Stan,
do you know the relation of this IBM document (GMM) and the WCO Security Framework? In particular, is this IBM's stake in the ground as a uniform response to the WCO?
jt.
IBM Global Movement Management Framework:
http://www.opencommons.net/documents/GMM.pdf
World Customs Organization's Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade:
http://www.opencommons.net/documents/wco_framework.pdf
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A few quotes from each of the doucments...
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W:
International trade is an essential driver for economic prosperity. The global trading
system is vulnerable to terrorist exploitation that would severely damage the entire global
economy. As government organizations that control and administer the international
movement of goods, Customs administrations are in a unique position to provide increased
security to the global supply chain and to contribute to socio-economic development
through revenue collection and trade facilitation.
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W:
International trade is an essential driver for economic prosperity. The global trading
system is vulnerable to terrorist exploitation that would severely damage the entire global
economy. As government organizations that control and administer the international
movement of goods, Customs administrations are in a unique position to provide increased
security to the global supply chain and to contribute to socio-economic development
through revenue collection and trade facilitation.
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W:
The WCO Framework rests on the twin pillars of Customs-to-Customs
network arrangements and Customs-to-Business partnerships.
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I:
A Global Movement Management framework enables the system to overcome these challenges
through its two most important elements: a governance structure and a system architecture.
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W:
This Framework provides a new and consolidated platform which will enhance world
trade, ensure better security against terrorism, and increase the contribution of Customs
and trade partners to the economic and social well-being of nations.
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I:
Ultimately, security and resilience need to become embedded into
these broader system imperatives, creating a culture of .Total Security Management,. in a
manner similar to the drive for .Total Quality Management. in manufacturing,
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I:
Several existing frameworks
and policies are applicable to cross-border transfers of personally-identifiable information,3 and
need to be reconciled with the new security imperatives of the system.
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I:
The GMM system is intended to overcome the consequences
of these disparate interests, and create a framework that aligns the interests of stakeholders and
supports optimal participation by each country while allowing different policy choices.
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I:
This imbalance of information between
private sector domain knowledge and public sector threat-related knowledge means that no
single party has the ability to operate solely on its own, and it creates uncertainty
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I:
propose a governance structure
and system architecture that can enhance security and resilience in the entire system: a
framework of Global Movement Management.
