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TBG1
Scope
- develop and maintain Business Process Models, the Business Transaction Models, the semantics and the contents in a syntax neutral way that they fulfil the requirements of the Trade and Industry communities within the framework of the UN/CEFACT Forum Supply Chain and e-Procurement. The supply chain and e-procurement covers the Purchasing, Material Management and Product development areas
- approve based on the syntax neutral business transactions the corresponding UN/CEFACT syntax solutions provided by the UN/CEFACT Forum Applied Technologies Group (ATG)
- encourage the active participation in TBG1 of interested user communities in Industry, Trade and Procurement, in accordance with TBG1 membership criteria
- maintain close relations with other UN/CEFACT Forum groups and other TBG Working Groups as appropriate
- Promote and support the work of UN/CEFACT Forum
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Project Status
| Project Number | Project Name | Project Chair | Project Initiator | Supporters | Extra Budgetary Resources | Start Date | End Date | ODP 1 | ODP 2 | ODP 3 | ODP 4 | ODP 5 | ODP 6 | ODP 7 | ODP 8 | Aim of |
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| P016 | Cross Industry Catalogue | Karina Duvinger |  |
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| P042 | Material Safety Data Sheet | Delta Pelgrim | |
v1 08B | 15.02.2003 | |
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| P043 | Cross Industry Invoice V2.0 + V2.1 | Edmund Gray | |
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| P047 | Cross Industry Remittance Advice | Mounir El-Khoury | |
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| P052 | Cross Industry Ordering | Karina Duvinger | |
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| P067 | Cross Industry Scheduling | Samy Scemama | |
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| P068 | Cross Industry Delivery | Edmund Gray | |
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| P070 | Market Research Information | Helge G. Simonsen | |
v1 09B 10A | 01.10.2006 | |
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| P084 | Cross Industry Quotation | Gilles Brandel | |
v1 10A | 15.01.2010 | |
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| P087 | Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) | Delta Pelgrim | |
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| P088 | Supply Chain Process - Common Requirements | Edmund Gray | |
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| P104 | Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals | Delta Pelgrim | |
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Meetings
| Name | Type | Location | Start-Date | End-Date | Comments | Additional Documents |
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| bi-weekly calls | Conference Call | 01.01.2009 | 31.12.2009 | all agendas and minutes can be found here http://www1.unece.org/cefact/platform/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=7536686 | | |
| Forum Sapporo | Physical Meeting | Sapporo | 28.09.2009 | 03.10.2009 | Sapporo Agenda TBG01 Supply Cain Draft v2.doc TBG1 Sapporo - Minutes.doc | |
| November 17-19 | Physical Meeting | Brussels | 17.11.2009 | 19.11.2009 | TBG1-2009 Meeting Notes November 17-18-19.doc TBG1-2009 Meeting agenda November 17-18-19 v2.doc | |
| Forum Rome | Physical Meeting | Rome | |
Actions and Decisions
Action Items
| Number | Action Item | Category | Start Date | Due Date | Responsible Person | Comment | Status |
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| 1 | Approve minutes Rome | Review | Marieme Seydi | 20aug2009 team approved draft minutes, status can be set to approved and minutes can be published on the TBG1 main website | | ||
| 2 | Create new Terms of Reference for TBG1. Please review. Will be discussed after Sapporo. | Proposal | Coen Janssen | first draft created | | ||
| 3 | CCTS 3 implementation verification based on CII v2 | Contribute | Coen Janssen | Spreadsheet produced and sent to CCTS 3.0 project lead. Implementation verification marked as succesful. Some comments made on template and metamodel. Awaiting feedback from CCTS 3 project team. | |
Decisions
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| 03.09.2009 | scope 10A submission TBG1 | we expect to include: Scheduling v1, Remittance, Catalogue v2, Quotation v1 | Specification |
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 CCTS_3_0_Implementation_Verification_Component_Template_CII_trial_16jul2009.xls |
2.78 Mb | Coen Janssen | Aug 27, 2009 | Aug 27, 2009 | ||
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 TBG1 Terms of Reference v0.1 DRAFT.doc |
84 kb | Coen Janssen (modified by Coen Janssen) | Aug 20, 2009 | Aug 20, 2009 | ||
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 TBG1 RSM 10A Order Catalogue.zip |
4.32 Mb | Edmund Gray | Oct 30, 2010 | Oct 30, 2010 | updated following TBG17 audit | |
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TBG1 RSM Quotation and Common classes.zip |
4.02 Mb | Edmund Gray | Oct 30, 2010 | Oct 30, 2010 | ||
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TBG1 RSM 10A CIR CIS draft.zip |
4.63 Mb | Edmund Gray | Oct 30, 2010 | Oct 30, 2010 | updated following TBG17 audit | |
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TBG1 RSM 10 A Delivery Invoice draft.zip |
4.61 Mb | Edmund Gray | Oct 30, 2010 | Oct 30, 2010 | updated following TBG17 audit |
TBG3
Scope
TBG3 through its sub-Group ITIGG (International Transport Implementation Guidelines Group) has developed recommendations for harmonization of implementation guidelines for EDIFACT Transport messages and encourages all organizations to endorse the ITIGG rules.
TBG3 ensures that, as far as possible, the needs of all modes of transport are taken into account and that message development and subsequent coordination is achieved by a process of consensus.
