1. CEN WS/BII2 1 Spreading interoperability in eProcurement processes across Europe Open Seminar Brussels December 6, 2012

2. CEN WS/BII2 Agenda - morning 1. Welcome and introduction (9.00 - 9.30) Stuart Feder, CEN/BII Chair 2. Keynote by the European Commission (9.30 - 10.15) Overview of the EC policy in the field of eProcurement, with a ‘post-award perspective’: the work of the eInvoicing multi-stakeholder Forum Antonio Conte, European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry Overview of the EC policy and initiatives in the field of eProcurement, with a ‘pre- award perspective’ Alain Deckers, European Commission, DG Internal Market 3. Overview of the general approach of CEN BII (10.15 - 10.45) Jostein Frømyr, CEN/BII Vice Chair Coffee Break 4. CEN BII Results (11.00 - 12.30) Kornelis Drijfhout, eTendering Team Leader Bergthor Skulason, Post-award Team Leader Didier Hardy, eNotification Team Leader Veit Jahns, eCatalogue Team Leader Jostein Frømyr, Architecture Team Leader 5. Q&A Session (12.30 - 13.00 ) Lunch 2

3. CEN WS/BII2 Agenda - afternoon 1. The position of BII in the European and international landscape (14.00-14.20) Giancarlo De Stefano, CEN/BII Vice Chair 2. Users’ views (14.20-15.20) The Irish case Edmund Gray and Padraig Harte (IT Sligo, Ireland) The Norwegian experience Olav Kristiansen (Project manager for eInvoicing at Difi, Norway) Open ePRIOR Didier Thunus, European Commission, DG DIGIT PEPPOL and Open PEPPOL Andre Hoddevik, Project Director of PEPPOL, Secretary General of OpenPEPPOL Anders Kingstedt, OpenPEPPOL Post-award Community Coordinator 3. Future steps (15.20 - 15.50) Jostein Frømyr, CEN/BII Vice Chair 4. Cooperation with standardization bodies (15.50-16.30) Harm-Jan van Burg, UN/CEFACT Vice Chair Antonio Conte, European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry Alain Deckers, European Commission, DG Internal Market Howard Mason, Chair of MoUMG (Management Group of MoU on Electronic Business) Peter Potgieser, Chair of CEN eBCG (CEN eBusiness Coordination Group) Jostein Frømyr, CEN/BII Vice Chair 5. Wrap up (16.30 - 16.45) Stuart Feder, CEN/BII Chair 3

4. CEN WS/BII2 Welcome and introduction Stuart Feder, CEN WS/BII2 Chair 4

5. CEN WS/BII2 5 Thanks so very much to everyone for coming to this open seminar concerning business interoperability interfaces for public procurement in Europe. It is – for the moment at least - the final event of the European committee for standardization’s workshop on this theme. We are, of course, most likely to be familiar to you all as simply: CEN WS/BII2. Let me also mention at the outset that we are most fortunate to have a number of distinguished speakers and panelists who have kindly agreed to join us today and we are most grateful for their participation. They will be providing important perspectives on the issues being taken up on today’s program: from the standpoints of the European commission, from the user community and also from the international standards community.

6. CEN WS/BII2 You will, of course, also be hearing a good deal from our team leaders about their work during phase 2 of BII and from our vice chairs about a proposed continuation of these efforts as phase 3. Phase 2 started in May 2010 (32 months ago) and, as can often be the case, some of that time we had to go forward rather steadily and patiently step-by-step as we awaited funding processes to be completed. Most importantly, in the end, we believe we have over the past many months done what we set out to do and have done it on a reasonably timely basis. These achievements are entirely due to the considerable competencies and effectiveness of the members of the BII2 team – working as a team – under the guidance of their project leaders and the vice chairs. So as chair, let me take this opportunity to offer my congratulations for their efforts and I would ask you all to please join me in a round of applause for the “BII2 team”. 6

7. CEN WS/BII2 Gaining consensus on common approaches for regional developments is a considerable challenge in its own right – no matter what the theme – and it is something essential in the European context in terms of fostering the concept of a single market. The tasks have been performed in a way that should make it easy to be contributed to efforts in an international context - so that requirements and solutions can evolve to benefit those with these requirements around the world (making it also easier to interface with European requirements). Moreover, it also enables input to be brought back to Europe from the global standards community, which may then be given consideration in due course for Europe. 7

8. CEN WS/BII2 One thing one learns in standards work is that requirements are always changing (sometimes a little and sometimes a lot, for example, within a country or a region or a business domain) and that the way to achieve solutions is also ever-changing. But one thing that is likely to be increasingly stable is the set of re-usable core semantics and re-usable core models. Moreover, capturing these changes and alternative developments – most likely in terms of implementation guidelines and self-conformance statements, in a central place (or registry) may be a good way to foster greater transparency about how things are evolving and how they might serve as alternative approaches on the road to possibly greater efficiency in meeting stakeholder requirements. We’ll come back to this theme a bit later in the day. So for now, let me thank you again for joining us and let me turn over the floor to vice chair Jostein Frømyr who will be taking things forward until later this afternoon. Thank you. 8

9. CEN WS/BII2 Keynote by the European Commission Antonio Conte, European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry Overview of the EC policy in the field of eProcurement, with a ‘post-award perspective’: the work of the eInvoicing multi-stakeholder Forum. 9

10. 10 The Work of the European Multi-stakeholder Forum on e-Invoicing Open Seminar "Spreading Interoperability in e-Procurement processes across Europe" Brussels, 6 December 2012 Antonio Conte Unit E4 "Key Enabling Technologies and ICT" DG Enterprise and Industry – European Commission

11. 11 Major developments over the last year - Growing political support to the deployment of e- invoicing - Mobilisation in almost all EU countries thanks to the establishment of National Fora - Good progress of the European Multi-stakeholder Forum on e-Invoicing

12. 12 DG ENTR's paper on e-invoicing standardisation: overview, issues and conclusions for future actions Informal consultation of all relevant EU and International standardization organizations (CEN, ISO,OASIS, UN/CEFACT, GS1) Outstanding standardization issues are identified Outlines potential future actions

13. 13 National Multi-stakeholder Fora on e-Invoicing Role Raising acceptance of e-invoicing Coordinate initiatives (legal, technical, etc.) Composition Balanced representation of stakeholders (e.g. public administrations, enterprises, financial organisations, service providers, standardisation bodies, consumers) To ensure a balanced representation in the European Forum, the Commission encourages the National Fora to appoint a representative from the public sector and a representative from the private sector All EU countries have set up National Fora except Bulgaria, Greece, Lithuania, Malta and Romania (in progress).

