ebXML Day Barcelona, 23 May 2002

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ebXML DayBarcelona, 23 May 2002

• 6th EU Framework Programme for Research. An
  opportunity for ebXML
• Isidro Laso Ballesteros
• IST Programme, Key Action II

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Agenda

• EU strategy
• 6FP for research
• 6FP Instruments
• Example of Initiative European Single electronic
  Market
• Examples of current European projects related to
  ebXML
• Next steps

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IST in the Global Race

• The US invests 3 times more on RTD in IST
• 52 of RTD effort in IST in OECD countries is in
  the US
• Only 17 in Europe (22 in Japan)
• Public investment in the EU is 50 of the US
  effort
• and the gap is widening
• EU effort is fragmented
• Critical mass is rarely reached in the Member
  States
• The ever shorter life cycles of IST...

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Europe Is ...

• well positioned
• to take advantage of future developments
• in new emerging fields/markets (e.g. post PC
  paradigm)
• building on strengths
• in mobile and wireless, embedded software,
  consumer electronics, rich content and service
  provisioning

• RTD in IST provides a unique opportunity
• to aggregate fragmented effort
• build consensus and provide a global approach

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The IST ProgrammeBuilding on European Strengths
Smart cards

• Digital local access

World leader in international trade
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Policy Context

• Lisbon StrategyThe Unions objective for the
  next decade
• To become the most competitive and dynamic
  knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of
  sustainable economic growth with more and better
  jobs and greater social cohesion.
• eEurope A major instrument to attain this
  objective
• In Lisbon Stockholm EU Leaders endorsed
• the creation of a European Research Area

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Create the European Research Area

• FP6 the new instruments
• IPs, NoEs, collaboration with national RTD (Art
  169)
• to bundle RTD resources
• to achieve critical mass
• to avoid duplication
• Consensus building efforts
• With industry
• IST for competitiveness industry-led RTD
• Within society
• inclusive beneficial IST
• Policies and regulation
• codes of conduct, standards, legislation etc.
• co-operation
• Synergies
• Create a single market for RTD

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Towards the European Research Area
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Agenda

• EU strategy
• 6FP for research
• 6FP Instruments
• Example of Initiative European Single electronic
  Market
• Examples of current European projects related to
  ebXML
• Next steps

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The timetable for FP6

• 21 February 2001 Commission proposal to Council
  and Parliament
• April 2001 Start consultation process
• May 2001 Commission proposals on participation
  rules Commission proposals on Specific
  Programmes
• June 2001 Research Council
• July 2001 Parliaments first reading of FP6
• Oct/Dec 2001 Research council position
• March 2002 Parliaments second reading
• Spring 2002 Conciliation procedure
• June 2002 Final adoption

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Commission Proposal6th Framework Programme for
Research
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Main Areas of FP6 Budget (Council Position)

• Integrating Strengthening ERA
• Genomics 2,200 M
• IST (100 M Géant/GRID) 3,600 M
• Nanotechnologies, intelligentmaterials, new
  processes 1,300 M
• Aeronautics and space 1,075 M
• Food quality safety 685 M
• Sustainable development 2,120 M
• Citizens governance 225 M
• Anticipation of ST needs 1,320 M
• JRC non-nuclear research 760 M
• Structuring ERA
• Research innovation 300 M
• Human resources 1,630 M
• Research infrastructures(200 M Géant/GRID) 665
  M
• Science/Society 60 M
• Reinforcing the ERA basis
• Support to co-ordination 280 M
• Support to policy developmt 50 M

13,285
2,655
330
16,270 M
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IST in FP6

• Bring the user, people, to the foreground, to
  the centre of our attention ...
• and build trustful, embedded, intuitive
  technologies working in the background (almost
  invisible)

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Towards an All-inclusive Knowledge Society
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IST in the Sixth Framework Programme(2003-2006)

• IST is becoming the 2nd largest sector of the
  economy
• 6 to 10 of total business more than 2 million
  employees (EU)
• IST innovations are key enablers of economic
  growth
• New products and services, re-organised value
  chains,...
• IST innovations provide solutions to key societal
  problems
• Health, environment, security, education,
  elderly and disabled,...
• Research in all disciplines is highly dependent
  on IST
• Biotech and genetics, climate change, other
  science and engineering, ...