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Projects Status
| Project Title | Project Name | Project Chair | Project Initiator | Supporters | Extra Budgetary Resources | Start Date | End Date | ODP 1 | ODP 2 | ODP 3 | ODP 4 | ODP 5 | ODP 6 | ODP 7 | ODP 8 | Aim of |
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| P012 | Transport BP Modeling | Henk van Maaren | |
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| P013 | Transport Core Components | Henk van Maaren | |
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| P096 | Dangerous Goods Declaration | Henk van Maaren | |
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| P097 | Transport Instructions | Henk van Maaren | |
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| P098 | Transport Status Reporting | Henk van Maaren | |
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| P099 | Transport Waybill | Henk van Maaren | |
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| P108 | Cargo Tracing and Tracking | K. R. Ahn | |
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TBG4
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| Project Title | Project Name | Project Chair | Project Initiator | Supporters | Extra Budgetary Resources | Start Date | End Date | ODP 1 | ODP 2 | ODP 3 | ODP 4 | ODP 5 | ODP 6 | ODP 7 | ODP 8 | Aim of |
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Currently TBG4 has no projects underway
TBG5
Scope
TBG5 is becoming more Corporate orientated and broadening out its membership to attract other industry vertical groupings, making TBG5 the focal forum allowing banks, corporates and others to collaborate on standards issues. It is hoped that this will create economies of scale and mitigate the need for so many ad-hoc groupings which so often can dilute resources and slow progress. The key points differentiating TBG5 are:
- The Corporate Reference Group (http://crg.tbg5-finance.org/)
is exceptional in the standards space in that few other internationally recognised groups bring together such a wide cross section of multi-national corporates and banks.
- The Corporate UN/EDIFACT messages are a valued source of documentation which encapsulates business process and market practice maintaining these and facilitating the migration to newer standards is vital.
- The role unifying the technological and the methodological standards used in the finance domain to interoperate and align with international trade domain standards, notably ISO15000 (ebXML).
- Scope to address security issues relevant to the finance industry from a business domain perspective and collaborate with the work of TC68 Sub Committee two, ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee one and other groups such as the Object Management Group Finance domain task force.
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| Project Title | Project Name | Project Chair | Project Initiator | Supporters | Extra Budgetary Resources | Start Date | End Date | ODP 1 | ODP 2 | ODP 3 | ODP 4 | ODP 5 | ODP 6 | ODP 7 | ODP 8 | Aim of |
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Currently TBG5 has no projects underway
TBG6
Scope
TBG6 is responsible for the coordination and proposal of new developments and maintenance in the area of Architecture, Engineering and Construction.It also hosts cross-TBG Projects such as the eTendering Project and Security Project.
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| Project Title | Project Name | Project Chair | Project Initiator | Supporters | Extra Budgetary Resources | Start Date | End Date | ODP 1 | ODP 2 | ODP 3 | ODP 4 | ODP 5 | ODP 6 | ODP 7 | ODP 8 | Aim of |
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| P015 | e-Tendering ebXML Standards Project | Michel Entat | JACIC | |
10.09.2002 | 01.04.2008 | |
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| P055 | Project Schedule and Cost Performance Management | Chris Hassler | DCMA | |
27.09.2005 | 01.04.2008 | |
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| P056 | Contract Financial Execution Management | Michel Entat | EDIBUILD EUROPE | |
CCTS NDR V3 ONLY | 28.09.2005 | |
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| P071 | Security for XML documents and Messages | Sujeet Bhatt | |
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Meeting Minutes and Resolutions
| Name | Type | Location | Start-Date | End-Date | Minutes/Resolutions |
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| 17th UN/CEFACT Forum | Physical Meeting | Geneva | 30.08.2010 | 03.09.2010 | 2010903 Geneva Cefact TBG6_Resolutions.pdf |
| Interim Meeting | Physical Meeting | London | 09.06.2010 | 11.06.2010 | 201006_London_Cefact_TBG1_TBG6_Resolutions.pdf |
TBG8
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| Project Title | Project Name | Project Chair | Project Initiator | Supporters | Extra Budgetary Resources | Start Date | End Date | ODP 1 | ODP 2 | ODP 3 | ODP 4 | ODP 5 | ODP 6 | ODP 7 | ODP 8 | Aim of 2012 |
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| P006 | Insurance Data Dictionary & Core Components | Jan Vrijenhoek | TBG8 | |
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TBG9
Scope
There are 3 Small scaled Lodging House Information Process Projects. The 1st Project is General Information Process project which is just Information Process Project named p045. The 2nd Project is Travel Product Information Process Project named p095. The 3rd Project is Reserrvation Information Process Project named p106. The small scaled lodging house is such lodging house or hotel, which is used mainly for leisure rather than business, has diversified travel products, has been used by local people and has a historical presence in the area. All of the development phase has completed by the end of 2012, and now we are in the maintenance phase with new code development.
We are going to contemplate the project of Destination Travel Information Process for the near future activity.
TBG10
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TBG12
Scope
Definition of specific technical issue(s) to be addressed
The TBG12 group is the working group of UN/CEFACT Forum providing the focal point within International Trade and Business Processes Group (TBG) being responsible for using the UN/CEFACT Modelling Methodology regarding the provision of accounting, auditing, registration, and financial information services.