14. 14 European Multi-stakeholder Forum on e-Invoicing Role Address remaining barriers which prevent the exchange of e-invoices across EU Share experiences and good practices Monitor e-invoicing adoption Composition Representatives of National Fora European associations from the “user side”: SMEs, large corporate, and users European organizations and associations : CEN, ECB, Article 29 Working Party Observers from the "supply side" (bank associations, service provider association) and acceding country (Croatia) Organization of work 4 Activity Groups 2 meetings per year (next meeting : March 2013) First deliverables adopted in September 2013

15. 15 EU Forum: First results of Activity Groups Monitoring the e-invoicing uptake at Member States and EU level - Leader: P. Breyne (BE) Collaboration with EUROSTAT to improve the statistical monitoring on e-invoicing (new questions on e-invoicing will be integrated to the 2014 questionnaire on "ICT usage in enterprises") The objective is to be able to collect "quantitative" information on the % of e-invoices (structured and unstructured) sent and received Exchange of experiences and good practices - Leaders: C. Bryant and N. Taylor (UK) A public consultation identified the main drivers of e-invoicing: the critical role of government policy and service providers National Fora are expected to discuss/react to the results of the consultation

16. 16 EU Forum: First results of Activity Groups Propose appropriate solutions for remaining cross-border barriers - Leader: S. Engel-Flechsig (DE) No specific legal issue blocking cross-border e-invoicing has been identified but different legal systems in EU Member States bring additional complexity in particular as regards archiving, accounting, data protection and e-signatures. National situation will be further explored and notably the transposition of the VAT Directive Migration towards a single e-invoice data model - Leader: P. Potgieser (CEN) The migration does not appear feasible in the short/medium term The groups is investigating the production of a semantic reference model for the "core" components of an invoice A glossary of definitions for e-invoicing was prepared

17. 17 E-invoicing in public procurement Single Market Act II (October 2012) with 12 key actions including "Make electronic invoicing the standard invoicing mode for public procurement" Legislative proposal expected in 2Q13 Public consultation ongoing (until 23/01/2013) to gather information on the existing use of e-invoicing and opinions on the planned launch of an EU initiative in this area. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2012/einvoicin g_en.htm

18. 18 Contact European Commission DG Enterprise and Industry Unit E4 "Key Enabling Technologies and ICT"y Enabling Techno B-1049 Brussels E-mail: entr-e-invoicing@ec.europa.euentr-e-invoicing@ec.europa.eu E-invoicing webpage: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/ict/e-invoicing/ http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/ict/e-invoicing/ Activity Groups reports: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/ict/e- invoicing/benefits/invoicing_forum_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/ict/e- invoicing/benefits/invoicing_forum_en.htm

19. 19 http://www.youtube.com/euenterprise @EU_enterprise EU Enterprise ec.europa.eu/enterprise DG Enterprise and Industry Information and Contributions Online

20. CEN WS/BII2 Keynote by the European Commission Alain Deckers, European Commission, DG Internal Market Overview of the EC policy and initiatives in the field of eProcurement, with a ‘pre-award perspective’. 20

21. CEN WS/BII2 Overview of the general approach of CEN BII Jostein Frømyr, CEN/BII Vice Chair 21

22. CEN WS/BII2 It has been quite a jourey… 22 DateVenueFocus Feb. 102010MalmøKick-off Mar. 25-262010DelftAgree list of deliverables Jun. 10-112010KoblenzWork on phase 1 deliverables Oct. 5-62010RomeWS review of phase 1 deliverables Dec. 1-22010BrusselsWS approval of phase 1 deliverables Approve revised business plan based on Grant Agreement with the Commission Mar. 8-92011AthensInitiate phase 2 activities May 24-252011StockholmAlternatives for long term governance available Oct. 4-52011RomeAlternatives for long term governance Dec. 13-142011BudapestCoordination of deliverables Feb. 8-92012LuxembourgProgress deliverables Agree solution for long term governance Jun. 5-62012ReykjavikComment resolution from internal review Initiate public review Sep. 25-262012BrusselsComment resolution from public review Dec. 52012BrusselsApprove deliverables

23. CEN WS/BII2 …. also intellectually 23 Stakeholder requirements CWA 16073

24. CEN WS/BII2 25 organizations from 9 different countries registered as workshop participants These organizations nominated some 90 experts to contribute to our work. 5 CWAs 104 individual documents included in the publication Some facts and figures Type of organizationNumber of participants National stakeholder7 National or international organisation10 IT-provider, supplier, etc.8

25. CEN WS/BII2 BII guides implementation of standards 25 The implementation guide The standards UN/CEFACT SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESSES FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS. The implementation The focus of BII is on collecting European requirements and to provide guidance for consistent implementation of existing international developments.

26. CEN WS/BII2 Our approach A Profile is a technical specification describing: the choreography of the business process(es) covered, the electronic business transactions exchanged as part of the business process, the business rules governing the execution of that business process(es), its business collaborations and business transactions, as well as any constraints on information elements used the information content of the electronic business transactions exchanged. Goal Requirements Syntax Validation

27. CEN WS/BII2 BII Profiles 27

28. CEN WS/BII2 BII syntax binding 28 Defines how information requirements expressed in a profile can be met by the target XML syntaxes.

