Overview

We are pleased to announce that the Cape Town Convention Academic Project (“CTCAP”) is launching a consultation on its Draft Guide on Best Practices for Electronic Business Registries (“Draft Guide”) with a dedicated workshop on 1 September 2025 at Robinson College, University of Cambridge, UK.

The Draft Guide has been developed by the Experts’ Group of the Best Practices in the Field of Electronic Registry Design and Operation Project (“BPER Project”), comprising international experts in
electronic business and collateral registries.

The project is conducted under the auspices of the CTCAP, a joint initiative between the University of Cambridge and the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), with the Aviation Working Group as the Founding Sponsor. The BPER Project is
supported by the UNIDROIT Foundation and Aviareto.

The BPER Project provides guidance on the design and operation of electronic registries. To assess best practices, the project has identified Critical Performance Factors (CPFs) against which electronic
registries can be measured. CPFs change depending on the particular registry being evaluated. The BPER Project published a Guide on Best Practices for Electronic Collateral Registries in 2021, which can be found here.

Since then, the BPER Project has shifted its focus to examining electronic business registries. In this regard, the project workshops focused on adapting existing CPFs to business registries, developing
new CPFs and reflecting the evolving role of business registries and the scale of technological progress in recent years.

Building upon these discussions, an updated version of the draft Guide on Best Practices for Electronic Business Registries will be prepared in the coming weeks.


Venue: Robinson College
Location: Grange Road, Cambridge, UK
Country: United Kingdom

Organiser Contact Details:
Kateryna Bovsunovska
k.bovsunovska@unidroit.org

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