John S. Beale eTEN Unit DG-INFSO

1. eTEN - Stimulating Investments in Public ServicesPresentation to Missions of new Member StatesBrussels 11 Sep 2003 John S. BealeeTEN UnitDG-INFSO

2. Outline of Presentation • eTEN - Aims and Objectives • eTEN - Implementation • eTEN - Challenges and Responses • eTEN - Conclusions

3. eTEN - Political and Legal Basis • Treaty:- articles 154, 155 and 156 set the objective of establishing Trans-European networks in the areas of transport, telecommunications and energy. • eEurope 2005:- “to finance projects and actions at the European level, the Commission will make full use of the eTEN and IDA programmes. Both programmes are currently being re-orientated to support eEurope 2005” • eEurope 2005:- “in particular the financial regulation with respect to the eTEN programme would need to be adapted to make this programme an appropriate tool.”

4. eTEN - Programme Status • eTEN evolved from TEN-Telecom (1996) • eTEN re-oriented to e-services and to eEurope • Trans-European Services in the public interest • Project inventory status • 163 projects (1997-2002) • 157 market validation projects (95%) • 6 deployment projects (5%) • Typically funding 250K€ - 1.5M€ (over 18-24 months) • 55 projects currently executing • Annual Budget (39M EUR) • increased by 12% in 2004 (enlargement)

5. eTEN Objective • To stimulate the accelerated takeup of trans-national e-services in EU-25. • eTEN aligned to the key areas of eEurope 2005 • eGovernment, • eHealth, • eInclusion • eLearning and Culture • Trust and Security

6. Business & Enterprise eEurope2005 Member State Activities eTEN – at the heart of eEurope

7. Outline of Presentation • eTEN - Objectives • eTEN - Implementation • eTEN - Challenges and Responses • eTEN - Conclusions

8. eTEN-Programme Implementation • Work Programme published annually as required by the Financial Regulation of the Commission • Calls for Proposals published normally at least annually- Call 2003 now advanced- Contracts by end of 2003 • Calls for External Evaluators periodically- List now established until late 2004. • Public consultations as needed

9. 3 months eTEN Call for Proposals • Feb 2003 Set orientations & public consultation wide distribution: mail-shot, multipliers and web • Mar 2003 Draft workprogramme (WP) discussed with Committee 13/3/03 • Apr 2003 WP adoption (Committee & Commission) • May 2003 Publish WP and Call • Sep 2003 Close call & evaluate proposals • Oct 2003 Select projects, start negotiations • Dec 2003 First contract signatures

10. Rules for Participation (Eligibility) • Any legal entity in EU Member States (public or private) • Proposals must be consistent with eTEN objectives • Proposals (except Support Actions) must have the approval of the national government • Proposals must have a cross border context although they need not be fully trans-European • Consortia must contain legal entities from at least 2 Member States • Infrastructure NOT funded • Development NOT funded

11. Until now <50% 95% 5% >50% Target 2003/4 Project phases & current portfolio Phase.I(R&D) Phase.II Phase.III Phase.IV Trans-European Market Validation (local)(regional) (national) Initial MarketDeployment Full Market Deployment Pilot Services inventory 2003 call Note.1. Sum of funding in Phases II + III = “Estimated Total Investment Costs” (ETIC) Note.2. Sum of funding received in Phases II + III <=10% of ETIC Note.3. Funding under Phase II at up to 50% of costs within constraint of Note.2

12. Examples of eTEN projects eGovernment eAdministration - EPRIDE ________ Regional information dissemination - STAR __________ Regional investments services - eGAP __________ Range of citizen services for administrations - SPES __________ Electronic signatures for local administrations - EURAD _________ Tele-radiological support services - NetC@rds _______ Interoperable, smart health cards - EURODONOR ____ European donors and organ registry - Sport4All _______ Facility and mobility support for the disabled - SERCAL ________ 24 hour, home-care autonomy and support centers - THALIA ________ Providing big city events [arts] to remote regions - EPICS _________ IT skill and competence certification - ORPHEUS ______ On-line photo-heritage material for education - TEN-A _________ On-line educators and trainers brokerage - EBR-TIC _______ Trust-mark and internet confidence service - Online Confidence On-line dispute resolution service - EuroLogo ______ e-Trader mark conforming to European code of conduct eHealth eInclusion eLearning& Culture eTrust & Confidence