29. CEN WS/BII2 BII validation tools Tools to ensure that instance documents exchanged “on the wire” conforms to the rules of the Profile. 29

30. CEN WS/BII2 Core information requirements BII is defining core information requirement models the set of information elements sufficient to cater for the generally expressed business requirements applicable throughout the European market. BII specifications can be implemented as is, but are also intended for further customization. 30

31. CEN WS/BII2 BII addresses the whole eProcurement process The specifications provided by BII support the whole procurement process from publication of the Prior Information Notice through to the final Invoice. Based on, and supports, relevant EU directives

32. CEN WS/BII2 Consistant eprocurement solution 32 eProcurement phases eAccesseSubmissioneAwardingcontractFulfilmenteInvoicing call for tender preparation Pre-awarding phases eOrdering Payment Post-awarding phases Item identification Item Price Ordered qty. Delivered qty Supplier identification Customer identification Amount due

33. CEN WS/BII2 Scalable solutions Trough the use of Profiles, BII provides for flexible and scalable support for the various business processes in eProcurement. 33

34. CEN WS/BII2 BII enables interoperable e-procurements solutions BII Profiles allow for interoperability at the organizational level. BII Information Requirement Models allow for interoperability at semantic level. BII syntax binding and validation tools supports interoperability at technical level.

35. CEN WS/BII2 A sincere thanks to all 90 experts, and our editors, who made all this possible! 35

36. CEN WS/BII2 36 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! More information: http://www.cenbii.eu/ 36

37. CEN WS/BII2 Coffee Break 37

38. CEN WS/BII2 CEN BII Results Didier Hardy, eNotification Team Leader Kornelis Drijfhout, eTendering Team Leader Veit Jahns, eCatalogue Team Leader Sven Rasmussen, Post-award Team Jostein Frømyr, Architecture Team Leader 38

39. CEN WS/BII2 eNotificationTeam Didier Hardy, eNotification Team Leader 39

40. CEN WS/BII2 CONTENT EC – Publications Office: TED mandate and services Links eTendering   eNotification eNotification stakeholders CEN BII2 – eNotification: Deliveries CEN BII3 – eNotification: Future potential deliverables

41. CEN WS/BII2 EC – Publications Office: TED mandate and services EC – Publication Office – TED Unit mandate PublicationTED ( Tenders Electronic Daily ) OJ S ( Supplement to the Official journal ) TED - Tenders electronic daily http://ted.europa.eu/ http://ted.europa.eu/ DVD-ROM OJS XML messages definition Based on the Public Procurement Regulation (standard forms) TED eSenders Around 65 monthly active Licenses Holders Around 120 subscriptions OJ S electronic since 1983 economic operators “buyers” – awarding authorities SIMAP eNotices TED website JOS TED eSenders licences holders PIN CN CAN 42,9 % 100 % ….. % TED figures – November - 2012 52,2 %

42. CEN WS/BII2 eNotification & eTendering economic operators “buyers” – awarding authorities SIMAP eNotices TED website JOS TED eSenders licences holders PIN CN CAN eProcurement phases eAccesseSubmissioneAwardingcontracteOrderingeInvoicing call for tender preparation PINCNCAN eNotification Pre-awarding phasesPost-awarding phases

43. CEN WS/BII2 eNotification in eProcurement (stakeholders) buyer Economic operator eTendering Brokers Publishers Authorising Authority Supervising Authority eNotification Profiles eTendering - eNotification

44. CEN WS/BII2 CEN BII2 – eNotification task team: deliveries Liaison eTendering  eNotification One type of business process to submit the publication of a procurement notice and to retrieve status Deliveries: Profile specification:  Profile BII-10 eNotification  Linked with the eTendering profiles Transaction information requirements:  BiiTrns064 Pre-award Publication Library  F1Prior information notice, F2 Contract notice, F3 Contract award notice  BiiTrns065 NoticePublicationResponse Syntax binding to UBL Validation tool

45. CEN WS/BII2 CEN BII3 – eNotification task team: plan eNotification linked with INPUT from the eTendering processes:  request to modify the original notice and reporting services  Certified published notice …… within the publication process with authorising authorities:  request to publication authorisation with supervising authorities:  reporting services OUTPUT to other publishers  forward notices to brokers  Electronic journal  exchange of eNotification metadata between brokers and economic operators

46. CEN WS/BII2 CEN BII3 - future potential work in the pre-awarding phases Continuity Support to implementers Maintenance Liaison with others Legal public procurement organisations  Above thresholds: EC - DG-MARKT,  Below thresholds: national authorities Implementation  TED eSenders,  PEPPOL Standardisation bodies

47. CEN WS/BII2 Conclusion CEN BII2 - eNotification Deliverables are available and usable A particular THANKS to the editors CEN BII3 - eNotification Future potential deliveries within eNotification:  cover services for other stakeholders within eTendering:  continue the constructive liaison work Maintenance, support and awareness tasks Publications Office (OP) - A4 “TED” Unit Head of Unit: PISANI Raymond HARDY Didier (Didier.Hardy@publications.europa.eu)Didier.Hardy@publications.europa.eu

48. CEN WS/BII2 eTendering Team Kornelis Drijfhout, eTendering Team Leader 48

49. CEN WS/BII2 Goals 1. Provide guidelines on use of eTendering profiles Explanation of the use of profiles in public procurement Based on practical user experience 2. Integration of the Virtual Company Dossier White paper Merge Qualification profile with Virtual Company Dossier 3. Enhance existing eTendering profiles Review and potentially revision pre-award profiles Ensure all relevant business rules are captured Provide validation artefacts for all profiles

50. CEN WS/BII2 15 organizations from 11 different countries; These organizations have nominated 22 experts to contribute to our work; Task team lead: Nils Fjelkegård, Kammarkollegiet, Sweden Kornelis Drijfhout, TenderNed, The Netherlands The task team: Participants Type of organizationNumber of participants National stakeholder5 National or international organization5 IT-provider, supplier, etc.5

51. CEN WS/BII2 Profile revision roadmap How to enhance existing profiles. White paper on Use of VCD in public procurement How to merge Qualification profile and VCD. Guideline how to use the profiles in various eTendering procedures Process reference model. Revision pre-award profiles Business requirements Information requirements model Validation rules Syntax binding to UBL & UN/CEFACT The task team: Methodology

52. CEN WS/BII2 10 Face-to-face meetings across Europe Biweekly net meeting The task team: Meeting routine

53. CEN WS/BII2 53 The eTendering deliverables 53 CWA 16560 eTendering Guideline how to use the profiles in various eTendering procedures Business processes in scope Roles involved Tendering Process Open Procedure Restricted Procedure Award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice  Process reference model is used by eTEG.

