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International High-level Conference on Digital Transformation of Information Exchange in Supply Chains Using United Nations Standards

31 October 2022
07:30 - 16:00 hrs.,  UNCTAD: UTC +1
Conference
Hotel Hilton 1B Azadlig Avenue, Baku 1000 Baku Azerbaijan

There is a growing shared interest in the countries participating in the UN Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) to promote trade and transport facilitation in their region and to strengthen digital connectivity along trade corridors. Building on the political support of Central Asian countries, Azerbaijan, as an incoming Chair of SPECA, co-organizes together with UNECE an International High-level Conference entitled “Digital Transformation of Information Exchange in Supply Chains Using United Nations Standards” to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 31 October 2022.

Trade Faciliation and Digital Transformation of Multimodal Transport and Trade in a Time of Crisis

07 July 2022
07:00 - 11:30 hrs.,  UNCTAD: UTC +1
Conference
Online

The Twelfth International Seminar on Trade and Transport Facilitation builds on the eleven years of persistent work for trade facilitation in Odessa, Ukraine, and the region, notably in such areas as simplifying procedures, Single Window, port community systems, implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, and innovative projects on digital transport corridors, and data and document exchange in electronic format.

Digitalization of data and document exchange for multimodal transport and trade in Azerbaijan, using the UN/CEFACT standards and reference data models


15 August 2022

The objective of the current project is further development of the digital transport documents that could provide seamless information flows accompanying cargo flows between countries along the GUAM transport corridor. Due to its position in the middle of the cargo transport routes between Europe and Asia, the use of UN/CEFACT standards and recommendations for cargo information sharing along this route makes much sense.

The focus of the project is on the practical application of the data models and standards to facilitate real-world transport operations that take place along this transport route, in particular, in transforming from trade and transport documents, represented in UN/CEFACT multimodal transport reference data model (MMT RDM) to customs documents, represented in the data model of World Customs Organization (WCO) through the UN/CEFACT Cross Border Management data model (CBM).

List of Annexes

Annex II. Results of the mapping

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Data mapping of the IFTMIN UN/EDIFACT message and the SMGS and CIM/SMGS railway consignment notes to the UN/CEFACT Multimodal Transport Reference Data Model (MMT RDM)


14 June 2022

The Data mapping of the IFTMIN UNEDIFACT message and the SMGS and CIMSMGS railway consignment notes to the UNCEFACT MMT RDM was developed as part of the United Nations response to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic under the United Nations multiagency project “Transport and Trade Connectivity in the Age of Pandemics: UN solutions for contactless, seamless and collaborative transport and trade”.

This electronic document equivalent Standard Package consists of the following elements:

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Analysis of information in the EDIFACT format data interchange and data matching in rail transport and the UN/CEFACT Reference Data Model for Multimodal Transport (MMT RDM)


11 July 2022

Objective of this paper: Analyze and match data between several key documents accompanying cargo in multimodal transportation, in particular, rail transport, and the UN CEFACT Multimodal Transport Reference Data Model (MMT-RDM).


At this project phase the data shall be matched with the MMT-RDM and the first steps to create the concept of data conversion between information on rail transport between Eurasia and Western Europe and with other modes of transportation.

 

List of Annexes

Annex 1. Technical description of the IFTMIN data structure

Annexes 2-4 CIM/SMGS Consignment Note Scheme of the UN CEFACT Multimodal Transport Data Reference Model

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Reconciling a Standardized Dataset with international standards and data models, development of schemas for electronic equivalents of railway carriage documents SMGS, CIM/SMGS and CIM in XML and JSON formats


05 August 2022

The current project has been initiated with the main objectives to support the development of digital multimodal transport corridors, increase the harmonization and standardization of data exchange in international transport and logistics, encourage electronic data exchange and thus to reduce people-to-people contacts during the COVID-19 crisis and in the post-pandemic recovery by using the relevant standards and Multimodal Reference Data Model (MMT RDM) of the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT).

Russian version available here.

This report covers the following main tasks and outputs:

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Paperless Data and Document Exchange in the Cross-Border Transport of Specific Goods between the Eurasian Economic Union and the European Union


15 April 2022

In the context of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the general direction of building back better this project aims to develop and practically test paperless data and document exchange in the cross-border transport of specific goods between the Eurasian Economic Union and the European Union.

Focusing on a specific pilot case of multimodal delivery of goods author of this study conducted research and offered practical recommendations how to align used by different participants in the supply chain in their IT systems to the UN/CEFACT standards and Multimodal Transport Reference Data Model, allowing for a seamless exchange of electronic data and documents (B2B exchange), as well as developing electronic B2G documents for submission to regulatory authorities.

 

Main results of the study:
1. Based on a specific example of exports/imports of specific goods, demonstrated the opportunities and benefits of using the UN/CEFACT Multimodal Transport Reference Data Model (MMT RDM).
2. Explored what electronic documents and data exchange systems are used in multimodal transport by participants in the supply chain, based on a particular product. Examined on what data model the existing electronic document systems are built.  

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