has completed its work on the main text of this White Paper. A conference was organized on the topic during the thirty-third Forum and the project team is considering next steps. A new project for a recommendation on disaster recovery preparedness has been put forward and a meeting was held during the thirty-third Forum.

B. International Supply Chain Programme Development Area

13. The Recommendation on Sustainable Procurement has been finalized, succeeded its Public Review and presented under Item 7 for approval (ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2019/7). This work was completed in consultation with the Public-Private Partnership section of the UNECE and does align with their approach to the subject.

14. The Smart Container project has completed its White Paper to explain the base principles and potential use cases (ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2019/10). It continues it work to create the corresponding electronic messaging standards and the Business Requirement Specification (BRS) to facilitate the exchange of such information between Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

15. Several projects within this PDA are near completion and should be published shortly then presented to the twenty-fifth Plenary. The Buy-Ship-Pay Reference Data Model has completed its BRS which will go to Public Review shortly. The Pipeline Data Carrier project has nearly completed its BRS which will likely be out for Public Review by September. The IMO-FAL are just now publishing the final version of the data set which will be obligatory in the annex of its Compendium; the eIMO-FAL project within UN/CEFACT has been following this work closely and is ready to finalize its corresponding data model. The revision of Recommendation 16 has had a number of conference calls and has nearly completed its first draft; it should be going out to Public Review by September and presented to the twenty-sixth session of the Plenary.

16. The revision of the “Cross Industry Delivery” project is progressing well and should deliver before the next Plenary. The “Cross Industry Invoice-BRS repository” has been put on hold over the past few months because of health concerns of the project leader; it should resume its work shortly. A “Cross Industry Supply Chain Track and Trace” project has been recently launched and had its first meetings during the thirty-third Forum.

17. The “Purchase Order Financing Request” project is progressing well; the BRS has been completed and the corresponding entries into the Core Component Library (CCL) will be finalized before the next Plenary.

18. The Accounting and Audit domain has launched a project to create a Reference Data Model in this field, building on its work and the work of other standards organizations. The main objective is to promote interoperability between solutions and eventually try to harmonize the work.


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C. Regulatory Programme Development Area

19. The UN/CEFACT work on blockchain has delivered its three main deliverables for the twenty-fifth session of the Plenary. The White Paper overview of blockchain for Trade (ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2019/9) and the White Paper on technical application of Blockchain to UN/CEFACT deliverables (ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2019/8) have been finalized and published. The technical application document went out for a Public Review which was well advertised and raised a good deal of interest – and comments. The sectoral use cases of blockchain has been partially completed; it is being presented to the Plenary as a work in progress (ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/INF.3). This final document will continue after the Plenary in order to gather information from other sectors which have not yet been integrated into this document; further work will likely follow in order to harmonize the various sectoral views and eventually integrate this into the document “Overview of blockchain for Trade.”

20. Resulting from the “Technical applications” document on blockchain, a new project has been launched to study the issues around interoperability between various ledgers, using preferential certificates of origin as an example. This work is being launched now. A new project has been launched on IoT which will create a white paper on the topic as well as sectoral use cases. Further work is being considered on e-Identity, authentication and other issues.

21. The project on waste management and waste analysis is progressing and builds upon the work which has already been completed on the Transboundary Movement of Waste.

D. Sectoral Programme Development Area

22. A Green Paper on Sustainable Tourism – Experience Programs has been finalized and presented to the Plenary (ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2019/11). This document is accompanied by a series of use cases (ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2019/INF.4) which are proposed as the basis for a future repository of case studies on the subject. Work will likely continue on this topic to perhaps consider a White Paper on the subject and/or electronic messages to facilitate the exchange of information to support this field.

23. The eQuality Certificate BRS has been completed and presented to the Plenary under 7b. The corresponding electronic messages and entries into the CCL have also been completed and should be integrated into the D19.A version of the libraries, which will finalize this project.