54. CEN WS/BII2 54 The eTendering deliverables 54 CWA 16560 eTendering BII22 – Call For Tender BII34 – Call For Tender with catalogue template BII11 – Qualification BII12 – Tendering simple BII35 – Tendering with catalogue Business requirements Information requirements model Validation rules Syntax binding to UBL & UN/CEFACT  Qualification profile is used within OpenPeppol

55. CEN WS/BII2 The work ahead Standardize procurement in Europe Essential for uptake eTendering (2016); Essential to provide access for Economic Operators; Essential for a system to system communication. Market eTendering profiles Engage software industry in our work; Provide better information. Create new standards New European directives; Fill the gaps; Modular approach. 55

56. CEN WS/BII2 56 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! More information: http://www.cenbii.eu/ http://www.cen.eu/cwa/bii/specs/ 56

57. CEN WS/BII2 eCatalogue Team Veit Jahns, eCatalogue Team Leader 57

58. CEN WS/BII2 Goals 1. Support the usage of catalogues in the pre-award phase Elicting and analysing the business requirements on catalogues in the pre-award phase Integration in the existing pre-award phase profile structure 2. Support catalogue subscription Elicting and analysing the business requirements Provide new profile 3. Guideline on quality of catalogues White paper Quality of catalogues guided through quality of the standards 4. Revision of the existing catalogue profiles Document business requirements

59. CEN WS/BII2 6 organizations from 5 different countries; These organizations have nominated 10 experts to contribute to our work; Meeting routines Combination of regular net and face-to-face meetings (~ 30) Task team lead: Vania Rostagno, CSI Piemont, Italy Veit Jahns, BME/UDE, Germany The task team: Participants Type of organizationNumber of participants National stakeholder4 National or international organization1 IT-provider, supplier, etc.1

60. CEN WS/BII2 60 The eCatalogues deliverables 60 CWA 16561 eCatalogue BII01 – Catalogue only BII02 – Catalogue update BII16 – Catalogue deletion BII33 – Catalogue subscription BII17 – Multi-party catalogue BII34 – Call For Tender with catalogue template BII35 – Tendering with catalogue Business requirements Information requirements model Validation rules Syntax binding to UBL & UN/CEFACT  Guideline on catalogue quality

61. CEN WS/BII2 61 The eCatalogues deliverables 61 CWA 16561 eCatalogue BII34 – Call For Tender with catalogue template BII35 – Tendering with catalogue Catalogue template Catalogue management system Catalogue Both supports product classifcations like eCl@ss, GS1 GPC or CA-specific Requirement on the products or services a tender is called for Description of the tendered products and services Contracting Authrity Economic operator query export

62. CEN WS/BII2 62 The eCatalogues deliverables 62 CWA XXX2 eCatalogue Guideline on catalogue quality Outline of a quality framework Elaboration on the concept of quality with respect to the type of data contained in a catalogue

63. CEN WS/BII2 The work ahead Overall Standardize procurement in Europe Market profiles Create new standards With respects to catalogues Create awareness about the state-of-the catalogue technology Guide for an extensive usage of product classification Connecting with the (industrial) catalogue community, e.g. CEN WS/eCat 63

64. CEN WS/BII2 64 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! More information: http://www.cenbii.eu/ 64

65. CEN WS/BII2 Post-award Team Sven Rasmussen 65

66. CEN BII2 Post Award team Dec 2012 - Brussels Sven Rasmussen Danish Agency for Digitisation - DIGST E-mail: svrra@digst.dk

67. CEN BII2 – The PostAward Focuses on providing support for processes of purchase of goods Initial scope is public procurement within EU Applies as well to B2B scenarios Most popular profiles from previous workshop have been updated Focus on flexibility by increasing number of single document profiles CEN BII-1 results also availible to implementers 06.12.2012CEN BII2 67

68. Content Post Award has worked on ten profiles Grouping of profiles into processes : Five Ordering Three Invoicing Two payment One fulfilment 06.12.2012CEN BII2 68

69. Workshop process Number of meetings The group held 47 meetings in over two years Number of public commets 385 comments, all successfully resolved 06.12.2012CEN BII2 69

70. Our main results What is new New ordering profiles, Ordering, Simple Ordering New single document profiles, Dispatch, Statement New Syntax mappings provided: UBL 2.1 UN / CEFACT D11A What is changed Based on implementers feedback, updated invoice, order, dispatch and statement profiles Credit Note is aligned with Invoice data model Corrective Invoice is merged into general Invoice data model 06.12.2012CEN BII2 70

71. Our deliverable artefacts Include: Profile and process guideline Requirement specifications Syntax independent data models Syntax mappings Business rules Validation tools Guidelines on codelists Guidelines on conformance 06.12.2012CEN BII2 71

72. The road ahead BII3 Further refinement of requirements and information models Clarification and support for implementers CEN TC – eInvoicing datamodel standard (to be discussed) Implementers - Quick pick up in market is expected of: Ordering profiles Statement and dispatch profiles (single document profiles) Updated eInvoice Only profile National policies Growing number of regional and national governments will base their eInvoicing effort on BII Already a substantial number 06.12.2012CEN BII2 72

73. CEN BII2 Why do we focus on small documents The market for electronic procurement is an example of “the long tail” phenomena By lowering the Cut-Off point, solutions will become economically feasible to implement in the long tail Customers, ranked by volume Number of documents exchanged with each customer Cut-off point! BII will lower the Cut-Off point 06.12.201273

74. Conformance vs. interoperability BII provides a framework for setting up national or regional eInvoicing or eProcurement policy Our conformance model provides flexibility within a framework that provides interoperability We strike a balance Definition of Conformance is key Use of extension methodology Key to wider dissemination 06.12.2012CEN BII274

75. Benefits for users For senders Conformant documents can be received by all For receivers Can be used as basis for an EDI agreement Single semi-automated process can be set up for handling of documents from wide variety of trading partner (in the long tail) For implementers Guidelines and tools to support implementers For governments All invoices can be moved to electronic form A Fast Track starter kit to implementing a national eInvoicing policy 06.12.2012CEN BII2 75

