Guidelines for Paperless Business Environment in the APEC Region

The guidelines suggest APEC member economies to:

• Establish a public system for general management and facilitation of e-document i.e. Korean CeDA (Certified e-Document Authority)
• Adopt new legislation to modify their domestic laws
• Build a framework at the APEC level to cover a various range of tasks, including harmonization of technical standards and capacity building.

• I. Introduction
• II. Paperless Business Environment in the APEC Region
• III. Case Studies from the APEC Region
• IV. Challenges to Facilitate Paperless Business Environment
• V. Suggestions