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Enterprise Europe Network Sector Group ICT meeting "CEF Building Blocks Towards SMEs"

DIGIT Directorate-General for Informatics

DG CONNECT Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology

INEA Innovation and Networks Executive Agency

Video

CEF building blocks for a Digital Connected Europe

Agenda

1. Connecting Europe with Digital Services

2. What are CEF Building Blocks?

3. How can SMEs benefit from CEF Building Blocks?

4. Q&A

Y Connecting Europe with Digital Services 1

Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) 2014 - 2020

TRANSPORT €26.25bn

ENERGY €5.85bn

TELECOM

Broadband €170 m

DSIs €970 m *

Infrastructure programme to support the establishment of trans-European networks to reinforce an interconnected Europe

* - 100 m Juncker Package

The CEF Building Blocks

Backed by and supporting EU legislation

eInvoicing respecting EU

Standards

Recognition of eSignatures

Automated translation of

data and documents

Securely exchange data and documents

Authentication with eIDs of

Member States

How do they work?

Infrastructure programme to support the establishment of trans-European networks to reinforce an interconnected Europe

CORE SERVICE PLATFORM

Central hubs of digital service infrastructures aiming to ensure

trans-European connectivity, access and interoperability …

(Procurement)

GENERIC SERVICES

Gateway services linking one or more national infrastructures to

core service platforms

(Grants)

Financial incentive PROCUREMENT

Financial incentive GRANTS

DIGITAL SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURES

Y What are CEF building blocks?

2

Where did it all start?

What did we learn?

What did we do?

STORK

SPOCS

epSOS

PEPPOL

eCODEX

e-SENS

Large Scale Pilots

REGULATORY • EU Legislation

SUPPLY CREATION • Grants (subsidies)

2020

2014

Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)

Where are we now?

Y How can SMEs benefit from CEF Building Blocks?

3

Video

"What kind of help does the private sector need in order to get started with the building

blocks?"

Freek van Krevel

How can CEF Building Blocks be used?

IT SERVICE COMPANIES

e-COMMERCE BUSINESSES

BANKS AVIATION COMPANIES

How can SMEs benefit from CEF?

• Increased digitalisation of delivery and transfer of documents, due to adoption by different domains (e.g. e-procurement, eJustice, …)

• Increased demand from public sector to comply with legislation

• Increased demand for training and consulting services supporting eDelivery adoption

• Better visibility for vendors conforming to the EU-wide standards (e.g. CEF eDelivery)

• Hides the complexity of constantly-evolving legal, standardization and trust frameworks

eDelivery

eInvoicing

eID

eSignature

eTranslation

eDelivery Securely exchange data and documents

How can SMEs benefit from CEF?

• Deadline for Public administrations (PAs) to comply with the eInvoicing Directive

• Definition of new requirements for e-procurement solution providers serving PAs:

• Service Providers designing, operating, implementing and rolling-out eInvoicing solutions

• Software vendors developing products compliant with the EU eInvoicing Directive

• Competitive advantage for providers understanding market developments (CEF eInvoicing)

eDelivery

eInvoicing

eID

eSignature

eTranslation

eInvoicing eInvoicing respecting EU Standards

How can SMEs benefit from CEF?

• Potential for innovation by increased focus on the added value services

• Potential for business growth across EU

• Increases certainty about who the customer is and facilitates better record matching

• No need to store personal identity data

• Hides the complexity of constantly-evolving legal, standardization and trust frameworks

eDelivery

eInvoicing

eID

eSignature

eTranslation

eID Authentication with eIDs of Member States

How can SMEs benefit from CEF?

• Required by eIDAS for PAs to process eSignatures in pre-defined profiles

• Creation and validation of cross-border, interoperable eSignature

• Generic libraries that can be reused in all integration configurations

• Enhanced efficiency

• Enhanced security

• Hides the complexity of constantly-evolving legal, standardization and trust frameworks

eDelivery

eInvoicing

eID

eSignature

eTranslation

eSignature Recognition of electronic Signatures across borders

How can SMEs benefit from CEF?

• Available to SMEs as a service (provided via a public entity)

• Specialised SMEs (e.g. language experts) can benefit by improving language resources in specific domains

eDelivery

eInvoicing

eID

eSignature

eTranslation

eTranslation Automated translation of data and documents

Video

"CEF Digital: Cross-Border Solutions for your EU Project"

Join the community at ec.europa.eu/cefdigital

Y Q&A 4

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DIGIT Directorate-General for Informatics

DG CONNECT Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology

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