76. Conclusion Thanks to our members And to our editors... and now – implement ! 06.12.2012CEN BII2 76

77. CEN WS/BII2 Architecture Team Jostein Frømyr, Architecture Team Leader 77

78. CEN WS/BII2 What we set out to do… The Architecture Team was responsible for the architecture and technical deliverables required to support the functional task teams. Working methodology Messaging envelope How to handle attachments? How to do error reporting? How to claim comforance? How to do customizations? Governanance and long-term sustainability 78

79. CEN WS/BII2 A team effort We have had a dedicated team of 10-12 knowledgeable experts supported by our 5 editors. 15 F2F meetings 70 conference calls 79

80. CEN WS/BII2 CWA 16558 BII Architecture A. BII - Guideline - Profile Architecture B. BII - Guideline - Capturing of Business Requirements C. BII - Guideline - Conformance and Customizations D. BII - Guideline - Implementation and Use of Validation Artifacts E. BII - Guideline - Business Rules Description Mechanism F. BII - Guideline - Code List Management G. BII - Code Lists H. BII - Guideline - Data format I. BII - Guideline - Message Envelope Specification J. BII - Guideline - Attachments Handling K. BII - Guideline - Syntax Binding Methodology L. BII - Guideline - Application of Electronic Signature M. BII - Profile 36 - Message Level Response N. BII - Report - Long Term Governance O. BII - Report - Versioning and Change management BII - Report - Governance Model - V1.0.0 BII - Presentation - Governance of the Life Cycle Management 80

81. CEN WS/BII2 What next? Improved methodology for customization to support ”national/community” adoption of deliverables with specific local requirements. Improvements related to the use of code lists and classifications tools. Provide guidelines on the use of the Business Document Envelope. Building a registry of self conformance statements. 81

82. CEN WS/BII2 82 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! More information: http://www.cenbii.eu/deliverables/cwa-16558-bii-architecture/ 82

83. CEN WS/BII2 Q&A Session 83

84. CEN WS/BII2 Lunch 84

85. CEN WS/BII2 Agenda - afternoon 1. The position of BII in the European and international landscape (14.00-14.20) Giancarlo De Stefano, CEN/BII Vice Chair 2. Users’ views (14.20-15.20) The Irish case Edmund Gray and Padraig Harte (IT Sligo, Ireland) The Norwegian experience Olav Kristiansen (Project manager for eInvoicing at Difi, Norway) Open ePRIOR Didier Thunus, European Commission, DG DIGIT PEPPOL and Open PEPPOL Andre Hoddevik, Project Director of PEPPOL, Secretary General of OpenPEPPOL Anders Kingstedt, OpenPEPPOL Post-award Community Coordinator 3. Future steps (15.20 - 15.50) Jostein Frømyr, CEN/BII Vice Chair 4. Cooperation with standardization bodies (15.50-16.30) Harm-Jan van Burg, UN/CEFACT Vice Chair Antonio Conte, European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry Alain Deckers, European Commission, DG Internal Market Howard Mason, Chair of MoUMG (Management Group of MoU on Electronic Business) Peter Potgieser, Chair of CEN eBCG (CEN eBusiness Coordination Group) Jostein Frømyr, CEN/BII Vice Chair 5. Wrap up (16.30 - 16.45) Stuart Feder, CEN/BII Chair 85

86. CEN WS/BII2 The position of BII in the European and international landscape Giancarlo De Stefano, CEN/BII Vice Chair 86

87. CEN WS/BII2 BII in the European and international landscape The CEN/BII Workshop has adopted an open approach towards a wide range of other initiatives, aiming at establishing synergies and joining efforts to achieve an ever wider community of users sharing interoperable solutions. 87

88. CEN WS/BII2 BII in the European and international landscape 88 The standards Implementation guide Implementations UN/CEFACT SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESSES FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS. Business goals and requirements Business goals and requirements Business goals and requirements WS/eBES WS/EBIF WS/eInvoicing3 WS/eCAT WS/GTIB WS/BII2 Policy initiatives e-TEG European Multi Stakeholder Forum on Electronic Invoicing MUG Project

89. CEN WS/BII2 IntitiativeInteraction Results UN/CEFACT Chair is also CEN/BII Chair CEN/BII experts took part in the relevant UN/CEFACT activities Still ongoing after UN/CEFACT, move to a more streamlined project- oriented organization, with coordination and alignment increasing. CEN/BII resources took part in the project CEN/BII methodology inspired the MUG Project approach. Published as CWA 16356. GITB experts were present in both initiatives, and insured consistency CEN/BII has fruitfully built on GITB methodology for creating artifacts to test its deliverables CEN/BII is a member of the cMAP Project Advisory Group, launched under the WS eCAT CEN/BII deliverables are suitable for accommodating the solution envisaged by the WS/eCAT for eCatalogue content managment Some key cooperations MUG Project WS/eCAT UN/CEFACT SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESSES FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS. GITB

90. CEN WS/BII2 IntitiativeInteraction Result Continuous ‘osmosis’ between the two initiatives: Timeline of BII was extended, to synchronize its end with the end of the PEPPOL project Task teams have been discussing feed- back from PEPPOL and giving input to PEPPOL work The CEN/BII Task Teams were merged mirroring PEPPOL internal reorganization There is a very good alignment of The PEPPOL Business Interoperability Specifications are based on the WS Profiles. BII 2 Deliverables formalize the PEPPOL feed-back into the CWA ePRIOR gave Valuable input during the workshop time ePRIOR is CEN/BII conformant Some key cooperations

91. CEN WS/BII2 IntitiativeInteraction Results e-TEG e-Tendering Expert Group CEN/BII experts took part in the e-TEG activities, reporting to CEN/BII on the Group progress and contributing to discuss eTEG relevant issues within the CEN/BII Workshop and spreading the knowledge about the WS approach and deliverable within the Group CEN/BII methodology has been appreciated by the e- TEG. Some key cooperations

92. CEN WS/BII2 The Irish case Edmund Gray and Padraig Harte (IT Sligo, Ireland) Ireland has taken advantage of - and in turn contributed significantly to - CEN/BII models and PEPPOL specifications, to build its national eInvoicing architecture. 92