24. A new project on “Sustainable Textile and Leather Traceability and Transparency” was recently launched. This project will deliver a recommendation, a BRS and corresponding electronic messages.

E. Methodology and Technology Programme Development Area

25. The Methodology and Technology (M&T) PDA have finalized and published all semi-annual releases for the UN/EDIFACT Directories (D.18A and D.18B), the UN/LOCODE Directories (2018-1 and 2018-2), the Core Component Library (versions D.18A and D.18B) as well as the corresponding XML schemas (versions D.18A and D.18B). Work on all of the first versions for 2019 have been either completed or are near completion. Work was also completed on an update of the code list annex for Recommendation 28 on “Codes for Types of Means of Transport.” All of these deliverables are presented in Item 7b of the Plenary.


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26. A Code Management User Guide has also been proposed in order to provide guidance on the use of codes in electronic messages – both standardized codes and other codes. Work has begun on another document to provide guidance on Message Construction.


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Annex I: List of Bureau decisions since the twenty-fourth session

Decision number

Decision date

Description of the decision

1805001 2018-05-03 The Bureau agreed on the proposed structure of PDA responsibilities. 5 PDAs: • ITP-PDA (VC Igwe) with ITPD, SWD, TFIG, TFA • International Supply Chain PDA (VCs Watt and Fantetti) with ISC Orchestration, SC+P, T+L, A+A, F+P, INS • Regulatory PDA (VC Khan) with CBM, eGOV, ENV • Sectoral PDA (VC Van Burg) with AGRI, T+T, UTIL • M+T PDA (VC Grangard) with SPEC, LibMaint, Syntax, Validation, Project Review & Support • Communication Focal Point under the Chair

1805002 2018-05-03 The Bureau requests that the secretariat send a standard email to all HoDs for requests of support for each project provisionally approved by the Bureau.

1805003 2018-05-03 The Bureau endorses the initial definition of cross-border e-Commerce for UN/CEFACT as follows: “online-initiation; cross-border transaction/ shipment; and destined to consumers (commercial and non-commercial)”

1805004 2018-05-03 On the discussion between ontologies and semantics, the Bureau agreed that UN/CEFACT deliverables should, at this time, concentrate on semantics.

1805005 2018-05-03 Bureau decide to modify the Project Proposal template to put a limit of six month from the provisional approval date for the reception of three HoD support.

1805006 2018-05-03 The Bureau decided to have the next Forum’s opening session on Sunday afternoon October 14th 2018.

1805007 2018-05-22 The Bureau approved a call for candidates for Domain Coordinator for the following Domains: the TFIG Focal Point, the WTO-TFA Focal Point, the International Supply Chain Orchestration Focal Point, the Insurance Domain, the Cross-Border Management Domain, Project Review and Support Focal Point, Communication Team Focal Point

1805008 2018-05-22 Bureau approves the eGOV Blockchain White Paper to go to Public Review.

1805009 2018-05-22 Bureau approves a new project leader for the Canonical Model project under the ISCO FP. New project leader: Steve Capell.

1805010 2018-05-22 Bureau approves the HoD Quarterly Report with minor change.

1806011 2018-06-04 The Bureau approved the new project proposal template to replace Annex III of the ODP.

1806012 2018-06-04 Following its successful Public Review, the Bureau approved the MMT project to go to Project Exit and Publication and requests the Secretariat to publish.

1806013 2018-06-04 The Bureau approved the launch of the AGRI – eQuality Certificate project pending three HoD support. Project leader = Johan den Engelse; Supporting VC = VC Van Burg

1806014 2018-06-04 Bureau decision 1806014: The Bureau changed the responsible Vice Chair to Ian Watt for the following projects:


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• Buy-Ship-Pay RDM (p1060) • IMO FAL Mapping (p1061) • Pipeline Data Carrier (p1045) • Rev.Rec.16 (p1062) • Smart Containers (p1055)

1806015 2018-06-18 The Bureau approved the “Briefing note on the roles and responsibilities related to project development.”

