CEF and Business Modelling 22 June 2012 Pēteris Zilgalvis, Head of Unit and Benoît Abeloos and Benoît Abeloos Project and Policy Officer ICT for Health.

CEF and Business ModellingCEF and Business Modelling

22 June 201222 June 2012

PPēēteris Zilgalvisteris Zilgalvis, Head of Unit, Head of Unit and Benoît Abeloosand Benoît Abeloos

Project and Policy OfficerProject and Policy OfficerICT for Health Unit, ICT for Health Unit,

DG INFSO, DG INFSO, European CommissionEuropean Commission

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Connecting Europe Facility: Connecting Europe Facility: What is it?What is it?

Falls under the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020

Common Fund Instrument for trans-EU network (TEN) to:

Accelerate deployment of infrastructures needed at EU level

Enhance cross-border connections and tap existing gaps (e.g. tackle single market fragmentation through pan-EU ICT networks/services)

Promote territorial ‘convergence’ connecting the centre-periphery

Deploys innovative financing tools

Based on the same principles underpinning the MFF 2014-2020: Result-focused, simplification, conditionality, leveraging investment

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Policy driversPolicy drivers

Boost smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, in reflection of the Europe 2020 targets and the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE)

Achieve EU-wide interconnection of networks at a minimum cost

Address existing hurdles preventing full unleash of the single market

Build an environment conducive to and attractive for private investment, key to favour sustainability of financing

Establish sector-neutral common solutions, where viable.

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Horizon 2020Horizon 2020Common Strategic Common Strategic

Framework for Framework for Cohesion policyCohesion policy

Connecting Europe Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)Facility (CEF)

Budget lines covering ICT Budget lines covering ICT 2014 - 20202014 - 2020

ICT financing toolsICT financing tools

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CEF for Telecommunications & ICTCEF for Telecommunications & ICT

9.2 B€ funding will cover digital services infrastructures and broadband

Objectives:

Digital services

Promote the interconnection and interoperability of national public services on-line

Increase the percentage of citizens and businesses using public services on-line

Make more public services available across borders

Investments targeted towards development, implementation, as well as the costs of running the infrastructure at European level.

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ICT Services of public interestICT Services of public interest

Declined along Core – Generic – Application:

High-speed backbone for public admins

Cross-border eGovernment services

eService, eProcurement, eJustice, …

Cross-border eHealth services

Multilingual access to online services

Digital resources of European heritage

Access to Public Sector Information

Safer Internet services

Smart Energy services

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Implications for epSOSImplications for epSOS

To help addressing issues of:

- Long term financial sustainability, due to

- Limited or no participation of private capital due to high risk, and

- No or modest ability to generate revenues from commercial exploitation in the short-medium term

CEF would provide the initial capital expenditure to launch the services on large scale, but need to find a self self-sustainable business model to cover costs

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Need to plan eHealth CEF deployment Need to plan eHealth CEF deployment and governanceand governance

Type of cross-border services to be deployed and their drivers

Identification and quantification of major cost items:

Initial infra and infostructure to be deployed

Scaling up of services

Interoperability assets (open source components, specifications, mini-ontology’s…) to be developed and maintained

Helpdesk, training, dissemination,…

Governance structure involving member states

Interoperability testing and audits

Part of central versus national/regional costs

Thank you for your attention!Thank you for your attention!

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