- Accounting and Auditing include accounting entries recording, processing and control of accounting documents with respect to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP); the exchanges are between the accountants and certified accountants, the auditors, the enterprises, the economic partners of the enterprises, the private and public collection bodies, etc.;
- Registration includes information related to taxation, new business filings, business amendments and other information filings required by governmental agencies; the exchanges are between the enterprises and the registration authorities;
- Financial Information Services include administrative, credit and risk reporting, financial statements, filings and similar exchanges that are applied across business and administrative sectors; the exchanges are between the supplier and user of information which include the use of information for decision purposes and collection.
TBG12 is responsible for the development and maintenance of messages such as:
- Accounting and Audit: trial balance (BALANC, balanX), chart of accounts (CHACCO, chartX), accounting entries (ENTREC, entrX), enterprise information (INFENT, inXent), ledger (LEDGER, xLedger);
- Financial Information Services: enterprise information (INFENT, inXent).
The messages are developed in the context of trade facilitation according to the principles established by CEFACT as stated in R.650. Therefore, they shall take into account principles of best business practice from within the TBG12 and advice from other relevant working groups in TBG.
Detailed description of the proposed deliverables
The key deliverables of TBG12 are:
- The production, maintenance and co-ordination of standard messages in the fields of accounting, auditing, registration, and financial information services;
- Providing review comments on horizontal issues such as the Message Design Guidelines;
- Preparation of principles and rules for implementation of standard messages;
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Membership
The TBG12 is a group of experts in the areas of UN/CEFACT, business processes and associated tools, and accounting, auditing, or registration, or financial information services. Each CEFACT Head of delegation may designate one or more experts to the TBG12. In doing so, they may delegate this task to one or more organisations, which may be national, regional or international. Experts (members as registered with the UN/CEFACT secretariat) are expected to contribute to the work based on their knowledge and experience.
Eligibility for membership is obtained by attending at least 50% of four previous meetings.
Observers (guests) are welcome to attend TBG12 meetings, and are encouraged to participate. Participation to TBG12 meetings is open to those individuals being interested in achieving the objectives.
Voting process and decision making shall be accomplished in accordance with prevailing CEFACT practices.
The administrative structure of the Group
The TBG12 Administrative Team (TAT) membership will consist of the TBG12 Chair and as a minimum oneVice Chair representing ideally each activity's area, the elected TBG12 Sub Working Group chair, the immediate past TBG12 Chair, and full members of the TBG12.
To ensure the effective operation of the TBG12 process, the TAT shall:
- Produce proposals, recommendations, guidelines and messages to meet user requirements;
- Convene formal and informal meetings for the purpose of facilitating the progression of work, following the rules and guidelines established by TBG for the conduct of these meetings; minutes shall be recorded with respect to an agreed codification by the TAT; minutes will be distributed for all meetings;
- Utilise electronic communication facilities as the principal mean for the exchange of data and information among the membership of the TBG12.
The role of the TAT is:
- To serve as the primary strategic direction setting body of the TBG12. Act as initial arbitrator in situations where individuals, groups, organisations or countries feel that they are being excluded from participation in TBG12;
- To provide guidelines to the TBG12 Chair for decisions to be taken by the TBG;
- To be responsible for ensuring that a preliminary agenda for the TBG12 Plenary is set sufficiently prior to the meeting so attendees can have the agendas prior to attending. Final agendas must be available on the first day of each TBG12 Meeting;
- To prepare, update and publish at each TBG12 meeting, the Work Program schedule;
- To be the body responsible for instituting new TBG12 special ad-hoc groups, and other special advisory positions. The TAT will be responsible for the approval of the terms of reference for these groups. The terms of reference should include purpose, scope and where applicable duration.
Time schedule
The TBG12 Work Program shall determine the time scales for all TBG12 activities and tasks. The TBG12 shall meet at least at UN / CEFACT Forum.
Liaison with other groups and any external organisations
The TBG12 shall co-operate and establish liaisons with all of the TBG Working Groups and ad-hoc groups as required.
In addition, TBG12 shall establish liaisons with other organisations as required, for example:
- International Federation of Accountants (IFAC);
- Fédération des experts-comptables européens (FEE);
- International Federation of Auditors and Internal Controllers (IFACI);
- Accounting Institutes such as national professional institutes in the accounting and/or audit business like American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Institute of Canadian Certified Accountants (ICCA), Ordre des experts-comptables (French Institute), Kammer der Wirtschaftprüfer (KAW, Austrian Institute), etc.;
- eXtended Business Reporting Language (XBRL);
- Electronic Data Interchange for Financial, Informational, Cost, Accounting and Auditing, and Social areas (EDIFICAS);
- Etc.
