41st AFACT Mid-term Meeting 

Co-hosted by Japan and Chinese Taipei, The 41st AFACT Mid-term Meeting took place in Kyoto, Japan on July 11, 2023.  As one of the major annual events of AFACT, The 41st AFACT Mid-term Meeting discussed the agenda items including Bylaw Revision, 2024 Host Country, AFACT Homepage, 2023 eASIA Awards preparations and updates on AFACT projects, among others.

For meeting photos, please refer to the following link: https://reurl.cc/WGjeNe.

The Meeting Agenda and presentation files are shared below.

AGENDA

10:30

1. Roll Call (* Input Name & Country to Zoom)

2. Opening remarks by Dr. S. Ishii (Japan), Dr. Cheng-Hong Cho (Chinese Taipei)

10:45

3. Approve the agenda 

4. Review the previous meeting minutes 

5. Steering Committee 

> Bylaw Revision (Mr. M. Toku)

> 2024 Host Country (Mr. H. Sugamata) 05min

6. Secretariat’s Report

 > Introductory Statement & Schedule (Plenary and eASIA Awards) (Ms. Vivian Huang)

 > AFACT Homepage (Ms. Wendy Yang)

 > e-ASIA Awards Manual and Plan (Ms. Wendy Yang) 

 > Review national contact points (Ms. Wendy Yang) 

11:20

7. UN/CEFACT 40th Forum Feedback

 > Trade Finance (Mr. H. Sugamata) 

 > UN/LOCODE (Dr. S. Ishii) 

 > New Projects (Mr. M. Toku) 

 > TTL New Projects (Mr. A. Chien) 

< Bento Lunch 12:00 – 13:30 >

8. UN/CEFACT SWAM (Single Window Assessment Method) and Regional SW (Mr. K. Watanabe) 

9. Report on Blockchain (Mr. F. Jahed)

14:00

10. Committee & WG status and plan by each Chair

10.1 BDC (Business Domain Committee)

10.1.1 Trade Facilitation WG

-Data Pipeline Study Project (Mr. H. Sugamata)

14:15

< Break 15min >

14:30

10.1.2 Travel & Tourism, Leisure Progress Report (Dr. Anthony Chien)

10.1.3 Sustainable Development & Circular Economy WG

- Introductory Statement (Ms. Vivian Huang) 01min

- Carbon Footprint Verification & Tax Project (Ms. Dora Yen & Dr. Eric Wang)

- Agriculture ESG Project (Ling Cheng Technology Corporation)

- MaaS Project (Mr. John Ning) 

15:10

10.2 TMC (Technology and Methodology Committee)

- TC154 (Mr. Sugamata) 

11. Announcement

> 41st UN/CEFACT Forum, Bangkok, 2-6 Oct. 2023

> 29th UN/CEFACT Plenary Session, Geneva, 9-10 Nov. 2023

> 42nd ISO TC154 Plenary meeting, Hong Kong, 24-27 Oct. 2023

15:35

12. Any other business

13. Closing

- 16:00-