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

2. CEN WS/BII2 Overview of the general approach of CEN BII Jostein Frømyr, CEN/BII Vice Chair 2

3. CEN WS/BII2 It has been quite a jourey… 3 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

4. CEN WS/BII2 …. also intellectually 4 Stakeholder requirements CWA 16073

5. 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

6. CEN WS/BII2 BII guides implementation of standards 6 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.

7. 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

8. CEN WS/BII2 BII Profiles 8

9. CEN WS/BII2 BII syntax binding 9 Defines how information requirements expressed in a profile can be met by the target XML syntaxes.

10. CEN WS/BII2 BII validation tools Tools to ensure that instance documents exchanged “on the wire” conforms to the rules of the Profile. 10

11. 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. 11

12. 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

13. CEN WS/BII2 Consistant eprocurement solution 13 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

14. CEN WS/BII2 Scalable solutions Trough the use of Profiles, BII provides for flexible and scalable support for the various business processes in eProcurement. 14

15. 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.

16. CEN WS/BII2 A sincere thanks to all 90 experts, and our editors, who made all this possible! 16