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IST in FP6Three Building Blocks Applied IST
Communication computing software
Components and microsystems
Knowledge and interfaces technologies
Applied IST to address major societal and
economic challenges
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Applied IST Research
To address major societal and economic challenges

• security, privacy, rights protection,
  dependability
• health, mobility, safety, leisure, cultu-ral
  heritage, environmental monitoring
• e-business and m-business, new working tools,
  e-learning, e-govern-ment, organisations,
  knowledge mgmt.
• Large-scale distributed systems, including GRIDs,
  for complex problems in business, environment,
  energy, health, transport, engineering design

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Communications, Computing Software
To enable richer services and improved access to
computing and communication infrastructures

• Next generation of wireless, mobile and satellite
  communication all-optical networks networks
  integration and management enabling
  technologies.
• Software technologies and distributed systems
  engineering and control of large scale and
  complex systems

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Components Microsystems
To push the limits of miniaturisation, to
increase cost-efficiency and improve
functionality of components

• Design and production of micro/opto-electronic
  and photonic components
• Nano-electronics, micro-technologies and
  micro-systems new materials and quantum devices
  new computing models and concepts

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Knowledge Interface Technologies
To enable easier knowledge handling and more
natural and personalised interfaces

• Systems for knowledge management based on
  semantics tools to create, organise, share and
  disseminate digital content
• Multi-sensorial interfaces to understand and
  interpret natural human expressions multilingual
  and multicultural systems

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Other IST Activities in FP6

• Exploring future visions and paradigms
• Anticipation of ST needs
• Support to eEurope
• Anticipation of policy needs
• Building Research Infrastructures
• Research Networks
• access to RTD facilities
• Enhancing the impact
• Innovation and support to SMEs
• Fighting the skills gap
• mobility of researchers...
• Extending global co-operation

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Possible IST Implementation
e.g. Mobile/wireless
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A Possible View of IST in FP6
specific
Integration
Anywhere anytime natural and enjoyable access to
IST services for ALL
generic
Building blocks
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Agenda

• EU strategy
• 6FP for research
• 6FP Instruments
• Example of Initiative European Single electronic
  Market
• Examples of current European projects related to
  ebXML
• Next steps

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FP6 Instruments for Priority Areas

• Networks of Excellence
• Exploratory research
• Integrated Projects
• Objective-driven RD
• Article 169
• Member States initiatives
• Targeted RTD Projects
• To address specific issues
• Co-ordination Activities
• Accompanying measures, Thematic networks

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Networks of Excellence

• Virtual Network of Centres of Excellence
• to integrate research effort on a particular
  topic
• defined by Joint Programme of Activities (JPA)
• on established or emerging fields
• Size
• Several M/year
• Support to JPA (up to 25) including
• RD, training, technology transfer, mobility
• Participants
• Minimum 3 Universities, research labs,
  industrial labs
• Special measures for SMEs

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NoEs Implementation

• Selection on the basis of calls for proposals
• Large degree of autonomy
• Possibility to modify plans and allocation of
  work
• possibility to launch a call for participation
• Funding
• Grant for integration
• Up to 25 of total effort that is put together in
  the JPA
• It is NOT a ratio of the total cost

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NoEs Grant for Integration

• The NoE is defined by the Joint Programme of
  Activities
• The JPA is NOT just putting side by side the
  research activities of the different
  organisations
• The JPA will include the means to bind together
  the partners research efforts, e.g.
• Building common research platforms (e.g. common
  software libraries, common architectures, common
  testing and experimenting facilities,..)
• RTD coordination, meetings, workshops, exchanges
  of personnel..
• The Grant is given if the JPA is a real joint
  effort
• that will help aggregate the European effort and
  build critical mass.
• The Grant is paid if the integration is real.