93. The Irish case An evolving success story

94. The Irish case An evolving success story Edmund Gray BSc Institute of Technology Sligo Project Technical Lead Padraig Harte BSc MA Institute of Technology Sligo Lecturer in Computing Project Coordinator

95. Presentation Overview Project scope Goals and Objectives Participants Issues PEPPOL Experiences Benefits Road Map

96. Scope of Pilot Setup by the National Multi-stakeholder Forum on e-Invoicing which is chaired by the National Procurement Service. To enable business, particularly SMEs, to efficiently send e- invoices to Government agencies. To provide an interoperable and standards based infrastructure. C ost reduction environment. Innovative environment S ecure, reliable, transparent environment

97. Goals and Objectives Goal  setup and test an interoperable infrastructure of approved Access Points for the exchange of e-invoices with Government Agencies Objectives Realise benefits Provide Governance Facilitate Adoption Self maintaining Independence Flexibility

98. Participants National Procurement Service – Project Management. Institute of Technology, Sligo – R&D, Technical Lead. Forum Sub Committee – review Buyers systems integration. Government Departments - Buyers; Office of Public Works, Health Service, Local Government, Defense, Justice, Enterprise Ireland. Selected Businesses – Suppliers to Government.

99. Issues to resolve Service Providers Large buyers tend to work with a single Service Provider. Government require an open standards based system suitable for eProcurement. Suppliers do not understand the benefits and may be forced to use more than one Service Provider. Compliance Pilot is run in compliance with existing and new VAT Legislation IE MSF requirement to implement standards based on CEN EU Core Invoice – UN/CEFACT. The system needs to be open and transparent Facilitate the use of business controls as defined by eINV3 CEN CWA to satisfy the Integrity and Authenticity of all Invoices.

100. SP n Buyers Service provider s Supplier s Current situation with e-invoicing G1G1 s1 SP 1 s4s4 s3s3 s2 G2G2 B1 SP 2 G4 S5 How does S5 connect to G2 or G1? What happens when the numbers increase? PEPPOL Solution EU PEPPOL Specification (Governance, Standards (BII), Interoperability (AS2)) SnSn G3

101. Experiences PEPPOL Providing transport infrastructure to link existing services providers. Providing Governance to assure fair play among users. CEN BII Standardised documents Aligned to various business processes Assuring interoperability between Service Provider systems Service Providers Provide conformness to Data protection and Archiving rules as required by law. Provide the last mile to both Buyers and Suppliers – maximising on- boarding. Provide added value services to maximise benefit and innovation Fallback Experienced ICT Companies used. 14 other Countries already involved who are willing to share experiences also.

102. Benefits Buyer and Seller can select their preferred pre-approved Service Provider. - Some solutions are free. - Added value services cost more but return more. Studies suggest many implementations have an ROI of less than 1 year However System Setup will require resources and should be factored (on-boarding focus). Higher costs depend on whether you require a project or an add-on module.

103. Road map Current Announcement by Minister responsible of commitment to PEPPOL based on successful pilot demonstration. All Public Bodies should prepare to accept eInvoicing as soon as possible. Date set to mandate e-invoices for all public sector using PEPPOL - 2016 Roll out Specify dates of acceptance by all Public Bodies starting from Jan 2013 – announcement due soon.. Future Dissemination for awareness among all stakeholders Include documents such as Purchase Orders. Investigate ePrior further. Investigate setting up as a PEPPOL Authority.

104. Contact: Edmund Gray Gray.edmund@itsligo.ie Padraig Harte Harte.padraig@itsligo.ie Thank you

105. CEN WS/BII2 The Norwegian experience Olav Kristiansen (Project manager for eInvoicing at Difi, Norway) Norway is a front runner in the implementation of a CEN/BII compliant eInvoicing framework at national level. A balance of the experience after the first 18 months. 105

106. The Norwegian experience The front runner The Norwegian eInvoicing project Olav Astad Kristiansen Spreading Interoperability in eProcurement processes across Europe Brussels 6 th December 2012

107. 1.Background 2.Status in Norway 3.Lesson learned Agency for Public Management and eGovernment Topics to be covered

108. 480.000 businesses 280.000 sole traders 240.000.000 invoices covering B2B and B2G eInvoices solutions before 2011: VAN operators Bank solutions 2011 the Directive was recommended use of PEPPOL network: Standard transport infrastructure Standard formats Agency for Public Management and eGovernment Facts regarding Norway

109. Goal July 1, 2011: Norwegian government agencies and health authorities should be able to receive electronic invoices in standard format (EHF). Ok - the rules of financial management in government and governance dialogue with health authorities. Ok - regulations on IT standards in public administration. Goal July 1, 2012: All government agencies must demand electronic invoices so that they can receive invoices in standard format. Directive P11 / 2011 Directive P10 / 2012 The eInvoicing project Agency for Public Management and eGovernment

110. 59 % 41 % Agency for Public Management and eGovernment Electronic receivers address register SMP/ELMA registrations

111. ELMA / SMP in growth 34 % Agency for Public Management and eGovernment New Directive New ERP vendor Is ready

112. 100% growth each month Direktoratet for forvaltning og IKT 31 078 15 296 8 551

113. Agency for Public Management and eGovernment InvoiceCredit note Reminder CEN BII in production

114. Agency for Public Management and eGovernment CatalogueOrder Dispatch advise New plans for new CEN BII doc.

115. Learning points (I) eInvoice project Norway Agency for Public Management and eGovernment  Legislation of eInvoicing is one of the most powerful tools you can use.  Standardization:  Business:  ELMA  Process.  CEN BII -> PEPPOL BIS -> EHF  Technical:  PEPPOL

116. Learning points (II) eInvoice project Norway Agency for Public Management and eGovernment  Involve:  Service providers.  eInvoicing systems.  ERP vendors.  Use the WEB:

117. Profilering Direktoratet for forvaltning og IKT 34 %

118. Quality in EHF Norwegian Government Agency for Financial Management: 2009 May – 2012 June - 14 suppliers are doing electronic invoices. 2012 July – 2012 October – 400 suppliers are doing electronic invoices. consequence New Access point New suppliers

