CENWS/BII2

CEN WS/BIIBusiness Interoperability Interfaces

for Public Procurement in Europe

Reykjavik

June 4, 2012

Jostein Frømyr

BII2 Vice chair Technical Coordination

CENWS/BII2Topics

CEN WS/BII What are we providing? Usage of CEN/BII solutions What about the future?

PEPPOL PEPPOL-BIS ws. BII Profiles Open PEPPOL

ePrior and Open e-PRIOR What is UN/CEFACT doing?

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CENWS/BII2The CEN WS/BII objectives

Business Interoperability Interfaces for Public Procurement in Europe – BII

Objectives of the work in BII “to provide a basic framework for interoperability in pan-European electronic transactions, expressed as a set of technical specifications that cross-refer to relevant activities, and in particular are compatible with UN/CEFACT - in order to ensure global interoperability.”

European Interoperability Framework ”the ability of information and communication technology (ICT) systems and of the business processes they support to exchange data and to enable the sharing of information and knowledge”

European Interoperability Framework, version 2

BII

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Currently 25 organizations from 9 different countries directly registered as workshop participants

These organizations have so far nominated some 90 experts to contribute to our work.

Some key stakeholders:

The stakeholders

Type of organization Number of participants

National stakeholder 7

National or international organization 10

IT-provider, supplier, etc. 8

UN/CEFACTSIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESSES

FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS.

WS/eCAT

WS/eInvoicing3

WS/eBES

EBIF

CENWS/BII2BII implements standards

The focus of BII is on collecting European requirements and to provide guidance for consistent implementation of existing international developments.

International development/standard

Implementation guidelines

User implementation

Requirements

is providingthe guidance

is doing theimplementation

CENWS/BII2Our approach

A Profile is a technical specification describing:

the choreography of the business process(es) covered,

the electronic business transactions exchanged as part of the business process,

the information content of the electronic business transactions exchanged, and

the business rules governing the execution of that business process(es), its business collaborations and business transactions, as well as any constraints on information elements used.

Goal

Requirements

Syntax

ValidationProfile

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BII addresses the whole eProcurement process

The specifications provided by BII support the whole procurement process from publication of the

Prior Information Notice through to the final Invoice.

Based on, and supports, relevant EU directives

CENWS/BII2CWA 16073:2010

This CEN Workshop Agreement was made publically available in December of 2009. It is available free of charge, at

www.cen.eu/cwa/bii/specs. The deliverables from BII have already been, or are in the

process of being, implemented and tested in several projects and initiatives! e-PRIOR PEPPOL Several national initiatives

CENWS/BII2Usage of BII

BII specifications can be implemented as is, but are also intended for further customization.

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PEPPOL

CEN BII

XML SchemaUBL 2.0

Schematron

CENWS/BII2Past and present

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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

OpenPEPPOL

CEN WS/BII CEN WS/BII2

UBL 2.0UBL 1.0

MUG

EHF

CCTS2.01

D.06B D.11AD.09B

OIOUBL OIOUBL-2OIOXML Swefaktura SwekatalogSweorder

UBL 2.1

BCSS

CENWS/BII2The future of BII

Tasks

Continued development in pre-award Support and maintenance in post-

award Awareness and dissemination

Alternatives

1. Continue the existing CEN workshop

2. Establishing a new CEN workshop

3. Establish a CEN Technical Committee

4. Establish a private market driven governance organization

5. Move the work to an international level

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Governance and life cycle management of the BII deliverables is needed – the question is how should it be organized?

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PEPPOL

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CENWS/BII2A shared vision

PEPPOL and BII share the broader vision that

any company (incl. SMEs) in the EU can communicate electronically with any EU governmental institution for all procurement processes.

v• VCD• eCatalogue• eOrdering• eInvoicing

CENWS/BII2BII in PEPPOL

”PEPPOL will deliver … Demonstrator software supporting public procurement processes… Implementing the results of the CEN/ISSS WS “Business Interoperability Interfaces on public procurement in Europe” (CEN BII)”, André Hoddevik, Project Director, PEPPOLat the PEPPOL Conference in Malmø, February 2010

”All you need to know is that the BII profiles exists”, Tim McGrath, Deputy WPM WP8

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BII profiles

BII profiles

Document Exchange

Access point

Application Interface

Application Interface

Application

Application

Access point

ValidationTransformation

STARTInterface

OtherInterface

Validation Transformation

STARTInterface

OtherInterface

Pre-award

Pre- and Post-award

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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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PEPPOL

PEPPOL + BII = true

The timelines of PEPPOL and BII are synchronized so that BII will benefit from the lessons learned in PEPPOL before publishing the results from BII2.

BII1 BII2

BII profiles

Joint work

Lesonslearned

Prod.Production pilotTest pilot

PoC

CENWS/BII2BII profiles relevant for PEPPOL

Pre Award Tendering Post Award Procurement Payment

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BII03 BII04

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BII07

BII08

BII10 BII11 BII22

BII12BII14

BII16

BII17

BII18

BII19

BII13

BII20

A BII profile is the source for a PEPPOL BIS.

CENWS/BII2PEPPOL BIS

A PEPPOL BIS (Business Interoperability Specification) is a customization of a BII profile. Focus on European cross border public procurement Addressing some identified issues

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BII Profile PEPPOL BIS

BII01 Catalogue Only PEPPOL BIS 1a

BII03 Order Only PEPPOL BIS 3a

BII04 Invoice Only PEPPOL BIS 4a

BII05 Billing PEPPOL BIS 5a

BII06 Procurement PEPPOL BIS 6a

eCatalogues as part of a Tender PEPPOL BIS 12a

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From PEPPOL to OpenPEPPOL

The PEPPOL Project will close on August 31, 2012 As from September 1 2012, the full responsibility for release

policy and strategic direction of PEPPOL specifications and artifacts will be handed over from PEPPOL to OpenPEPPOL.

OpenPEPPOL AISBL Non-profit international association under Belgium law Long term sustainability through user driven governance Continuation of legal agreement responsibilities

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E-PRIOR AND OPEN E-PRIOR

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e-Prior is a software tool developed by the European Commission in order to provide electronic messaging capabilities for the Commission Curently in roll-out

Open e-Prior is the open source version of e-Prior

Built in support for several BII profiles Includes a PEPPOL Access Point

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WHAT IS UN/CEFACT DOING

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CENWS/BII2In a process of change

A new organizational structure has been implemented

5 PDAs Trade & Transport Facilitation Supply Chain Regulatory Sectoral Methodology & Technology Bureau Program Support

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A new technical framework is beeing shaped

Cohesive, simple, pragmatic and facilitative… and achievable

Foundational libraries Coordination with ISO (and other SDOs) to provide

supporting methodologies and technologies

Strengthening maintenance for UN/EDIFACT

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

More information:

www.cenbii.eu

www.peppol.eu

www.uncefact.org

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