Projects Status
| Project Title | Project Name | Project Chair | Project Initiator | Supporters | Extra Budgetary Resources | Start Date | End Date | ODP 1 | ODP 2 | ODP 3 | ODP 4 | ODP 5 | ODP 6 | ODP 7 | ODP 8 | Aim of 2011 |
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| P044 | Accounting Token | Michel Lesourd | EDIFICAS | |
01.01.2006 | 01.01.2008 | |
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| P057 | Accounting Entry V1 + V2 + V3 | Michel Lesourd | EDIFICAS | |
01.01.2006 | 30.04.2009 | |
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| P072 | Ledger V1 | Michel Lesourd | EDIFICAS | |
01.09.2006 | 30.09.2010 | |
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| P073 | Trial Balance V1 | Michel Lesourd | EDIFICAS | |
18.03.2006 | 31.03.2012 | |
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| P074 | Chart of Accounts V1 | Michel Lesourd | EDIFICAS | |
01.09.2006 | 30.09.2010 | |
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| P075 | Reporting V1 | Michel Lesourd | HCCA (Fr) + EDIFICAS | |
01.09.2006 | 30.09.2010 | |
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| P083 | Accounting Message V1 | Michel Lesourd | HCCA (Fr) + EDIFICAS | |
31.07.2007 | 30.09.2010 | |
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| P082 | Accounting Journal List V1 | Michel Lesourd | EDIFICAS | |
26.03.2009 | 31.03.2011 | |
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| P085 | Bundle Collection V1 | Michel Lesourd | EDIFICAS | |
01.05.2009 | 01.07.2011 | |
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| P092 | Lexical Nomenclature V1 | Michel Lesourd | EDIFICAS | |
18.11.2009 | 31.12.2011 | |
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TBG13
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TBG14
Scope
Mission
To simplify, streamline and standardise functional business processes through the use of value chain principles and structured analysis. In carrying out this work TBG14 will support the UN/CEFACT mission to "facilitate international transactions through the simplification and harmonisation of procedures and information flows, and so contribute to the growth of global commerce.
Approach
TBG14 will adopt the methodology (UMM) as the approach to the analysis of business processes. It will use UML modelling tools to carry out the work.
It will develop and publish a model of the International Supply Chain working with the domain groups within TBG. This process will include harmonisation and integration of the models developed within the individual TBG's as well as those of other standards and industry organisations (i.e. IATA, GS1, SWIFT, UBL , WCO, ...) into a reference model that will be consistent and that will encompass the scope of the work within UN/CEFACT. It will link up a "Top Down" view of the whole Supply Chain with the detailed functional processes identified by the expert groups.
The "best practice" processes used in international supply chain will be identified and modelled.
The model will also be used to reflect the international trade processes, relating the detailed message structures within UNeDocs to the business entities and information envelopes within the model.
All business processes included those used within International Trade will be identified and formally described, and made available for re-use by their inclusion in the UN/CEFACT Registry.
To enable this to be achieved it will be necessary to commence to standardise various artefacts:
- the naming of Business Processes and their descriptions
- the classification scheme for Business Processes to aid their discovery and use
- the names and definitions of Roles of the Business Partners
- the states of the Business Entities affected by the processes
In turn these standard values will provide the values for some of the "Contexts" required within the Core Components Technical Specification.
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| P058 | Framework for building Catalog of Common Business Processes | Ed Buchinski | Ed Buchinski | |
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| P080 | MRI Meetings | Niki Sahling | |
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TBG15
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UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR TRADE FACILITATION AND ELECTRONIC BUSINESSINTERNATIONAL TRADE AND BUSINESS PROCESS GROUP
TBG15 -International Trade Procedures Working Group
1. Introduction
1.1 The aim of trade facilitation (and the enabling electronic business technologies and communications) is to make trade, essentially the movement of traded goods, easier and simpler. The benefits of trade facilitation are most obviously gained in international business transactions. However, trade facilitation can also offer significant gains in the domestic market especially where geographic circumstances such as size of the country or unique features (for examples island nations or land-locked economies) impose difficult trading conditions for the movement of goods.
1.2 The objectives of trade facilitation are two-fold. First, simpler and cost-effective business practices with appropriate commercial records and systems. Second, efficient and effective government processes including legal obligations and proportionate regulations and administrative procedures. The adoption of trade facilitation techniques and tools should offer a more open, transparent and competitive environment for the business community, and government trade controls that are based on accurate revenue collection, risk management techniques and better deployment of resources. Consequently, it is vital that trade facilitation is a fundamental component of trade policy for sustainable economic development, the creation of wealth and employment and the protection of society and its citizens.
1.3 Trade facilitation is definitely not just a technical issue about improving procedures for the movement of goods. Of course, trade facilitation can be a separate initiative to tackle identified trade issues such as integrated border management. However, trade facilitation is probably most effective when incorporated in a broader policy aimed at improving and enhancing the trade performance of a country, region (including sub-regions) a trade sector or industry or indeed individual companies and similar enterprises.
2. Background
2.1 International trade is complex because of the numerous parties involved, the often huge distances the goods travel, the various (and varying) cultural and linguistic differences and the different approaches to the conduct of commercial activity and the controls employed by government. UN/CEFACT was established to produce techniques, tools and good practices to eliminate or significantly reduce the barriers in the complex process of doing international business. These products (referred to as instruments) are especially aimed at the small and medium size enterprise business community as the complexity of international trade processes often deters this sector from entering overseas markets. Equally the instruments are aimed at governments in developing and transition economies as an aid to improve international trade performance.
2.2 UN/CEFACT recognised very early that the complexity of international trade required an innovative approach to the production of its instruments. The volunteer trade, business and information technologies experts were structured into Permanent Groups and subsidiary Working Groups on a domain basis to identify, review and analyse the specific processes and then create practical solutions (often using electronic business applications, but not always) to remove barriers and reduce the time and cost of doing international trade.
