19-20 October 2010 IT Directors’ Group meeting 1 Item 6 of the agenda ISA programme Pascal JACQUES Unit B2 - Methodology/Research Local Informatics Security Officer

19-20 October 2010 IT Directors’ Group meeting 2 ISA Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations To provide a practical approach in supporting administrations across Europe to communicate more easily. experience gained since 1999 with –IDA & IDA II (Interchange of Data between Administrations) –IDABC (Interoperable Delivery of pan-European eGovernment services to public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens) ( actions/110 M€). From 2010 to 2015 with a financial envelope of 164 M€.

19-20 October 2010 IT Directors’ Group meeting 3 Actions to be launched Common frameworks in support of interoperability (policies, strategies, specifications, methodologies, guidelines and similar approaches and documents) Reusable generic tools (demonstrators, reference, shared and collaborative platforms, common components and similar building blocks for user needs across policy fields) Common services (operational applications and infrastructures of a generic nature to meet user requirements across policy areas) Analysis of the ICT side in the implementation of new EU legislation. The actions should –support cooperation between administrations with a strong focus on interoperability and reuse, so as to overcome electronic barriers between Member States and avoid duplication of effort. – to promote and facilitate the exchange of information between administrations, –to agree on common frameworks and ICT architectures –to support services that enable faster development of cross-border public services via collaboration between public administrations. First ISA Work Programme (26M€) launched on 30/6/10

19-20 October 2010 IT Directors’ Group meeting 4 Context Digital Agenda ( one of the seven flagships in the Commission's Europe 2020 strategy ) –The Agenda outlines seven priority areas for action: creating a Digital Single Market improving the framework conditions for interoperability between ICT products and services –A further aim is better coordination between public administrations through a new European Interoperability Strategy and Framework to ensure interoperability between eGovernment and other public services across Europe. boosting internet trust and security guaranteeing the provision of much faster internet access encouraging investment in research and development enhancing digital literacy, skills and inclusion applying ICT to address social challenges such as climate change, rising healthcare costs and the ageing population. European Interoperability Strategy The eGovernment Action Plan

19-20 October 2010 IT Directors’ Group meeting 5 Commission Communication "Towards interoperability for European public services" European Interoperability Strategy (EIS) European Interoperability Framework (EIF) Member States agreed, through the Ministerial Declaration on eGovernment approved in Malmö, Sweden on 18 November 2009, to align their national interoperability frameworks with applicable European frameworks by 2013 Commission now invites the Member States to align their national interoperability strategies with the EIS and their national interoperability frameworks with the EIF

19-20 October 2010 IT Directors’ Group meeting 6 European Interoperability Strategy (1) Vision –In 2015, interoperability has significantly fostered European public service delivery through: appropriate governance organisation and processes in line with European Union policies and objectives; trusted information exchange enabled by commonly agreed, cohesive and coordinated interoperability initiatives, including completion of the legal environment, development of interoperability frameworks, and agreements on interoperability standards and rules Provides direction and sets priorities for actions needed to improve interaction, exchange and cooperation among European public administrations across borders and across sectors when establishing European public services. Clear reference to INSPIRE The strategy clusters future interoperability activities under three headings: –Trusted information exchange; –Interoperability architecture; –Assessment of the ICT implications of new EU legislation.

19-20 October 2010 IT Directors’ Group meeting 7 Cluster ‘Trusted Information Exchange’: –To work via a limited number of politically relevant and concrete sectoral projects at EU and Member State levels; –To continue supporting at EU level efforts towards the interoperability of key enablers such as eID, eSignature, etc.; –To continue the SEMIC ( approach and its methodology; –To work towards opening up base registers, taking into account associated best practices, the possible related risks and opportunities, as well as the various needs and expectations of the main stakeholders. Cluster ‘Interoperability Architecture’ –To develop a joint vision on interoperability architecture –To provide guidance on architecture domains –To ensure the systematic reuse of architectural building blocks by the Commission when developing services to be used by the Member States: existing infrastructure service components (European Interoperability Infrastructure Services) and generic applications. –A catalogue of architectural building blocks available for reuse by the Member States and the Commission could be set up with EU and Member State contributions European Interoperability Strategy (2)

19-20 October 2010 IT Directors’ Group meeting 8 European Interoperability Framework An agreed approach to interoperability for organisations that want to collaborate to provide joint delivery of public services. To specify common elements such as vocabulary, concepts, principles, policies, guidelines, recommendations, standards, specifications and practices Introduces: –12 underlying principles summarising the expectations of public administrations, business and citizens regarding the delivery of public services; –a conceptual model for public services building block approach allowing service components to be interconnected, and promoting the reuse of information, concepts, patterns, solutions, and specifications –four levels of interoperability legal, organisational, semantic and technical; –the concept of interoperability agreements, based on standards and open platforms –A set of 25 recommendations