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Slide 1: Peter Sonntagbauer – Federal Computing Center, Austria (Vice-Chair CEN/BII workshop ) CEN/BII Enabling European E-Procurement www.brz.gv.at Der IT-Dienstleister des Bundes
Slide 2: Objectives of the Workshop The objectives are  Identify and document the required Business Interoperability Interfaces related to Pan-European electronic transactions in public procurement and document them as a set of technical specifications  The UN/CEFACT standards are taken into account in order to ensure global interoperability  Provide support to pilot projects implementing the technical specifications in order to remove technical barriers preventing interoperability (specifically the PEPPOL project)  The starting point for the workshop were the NES and CODICE customizations of OASIS Universal Business Language 2.0 09/14/10 Copyright (C) 2006 Bundesrechenzentrum GmbH 2
Slide 3: Business Interoperability Interfaces Legal level (out of workshop scope) Organisational (process) level Semantic (Data format) level Technical (transport) level
Slide 4: Current status TR Technical Report CWA CEN Workshop Agreement TS Technical Specification („pre standard“) EN European Norm Current status: CWA in public review CWA to be published 11/2009 09/14/10 Copyright (C) 2006 Bundesrechenzentrum GmbH 4
Slide 5: Results (1): Profiles CWA-1: Profiles  Profile: Message Content and Business Process  Profiles typically used in public procurement  A Profile commits two Business Partners by specifying how they implement electronic messaging support for one or more Business Process(es).  A Profile further specifies one or more Business Rules  Benefit: Well designed and best practice based specifications of e-procurement workflows  Profiles cover: Publication, Tendering, Sourcing, Ordering and Billing and support transactions More: http://spec.cenbii.eu/Index.html 09/14/10 Copyright (C) 2006 Bundesrechenzentrum GmbH 5
Slide 6: Results (2) CWA – 2: UN/CEFACT – UBL Convergence  Continous support of TBG1 development  Requirement gathering UBL and UNCEFACT  Benefit: ensure smooth transition of current standards to a future unified international standard CWA – 3: Toolbox  Detailed sets of requirements or specifications for tools  Pilot or prototype tools that can serve as reference implementation for a given functionality  Analysis and evaluation of the suitability of existing tools  Benefit: Reduced implementation costs 09/14/10 Copyright (C) 2006 Bundesrechenzentrum GmbH 6
Slide 7: Results (2) CWA – 4: Pilot support  Documented common base test criteria and success measures.  Project templates used to execute and evaluate pilot projects.  Benefit: Provide implementation support based on best Pan-European practices 09/14/10 Copyright (C) 2006 Bundesrechenzentrum GmbH 7
Slide 8: Key benefits „Ready to use – minimizes implementation efforts“ Sverre Bauck – Agency for Public Management and e-Government Norway „Applied in the PEPPOL project“ Stefan Krammer, Workpacke Coordinator E-Ordering, PEPPOL Project – Federal Procurement Agency, Austria „Building on open standards like CEN/BII creates business opportunities for software companies in Europe“ Anders Kingstedt, CEO, Ecru Consulting Sweden „A next generation framework agreed and supported across Europe“ Vania Rostagno, Senior Advisor CSI-Piemonte, Procurement Directorate Italy 09/14/10 Copyright (C) 2006 Bundesrechenzentrum GmbH 8
Slide 9: Collaboration There is a close collaboration with major stakeholders in Public E-Procurement and E-Invoicing  PEPPOL project (using the CEN/BII results)  European Commission -DIGIT – E-PRIOR Project -IDABC – E-Practice.EU -DGEnterprise: E-Invoicing expert group  TBG6 UN/CEFACT  TED  OASIS  National E-Procurement projects 09/14/10 Copyright (C) 2006 Bundesrechenzentrum GmbH 9
Slide 10: CEN BII CWA: Is a framework that will enable a Single Electronic Market for Public E-Procurement
Slide 11: Thank you More information: http://www.cen.eu/CENORM/BusinessDmains/ BusinessDomains/ISSS/Activity/ws_bii.asp Contact: Peter Sonntagbauer Federal Computing Center (Bundesrechenzentrum –BRZ) peter.sonntagbauer@brz.gv.at 09/14/10 Copyright (C) 2006 Bundesrechenzentrum GmbH 11
Slide 12: The Next Generation of electronic business document exchange CEN BII provides CWA’s that when implemented will increase the level of interoperability between systems that rely on the UBL and CEFACT business document standards. CEN BII has also addressed issues related to implementation and the testing of implementations. Organized use of the CEN BII CWA is being tested by PEPPOL The CEN BII WS is providing the next generation platform for electronic business document exchange.