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Integrated Projects

• Integrated, goal-oriented RD
• all elements of technology chain
• global resources may involve public private
  funds
• flexibility in achieving the goals (eg
  subsequent calls)
• Size
• Several M or tens of M
• Support including
• RD, training, technology transfer,
  dissemination, demonstration
• Participants
• Minimum 3 legal entities 2 from Member States
• Industry-academia collaboration including SMEs

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IPs implementation

• Selection on a call for proposal basis
• possible call for expression of interests, to
  select themes
• Large degree of autonomy
• Allocations of budgets
• Possibility to launch calls for participation
• Subsequent calls for additional tasks and
  funding by the Commission
• Funding
• Grant to the budget up to 50
• Different ceilings depending on the activity

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IPs Three possible implementations

• Incremental funding
• objectives known
• technology roadmap known
• tasks to be completed
• budget to be changed
• Participants as well

• Monolithic
• Partners known at outset
• Tasks identified
• budget known

• Incremental participation
• Tasks identified
• budget known
• not all participants are in

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Article 169

• Support to national RTD programmes, jointly
  executed according to Art. 169 of the Amsterdam
  Treaty
• At the initiative of the MemberStates
• EC funding used to supportjointly executed
  programmes

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Targeted RTD Projects

• Principle
• Similar to FP5 RTD projects
• Funding
• Grant to budget up to 50
• Participation
• Minimum of two legal entities from Member States
• Launched through Calls for Proposals

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Co-ordination Activities

• Principle
• Similar to FP5 Accompanying Measures and
  Thematic Network projects
• Support to logistics, management of the
  programme, etc.
• Funding
• ... up to 100

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Participation

• Who?
• Member States Associated (candidate) Countries
  same rights obligations
• European scientific co-operation organisations
  (ESA etc)
• International organisations of European interest
• Minimum number of legal entities
• - IP and NoE 3 (2 MS)
• - Other instruments 2 (1 MS).
• - Fellowships support actions 1

• 3rd Countries
• Inside Integrating ERA part
• All countries
• Funding possible for INCO countries
• Outside Integrating ERA part
• Countries with co-operation agreement under
  specified conditions
• Other countries if necessary
• Developing countries, within the limits of the
  budget available

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Overview Instruments Financing Schemes
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IPRs in FP6

• As in FP5
• Knowledge fully funded by Community property of
  Community
• Knowledge partly funded by Community property
  of participants
• Simplification flexibility added
• Participants own the knowledge they develop
• Upon request Access rights for use to all
  participants
• Principles provided participants may agree
  additional rights
• Identical rules for all participants

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Agenda

• EU strategy
• 6FP for research
• 6FP Instruments
• Example of Initiative European Single electronic
  Market
• Examples of current European projects related to
  ebXML
• Next steps

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Content FP6 is not business as usual!

• From Project-thinking to Initiative-thinking
• New instruments IPs and NoEs
• More strategic thinking and global approaches
• The Era dimension
• Making sure that Community funding helps
  aggregate member states and private effort
• It is not just supporting a particular RTD work
• Different way of describing content and calls
• Lighter WP, different sequencing of calls, ...
• A huge effort to prepare the constituency

A challenge ...and ...a great opportunity!
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Example of InitiativeEuropean Single electronic
Market

• From hundreds of electronic markets to one
  European Single electronic market.
• In the past the european efforts has been applied
  to go from 15 National Markets to one European
  Single Market.
• An initiative build on
• eEurope 2005 (Barcelona 2002)
• Interoperability

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European Single eMarket. Pillars
Without dominat positions
No restrain
Sostenible
European Single electronic Market
Regulation
Monetary. Euro
Technological
Internet, Comercio Colaborativo y
M-Comercio. Nuevos modelos de Negocio. I.
Laso/M. iglesias. 2002
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European Single electronic Market. Requirements

• The objective of this initiative is to
  facilitate
• Localisation of partners (in principal SMEs)
• secure transactions among partners
• collaborative commerce among partners
• collaboration among eMarketplaces
• Collaboration among Web services
• Integrated Value Chain

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Agenda

• EU strategy
• 6FP for research
• 6FP Instruments
• Example of Initiative European Single electronic
  Market
• Examples of current European projects related to
  ebXML
• Next steps

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BIDMED Project IST-2002-28618

• Full title Co-operative Bidding in the Medical
  Sector
• Objective define and experiment a best practice
  to support SMEs of the biomedical sector in the
  preparation of co-operative bids
• Means formalise the SBO (Smart Bidding
  Organisation) and its methodological and
  technological tools
• ebXML role in the project implementation to
  extend the SBO operation by the collaboration
  with external entities (such as other SBOs or
  healthcare institutions)
• contact persons
• Eng. Stefano Malatesta (CNA) malatesta_at_mo.cna.it
• Eng. Giulia Pignedoli (DemoCenter)
  g.pignedoli_at_democenter.it

