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1 UNNExT workshop on Paperless trade facilitation for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2-4 February 2015 United Nations Conference Center (UNCC) Bangkok, Thailand

2 Facilitating trade for small and medium sized enterprises Urachada Ketprom Director of Standard Office, ETDA Electronic Transactions Development Agency (Public Organization) 23/02/58 UNNExT workshop on paperless trade facilitation for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2-4 February

3 2014 Government Policy on SMEs SMEs Capacity Development for Effective Competence SMEs Capacity Development for Effective Competence Promotion of Technology and Knowledge Transfer in Production Process Product Development Development of Internal Management Improve Structure of Financial Sectors and SMEs Driving Systems Accessibility to Capital Support Operation to Explore World Market Opportunity Source : Inauguration Speech of Prime Minister Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha on September 23/02/58 12 th, 2014 UNNExT workshop on paperless trade facilitation for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2-4 February

4 The Urgency to Leap Ahead Moving forward to AEC 2015 ASEAN Community 2015 ASW AEC 1 ASC 3 AEC Blueprint ASCC : NSW (National Single Window) : ASW ( ASEAN Single Window) Connecting all 10 NSWs 1 ASEAN Economic Community 2 ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community 3 ASEAN Political-Security Community 23/02/58 UNNExT workshop on paperless trade facilitation for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2-4 February

5 23/02/58 UNNExT workshop on paperless trade facilitation for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2-4 February

6 23/02/58 UNNExT workshop on paperless trade facilitation for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2-4 February

7 ETDA Works on Trade Facilitation: e-document UN/CEFACT: Buy Ship Pay Model Intermediary Supplier Buy Ship Pay Customer Commercial Documents Quotation Order Invoice Receipt e-invoice initiative program (ETDA, BOT, Revenue Department, etc.) Financial Documents Payment request Payment advice Payment report/statement National Payment Message Standard (NPMS): Based on ISO (ETDA, BOT, Commercial Banks, etc.) Government Authorities Still in development Regulatory Documents Certification of origin Custom documents Transit declaration Cargo report 23/02/58 UNNExT workshop on paperless trade facilitation for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2-4 February 2015 Transport Documents Bill of lading Shipping instruction Pick list Packing list Dispatch advice UN/CEFACT Recommendation e.g. LOCODE /Route No. CODELISTS adoption for national usage (Royal Thai Customs, ETDA, etc.) Legal Framework Support 7

8 ETDA Works on Trade Facilitation: STANDARD OID Website Security Standard Archive Reliability Codelist e- Docume nt Form at Referen ce NPMS / e- Invoice Metadata 23/02/58 Reducing Cost Increasing Efficiency and Effectiveness Increasing Reliability Creating Flexibility UNNExT workshop on paperless trade facilitation for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2-4 February

9 TOOLS STANDARD S Example: Standard by Customs SMART CARDS for EXPORTER/ IMPORTER 7 Colorful Cards 1. Gold Card (ONLY for Qualified Company s owner or manager) 2. Yellow Card (Owner or manager card) 3. Green Card (Attorney in fact card) 4. Silver Card (Licensed customs broker card) 5. Pink Card (Customs Clearance card) 6. Blue Card (Customs specialist card) 7. Orange Card (Customs Clearance assistant card) Card Fee: Reducing Cost: No More ID 180 Baht for each card Copies Paper Increasing Efficiency and Expiration Date: Effectiveness 3 years after issued date Increasing Reliability Source: Creating 23/02/58 UNNExT workshop on paperless trade facilitation for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2-4 February Flexibility

10 ETDA Works on: Trusted electronic Document Authority (TeDA) To support the secure e- Document e-time Stamping Authority e-notary Service e-archive and Record Management Service 23/02/58 UNNExT workshop on paperless trade facilitation for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2-4 February

11 TeD A Tim e Example PDF File Stamped Time by ETDA TeD A Trusted Electronic Document Authority e-time Stamping 11

12 TeD A Tim e Tamper-Evident Feature TeD A Trusted Electronic Document Authority 12

13 Form Generation OID ระบ ว าเป น Form Form ใด Schema (XSD) ระบ ส วนประกอบ (Element) Business ของแบบฟอร ม Rule ระบ ความส มพ นธ ระหว าง PDF Form Element Code List ระบ ค าของแต ละ Element TeDA IFS Form Conversion (Intelligent Form Service) Form Registration Return OID and schema location XML Validation Return Validation Result o OID ลงทะเบ ยน แบบฟอร ม o Form Schema โครงสร างของ แบบฟอร ม o Business Rule ความส มพ นธ ของ Element ใน แบบฟอร ม o Code CMR List รห สมาตรฐานท ใช ใน แบบฟอร ม (Code and Message Repository) ONOS-CTS (Compliance Test System) OID Form Validation XML Schema Validation Rule Validation OID Schema Rule

14 Key Success Factors: Trade Facilitation ICT Infrastruc ture Legal Framewo rk Payment and Tax Collectio n Services Logistics and Transport ation Readines s GOVERNMENT SUPPORT 23/02/58 UNNExT workshop on paperless trade facilitation for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2-4 February

15 VERY IMPORTA NT!!! GOVERN MENT SUPPOR T 23/02/58 UNNExT workshop on paperless trade facilitation for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2-4 February

16 Government Support on SMEs 23/02/58 UNNExT workshop on paperless trade facilitation for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2-4 February

17 Government Support on SMEs Office of Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Plan ( ) 1. Plan to increase the numbers of SMEs Registration : 250,000 within Plan for capacity building 30,000 SMEs within Plan to provide support to SMEs Networks 60 Networks/year Interesting Links 4. Plan to provide better environment for SMEs business 5. Plan to provide better management and interoperability for SMEs m 23/02/58 UNNExT workshop on paperless trade facilitation for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2-4 February 2015 (e-directory) 17

18 Government Support on SMEs 23/02/58 UNNExT workshop on paperless trade facilitation for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2-4 February

19 Thank you Ms. Urachada Ketprom Director of Standard Office Electronic Transactions Development Agency (Public Organization) 23/02/58 UNNExT workshop on paperless trade facilitation for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2-4 February

20 Short Biography Dr. Urachada Ketprom earned her Ph.D from University of Washington, Seattle, in In 1992 she received a scholarship from the Thai government to pursue a Ph.D. in Electromagnetic Fields and Waves Telecommunication and started her academic life in USA earning her BSEE from Northwestern University, Illinois and her MSEE from U. of Washington. Dr. Urachada started her professional life as a researcher at National Electronic Computer and Technology Center (NECTEC) from She published many journals on RFID technology and patented on RFID algorithms and applications. In 2008, she worked on a project contracted by Bank of Thailand on ISO20022 Standard development and subsequently this project was transferred to be completed by a new public organization, ETDA, established in Currently, Dr. Urachada is a director of ICT Standard office at ETDA. Her responsibilities include planning and developing IT standards to promote electronic transactions in Thailand. She is actively working in many subcommittees tasked with developing national standards and also collaboratively working with international committee : Asia Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation (AFACT) hosting a Plenary Meeting in UNNExT November workshop on 2014 paperless in Bangkok, trade Thailand. 23/02/58 facilitation for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2-4 February

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