3. TBG15 - International Trade Procedures Working Group
3.1 The International Trade Procedures Working Group, designated TBG 15, is a working group within the International Trade and Business Processes Group (TBG). In turn the TBG is a Permanent Group of UN/CEFACT, the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business. Where TBG15 differs from the other domain working groups is the fact that the Group examines the whole of the international trade transaction from sales contract initiation, through the physical delivery of the trade goods (including official controls and security measures) to the fulfilment of the contract by financial settlement and account reconciliation. Therefore TBG15 covers not just the supply chain but the whole process of trading goods internationally. This coverage is unique among the working groups of TBG.
3.2 TBG15 has a global remit and its purpose is to identify, simplify harmonise and align public and private sector practices, procedures and information flows relating to international trade transactions both in goods and related services. The scope of the working group is the business processes and government legislation, regulations, obligations and official administrative requirements involved in the movement of goods across international borders within the mission statement and objectives of UN/CEFACT and its Permanent Groups and working groups.
3.3 To fulfil its Mission Statement and Terms of Reference and contribute to the overall UN/CEFACT goal of simple transparent and effective processes for global commerce, TBG15 has a comprehensive work programme. Essentially the tasks and projects are divided into three main areas:
- the maintenance of existing UN ECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) and UN/CEFACT Recommendations;
- the development of new Recommendations, and
- new initiatives for trade facilitation techniques and tools to improve the international trade transaction.
Overarching these work pillars TBG15 promotes the adoption of all trade facilitation measure and where possible and feasible offers capacity building to enhance the knowledge and skills of the persons employed and involved in international trade.
3.4 During the past five years TBG 15 has revised Recommendation 6 (Invoice Layout Key) to include an Annex for e-Invoicing, Recommendation 11 (Dangerous Goods Documentation) and Recommendation 18 (Trade Facilitation Measure). Currently the Group is revising Recommendation 12 (Maritime Transport Documents), and through the new initiative programme considering a revision of Recommendation 4 (National Trade Facilitation) to enhance the guidance on private and public consultation models.
3.5 Over the same period TBG15 developed Recommendation 33 (Single Window) and Guidelines to enhance the efficient exchange of information between trade and government. A Repository of Case Studies complemented Recommendation 33 and offered examples of the business models adopted for existing or planned Single Window facilities. The Case Studies provided an insight into the planning and implementation of a Single Window and shared experiences on a wide range of topics from initial concept and identification of benefits, through services provision and technology options to promotion and communication and future plans.
3.6 The success of Recommendation 33 since publication in July 2005, and the positive feedback from users and other stakeholders encouraged TBG15 to develop a suite of Single Window products. First, Recommendation 34 will offer guidance on data simplification and standardisation, a key component for the optimum use of a Single Window facility. Second, Recommendation 35 will provide advice and a checklist to establish the legal framework to ensure a Single Window can operate in a secure regulatory environment that protects the data and privacy of all users through identification, authentication and authorisation procedures, regulates access to the data including sharing, archiving and retrieval and establishes appropriate arbitration and dispute resolution process. Third, the Group are scoping the production of a Recommendation on the Interoperability of Single Window facilities. The aim of the guidance would be to explain the various forms of interoperability and provide advice on the options for operation including methods, technologies and transmission protocols. The Recommendation would be augmented with a Repository of Case Studies (Similar to recommendation 33) to give examples and share experiences of interoperability projects at all levels.
4. Membership
4.1 TBG15 membership is drawn from trade practitioners and experienced government officials from all the areas of the international trade transaction, the three segments of BUY - SHIP - PAY identified by the UN/CEFACT International Supply Chain Reference Model. These experts whose knowledge collectively provides a detailed and proven expertise in trade facilitation are nominated by UN/CEFACT Heads of Delegation who may designate one or more delegates. Once appointed experts are expected to contribute to the work based solely on their expertise and experience, and comply with the Intellectual Property Rights policy of the United Nations and the Code of Conduct for Experts on mission.
5. Delegated Responsibilities
5.1 The ITPWG is empowered in accordance with agreed UN/CEFACT Forum operating procedures to:
- issue, present and publish, in the area of practices, procedures and information flows within international trade transactions: a) analyses, b) reports on constraints, and c) proposals, to UN/CEFACT and other organizations;
- promote the adoption of standards, Recommendations and best practice in the area of trade facilitation;
- draft new UN/CEFACT Recommendations as appropriate;
- maintain existing UN/CEFACT Recommendations, as identified in the ITPWG work programme, by proposing revisions, amendments or deletion;
- co-operate and establish liaisons with other groups, working groups and organizations as appropriate.
- establish project teams and supporting teams as required;
To fulfil these responsibilities the ITPWG establishes liaisons and collaborates with other working groups, permanent groups and organisations. The working group also forms projects teams and support to undertake its work programme.
6. Key deliverables
6.1 The key deliverables of TBG 15 - ITPWG are:
- development of new relevant instruments and Recommendations for trade facilitation;
- revision, amendment or deletion of these instruments and Recommendations, in co-operation with the other groups and working groups;
- evaluation of the state and progress in, and systematic review and monitoring of the implementation of trade facilitation Recommendations and measures;
- notification to other groups and working groups of constraints identified in the field of international trade practices and procedures;
- documentation of business and government requirements;
- contributions to influence and support related work in other relevant intergovernmental and non- governmental organizations; and
- provision of relevant educational, promotional and capacity building material. .
The Group is also responsible for raising awareness of it work to the wider audience of the international business community and national administrations.
