1. CEN WS/BII The path towards more efficient procurement in Europe Seminar Alcalá de Henares September 15, 2015

2. CEN WS/BII Welcome The path towards more efficient procurement in Europe Alcalá de Henares September 15, 2015 Mr. Stuart Feder Chair, CEN WS/BII3

3. CEN WS/BII Getting down to business practicalities Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote: When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be! 3

4. CEN WS/BII Opening Agenda Overview Introductions – Participants Context Ground rules 4

5. CEN WS/BII Agenda Overview Keynote Speakers (14:40 – 15:20) Mr Eduardo Sánchez Blázquez (Spain) and Mr Marc-Christopher Schmidt (European Commission) The BII Initiative (15:20 – 16:10) Management Team Members: Mr Jostein Frømyr, Mr Kornelis Drijfhout, Ms Natalie Muric, Mr Veit Jahns Coffee (16:10 – 16:30) CEN BII Implementations in Europe and other initiatives (16:30 – 17:30) Ms Kerstin Wiss Holmdahl (Sweden), Mr Steve Graham (United Kingdom), Mr Fabio Massimi (Italy) and Mr Thomas Small (European Commission) Closing (17:30 – 18:00) 5

6. CEN WS/BII Introductions - Participants To better inform ourselves about who’s participating, we’d like to take a few minutes for introductions: your name and organisation how you would most benefit from our efforts (please also be sure to sign-in the attendance sheet going around) 6

7. CEN WS/BII CEN Workshop on Business Interoperability Interfaces for public procurement in Europe http://www.cenbii.eu/ Context 7

8. CEN WS/BII Context 1.A workshop of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) 2.Follow principles of transparency, openness, coherence and consensus 3.Key deliverables consist of workshop agreements among participants 4.Aim to support putting EU policies into action 5.Trying to advance Europe’s single market in a global marketplace 6.Embrace unity within diversity 8

9. CEN WS/BII Context 9 7.Specifically concerned with opportunities for lowering procurement costs 8.Give priority to clarity about requirements 9.See semantic interoperability as the key enabler for more efficient procurement 10.Believe re-inventing the wheel makes more – not necessarily better – wheels 11.Encourage re-use of applicable standards developments 12.Understand the critical importance of providing building-blocks for implementation, especially helping vendors, system integrators and service providers

10. CEN WS/BII Ground rules for Seminar There’s a lot to cover, so let’s perhaps let presenters present Question and discussion times are already scheduled BUT IF IT CAN’T WAIT -> JUST RAISE YOUR HAND AT ANY TIME

11. CEN WS/BII Keynote Speakers TimeTopicPresenter 14:40Spanish developments in electronic procurement Mr Eduardo Sánchez Blázquez Head of Department of Architecture and Standards, Subdirección General de Coordinación de la Contratación Electrónica, Dirección General del Patrimoniodel Estado 15:00The European mandate for electronic public procurement Mr Marc-Christopher Schmidt European Commission DG GROW, Unit G4 11

12. CEN WS/BII The BII initiative TimeTopicPresenter 15:20Standards and InteroperabilityMr Jostein Frømyr Vice-Chair technical coordination, CEN BII3 Workshop 15:40How CEN BII supports the EU requirements for eNotification Ms Natalie Muric e-Notification Team Leader, CEN BII3 Workshop (Publications Office of the EU) 15:50How CEN BII support EU requirements in Pre-award procurement Mr Kornelis Drijfhout e-Tendering Team Leader, CEN BII3 Workshop 16:00How CEN BII support EU requirements in Post-award procurement Mr Veit Jahns Post-award Team Leader, CEN BII3 Workshop 12

13. CEN WS/BII The path towards more efficient procurement in Europe Coffee Alcalá de Henares September 15, 2015

14. CEN WS/BII CEN BII implementations in Europe and other initiatives TimeTopicPresenter 16:30How eProcurement standards can facilitate integration: the Swedish experience Ms Kerstin Wiss Holmdahl Legal Advisor, Swedish Association of Local Authorities 16:50The NHS eProcurement StrategyMr Steve Graham UK Department of Health 17:10The legislative decree to promote eInvoicing in the B2B Mr Fabio Massimi AGID, Italy 17:30Use of CEN BII profiles within the European Commission: ePRIOR Mr Thomas Small DIGIT, European Commission 14

15. CEN WS/BII The path towards more efficient procurement in Europe Closing Alcalá de Henares September 15, 2015

16. CEN WS/BII The path towards more efficient procurement in Europe Thank you for your attention and contributions! Alcalá de Henares September 15, 2015