13. eTEN Portfolio example (1) • FACTS • Validation, 2002-2003, 250K€ funding • Based on IST project NETLINK with Franco-German & Franco-Belgian pilot • Commission Communication on Healthcards mentions NetC@rds (SAINCO, EMPLOY) • Interest from other Member States, Accession & Third Countries (Canada)

14. smartcard eTEN Portfolio example (2) • FACTS • Deployment, 2002-2004, 1.1M€ funding • Based on TEN-Telecom project eGAPthat validated a wider range of services • SPES focuses on the single topic of digital signatures accelerating introduction into public administrationsin five cities (Italy, UK, Denmark, Germany) • Provides smart card multipoint access to citizens(births, deaths, marriages, building and land registry) • Provides unified access to enterprise services • Covers signatures for internal back-office admin • More cities/countries want to replicate

15. eTEN Portfolio example (3) • FACTS • Validation, 2003-2004, 1.6M€ funding • Brings together 8 donor & transplant centres from Italy, Netherlands, Spain, UK, Greece and Belgium • Realisation of a European Organ Data Exchange Portal and Data Base to be used in the medical field of data organ exchange and transplantation • Based upon common EU protocols for data acquisition and processing on organs donation • Delivering of updated and official information to professional operators and institutions, accessible via internet in real-time

16. Outline of Presentation • eTEN - Objectives • eTEN - Implementation • eTEN - Challenges and Responses • eTEN - Conclusions

17. Obstacles to Trans-European deployment • Trans-European services must overcome barriers of language, culture, legislation and administration • E.g. Multi-linguality content adds ~15% per language • Initial set-up of services is both complex and high cost • Capital expenditure on basic infrastructure is not included • Emphasis being on intellectual activities rather than material • Therefore validation phase can reach 10% financial regulation limit • Little or no funding remaining for deployment phase • Public entities have priority to utilise their budgets for services serving their local constituency • Trans-European consortia incur additional overheads (10-15%)

18. Proposed new funding ceiling of 30% (1) • Currently only 5% by number of eTEN projects are Deployment Projects • Taking into account the obstacles (previous slide), it is now recognised that the current funding level of 10% does not provide sufficient incentive for deployment

19. Proposed new funding ceiling of 30% (2) • eEurope 2005 Action Plan also identified changes to the Financial Regulation in respect of eTEN • “In particular the financial regulation with respect to the eTEN programme would need to be adapted to make this programme an appropriate tool.” • “Council and Parliament …should raise the funding ceiling for the implementation phase of eTEN projects from 10% to 30% without prejudice to the other TEN programmes.” • Proposal to this end from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council in April 2003

20. Proposed new funding ceiling of 30% (3) • Up to 30% is only for eTEN deployment projects • Increase impact • more deployment projects (from 5% to 50%) • NO additional funding requested • therefore better focussing, more visibility

21. Integration of new Member States • New Member States can participate in eTEN from 1 May 2004. • We know little about state of e-services, potential for expansion and obstacles in new Member States • Working on a Study to clarify these issues • Evaluating feasibility of a Call only for new MS early 2004 • eTEN must become a programme of 25 countries (not 15+10) asap • replication and proliferation of good practices • speed up modernisation of public services

22. Outline of Presentation • eTEN - Objectives • eTEN - Implementation • eTEN - Challenges and Responses • eTEN - Conclusions

23. eTEN - 2004 synopsis • Budget 2004 - 43 M€ • Continued emphasis on deployment with more effective use of funding • Increased funding ceiling for deployment • Enlargement • Considering options for calls for proposals • Call for participation of new member states • Call for deployment of good practice to new member states • Open call

24. eTEN - Key Legal Documents • In addition to the Treaty Provisions and the original TEN documents: • eTEN Guidelines Decision 1376/2002/EC of 12 July 2002 • eTEN Financial Regulation 1655/1999 of 19 July 1999 (under review) • Work Programme 2003, and, when published, for future years, • Call for Proposals 2003/C 118/19 20 May 2003. • Copies of the indented items are provided

25. eTEN - Stimulating Investments in Public Services John S. BealeContact Point in eTEN for new Member States E-mail address: john.beale@cec.eu.intWeb address: http://europa.eu.int/etenTelephone: +32 2296 0235