1. Revision of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF)
European Commission Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT)
INSPIRE MIG policy sub-group meeting
23-24 June, 2016

2. European Interoperability Framework
Context &
background
Adoption of a Priority ICT Standards Plan and extending the
European Interoperability Framework
for public services 2

3. EIF revision why Alignment with policy development
Policies having a strong linkage with IOP have been either recently launched (e.g. DSM strategy) or revised (e.g. PSI Directive).
Extend and align with emerging trends
Include the European Reference Interoperability Architecture (EIRA) and Cartography (EIC)
ICT (e.g. Cloud)
Information management (e.g. Big data, Open data)
Security
Organisational and governance structures
More focus on EIF implementation
NIFs aligned with EIF to a large extent (72%)
Application (implementation and monitoring) of NIFs still lags behind (28%) 3

4. Guidance Support Best practices
The Role of EIF
Guidance
Support
Best practices
Avoiding the creation of new electronic barriers or silos when modernising public administrations in Europe
Facilitating the interconnection of public services for citizens and businesses at national and EU level
Improving quality of public services and transparency
Coherence of open data from various sectors and countries 4

5. The Role of EIF
"The EIF is meant to be a generic framework applicable to all Member States, EU institutions and policy sectors. It lays outs the basic conditions for achieving interoperability, acting as the common denominator for pertinent initiatives at all levels including European national, regional and local, embracing public administrations, citizens and businesses."
Revised EIF Draft version

6. The EIF Elements
49 Recommendations

7. The EIF Elements
Interoperability layered model

8. Public Service Conceptual Model
The EIF Elements
Multi-model access
Digital-by-Default
One-stop-shop
End-to/end service
Internal information sources and Services
Base Registries
Open Data
External Information Sources and Services
e.g. IoT
Catalogues
Service
Data
Software
Security and Privacy
Public Service Governance
Interoperability by Design
Public Service Conceptual Model

9. Updated IOP Recommendations New Areas
The EIF Elements
Updated
IOP Recommendations
example
Standards
Openness
Information Management
Base Registries
Interoperability and Public Service Governance
New Areas 9

10. The EIF Elements
Base registries are reliable sources of basic information on items such as persons, companies, vehicles, licences, buildings, locations and roads.
This type of information constitutes the master data for public administration and European Public Service delivery. 10

11. EIF revision: Example of new Recommendations 11 Make available
Interface with
Describe
Plan & update 11

12. Information Interoperability
EIF revision:
Example of new
Recommendations
Semantic Interoperability has changed to
Information Interoperability 12

13. Revised EIS/EIF adopted
Consultation process
+ next steps
MS &
DGs
Academia:
EIF validation Board
Revised EIS/EIF adopted
EIS Revision
Started
EIF Revision
Started
Impact
Assessment
Started
12w public consultation
ISA
ISA²
Mar 2015
Jun 2015
Oct 2015
Nov
2015
Apr
2016
Q4 2016
4w DGs consultation 13

14. Revision of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF)
Q & A
European Commission Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT)
INSPIRE MIG policy sub-group meeting
23-24 June, 2016