Spreading i nteroperability in eProcurement processes across Europe

1. Spreading interoperability in eProcurement processes across Europe Open Seminar Brussels December 6, 2012

2. Future steps Jostein Frømyr, CEN/BII Vice Chair The way forward: CEN/BII 3, and its future role in the European Landscape.

3. Are we not finished yet? • We know that the deliverables of BII1 are in operational use. • We know that the deliverables from BII2 are in the process of being implemented. • We have heard from our Team Leads that there are still Issues to be addressed. • No we are not yet done – we need to secure the continued relevance of the BII work!

4. What needs to be done? • Provide increased value to the BII user community by • Providing a focal point for governance and securing the continued relevance of the existing BII deliverables • Filling the gaps to ensure that all relevant aspects of eProcurement are covered • Encourage increased adoption through capacity building

5. How? • CEN TC? • Other standards body? • Private organization? • CWA 16558: Business Interoperability Interfaces for Public procurement in Europe • CWA 16558: BII Architecture • CWA 16559: BII Tender Notification profile • CWA 16560: BII Use of profiles in the tendering process • CWA 16561: BII eCatalogue profiles • CWA 16562: BII Post Award profiles CEN WS/BII3

6. Increased interest by the private sector Some new functionality required Facilitate efficiency in the private sector Increasing the scope? Interactions Business Business Consumer Government Consumer Government

7. Governance • Provide support for change and release management during the duration of the workshop. • This will include development of hands-on instructions / guidelines for internal LCM & Governance. • Follow and monitor the outcome of the “research” by the European Commission and implement required changes in the BII deliverables: • Report by the expert group on eTendering • Golden Book by PWC (best practices in Europe) • Report on monitor and benchmarking by IDC/Gap Gemini • Establish a blueprint for a continued support organization beyond CEN WS/BII3, in coordination with initiatives such as eSense, CEF, etc.

8. Capacity building • Take the opportunity of the Workshops being organized in Member States to provide capacity building seminars to national ministries, public entities, ERP vendors/providers, system integrators, private enterprises, developers, etc. • Topics covered is expected to include: • Implementation strategies at national as well as enterprise level • Review of selected profiles • How to implement • Lessons learned from practical use

9. Self-conformance statements • Establishing a registry of self-conformance statements(i.e. a list of all national formats related to BII with a clear indication of the differences from the “original” BII work). • Such a registry will provide for • Monitoring implementations • Foster convergence through visibility

10. Coordination with other initiatives • Continue the active coordination with other European and/or national initiatives in order to synchronize European business requirements (E.g. GS1 in Europe, CEN WS/eCAT, CEN GITB, BMEcat, eCl@ss, the German process initiative REPROC, etc.), in particular by: • Inviting participation and submission of requirements • Encouraging liaisons (cross-participation)

11. Coordination with other initiatives • Continue the active support to international initiatives to ensure that these initiatives provide support for European business requirements (e.g. UN/CEFACT, UBL, GS1) • Ensuring active participation through nominated representatives • Focusing work on concrete and specific topics of mutual interest (e.g. the realization of the Business Document Envelope)

12. A detailed business plan for BII3 is under preparation. Preparing the business plan

13. I encourage you all to join us in BII3! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! 13