1807016 2018-07-02 The Bureau nominated for a two year period (July 2018-June 2020) three coordinators, Mr. Ravij Garg for the ISCO-FP, Mr. Yves Jobin for the TFA-FP and Mr. Michel Bormans for the Insurance Domain. The Bureau put forward for written procedure the SC+P Sustainable Procurement Recommendation project to go to Public Review. Deadline 6 July noon.

1807017 2018-07-02 The former project leader (Mats Wicktor) has needed to step down from the Recommendation 33 revision project. The project team requested to change the leadership officially. New leader: Ibrahima Diagne.

1807018 2018-07-02 The Bureau endorsed five conferences during the Forum: • Half day = eGov IoT (Monday morning) • Half day = eGov Blockchain (Monday afternoon) • Half day = Harmonization (Tuesday morning) • Half day = T&L (Tuesday afternoon) • One day = Circular economy/Belt-Road/eCommerce (Wednesday) The UN/LOCODE Advisory Group will be a separate working group meeting (on Friday)

1807019 2018-07-16 The Bureau approved the Sustainable Procurement Recommendation project to go to Public Review.

1807020 2018-07-16 The Bureau approved the project to create an Accounting and Audit RDM pending three HoD support. With Eric Cohen as Project Leader and VC Fantetti as supporting Bureau Member

1807021 2018-07-16 The Bureau requested the publication of Rec28 with three new codes as requested.

1807022 2018-07-30 The Bureau approved the launch of the eGov Internet of Things project with Virginia Cram Martos as project leader, Kaushik Srinivasan as co-project leader and VC Khan as supporting Bureau member.

1802023 2018-08-13 The ISCO Background and Scope were approved and requested to be published on the appropriate website pages.

1808024 2018-08-27 The Textile Traceability Project was approved by written procedure on 16 August, pending three HoD support. Project Leader: Maria-Teresa Pisani Supporting VC: VC Van Burg

1808025 2018-08-27 The Bureau approved an update of the Milestones for the Cross-Industry Scheduling project.

1808026 2018-08-27 The Bureau approved an update of the Milestones for the Waste Management project.

1809027 2018-09-10 The Bureau approved the SCM+P Purchase Order Financing BRS project to proceed to public review


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1809028 2018-09-10 The Bureau approved the Recommendation on SSP project to proceed to public review

1809029 2018-09-10 The Bureau agreed that the T+L – TDEM project be archived due to lack of the 3 necessary HoD support within an appropriate delay

1809030 2018-09-24 The Bureau approved the September HoD Quarterly Report pending final approbation from Chair Probert.

1811031 2018-11-07 Publication on the website of the Code Management User Guide under Guidance material.

1811032 2018-11-07 The Bureau approved the extension of milestone dates for the CII BRS Repository project

1811033 2018-11-07 The Bureau approved the extension of milestone dates for the Smart Containers project

1811034 2018-11-07 The Bureau approved the SCMP revision project of the “Cross Industry Delivery” deliverables with Project Leader Rolf Wessel, pending 3 HoD support.

1811035 2018-11-07 The Bureau approves the SCMP Sustainable Procurement Recommendation to go to Project Exit

1812036 2018-12-03 The Bureau approved the PoW for 2019-2020

1812037 2018-12-03 The Bureau approved the SSP Recommendation final draft to go to publication and the Plenary

1812038 2018-12-03 The Bureau approved the first Blockchain White Paper on technical applications to go to publication and the Plenary

1812039 2018-12-03 The Bureau approved four Executive Guides on IMO FAL, on Reference Data Model, on eCommerce, on Streamlining Documentary Procedures

1812040 2018-12-19 The Bureau approved by Written Procedure the eQuality Certification project to go to a 60-day Public Review.

