1. @LIS, @METIS What is it, what are we aiming at?
@METIS Kick Off Meeting
Sophia Antipolis, March
What is it, what are we aiming at?
Margot Dor
Business Development, ETSI
@LIS DoS Coordinator

2. Overall context: the Programme @LIS-Alliance for Information Society Reinforcing partnership between the European Union and Latin America in the field of the Information Society

3. Programme
A four year EU (DG AIDCO) funded project (2003/2006)
Objective
Increase cooperation between EU and Latin America on Information Society related topics
Help bridge the digital divide
Means
88 million Euros
Co-financed 80/20
Ways
3 dialogues (policy, regulation, standards)
1 Network of Stakeholders (coordination function)
Interconnection of research networks
19 Demonstration projects

4. A bird’s eye view of the @LIS programme
e-health
19 Demonstration Projects
digital inclusion
65%
e-education
e-gov.
16%
Interconnection of Research Networks (Geant/Red Clara)
Dialogue on Standardization (ETSI)
17%
Network of Regulators (Regulatel)
Dialogue on Policy & Regulation (ECLAC)

5. Dialogue on Standardization (ETSI)
Specific context
Dialogue on Standardization (ETSI)
Building cooperation between Europe and Latin America on standardization topics …and learning along the way

6. How we tailored the Dialogue on Standards
Philosophy
Open Standards are key to enable the development of ICT services and applications that help bridge the digital divide
Objectives
Increase awareness of the EU standardization system
Increase ETSI visibility and standards adoption in LA
Increase bilateral work flow (incl. membership when relevant)
Means
3,8 million euros ( )
ETSI contribution “indirect” –i.e. in kind

7. Year 1: building awareness for ETSI standards, ways (specifics), and services
Fixed
Mobile
(incl. spectrum)
Radio
Broadcast
(transport)
Satellite
(PTCC/PT)
Interop
Accessibility
(HF)
And reconciling an industrial logic (standards making)
with development oriented objectives

8. We got industry on board
Amid much worthy talk about “bridging the Digital Divide”, technology firms have realized that fostering the adoption of ICT in the developing world would not just benefit locals but is in vendors’ best interest as well”
The Economist, March 13, 2004

9. The toolbox Trade shows
ETSI “Village of Connectivity” in Futurecom (Br), Expocomm (Mx)…
Workshops/road shows (liaison w/regional partners)
DVB, mobile comms, ETSI/3GPP generic…
CITEL meetings
COM-CITEL, PCC I & II
Linking with sub-regional and national organizations
Policy: Mercosur, Andean…
Technology: CPqD, IPT, CONACYT…
Literature, white papers
Press, etc
Always in liaison with ETSI Members and partners

10. Year 1 wake up call: Latin American countries do produce ICT standards
So long the split standards makers/standards takers
Latin America, China…
The public sector is at the forefront
ICT for economic development-software, political agendas
A usage-driven standardization model
Services and applications first > Interoperability is the keyword
Straight to the top
No legacy of standards making in the lower layers…
A key topic for a SDO: the all open source model
Brazil the most radical country

11. Middleware/web services
Setting the scene
digital inclusion
e-gov.
e-health
e-education
HERE
Interoperability profiles (for e-policies apps)
Middleware/web services
Fixed
Mobile
(incl. spectrum)
Radio
Broadcast
(transport)
Satellite
(PTCC/PT)
Interop
Accessibility
(HF)

12. Why e-gov issues bring about key topics for ETSI
Usage driven standardization (« shopping for standards »)
Interfaces/components (ex ante/ex post)
Engineering interoperability to match various needs
Middleware, web services
IDABC, European Interoperability Framework, Revision Directive 98/34  the key question of open standards
Not a clash of culture but an obvious need
to share experience, know how and expectations

13. @METIS: A Dialogue between EU and Latin America “Interoperability profilers”
Objectives
Create a think tank on specifications and interoperability profiles for e-policies applications (both policy and technology)
Enable the development of joint deliverables (strategic and/or technical).
Ways and means
ETSI role will be to enable/be a focal point
@LIS Dialogue on Standards (seed money)
Two pronged approach
Enable bilateral relations between EU and LA organizations
Foster multi-lateral cooperation for the joint development of interoperability profiles

14. Who is in (so far) « European » side Latin America This is a start
ETSI, W3C, EC (including IDABC), CEN/ISSS, INRIA, National Administrations, ObjectWeb, Franhofer/FOKUS, OSA/Parlay.
Latin America
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico (policy makers and technology strategists)
This is a start
OECD, UN/CEFACT, other LA countries and organizations

15. During those 2 days
Understand each other’s « wish list/worry list », core competence and value added
Specify areas for cooperation & explore methods
Identify potential sources of funding (EU programmes, international funding organizations, private sector…)
Draft a roadmap for the Europe/Latin America dialogue on Interoperability profiles

16. e
Dialogue (d i-alog) A conversation between two or more persons. For a successful dialogue, the partners must achieve a workable balance of contributions A successful dialogue includes mutually interesting connections between the speakers or things that the speakers know

17. Thank you