CENWS/BII

Standards and Interoperability

The path towards more efficient procurement in Europe

Alcalá de Henares

September 15, 2015

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Jostein Frømyr

CEN WS/BII3Vice-chair, technical coordination

CENWS/BIITopics to be covered

1. Who we are and what we do

2. Our approach

3. How we contribute to standardization and interoperability

4. Adoption of BII profiles

5. Future developments

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CENWS/BII

Business Interoperability Interfaces for public procurement in Europe (CEN WS/BII)

BII is a workshop within CEN BII supports EU-wide interoperability: the ability to exchange

business information effectively Our members are procurement experts from EU public and private

sectors which contribute to define common requirements

CENWS/BIIThe CEN BII objective

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Facilitate interoperability along the whole procurement process

CENWS/BIIBII guides implementation of standards

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

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Implementation guidance

European business goals and

requirements

Standards

UN/CEFACTSIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND

EFFECTIVE PROCESSESFOR GLOBAL BUSINESS.

Global business goals and

requirements

Implementations Communitybusiness goals and

requirements

CENWS/BIIOur Approach to Interoperability

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 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

the information content of the electronic business transactions exchanged, documented in the form of transaction Information Requirement Models based on a common vocabulary of business terms.

Goal

Requirements

Syntax

Validation

CENWS/BIICore information requirements

BII is defining core information requirement models the set of information elements sufficient to cater for the generally

expressed business requirements applicable throughout the European market.

BII specifications can be implemented as is, but may also be further customized for community use.

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CustomizedBusiness

Transaction

BII BusinessTransaction

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Adoption of BII profiles

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CENWS/BIIThe EU vision

An open and integrated marketwhere interoperable solutions for

digitalization of public procurement is a key enabler.

CENWS/BII

BII enables interoperablee-procurements solutions

BII Profiles allow for interoperability at the organizational level.

BII Information Requirement Models allow for interoperability at semantic level.

BII syntax binding and validation tools supports interoperability at technical level.

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From workshops and projectsto formal standards

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• Strong consensus building• Increased formal participation

by member states• Increased stability• European wide perspective• Support for possible legal

measures

BII is a key component in this development!

CODICE

CENWS/BIIYour path towards more efficient procurement!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

For more information:

http://www.cenbii.eu/

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