7. Conclusion and Call for Participation
7.1 Trade facilitation is an important, time-tested and proven strategy that can deliver significant benefits for both private and public sectors conducting or involved in international trade. By adopting trade facilitation techniques and tools and simplification measures business can improve supply chain performance through transparency and predictability, and present a professional and progressive image to trading partners and trade services providers. For government trade facilitation can assist policy efforts and initiatives for the receipt of correct revenue yields, an increase in the effectiveness of trade control measures through the better deployment of resources and encourage greater trader compliance. Some benefits from trade facilitation can be gained easily and immediately and at relatively little cost. Other gains will accrue over the medium and long term and would need both political will and the allocation of appropriate resources both human and financial.
7.2 The international trade transaction process does not standstill. International trade is dynamic yet cyclical, ever-changing yet constant in objectives and goal. Developments in production and supply chain operation, modes of transport equipment and provision, and information and communication technologies result in changes to existing commercial practices and official procedures and the creation of new, often better processes. To tackle the challenges of the modern and future international trading system, UN/CEFACT and within it TBG15 needs to maintain and promote existing trade facilitation instruments and respond to new economic, commercial and governmental environments. To meet these demands, the Group needs a vibrant and energetic membership base.
7.3 TBG15 would wish to extend an open invitation to experts to join the Group and participate in the exciting and important work of facilitating international trade processes. New members should consider contributing to the projects and tasks because TBG15 offers:
- the opportunity to inform the debate and influence the decisions on the development of the next generation of standards and instruments for the international trade process;
- the chance to share experiences on the introduction and operation of good trading practice;
- the means to enhance the body of knowledge and skills for actors and parties involved in managing and operating the international trade process;
- the prospect of developing capacity building tools and techniques for developing and transition economies with the aim of equalizing the global marketplace;
- the opportunity to engage with a committed and dedicated group of professionals in UN/CEFACT and exchange views and ideas;
- the chance to profit from early awareness of developments at the cutting-edge of trade facilitation thinking, planning and implementation; and,
- the ability to publicise strategies and initiatives for the benefit of both the business community and government within the home country or to a wider audience in a sub-region or regionally.
This is an indicative, not an exhaustive list of reasons. Potential new members will have individual motivation and incentive as well the interests and needs of their sponsoring organisation, whether private or public. Whatever reason is paramount; TBG15 will warmly welcome any and all applications to join the Group and requests to contribute to the work programme.
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News
With the conclusion of Recommendation 35, TBG 15 now has a suite of Single Window Recommendations with additional projects in the pipeline.Status of Recommendation 12
The draft revision of Recommendation 12 has been sent to the HoDs for comments and posted on the UN/CEFACT
The Open Development Process Step 5 public review has been initiated for the draft revision
Status of Recommendations 5, 6 and 34
The inter-sessional approval of Recommendations 6 and 34 have been successfully concluded. The documents will be published in the UNECE webpage for recommendations.
Meetings
TBG 15 held a successful interim meeting in Paris, France on the 23 - 25 February 2011.TBG 15 held a successful interim meeting in Paris, France on 23 - 25 February 2011
Projects Status
| Project Title | Project Name | Project Chair | Project Initiator | Supporters | Extra Budgetary Resources | Start Date | End Date | ODP 1 | ODP 2 | ODP 3 | ODP 4 | ODP 5 | ODP 6 | ODP 7 | ODP 8 | Aim of |
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| P060 | Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide | Johan Pontén | |
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| P065 | Recommendation N°34 - Simplification and Standardization for International Trade | Gordon Cragge | |
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| P090 | Annex to Recommendation 6 on Aligned Invoice Layout Key for International Trade | Gordon Cragge | |
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| P091 | Recommendation N°12 - Measures to Facilitate Maritime Transport Documents Procedures | Johan Pontén | |
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| P101 | Recommendation N°36 - Single Windows Interoperability | Eva C P Chan | |
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Actions and Decisions
TBG16
Scope
TBG16 is also responsible for the development and maintenance of the Data Maintenance Request (DMR) procedure for UN/EDIFACT and UN/CEFACT XML. Hereafter you can find the DMRs related to UN/CEFACT XML.
