1. CEN WS/BII2 1 Spreading interoperability in eProcurement processes across Europe Open Seminar Brussels December 6, 2012

2. CEN WS/BII2 The position of BII in the European and international landscape Giancarlo De Stefano, CEN/BII Vice Chair 2

3. CEN WS/BII2 BII in the European and international landscape The CEN/BII Workshop has adopted an open approach towards a wide range of other initiatives, aiming at establishing synergies and joining efforts to achieve an ever wider community of users sharing interoperable solutions. 3

4. CEN WS/BII2 BII in the European and international landscape 4 The standards Implementation guide Implementations UN/CEFACT SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESSES FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS. Business goals and requirements Business goals and requirements Business goals and requirements WS/eBES WS/EBIF WS/eInvoicing3 WS/eCAT WS/GTIB WS/BII2 Policy initiatives e-TEG European Multi Stakeholder Forum on Electronic Invoicing MUG Project

5. CEN WS/BII2 IntitiativeInteraction Results UN/CEFACT Chair is also CEN/BII Chair CEN/BII experts took part in the relevant UN/CEFACT activities Still ongoing after UN/CEFACT, move to a more streamlined project- oriented organization, with coordination and alignment increasing. CEN/BII resources took part in the project CEN/BII methodology inspired the MUG Project approach. Published as CWA 16356. GITB experts were present in both initiatives, and insured consistency CEN/BII has fruitfully built on GITB methodology for creating artifacts to test its deliverables CEN/BII is a member of the cMAP Project Advisory Group, launched under the WS eCAT CEN/BII deliverables are suitable for accommodating the solution envisaged by the WS/eCAT for eCatalogue content managment Some key cooperations MUG Project WS/eCAT UN/CEFACT SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESSES FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS. GITB

6. CEN WS/BII2 IntitiativeInteraction Result Continuous ‘osmosis’ between the two initiatives: Timeline of BII was extended, to synchronize its end with the end of the PEPPOL project Task teams have been discussing feed- back from PEPPOL and giving input to PEPPOL work The CEN/BII Task Teams were merged mirroring PEPPOL internal reorganization There is a very good alignment of The PEPPOL Business Interoperability Specifications are based on the WS Profiles. BII 2 Deliverables formalize the PEPPOL feed-back into the CWA ePRIOR gave Valuable input during the workshop time ePRIOR is CEN/BII conformant Some key cooperations

7. CEN WS/BII2 IntitiativeInteraction Results e-TEG e-Tendering Expert Group CEN/BII experts took part in the e-TEG activities, reporting to CEN/BII on the Group progress and contributing to discuss eTEG relevant issues within the CEN/BII Workshop and spreading the knowledge about the WS approach and deliverable within the Group CEN/BII methodology has been appreciated by the e- TEG. Some key cooperations