There are a number of reasons to have a 5 year plan for this project.  These reasons include:

1 Issues involved with E-commerce are policy issues not technical issues

2 This EoI proposes registries for different industry groups.

3 These industry groups may be peak bodies usually with a management committee

4 It will take the management committee 1 year to prepare a case for acceptance 
  for the members probably at the Annual General Meeting

5 It will take a further 1 year for the Peak Body to revise its own business processes to 
  accommodate the registry process

6 It may take up to 3 years for the members of the Peak Body to register their details on 
  the new registry system

In the meantime a large scale education/awareness program has to take place to explain the
benefits of participating in providing the details for the registry.

For this education/awareness program to be affective and strike the right chord with Industry
Peak Body members research on the real benefits to the members of that industry group for 
participating in the process has to be carried out.

This requires a sponsor to stimulate that initial process.

A recent and very relevant project is the Roadshow proposed by the OIC Local Government Interest 
Group [LZIG] to the 15 Regional Organisation of Councils [ROCs] to explain the benefits of 
Councils reviewing XML applications to provide enhanced community services.

The Business Entry Point [BEP] section of the Department of Employment, Workplace Relations 
and Small Business [DEWRSB] commissioned a series of surveys on XML by members of the Open 
Interchange Consortium [OIC] with NSW Local Government Agencies. 
http://www.oic.org/L/CPLADFC1.htm

These surveys were to:

1 Determine who the appropriate contact with Council for Internet Policy issues

2 Identify which applications are of most interest to Councils

3 Catalogue the:
	i	current application packages
	ii	suppliers
	iii	age of installation
	iv	whether package was Web compatible
	v	if XML compliant

These surveys determined the issues that were important to Councils to provide enhanced
community Services and provided a list of Local Government software suppliers.

The results of these surveys were most unexpected and have provided a substantial foundation 
for the content of the planned series of Roadshow.


The issues of most importance to Councils are:

1	Project Management					95%

2	Attracting New Businesses to the Community		88%

3	Importance GIS systems					81%

The survey question "Has Council consider E-procurement for purchasing" produced a response of
60% Yes vote with a low interest and priority rating for most Councils.

However it is important to understand the BEP motive for commissioning the surveys and its
relevance to this EoI 2001/10.

BEP has determined that many Councils comprise Mayors and Councillors who operate local small
businesses.  

It is Government policy at Federal, State and Local Government levels to provide Electronic 
Tenders to enable a "level playing field" so that any organisation can compete for Government
business.  Hence this initiative by DEWRSB to outline to Councils how XML can reduce the cost 
of compliance for organisations who wish to trade electronically.

It is considered that these Roadshows to the ROCs can provide the initial venues for future
presentations to local Small and Medium size Enterprises over the next 5 years.

EbXML Australia members have the contacts and resources to support this education/awareness 
presentations to these communities.  Examples of these contacts and Resources of the ebXML 
Australia members include:

A	Tradegate

	TradeGate members include a number of peak body Associations including:

	a 	Australian Freight Forwarders Association
	b	Australian Ship Owners Association
	c	Australian Road Transport Federation
	d	Australian Association Port & Marine Authorities
	e 	Australian Chamber of Shipping	
	f 	Customs Brokers Council of Australia

B	Australian Customs Service - Customs Consultative mechanisms include
	
	a	Australian Customs Service
	b	Australian Air Transport Association
	c	Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
	d	Australian Chamber of Shipping
	e	Australian Exporters and Importers Association
	f	Australian Federation of International Forwarders
	g	Customs Brokers and Forwarders Council of Australia
	h	International Air Couriers Association of Australia
	i	Institute of Chartered Accountants
	j	Law Council of Australia
	k	Confederation of Asia Pacific Express Carriers

C	Super EC

	All Superannuation Organisations

D    UN/CEFACT

      A number of members of ebXML are representatives of the Australian CEFACT Management Committee (ACMC) and a number
      of these individuals are also active participants in the international UN/CEFACT process, including:

 	a  Barry KEOGH        Australian UN/CEFACT Head of Delegation
 	b  David BOTHERWAY    Australian Retail Industry
 	c  Karl ROMMEL        Australian Heavy Engineering Industry
      	d  David DOBBING      UN/CEFACT Steering Group (CSG)
      	e  Margaret PEMBERTON UN/EDIFACT Technical Assessment Group
                            	Chair"

E	OIC

	The OIC worked with a number of Peak Body Associations on the Y2K issue including:

	a	Australian Society for Association Executives 
	b	Australian Printing Industry Association
	c	Australian Medical Industry Association
	d	Australia Interactive Multimedia Industry Association
	e	Australian Water and Wastewater Association
	f	Institute of Chartered Accountants
	g	Aus Society of Practicing Accountants
	h	National Institute of Accountants 

	These contacts and networks can provide the links to determining that ebXML Australia 
	is the organisation most likely to ensure that the EoI 2001/10 is fulfilled.

CONTRIBUTIONS: 
	Garry GRANT	Australian Customs Services	05/06/2001
	David DOBBING 	Data Logistics			05/06/2001
	Ken BROMFIELD	Intermedia Ditto		03/06/2001
	Stevan GILLMORE	Aiyom				03/06/2001
	Stephen GOULD 	Halisa International Network 	03/06/2001