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Change Request registration Log
| CR Number | Target | CR Type | Submission date | Submitter | CR status | Directory |
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| EP-2008-001 | PSCPM | CHG | 01-06-2008 | TBG6 | Approved | 08.B |
| EP-2009-001 | eTendering | CHG | 20-04-2009 | BII | Approved | 09.B |
| EP-2009-002 | eTendering | CHG | 20-04-2009 | BII | Approved | 09.B |
| EP-2009-003 | eTendering | CHG | 24-07-2009 | BII | Approved | 09.B |
| EP-2009-004 | PSCPM | CHG | 24-07-2009 | TBG6 | Approved | 09.B |
| EP-2009-005 | PSCPM | Codes | 24-07-2009 | TBG6 | Approved | 09.B |
| EP-2009-006 | PSCPM | CHG | 24-07-2009 | TBG6 | Approved | 09.B |
| EP-2009-007 | PSCPM | BRS | 24-07-2009 | TBG6 | Approved | 09.B |
| EP-2009-008 | PSCPM | RSM | 24-07-2009 | TBG6 | Approved | 09.B |
| EP-2009-009 | CII | CHG | 22-12-2009 | GS1 | Open | 10.A |
| EP-2009-010 | CII | CHG | 22-12-2009 | CEN/BII | Open | 10.A |
| EP-2010-011 | eCert | CHG | 11-01-2010 | TBG18 | Open | 10.A |
| EP-2010-012 | Invoice | CHG | 10-03-2010 | TBG01 | Open | 10.A |
TBG17
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Editors
| Name | Email |
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| Sue Probert (Lead Editor) (SP) |
sue.probert@dial.pipex.com |
| Chris Hassler (CH) |
chris.hassler.ctr@dcma.mil |
| Hisanao Sugamata (HS) |
hsedi@attglobal.net |
| Henk van Maaren (HvM) |
hvmaaren@cetima.nl |
| Mary Kay Blantz (MKB) |
mblantz@sbcglobal.net |
| Norbert Pfaffinger (NP) |
norbert.pfaffinger@umweltbundesamt.at |
Meeting Minutes
| Face to Face Meeting Minutes Please click here for the Face to face meeting minutes |
| Weekly Meeting Minutes Please click here for the 2010 and 2011 Meeting Minutes |
10A Library Status - (current)
| Status | Date | Elapsed Days |
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| CCL first sent to ICG | 29-Jun-10 | |
| First level audit pass | 31-Aug-10 | 63 |
| TBG17 Resp | 16-Sep-10 | 16 |
| Integrate 10B submissions into 10A | 29-Oct-10 | 43 |
| First level audit pass - merged CCL | 23-Nov-10 | 25 |
| TBG17 Resp | 30-Nov-10 | 7 |
| Second level audit pass | 6-Dec-10 | 6 |
| TBG17 Resp | 6-Dec-10 | 0 |
| Third level audit pass | 30-Dec-10 | 24 |
| TBG17 Resp | 4-Jan-11 | 5 |
| RSM Issues - TBG responses | 26-Jan-11 | 22 |
| ICG approved | 31-Jan-11 | 5 |
| CCL published | 2-Feb-11 | 2 |
| Schema generated by TBG17 | 15-Feb-11 | 13 |
| Schema generated by ATG2 |
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11A Submission Status - (current)
| Project Name | Contact | Submitter | Editor | Total lines |
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TBG 17 Review | Final QA |
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| Maintenance Update | Nigel Wooden | TBG8 | MKB |
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| Agronomical Observation | Gaelle Cheruy |
TBG18 |
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17DEC10 |
04JAN11 | 07FEB11 |
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Document Library
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142 kb | Gokul Ramamoorthy | Apr 15, 2011 | Apr 15, 2011 | ||
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CCTS 2.01 Business Message Template V2.01 Draft B.doc |
198 kb | Gokul Ramamoorthy | Apr 15, 2011 | Apr 15, 2011 | ||
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55 kb | Gokul Ramamoorthy | Apr 15, 2011 | Apr 15, 2011 | ||
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38 kb | Gokul Ramamoorthy | Apr 15, 2011 | Apr 15, 2011 | ||
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DRAFT RSM Guidelines 2010-08-23.doc |
219 kb | Gokul Ramamoorthy | Apr 15, 2011 | Apr 15, 2011 | ||
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56 kb | Gokul Ramamoorthy | Apr 15, 2011 | Apr 15, 2011 | ||
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TBG17 Membership Roster 08Feb2011.doc |
184 kb | Gokul Ramamoorthy | Apr 15, 2011 | Apr 15, 2011 | ||
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142 kb | Gokul Ramamoorthy | Apr 15, 2011 | Apr 15, 2011 | ||
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TBG17_Submission_Template_v3p17.xls |
527 kb | Gokul Ramamoorthy | Apr 15, 2011 | Apr 15, 2011 |
History
| TBG17 History Please click here for the TBG17 History
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TBG18
Scope
Food safety, animal health and plant sanitation are important subjects. Tracking and tracing is an important aspect of these business models.
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TBG 18 Meetings
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| 12th UNCEFACT Forum | Physical Meeting | Mexico | 06.04.2008 | 11.04.2008 | MINUTES - TBG18 CEFACT Forum Mexicov-v1.doc | |
| 13th UNCEFACT Forum | Physical Meeting | Saly, Senegal | 10.11.2008 | 14.11.2008 | MINUTES - TBG18 CEFACT Forum SALY-v1.doc | |
| 14th UNCEFACT Forum | Physical Meeting | Rome, Italy | 20.04.2009 | 24.04.2009 | TBG 18 -Meeting Minutes -Rome_Forum.doc | |
| 15th UNCEFACT Forum | Physical Meeting | Sapporo, Japan | 28.09.2009 | 02.10.2009 | MINUTES - TBG18 CEFACT Forum SAPPOROV1.1.doc | |
| Interim meeting | Physical Meeting | Lyon, France | 31.05.2010 | 02.06.2010 | to replace the 16th UN/CEFACT in Bangkok | 2010_ MINUTES - TBG18_InterimV1.0.doc |
| 17th UNCEFACT meeting | Physical Meeting | Geneva, Switzerland | 30.08.2010 | 04.09.2010 | 2010_UNCEFACT_Forum_TBG 18_MinutesV1.0.doc cites-tb18 20100901 fvd v2.ppt | |