1812041 2018-12-19 The Bureau approved the White Paper “Introduction to Blockchain and Trade Facilitation” to go to publication and the Plenary. The Annex 1 of White Paper 1 and the cross referencing will be updated accordingly.

1812042 2018-12-19 The Bureau approved the SSP recommendation template for case studies to be adjoined to the SSP recommendation as an annex.

1812043 2018-12-19 The Bureau approved the XHE project to go to a 60-day Public Review.

1812044 2018-12-19 The Bureau recognized that all documents which are to be published outside of the UN/CEFACT must be provided to the secretariat in a modifiable WORD version (recognized standard within the UN) or eventually in an open-document format (where tools are available free of charge to modify/format these).

1812045 2018-12-19 The Bureau approved the Sustainable Tourism Green Paper to go to publication and the Plenary.

1812046 2018-12-19 The Bureau endorsed the fourth HoD Quarterly Report.

1901047 2019-01-07 The Bureau approved the Smart Container White Paper to go to publication.


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1901048 2019-01-07 The Bureau decided to have a F2F meeting 8-9-10 July preferably in Paris.

1901049 2019-01-21 The Bureau endorsed the Terms of Reference of a proposed new Advisory Group on Advanced Technologies

1901050 2019-01-21 The Bureau approved the CI S.C. Track and Trace project proposal with minor adjustments pending three HoD support. Project leader: Rolf Wessel. Supporting VC: Ian Watt

1901051 2019-01-21 The Bureau approved the change in date of the F2F meeting to 1-2-3 July, amending Bureau decision 1901048. The meeting is planned to take place in Paris.

1902052 2019-02-04 The Bureau approved the prolongation of milestone dates of the T+L Data Pipeline project

1902053 2019-02-04 The Bureau approved the theme of three conferences during the UN/CEFACT Forum: 1) A+A-RDM; 2) ISMIT; 3) New technologies

1902054 2019-02-18 The Bureau approved the BSP-RDM to go to a 60-day Public Review.

1902055 2019-02-18 The Bureau approved the reworked titles of the conferences to be put on the website (with an objective to render these more attractive). The content of the synopsis may be slightly modified at a later stage. The three titles are: “Expanding the horizon for MSMEs in international trade: Role of e-Services” “Impact of new technologies on Accounting and Audit: Harmonizing Interoperability of Standards and Specifications” “Latest technology trends impacting eBusiness, internet trading and trade facilitation: Anticipating the fourth industrial revolution”

1903056 2019-03-18 The Bureau approved the recommendation project on “Readiness for emergency relief importation”. Project leader: Ms. Virginie Bohl; Supporting VC: VC Igwe

1903057 2019-03-18 The Bureau approved with minor changes the eGOV Crossborder inter-ledger exchange for Preferential Certificates of Origin” pending three HoD public support with Project leader: Mr. Steve Capell and Project co-leaders: Mr. Wang Xiang; Ms. Hardeep Batra Supporting VC: VC Khan

1903058 2019-03-18 The Bureau approved the M+T project proposal for a “Message Construction Guideline” Project leader: Mr. Hisanao Sugamata Supporting VC: VC Grangard

1903059 2019-03-18 The Bureau, after making some modifications to the text, approves the Blockchain Use Case paper to move to the Plenary for information. Some significant concerns on the content remain (repetitions; alignment with other, approved UN/CEFACT deliverables; scope of the text vis-à-vis the original project; wordiness). The text is to be presented as a work in progress and not stating any position from UN/CEFACT or its secretariat with regards to its content at this stage


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1903060 2019-03-18 The Bureau approved an extension of the Milestone dates of the project to revise Recommendation 33


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Annex II: Representation in Meetings