Italian SBO
Hungarian SBO
Purchasing norms, procedures, products,
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ECOS Project ESPRIT 27111

• Objective To design and implement an Open
  Architecture for ebusiness Interoperability based
  on widely accepted standards
• Means A set of software applications
  implementing the Open architecture, tested in
  several pilots
• ebXML role in the project to make adaptations
  towards the ebXML specification and further
  modelling actions to focus on parallel
  specifications with an horizontal approach,
  specially the ebXML initiative.
• contact persons
• María José NUÑEZ E-mail mariaj.nunez_at_aidima.es
• Miguel F. BORRAS E-mail mborras_at_antara.ws

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Ebip Project IST/2001

• Full title Efficient Biddimg and Procurement in
  the tile industry
• Objective bid preparation and procurement
  process of SMEs in the construction industry
• Means To provide information, negotiation
  support and direct ordering and payment of
  product components defined in the bidding process
• ebXML role in the project implementation to
  increase the interoperability of the developed
  emarketplace
• contact persons Mr Shamsi. 39-0332-781777teamva_at_
  tin.it

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REGNET Project IST-2000

• Objective to set up a functional network of
  service centres in Europe which provides
  IT-services dedicated to Cultural Heritage
  organisations and will be an enabler of eBusiness
  activities for CH organizations.
• Means Development of a service infrastructure
  which enables business to business (B2B)
  transactions as well as business to consumer
  (B2C) transactions
• ebXML role in the project implementation ebXMl
  will be used in in all the project
• contact persons KOCH, Walter, Tel
  43.316.835359, kochw_at_ait.co.at

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OPUS Project IST-2002

• Full title Optimal Public Procurement Service in
  the healthcare marketplace
• Objective to create an efficient e-procurement
  mechanism where hospitals and pharmaceutical
  suppliers will be able to exchange contractual
  information (orders, characteristics of orders)
• Means a reverse auction optimised procedure
• ebXML role in the project implementation ebXML
  will be used in all the OPUS project
  implementation
• contact persons Stavroula Maglavera.
  stavmag_at_athos.pouliadis.gr

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Agenda

• EU strategy
• 6FP for research
• 6FP Instruments
• Example of Initiative European Single electronic
  Market
• Examples of current European projects related to
  ebXML
• Next steps

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The Next Steps

• FP6 package to be endorsed by June 2002
• Preparations on Work Programme 2003
• Consultation with academia, industry, society
  Roadmap projects launched under last Call of IST
• Call for Expressions of Interest (Deadline 7
  June 2002)
• 1st FP6 Call
• November 2002
• IPs, NoEs
• Goal new simplified procedures

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The Next Steps
Constituency Industry Large SMEs Academia Publ
ic org. ..
WP 2003
Call 1(11/2002)
Contracts
EoI
Experts, researchers
Preparing for IPs, NoEs, TRPs, ...
Call 8Roadmaps
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The Next Steps

• Workshop on European Single electronic Market
• Date 1 October 2002
• Objective Preparing for IP, NoE, etc
• Organised by the European Commission in Brussels
• Constituency users, academia, public
  organisations, Industry associations, Industry
  Large SME
• More information
• isidro.laso_at_cec.eu.int

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The Next Steps

• Expressions of Interest
• Deadline June 7
• Objective To assist the Commission in preparing
  WorkProgrammes, as well as defining the scope of
  the first calls for proposals of FP6
• Just 1 page a short document explaining
  objectives, general approach, need and revelance.
• Highly visibility in order to look for partners
  to prepare IP or NoE
• Quantity matters, not only quality
• More information
• http//www.cordis.lu/fp6/eoi-instruments/

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For More Information...

• Web
• http//www.cordis.lu/ist
• http//europa.eu.int/ISPO/ecommerce/
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/information_society/ e
  europe/
• http//www.cordis.lu/rtd2002
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/nfp/ networks
  -ip.html
• E-mail
• isidro.laso_at_cec.eu.int