| 17th UNCEFACT Forum | Physical Meeting | Geneva, Switzerland | 30.08.2010 | 04.09.2010 | UN/CEFACT Future Organization - Requirements of TBG18 "Agriculture" | TBG 18 Requirements for UNCEFACT new organization.pdf |
| 20th UNCEFACT Forum | Physical Meeting | Vienna,Austria | 17.09.2012 | 21.09.2012 | UN/CEFACT PDA Agriculture - 20th UNCEFACT Forum Draft Minutes | 2012_UNCEFACT_Forum_PDA Sect Agriculture_Vienna_MinutesV1.0.doc UNCEFACT_ PDA Sectoral Agriculture_ClosingPlenary.pptx |
Projects Status
| Project Title | Project Name | Project Chair | Project Initiator | Supporters | Extra Budgetary Resources | Start Date | End Date | ODP 1 | ODP 2 | ODP 3 | ODP 4 | ODP 5 | ODP 6 | ODP 7 | ODP 8 | Aim of |
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| P034 | eCert - XML for Sanitary & Phytosanitary Certificates | Barbara COOPER | |
01.01.2005 | 01.12.2008 | |
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| P077 | DAPLOS project | Bruno Prépin | |
01.01.2007 | 01.12.2008 | |
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TBG19
- Scope
- Contacts & Members
- Projects Status
- Details of projects and activities
- Meetings
- Conference call 03 December 2009
- Sapporo Forum (28 September - 2 October 2009)
- Rome Forum (20 - 24 April 2009)
- Conference call 30 January 2009
- Saly Forum (10-14 November 2008)
- Conference call 20 June 2008
- Mexico Forum (7-11 April 2008)
- Conference call 8 January 2008
- Stockholm Forum (24-28 September 2007)
- Conference call 6 July 2007
- Dublin Forum (26-30 March 2007)
- Conference call 14 December 2006
- New Delhi Forum (2-6 October 2006)
- Conference call 29 June2006
- Vancouver Forum (13-17 March 2006)
- Reference documents
Scope
As the term "eGoverment" can be understood in different manners, covering the broad range of activities of public authorities, it is appropriate to precise that the main focus of TBG19 is to support the relation between administrations and society.
As a consequence, subjects of a more "sectorial" or "technical" nature should be dealt with in the adequate sectorial TBG where the respective administration experts should participate. If this is not possible, the matter can be addressed to TBG19 whose membership will do its best to contact interested people in the respective national administrations and come back with an advice or gather the proper expertise to handle the matter.
Drafting guidelines to promote UN/CEFACT awareness within governments, document for comments:
Position Paper Increase TBG19 participation
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| Project Title | Project Name | Project Chair | Project Initiator | Supporters | Extra Budgetary Resources | Start Date | End Date | ODP 1 | ODP 2 | ODP 3 | ODP 4 | ODP 5 | ODP 6 | ODP 7 | ODP 8 | Aim of 2010 |
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| P078 | eArchiving - Transfer of digital records | Michel Jacobson | Public Record Office Victoria-Australia/Direction des Archives de France | |
24.05.2006 | 31.12.2010 | |
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Details of projects and activities
eArchiving - Transfer of digital records
- *Common business specification*
- *French contribution*
- *German contribution*
- *Victorian Electronic Records Strategy (VERS) Standard*
- Victorian Electronic Record Standard
- Explanation
- Australia and SIP work
- Specification 2
- Specification 3
- Specification 5
- Submission to archive protocol
- Explanation
- Schema(link to the Australian web site)
- Example VEOs (link to the Australian web site)
- Compliance Tests
- *Finnish Contribution*
Common eGovernment data model development
- Requirements for governments to submit components of national exchanges to TBG17
- First TBG19 submission to TBG17 - status: QA corrected
eGovernment modeling
- eGovernment modeling identification team, TBG14-TBG19 recommendation
- eGovernement modeling identification team, notes of TMG-TBG14-TBG19 meeting in Stockholm (25/09/2007)
Meetings
Conference call 03 December 2009
Sapporo Forum (28 September - 2 October 2009)
Rome Forum (20 - 24 April 2009)
- TBG19 minutes
- Experiences and findings with Germany Online Standardisation concepts
- Presentation of the Publication Office of the European Union
- Presentation of notification in Germany
- Directorate of official journals of Prime Minister Office
- Notification solution - Ireland, Norway and Scotland
- Electronic Public Procurement (ePP) purposes and status
- Electronic Public Procurement (ePP) progress report
Conference call 30 January 2009
Saly Forum (10-14 November 2008)
- TBG19 minutes
- Submission to TBG Steering Committee - Proposal to follow the OPOCE eNotification project at UN/CEFACT
Conference call 20 June 2008
Mexico Forum (7-11 April 2008)
Conference call 8 January 2008
Stockholm Forum (24-28 September 2007)
Conference call 6 July 2007
Dublin Forum (26-30 March 2007)
- TBG19 minutes
- Resolution: Improvement of the visibility of government issues
- Presentation of modeling business government using UMM
Conference call 14 December 2006
New Delhi Forum (2-6 October 2006)
- TBG19 minutes
- eGovernment platform in Taïwan
- Service design: Using a GSRM meta model
- Presentation of UN/CEFACT registry specification and BRS/RSM lifecyclesrvice Design: Using a GSRM Meta-Model
Conference call 29 June2006
Vancouver Forum (13-17 March 2006)
- TBG19 minutes
- Presentation of the progress report in eProcurement
- Presentation of data exchange for archiving
- Presentation of UN/CEFACT workflow
Reference documents
- Terms of Reference
- Structure, Organisation and Mode of Operation
- Project editor and project leader definition
- Proposal for numbering documents
- Relationships with TBG17