Thinking ahead – plans for e-SENS sustainability - Katrin Weigend

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Thinking ahead – plans for e-SENS sustainability

Katrin Weigend

Deputy Leader of WP3 – Sustainability and long-term Governance

German Federal Office of Administration

[email protected]

WP3: “Sustainability and long-term governance“ – Introduction

Goal: pave the way for sustainability and long-term

governance of the e-SENS Building Blocks:

• concerns the long-term consolidation and maintenance of

the e-SENS Building Blocks

• proposes a long-term governance structure

Making e-Services a Reality in Europe, 7th November 2014

WP3: “Sustainability and long-term governance“ – Introduction

WP3 has several external dependencies, such as the developments in the framework of the:

• eIDAS Regulation,

• the CEF,

• ISA and

• the relevant groups

WP3 aims to seek liaison with these fora


WP3 Tasks, Main Benefits & Impact

Assessment of the e-SENS Building Blocks regarding maturity and sustainability

Common Business Case

Governance structure and governance implementation


Sustainability and Maturity Assessment of the Building Blocks

Why do we do this?

• To make sure that the e-SENS building blocks are:

1. Technically mature and well-standardized

2. Aligned with EU and national policies

3. Used by the market and consider business needs

What is our goal?

• To give recommendations WP6 and WP5 in building block development and piloting

• To give an e-SENS-approved status to mature building blocks


Sustainability and Maturity Assessment of the Building Blocks

How do we do it?

• Using a well-known assessment framework based on CAMSS and ADMS

• Performing an assessment within e-SENS using experts on the building blocks

• Going out to stakeholders and asking their opinion on market use and business needs

What are the results so far?

• 14 building blocks assessed in first cycle

• 8 BBs are mature enough for e-SENS-approved status

• 3 are currently being identified as specifications at MSP



Why do we need a business case?

• point out potential and prove benefit to increase buy-in of cross-domain services (& their BBs)

• to provide evidence of value for the effort of integrating e-SENS BBs

• to public and private sector

What value / case are we focusing on?

• efficiency (doing well: more volume, cheaper, faster, etc.)

• effectiveness (doing good: fair, ethical, coherence, higher purpose such as digital market)

• compliance



Ongoing and next step:

• get inputs on "scale-up" opportunities from

• BB market readiness assessment (WP6 & WP3)

• Pilots evaluation (WP5) & (previous) LSPs

• other domains/communities, DGs

• collection of attractive business stories on a voluntary basis

• 3-4 pages story with figures (e.g. financial feasibility)

• each illustrating aspects of the value

• efficiency / effectiveness / compliance

• Integrated business case integrating all BBs in one imaginary business case


Governance Structure and Implementation

Approach:

Consolidation of the sustainability strategies developed by the five previous LSPs

Presentation of preliminary ideas and intentions of a future governance structure and definitions of stakeholder roles, which have been suggested by e-SENS national experts



Identification of principles which need to be considered for the proposition of a future governance structure:

• Stakeholder needs

• Openness and transparency

• Universality

• Legal Criteria

Ideas and suggestions for the implementation of a future governance structure required actions to achieve the long term vision



Next Steps:

Analysis of national IT governance structures

Best practices/ lessons learnt from national IT governance structures

Proposal of an organisational chart of a future governance structure

Elaboration of scenarios for an organisational forms of a future governance structure (DG Programme, Agency, Non-Profit Organisation)


Vision of a Governance Structure

Realisation of a governance structure needs to be achievable from a political, operational and financial point of view

A governance structure should:

• be public-sector driven

• be flexibel in its task

• give recognition to the principle of subsidiarity

• facilitate a sufficient level of stakeholder engagement (private stakeholders, users and standardisation bodies)

• Focus on generic building blocks, but taking domain-specific requirements into account (e.g. sensitivity of data)

Creation of an ecosystem over time which requires architectural coherence and aligned standards


Benefit of a Governance Structure


Ecosystem of interoperable public services -

governance structure

save costs

Reduce time-to-market

Increase interoperability

Aligned standards

Strong link with domains

Maintaining standards

Thank you!

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Thinking ahead – plans for e-SENS sustainability - Katrin Weigend