Event date Place Meeting name Representative Organizer 14 May 2018 Brussels WCO DMPT (FAL meetings) Chair Probert WCO 14 May 2018 Brussels WCO DMPT VC Grangard WCO 22 May 2018 Bishkek Training on SCM & SW Secretariat UNECE 23 May 2018 Brussels EU DG MOVE DTLF Chair Probert EU DG MOVE 23 May 2018 Bangkok UNESCAP Dry Port Meeting – UN/LOCODE

presentation (conf call) Secretariat UNESCAP

25 May 2018 Prague FIT-PRO annual meeting Secretariat FIT-PRO 29 May 2018 Brussels EU e-Invoicing conference VC Van Burg EU Digit 29 May 2018 Brussels EU e-Invoicing conference Secretariat EU Digit 31 May 2018 Astana UNESCAP Dry Port Meeting – UN/LOCODE

presentation Secretariat UNESCAP

01 June 2018 Odessa SW Conference Chair Probert UNECE & IPCSA 05 June 2018 London IMO FAL 42 Chair Probert IMO 14 June 2018 Brussels DG MOVE DTLF Chair Probert EU DG MOVE 14 June 2018 Sofia, BG SEMIC 2018 VC Van Burg EU DG Connect 18 June 2018 Brussels WCO e-Commerce VC Van Burg WCO 05 June 2018 Lima WCO IT Conference Hanane Becha WCO

India Cyber Security VC Van Burg

20 June 2018 Baku WCO Conference Secretariat WCO 21 June 2018 Baku Support for a NTFC Secretariat UNECE 27 June 2018 Geneva WTO MSME group on Trade Secretariat WTO 30 June 2018 Belgrade Trade Facilitation University Secretariat UNCTAD 11 July 2018 New York High Level Partnership Forum Secretariat UN 16 July 2018 New York Ocean Conference Secretariat UNCTAD 21 July 2018 Paris OIE Steering Group meeting on eCertificate VC Van Burg OEI 19-21 July 2018 Paris OEI Steering Group on eCertificate VC Van Burg OEI


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13 July 2018 London HMRC – Brexit Chair Probert HMRC 11 July 2018 New York High Level Partnership Forum Secretariat UN 16-17 July 2018 Geneva 2nd Ocean Forum Secretariat UNCTAD, UNECE, FAO 4-6 Sept 2018 Turkmenistan National Trade Facilitation Body meeting Secretariat CAREC 5-7 Sept 2018 Zhengzhou ICAO Air Cargo Development Forum Mr. Qiu (CN HoD) ICAO 10-14 Sept 2018 Budapest ISO TC204 (Intel. Transport) meeting ISO 12 Sept 2018 Webinar eBMoU IoT Webinar Secretariat eB MoU 17-21 Sept 2018 Copenhagen ISO TC8 meeting ISO 20-21 Sept 2018 Almaty SPECA Economic Forum Secretariat UN 1-5 Oct 2018 Brussels WCO DMPT Chair Probert WCO 1-3 Oct 2018 Chisinau, MD eCommerce training Secretariat OSCE 2-4 Oct 2018 Geneva WTO Public Forum Secretariat WTO 4 October 2018 Geneva UN/CEFACT TF standards for G77 Secretariat UNECE 5 October 2018 Sofia Data harmonization Data modelling Chair Probert & Secretariat UNECE 8-12 Oct 2018 Brussels WCO Working Group on eCommerce VC Van Burg WCO 8-12 Oct 2018 Hangzhou ISO TC154 (data) meeting Chair Probert & Secretariat ISO