119. Name: Olav A. Kristiansen Title:Project Manager eInvoice Organisation: DIFI Phone: (+47) 905 84 377 email: okr@difi.nookr@difi.no Internet:http://www.anskaffelser.no/e-handel/faktura Thank you for your attention Agency for Public Management and eGovernment

120. CEN WS/BII2 Open ePRIOR Didier Thunus, European Commission, DG DIGIT The European Commission solution ePrior was an early adopter of CEN/BII profiles for eInvoicing, eOrdering, and future plans include the pre-award profiles too; its Open Source version is playing an important role in spreading the use of CEN/BII profiles in Europe. 120

121. e-PRIOR and CEN.BII 6 December 2012 DIGIT.B4 Didier THUNUS

122. Covered Functionality Supplier [Order to Cash business process] Invoice control Invoice payment Payments Contract Order processing Billing Invoice Purchase Order Customer request Quotation RequisitionApproval Request Catalogue Goods receipt Receipt CEN BII Profiles

123. Profiles

124. Contribution to CEN.BII Pioneer implementing CEN.BII – Continuous feedback during implementation; Methodology to conform to BII (included in Final BII Draft); Definition of Code Lists; Transmission of Attachments; Status Request message included in UBL 2.1; Fulfilment Cancellation functionality included in UBL 2.1

125. Supplier portal Back-offices of the Commission SMEs and individuals Traceability Integrity Non-repudiation Routing Archiving Commission’s e-Procurement platform e-PRIOR Supplier systems Big companies BII

126. e-PRIOR covers all post-award processes Number of e-invoices 20102011 2012

127. Interoperability is reality *Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (Norway) DG Informatics EHF Invoice e-PRIOR Invoice Two independent implementations of BII *

128. Framework Contract Our plan moving forward DECEMBER 2012 JUNE 2013 DECEMBER 2013 JULY 2014JUNE 2015 e-Submission Phase 1Phase 2Phase 3Phase 4Phase 5 e-Notification e-Tendering e-Awarding e-Qualification e-Awarding e-Evaluation DPS e-Auction e-Attestation

129. e-Submission scenario e-ACCESS e-Submission Back Office 1 The Contracting Authority creates the Call for Tenders (CFT) e-Submission Front Office 2 Information about the CFT is sent to the Back Office Economic Operator (EO) Contracting Authority (CA) 3 The EO views the CFT on e- Access and is redirected to the e-Submission Front Office 4 The EO fills the tender template, attaches the required documents creating the Tender Bundle 5 A Preparation Report is created and made available to the EO 6 The Tender Bundle and the Preparation report are sent to the e-Submission Back Office Opening Board 7 At the opening date, the Opening Board is authorised to open the Tender e-PRIOR

130. Get involved https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/software/openeprior/home https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/software/openeprior/forum/all DIGIT-EPRIOR-SUPPORT@ec.europa.eu @ePRIOR_EU http://www.linkedin.com/groups/ePRIOR-3686902/about

131. CEN WS/BII2 PEPPOL and Open PEPPOL Andre Hoddevik, Project Director of PEPPOL, Secretary General of OpenPEPPOL Anders Kingstedt, OpenPEPPOL Post-award Community Coordinator PEPPOL has had a close relationship with CEN/BII, using a wide range of profiles both in pre- and post-award, and providing useful feed-back for the evolution of CEN/BII deliverables. OpenPEPPOL will evolve the PEPPOL results, and continue to have a close relationship with CEN/BII, especially in the field of post-award. 131

132. www.peppol.eu PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL Pan-European Public Procurement Online (PEPPOL) André Hoddevik Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (Difi) (NO) Secretary General OpenPEPPOL AISBL

133. PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL Agenda PEPPOL results and long term sustainability OpenPEPPOL AISBL OpenPEPPOL recommendations for CEN WS BII

134. www.peppol.eu PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL PEPPOL results and long term sustainability

135. PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL The eProcurement landscape Fragmented eProcurement market driven by various groups developing industry or country specific solutions Low levels of government involvement, usage, or legislative incentives Lack of coordinated vision between all participants - private and public Belief that wide-scale standardisation ‘will never happen’ - reminiscent of the pre-Internet period KEY CHALLENGES Closed networks, locked-in solutions and lack of interoperability, resulting in “islands of eProcurement” Multitude of standards and formats, resulting in need for conversion and increased cost and complexity Lack of focus on the big picture: the complete purchase-to-pay process resulting in single process oriented solutions

136. PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL The PEPPOL Vision The PEPPOL vision is: “To enable businesses to communicate electronically with any European government institution in the procurement process, increasing efficiencies and reducing costs.” The PEPPOL project (2008-2012) was launched to address the key eProcurement challenges in Europe. It has been jointly funded by the EC and a consortium of 18 government agencies from 11 member states

137. PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL PEPPOL Components: focus on the critical phases PEPPOL Pre-award focus: eAttestation (VCD), eCatalogues, eSignature validation, potential use of PEPPOL Transport Infrastructure PEPPOL Post-award focus: eCatalogues, eOrdering, eInvoicing and Transport Infrastructure. Potential use of eSignature validation and eAttestations

138. PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL PEPPOL Benefits Connect once and communicate with everyone already connected to the PEPPOL network, using a single Access Point (APs) and entering into only one agreement (PEPPOL Transport Infrastructure Agreements – PEPPOL TIA) - with no roaming fees between APs PEPPOL reduces the cost and complexity of implementing eProcurement solutions based on one set of standard specifications and guidelines (PEPPOL BIS) that can be used across Europe, instead of adapting to a multitude of formats PEPPOL facilitates supplier access to a wider eProcurement market across borders, by removing cross-border barriers, providing opportunities for greater competition and lowering buyers’ sourcing costs Widespread PEPPOL adoption creates significant demand for more advanced IT solutions and services. IT service and solution providers have the opportunity to access new markets by offering PEPPOL enabled solutions across Europe

139. PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL Building the PEPPOL community Network Effect: Evolution of active Access Points and PEPPOL BIS enabled platforms for eCatalogues, eOrders and eInvoices deployed by various Providers in Europe (status on 31.08.2012) Page 139 Countries with PEPPOL activity: Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Italy, France, Greece, UK, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Ireland

140. PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL PEPPOL Penetration Dynamics Page 140 More market implementers Growth accelerating eInvoicing dominates One year ahead of other BIS eOrders, eCatalogues emerging Steady increase eSignatures more market-ready, shows highest transaction volumes eCatalogues scaling up usage VCD attracts provider interest

141. PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL Page 141 The PEPPOL sustainability roadmap

142. www.peppol.eu PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL OpenPEPPOL AISBL

143. PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL OpenPEPPOL AISBL The PEPPOL project reached a successful completion, 31 st of August 2012. OpenPEPPOL AISBL* has been operational from 1 st of September 2012, taking over ownership of PEPPOL results and governance responsibilities. OpenPEPPOL’s goals are: Encourage European governments and their suppliers to continue implementing eProcurement using the PEPPOL specifications, promoting best practices Ensure that the PEPPOL network continues to grow in an open, accessible and compliant manner, supporting interoperability for European public services and helping Europe move towards a Digital Single Market Encourage the development of innovative PEPPOL-based ICT products and services supporting public procurement processes, fostering their use also in the B2B context * OpenPEPPOL is an international non-profit organisation under Belgian law founded by former PEPPOL consortium partners, with membership open to public and private organisations.

144. PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL OpenPEPPOL organisational model Page 144

145. PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL BII OpenPEPPOL – Post Award CC tasks Page 145 PEPPOL BIS e-Catalogues e-Order e-Invoice Release management Governance Change management

146. PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL PEPPOL Business Interoperability Specifications (PEPPOL BIS) Page 146 EU regulations Member State regulations PEPPOL Transport Infrastructure Agreements CEN WS BII Profiles PEPPOL business rules CEN WS BII Transactions Data Models PEPPOL business rules CEN WS BII syntax binding towards OASIS UBL (UN/CEFACT is an option, not implemented) PEPPOL Transport infrastructure (OASIS BDXR TC) PEPPOL BIS European Interoperability Framework 2.0 PEPPOL implements the result of CEN WS Business Interoperability Interfaces in Public Procurement in Europe (CEN WS BII) through PEPPOL BIS

147. PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL CEN BII2 CWAs  PEPPOL BIS 2.0 PEPPOL BIS will be aligned with the content of BII 2 CWAs Tentative deadline by end of Q1 2013 Page 147 PEPPOL BIS 1.0=BII1 profiles + additional customization + use of PEPPOL transport infrastructure PEPPOL BIS 2.0=BII2 profiles + additional customization + use of PEPPOL transport infrastructure

148. www.peppol.eu PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL OpenPEPPOL recommendations for CEN WS BII

149. PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL Background – EC Roadmap and Actions EC Roadmap for electronic invoicing in public procurement: Main problem to be addressed: Multiple Standards imposed by Member States. Policy approach considered as the most effective: Legislative Act: possibility of making e-invoicing mandatory in public procurement, mandating the use of specific standards to ensure interoperability. Single Market Act II – Key Action 10: “Make electronic invoicing the standard invoicing mode for public procurement.” The introduction of legislative measures making e-invoicing a standard practice in public procurement will make the public sector a 'lead market' for e-invoicing and spearhead its wider use in the economy A Strategy for e-Procurement: “Support the deployment of e-procurement infrastructure, ensuring support for the sustainability of the PEPPOL components from mid-2012”

150. PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL OpenPEPPOL recommendations to BII OpenPEPPOL supports the establishment of BII3 Further development of pre-award profiles to be prioritised OpenPEPPOL recommends that BII CWAs on e-invoicing are handed over to a relevant CEN Technical Committee (TC) as basis for establishment of a European norm for e- invoicing The process for establishing a new TC or – preferably – identifying a relevant existing TC should be initiated ASAP The BII-based European norm for e-invoicing should be referenced in the forthcoming legislative measures making e-invoicing a standard practice in public procurement Page 150

151. www.peppol.eu PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL Questions?

152. www.peppol.eu PEPPOL is owned by OpenPEPPOL AISBL Join the OpenPEPPOL community! For more information: E-mailinfo@peppol.euinfo@peppol.eu Web addresswww.peppol.euwww.peppol.eu

153. CEN WS/BII2 Future steps Jostein Frømyr, CEN/BII Vice Chair The way forward: CEN/BII 3, and its future role in the European Landscape. 153

154. CEN WS/BII2 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! 154

155. CEN WS/BII2 What needs to be done? Provide increased value to the BII user community by 1. Providing a focal point for governance and securing the continued relevance of the existing BII deliverables 2. Filling the gaps to ensure that all relevant aspects of eProcurement are covered 3. Encourage increased adoption through capacity building 155

156. CEN WS/BII2 How? 156 CEN WS/BII3 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 CWA 16558: Business Interoperability Interfaces for Public procurement in Europe CEN TC? Other standards body? Private organization?

157. CEN WS/BII2 Increasing the scope? 157 B usiness G overnment C onsumer Interactions Increased interest by the private sector Some new functionality required Facilitate efficiency in the private sector

158. CEN WS/BII2 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. 158

159. CEN WS/BII2 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 159

160. CEN WS/BII2 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 160

161. CEN WS/BII2 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) 161

162. CEN WS/BII2 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) 162

163. CEN WS/BII2 Preparing the business plan ActivityWhen Draft for circulation in BII2December 20, 2012 Final draft published by CENJanuary 20, 2013 Grant applicationEnd of January 2013 Kick-off meetingBarcelona Back-to-back with eProcrement conference in second half of March 2013 163 A detailed business plan for BII3 is under preparation.

164. CEN WS/BII2 164 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! 164 I encourage you all to join us in BII3!

165. CEN WS/BII2 Cooperation with standardization bodies Cooperation with standardization bodies is vital to the usability and sustainability of CEN/BII deliverables. Roundtable discussion on how this could best be achieved. 165

166. CEN WS/BII2 Panelists Antonio Conte, European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry Alain Deckers, European Commission, DG Internal Market Peter Potgieser, Chair of CEN eBCG (CEN eBusiness Coordination Group) Harm-Jan van Burg, UN/CEFACT Vice Chair Howard Mason, Chair of MoUMG (Management Group of MoU on Electronic Business) Jostein Frømyr, CEN/BII Vice Chair 166

167. CEN WS/BII2 Wrap up 167