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Participation

All UN/CEFACT approved projects issue a public call to participation for experts to contribute. The Global Trust Registry project call for participation was published in LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/uncefact_global-trust-registry-activity-7318341834349371396-g_mY

To maximise the chance of success, the project needs representation from a meaningful and diverse group. We need participants with skills and experience across Registry operation and governance, transparency enabling technology (protocols not platforms), as well as business.

Project Participation​

The general guidance and encouragement is as follows:

  • All work will be developed, and all meetings held, on public channels. Anyone and everyone will be able to observe the project as it progresses.

  • All work is voluntary and unpaid.

  • We encourage contributors with expertise, passion and interest in this topic. We are interested in both technical and organisational/subject matter expertise.

  • All contributions will be subject to the UN/CEFACT intellectual property rights policy. We are developing open, voluntary, standards that organisations and countries can choose to adopt.

  • All those who wish to contribute rather than observe will need to register as a UN/CEFACT expert using this form https://uncefact.unece.org/display/uncefactpublic/UNCEFACT+Expert+Registration

  • Processing of applications is not seen by the project team and will typically involve your country Head of Delegation.
    If there is a delay (>2 weeks say) in your application, please contact the project team (john@sezoo.digital or anica@registradores.org) with details of your application with details of your application (name and email address used, country etc.), and we will contact the UN CEFACT secretariat to see if they can help.

Code of Conduct​

The UN CEFACT Open Development Process [R3] defines a code of conduct for all projects:

  1. The following principles should be followed by all members of Project Teams:

    1. To welcome participation by anyone designated as an expert by a Head of Delegation to UN/CEFACT.

      1. To encourage global input.

      2. To work collaboratively and effectively.

      3. To not incorporate specific hardware and/or proprietary software requirements into their processes or deliverables, or the implementation thereof.

      4. To understand and agree to be subject to the UN/CEFACT Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy.1

      5. To understand and agree to be subject to the UN/CEFACT Code of Conduct.2

UN CEFACT Open Development Process

Source: UN/CEFACT Open Development Process [R3]

  1. Under the revised UN/CEFACT structure, mandate, terms of reference and procedures (ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2010/15/Rev.5), “The Open Development Process” (ODP) applies to UN/CEFACT projects in the field of trade facilitation and electronic business.

    1. The following principles should be followed by all members of Project Teams:

      1. To welcome participation by anyone designated as an expert by a Head of Delegation to UN/CEFACT.

      2. To encourage global input.

      3. To work collaboratively and effectively.

      4. To not incorporate specific hardware and/or proprietary software requirements into their processes or deliverables, or the implementation thereof.

      5. To understand and agree to be subject to the UN/CEFACT Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy.3

      6. To understand and agree to be subject to the UN/CEFACT Code of Conduct.4

    2. All projects concerned with the development of UN/CEFACT deliverables within the UN/CEFACT Programme of Work need to follow a set of ODP stages related to their deliverable’s publication type. All ODP stages are briefly listed below:
      - ODP Stage 1: Project Inception
      - ODP Stage 2: Requirements Gathering
      - ODP Stage 3: Draft Development
      - ODP Stage 4: Public Review
      - ODP Stage 5: Project Exit
      - ODP Stage 6: Publication
      - ODP Stage 7: Maintenance

    3. The minimum set of ODP stages for all projects are:
      - (ODP Stage 1) Project Inception
      - (ODP Stage 5) Project Exit
      - (ODP Stage 6) Publication

    4. The list (s) of ODP stages for projects with more than one deliverable is the list of stages required by the deliverable that, if it were the only deliverable for the project, would trigger the most stages. Deliverables that would not trigger specific stages are exempt from them.

    5. The actual list of ODP stages required by a project’s individual deliverables, if different from those for the overall project, are described in the Project Inception stage.

References and Useful Links

  1. UN CEFACT Policies Procedures and Terms of Reference: https://unece.org/trade/uncefact/policiesprocedures-and-termsreference

  2. UN CEFACT Introduction: https://unece.org/trade/uncefact/introduction

  3. UN CEFACT Open Development Process: https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/ECE_TRADE_C_CEFACT_2016_17E_ODP.pdf

  4. UN CEFACT Code of Conduct: https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/ECE_TRADE_C_CEFACT_2010_18E-Rev1_RevisedCodeofConduct.pdf

  5. UN SDG Communication Materials: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/news/communications-material/

Footnotes​

  1. See Draft Revised UN/CEFACT Intellectual Property Rights Policy, ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2010/20/Rev.2. ↩

  2. See Draft Revised UN/CEFACT Code of Conduct, ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2010/18/Rev.1. ↩

  3. See Draft Revised UN/CEFACT Intellectual Property Rights Policy, ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2010/20/Rev.2. ↩

  4. See Draft Revised UN/CEFACT Code of Conduct, ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2010/18/Rev.1. ↩