Chairman:

The CSC shall elect a chair and optionally vice-chair(s) and/or secretary, depending on the committee requirements and resources.

Committee Membership:

The CSC shall elect a chair and optionally vice-chair(s) and/or secretary, depending on the committee requirements and resources.

Duration of Charter:

The normal duration of this Charter is 2 years. The Charter should be revisited by the CSC for re-adoption or amendment upon its expiration date. The CSC may amend the Charter anytime if deemed necessary.

Purpose:

The purpose of the AFACT CSC is to provide necessary support to AFACT community, in consultation with the Steering Committee, on capacity-building, awareness, and promotion of standards and specifications developed by UN/CEFACT, and guidelines developed by TMC or BDC in the areas of electronic business and trade facilitation. 

Scope:

The functions of CSC are: a. To be the driver for awareness and promotional activities to the AFACT community, and to serve as a focal point of AFACT for the promotion of Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business. b. To work with the AFACT Secretariat to develop the capacity building programs such as training, seminar, workshop, road-show, etc, if deemed necessary. c. To assist the AFACT Secretariat in enriching AFACT information resources on the AFACT website. d. To assist in the publication of the AFACT Year Book by the AFACT Secretariat. e. To assist in maintaining the contents of the eASIA Award Manual by the request from eASIA Award hosting member.

Deliverables:

The deliverables of the CSC recommendations to the AFACT Steering Committee are: 1. Training Roadshows, in consultation with the Steering Committee, in AFACT member countries or economies who express interest, with necessary funding available; 2. Results analyzed from collected survey forms when conducting a survey in support of TMC or BDC. 3. Other deliverables based on the need specified by the joint meeting with TMC or BDC.

Meetings:

For effective participation, if deemed necessary, the CSC could meet once every half year, preferably by teleconferencing. The CSC can come into existence only if at least three member countries/economies submit written interest of participation to the Steering Committee and express desire to continue throughout the duration of this Charter.

Communication:

The CSC will use its member’s mailing list. The “public” mailing list, with a possible wider audience at the Steering Committee level, exists to promote openness and is the preferred channel of communication.

Confidentiality:

The proceedings of the CSC are public to the AFACT community at all times, without any exceptions.