15-17 Oct 2018 Rasunda, SES ISO PC308 (Chain Custody) meeting Secretariat ISO 22-26 Oct 2018 Moscow ISO TC307 (blockchain) meeting Eric Cohen ISO 22-26 Oct 2018 Hangzhou ISO PC295 (accounting) meeting Eric Cohen ISO 22-26 Oct 2018 Australia CCFICS 24 (eCert) VC Van Burg FAO/WHO 22-26 Oct 2018 Astana, KZ Transit & WTO TF Secretariat OSCE 24 Oct 2018 Ukraine Documentary Procedures Secretariat UNECE 6 Nov 2018 Geneva 1st Air Cargo Trade and Development Day Secretariat IATA 12 Nov 2018 Casablanca UNECE 5th SW Conf Secretariat UNECE 12-13 Nov 2018 Casablanca 4th annual SW Conference Secretariat Portnet 13-14 Nov 2018 Casablanca IPCSA Annual Conference Secretariat IPCSA 14-15 Nov 2018 Geneva ISO TC46 (ISO 3166 MA) Secretariat ISO 15-16 Nov 2018 Skopje Data harmonization/data modelling Chair Probert & Secretariat UNECE 15-16 Nov 2018 Dusseldorf EuroFactura Secretariat Zugferd


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21-23 Nov 2018 Geneva UNCTAD Multi expert meeting Secretariat UNCTAD 26-27 Nov 2018 Astana International standards Secretariat OSCE 26-27 Nov 2018 Addis Ababa Africa NTFC Meeting VC Igwe & Secretariat UNCTAD 27 Nov 2018 Geneva Blockchain conference Secretariat WTO 30 Nov 2018 Brussels Global Maritime Logistics Dialogue Chair Probert OECD 3-4 Dec 2018 Geneva Rec16 revision meeting Chair Probert & Secretariat T+L 05 Dec 2018 Geneva eB-MoU MG meeting Chair Probert & Secretariat UNECE, IEC, ITU, ISO 4-7 Dec 2018 Vienna EU ICT 2018 event VC Van Burg

10-11 Dec 2018 Minsk Data Harmonization Chair Probert & Secretariat UNECE 12 January 2019 Kuala Lumpur Blockchain for SDG tour Secretariat European Blockchain Hub 15 January 2019 Brussels WCO DMPT Chair Probert WCO 15 January 2019 Brussels DTLF Chair Probert EU DG MOVE 16 January 2019 Brussels IMO FAL Contact Group Chair Probert IMO 21 January 2019 Berlin eCMR project Chair Probert VDA 28 January 2019 Paris EU-ITC side event on Sustainable Garment Secretariat OECD 29 January 2019 Paris Interim T+L Domain meeting Secretariat UN/CEFACT 29 January 2019 Paris Interim T+L Domain meeting Chair Probert UN/CEFACT 31 January 2019 Geneva 2nd Session of the Team of Specialists on

Sustainable Fisheries Secretariat UNECE-TFS

31 January 2019 Geneva 2nd Session of the Team of Specialists on Sustainable Fisheries

VC Van Burg UNECE-TFS

31 January 2019 Bangkok Focus Group on Thailand Digital Transformation - Blockchain for Trade Finance

VC Watt Kasetsart Univ

04 Feb 2019 Geneva Humanitarian Networks and Partnership Week

Secretariat UN OCHA

07 Feb 2019 Brussels Week of Industry Secretariat DG DIGIT 12 Feb 2019 Paris Due Diligence Forum in the Garment and

Footware Industry Secretariat OECD

12 Feb 2019 Rotterdam General presentation on UN/CEFACT work Chair Probert SMDG 14 Feb 2019 Marseille Kedge conference on electronic exchanges Secretariat Kedge Business School


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18 Feb 2019 Brussels 5th Work Group on eCommerce VC Van Burg WCO 19 Feb 2019 Geneva ITC side event "Digitalization and

eDocuments" Secretariat UNECE-Inland Transport

19 Feb 2019 Geneva ITC side event "Digitalization and eDocuments"

Chair Probert UNECE-Inland Transport

07 March 2019 Brussels DTLF II, SG2 Chair Probert EU DG MOVE 11 March 2019 Bangkok 6th Asia Pacific Trade and Investment Week VC Van Burg UN ESCAP 13 March 2019 Dushanbe NTF Roadmap Workshop Secretariat UNECE 21 March 2019 Geneva Regional Forum on Sustainable Development Secretariat UNECE