Reforming the ICT Standardisation Policy in Europe

Dr. Jochen Friedrich

IBM Technical Relations ExecutiveChair of the OpenForum Europe Working Group on Standardisation

Delegate for DigitalEurope to the ICT Steering Committee

jochen@de.ibm.com

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ICT standards are widely used

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Our typical daily dose of global ICT standards*

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*Thanks to Olaf Kolkman, Chair of the IETF Internet Architecture Board, for this slide.**This is far from being a complete list but a small number of examples only for the purpose illustration.

Innovative ICT technologies combine different standards from all kinds of organisations

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The Issue

● A large part of ICT standardisation is done in global open standards development organisations (“fora/consortia”)

● E.g. OASIS, W3C, IETF ...

● These standards are outside of the scope of the current European standardisation framework

● because there are no processes for dealing with standards that were not developed by a formally recognised standards body

● and therefore they are not available for direct use in EU policies and public procurement

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The Need for Reform

● Global ICT standards from “fora/consortia” are relevant for innovation, competitiveness and growth● Take, for instance, the example of the internet

but also eHealth, eEnergy, eGovernment, smartGRID, Cloud Computing, etc.

● The EU Digital Agenda as key part of the Europe 2020 strategy will take global leadership on ICT technologies and openness ● ICT standards from “fora/consortia” are required

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The Proposed Solution: Revision of Council Decision 87/95/EEC

ICT Steering Committee (Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group)

Com-mission White Paper

Revision of Council Decision 87/95

ICT Study

Way For-ward

Open Confe-rence Impact

Assessment

Public Consultation

Apr 2006 TodayAutumn/Winter 2009-10Feb 2008 Aug 2009 Sep 2010 ?

● Focus of Council Decision 87/95 is on the use and implementation of standards in the ICT sector to promote interoperability

● Implement processes for using global open ICT standards in EU policies and public procurement

● Decouple from revision of Directive 98/34 which is on the development of harmonised standards in support of regulation

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Moving forward on the ICT reform

● Global open ICT standards are critical for Europe taking leadership in innovation and for competitiveness and growth.

● A full concept for the modernisation of the European ICT standardisation policy was developed with broad stakeholder support and is ready for implementation.

● A revised Council Decision 87/95 will provide the necessary framework for using global open ICT standards in EU policies and public procurement.

● This should be decoupled from the revision of Directive 89/34 because the scope is different and the basic structure of European standardisation is not affected.

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Thank you very much for your attention