Presentation given at EU Conference on ICT Rolling Plan

EU Rolling Plan on ICT Standardisation

The Making of … and the Nurturing

Dr. Jochen Friedrich

OpenForum Europe / IBMChair of the Task Force on the EU Rolling Plan

[email protected]

EU Conference on the Rolling PlanBrussels, 25 March 2014

25 March 2014 2Dr. Jochen Friedrich | EU Rolling Plan | The Making of … and the Nurturing

The Making of … Starring

COLLABORATION

European Commission Services

Member States

Industry Associations

Standards Bodies

(ESOs and Fora/Consortia)

Societal Stakeholders


The Making of … Challenges

Franz Stuck. Sisyphus

concisecomprehensive

well structured

readable

timely

meaningful

usefulinformative

strategicclear

innovativeforward looking

inclusive

result oriented

global perspective

focussed

harmonised

open

informal

complementary

transparent

stable


The Making of … StructuringExecutive Introduction

Introductory chapters 1) Strategic positioning of the Rolling Plan and Relation to AUWP2) Rolling Plan in the context of promoting the uptake of ICT standards and specs

Chapter 3 – Policy Priorities

Four clusters: Societal Challenges, Innovation for the Single Digital Market, Sustainable Growth, Key Enablers and Security

Common template with 6 items:

(1) Policy area

(2) Legislation and policy documents

(3) Member States and stakeholder input

(4) Standardisation needs to implement legislation & policy

(5) Ongoing standardisation and research

(6) Propose new standardisation activities

Chapter 4:

Horizontal technologies for ICT infrastructures

Concluding Remarks

Annexes

Strategies and Standards lists in Members States

Links to Standards Bodies web sites


The Making of … The Result

Broad overview on EU policy priorities where ICT standardisation supports policy implementation

Close linkage of policy areas and standardisation (including policy officers and standardisers)

Broad overview on ongoing work including global standardisation

Basis for comprehensive planning

Addressing horizontal level of ICT technologies


Observation … An Oxymoron

A figure of speech in which two words with opposing meanings are used together

intentionally for effect.

OXYMORONOXYMORONRolling

Plan

Dynamic, Moving

Stable, Reliable

B A L A N C E


Maintenance … Striking the Balance

UpdatingFactual, up-to-date information

Publish in an Addendum to the Rolling Plan

Review

Full cycle of reviewing the policy priorities, ongoing work, proposed actions

New version of the Rolling Plan

Addendum to the Rolling Plan E.g.Ad chapter 3.x.x: A new work item has been approved in TC X in organisation X.

Addendum to the Rolling Plan E.g.Ad chapter 3.x.x: A new work item has been approved in TC X in organisation X.

New version of the Rolling Plan endorsed by Commission and published

New version of the Rolling Plan endorsed by Commission and published

Stay up-to-date & create a balance between ● Stability of the Rolling Plan as planning document● Dynamics of the fast-progressing ICT landscape

OBJECTIVES


Let us roll all our strength and all

Our sweetness up into one ball,

And tear our pleasures with rough strife

Thorough the iron gates of life:

Thus, though we cannot make our sun

Stand still, yet we will make him run.

Andrew Marvell, To His Coy Mistress

Let us roll all our strength and all

Our sweetness up into one ball,

And tear our pleasures with rough strife

Thorough the iron gates of life:

Thus, though we cannot make our sun

Stand still, yet we will make him run.

Andrew Marvell, To His Coy Mistress

Nurturing … Getting It Rolling

G.F. Kersting, Apollo with the Hours


Nurturing … Implementation is key

WhoWho WhatWhatBy WhenBy When

With WhomWith WhomWhich DirectionWhich Direction


Nurturing ... Improvements

Pieter Bruegel the Elder: The Tower of Babel (Detail of a Stonemason)

exp

erie

nce

feed

ba

ck

lear

n

simplify

increased focus

readability

planning

input collection

timelinestracking

online versionreduce

redundancies


Nurturing … First Review Cycle

Commission services input

New policy areas New information

Commission services input

New policy areas New information

Feedback, input,

comments

from all MSP members

Feedback, input,

comments

from all MSP members

New version of the Rolling

Plan endorsed by

MSP as Advice to

Commission

New version of the Rolling

Plan endorsed by

MSP as Advice to

Commission

New version of Rolling

Plan endorsed

and published by Commission

New version of Rolling

Plan endorsed

and published by Commission

Apr – early June July – mid Sep Dec Jan 2015


Let's get things rolling

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Presentation given at EU Conference on ICT Rolling Plan