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38th UN/CEFACT Forum: Easing Cross-Border Trade in Agricultural Goods

38th UN/CEFACT Forum: Easing Cross-Border Trade in Agricultural Goods

17 May 2022 10:00 - 12:30
Virtual meeting Geneva Switzerland
Purpose

There is increasing national and international interest in digital trade strategies as a means of supporting global trade and UN Sustainable Development Goals. There is particular focus on Agriculture, Fisheries & Agrifood where track & trace not only relates to the physical goods during the logistics process, but also includes Product Conformity, Distributed Identity and Verifiable Credentials.

This work is directly connected to several domains of the UN/CEFACT. The Sustainable International Supply Chain (SISC) AGRI domain will facilitate the Round Table. The Round Table is intended as a cross Program Development Area (PDA) forum to consider the overall ecosystem required to support the required traceability and transparency.

Agenda

Moderator: Ian Watt, UN/CEFACT Vice Chair   PPT

Speakers:

  • Steve Capell, Managing Director, GoSource Pty Ltd UN/CEFACT Project Lead
  • Birgit Viohl, Coordinator of the Trade Procedures Facilitation Domain
  • Peter Carter, Director of Solutions and Innovation at GS1 Australia
  • Erik Bosker, Senior Policy Advisor in the Animal Supply Chain and Animal Welfare
  • Gaelle Cheruy, Chief Service Officer at Agdatahub

The Round Table will deliver:

  • National and International Traceability initiatives
  • Understanding the AGRI Domains alignment within the Domains of the SISC
  • Programme Development Area (PDA) overview of existing deliverables supporting traceability and transparency
  • Sustainable International Supply Chain, Regulatory & eGovernment
  • International Trade Procedures, Methods and Technology
  • Summarization of the current position of supporting UN/CEFACT deliverables
  • ‘Imagineering’ session on identifying GAPS and ‘what’s missing
  • Agreement on the drafting of the Round Table Report to be made available for Bureau consideration.