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CEF Digital 2018 at the ICT Proposer's Day 2016 in Bratislava, Slovakia
Thomas FILLIS posted on Sep 30, 2016

CEF Digital 2018 at the ICT Proposer's Day 2016 in Bratislava, Slovakia

Thomas Fillis | 30 September 2016



The European Commission presented the CEF building blocks (eDelivery, eID, eInvoicing, eSignature and eTranslation) at the ICT Proposer's Day 2016 in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Supported by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the CEF building block presence consisted of the Connecting Europe booth and a Presentation in the Societal Challenges room.

The ICT Proposers' Day, which took place on 26 and 27 September, facilitated networking promoting European ICT Research & Innovation, with a special focus on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme for 2016-17.

Visitors to the booth received information on the CEF building blocks, examples of their use in EU projects (Sector Specific Digital Service Infrastructures) and information on grant funding available to help adoption and implementation of the building blocks. The booth was also attended by staff from the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) – who administrate the CEF grants – who gave in-depth explanations of how to submit a successful grant proposal.


 

Calls for Proposals are currently open for two of the CEF building blocks; you can find articles summarizing the eTranslation and eInvoicing  Calls and a link to the INEA website here.




If you attended the ICT Proposer's Day, we would be grateful if you could spend just five minutes filling in this anonymous survey before 16 October. We will then publish the results on the ICT Proposers' Day 2016 Digital Single Market website.


To learn more about the CEF building blocks, watch our short video now (smile)





Interested in Grants to help Connect Europe? Join the CEF Telecom calls virtual Info Day!
Thomas FILLIS posted on Sep 21, 2016

Interested in Grants to help Connect Europe? Join the CEF Telecom calls virtual Info Day!

Thomas Fillis | 21. September 2016



The 2016-3 CEF Telecom calls virtual Info Day will take place on Thursday, 22 September 2016.

This virtual event directly follows the launch of Calls for Proposals on 20 September 2016 for the CEF eTranslation and CEF eInvoicing building blocks. It is a timely opportunity to see presentations related to the calls and to ask questions to staff from the European Commission and the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), responsible for the administration of the calls. 


Webstreaming

The event will be web streamed live here https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/cef-telecom-virtual-info-day-2016-call-3 and the recording will be available for two years.


Q&A

The Info Day will also offer the opportunity to ask questions to Commission and Agency staff members pertaining to the calls via email to INEA-CEF-Telecoms-Infoday@ec.europa.eu. Questions received during the event will be answered immediately, and written replies will be available on the FAQ page after the event.


Twitter

The event will be live tweeted with the hashtag #CEFTelecomDay. Follow INEA (@inea_eu) in order to receive all up-to-date news relating to these calls.


Relevant agenda highlights include:

10.25-10.50 Evaluation process and award criteria (Kara Baptista, Evaluation Manager , CEF Telecom - INEA)

10.50-11.05 How to submit a successful application (Kara Baptista, Evaluation Manager , CEF Telecom - INEA)

11.35-11.55 Automated Translation (Aleksandra Wesolowska, Programme Officer - DG CNECT)

12.15-12.35 eInvoicing (Irena Riviere-Osipov, Policy Officer Directorate General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreunership and SMEs (DG GROW)

12.55-13.10 Questions and Answers & Conclusions (Susan Tournis, Deputy Head of Unit, CEF Energy & ICT - INEA)


In addition, you can find here two articles giving a brief overview of the Calls for Proposals relating to CEF Digital 2018 and links to all the information you need to apply:

 

Best of luck with your application & let's Connect Europe together!






Towards the Digital Single Market: Demonstrating the alignment between CEF eDelivery and eIDAS (Q)ERDS
Thomas FILLIS posted on Sep 21, 2016

Towards the Digital Single Market: Demonstrating the alignment between CEF eDelivery and eIDAS (Q)ERDS

Joao Rodrigues Frade | 21 September 2016


Watch a recording of the recent Webinar on CEF eDelivery, Electronic Registered Delivery Service (ERDS) and the eIDAS Regulation:


This post is part of a series of articles exploring the eDelivery building block of the Digital Programme of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and the (Qualified) Electronic Registered Delivery Service (ERDS) of the eIDAS Regulation, (EU) No 910/2014:


Whereas eIDAS is an enabler of legal interoperability, CEF eDelivery is an enabler of technical interoperability:

  • eIDAS defines a common set of technology-neutral requirements that enable the secure and reliable exchange of documents and data in digital format, across sectors and borders, with common legal effect.
  • CEF eDelivery promotes the adoption of the AS4 Message Protocol and in particular the e-SENS Profile of AS4. Its adoption is supported by grant funding and services provided by the European Commission. For example, software vendors from around the world can verify the correct implementation of the AS4 profile in their B2B messaging products by using the testing services of CEF eDelivery.


The below article walks you through the alignment between CEF eDelivery and eIDAS (Q)ERDS and provides some key technical information.


1) Requirements of the eIDAS Regulation for Qualified Electronic Registered Delivery Services


Following the success of the CEF eDelivery Webinar on 12 September entitled 'Electronic Registered Delivery Service (ERDS) and the eIDAS Regulation', this article explains how CEF eDelivery is aligned with the requirements set out by the eIDAS Regulation for Qualified Electronic Registered Delivery Services (QERDS). Regarding the qualified status, it must be kept in mind that this is an opt-in by the trust service provider as it requires passing the initiation process set in Art21. In summary, the requirements for (qualified) electronic registered delivery services are the following:


Requirement

Description

eIDAS reference

REQ1 Message Integrity

Messages should be secured against any modification during transmission.

Article 3 (36)

Article 19

Article 24

Article 44,

(d) the sending and receiving of data is secured by an advanced electronic signature or an advanced electronic seal of a qualified trust service provider in such a manner as to preclude the possibility of the data being changed undetectably;

REQ2 Message Confidentiality

Messages should be encrypted during transmission

Article 5

Article 19

Article 24

REQ3 Sender Identification

The identity of the sender should be verified.

Article 24

Article 44

(b) they ensure with a high level of confidence the identification of the sender;

REQ4 Recipient / Addressee  Identification

Recipient / addressee Identity should be verified before the delivery of the message.

Article 24

Article 44

(c) they ensure the identification of the addressee before the delivery of the data;

REQ5 Time-Reference

The date and time of sending and receiving a message should be indicated via a qualified electronic timestamp.

Article 44

(f) the date and time of sending, receiving and any change of data are indicated by a qualified electronic time stamp.

REQ6 Proof of Send/Receive

Sender and receiver of the message should be provided with evidence of message recipient and delivery.

Article 3 (36) “… provides evidence relating to the handling of the transmitted data, including proof of sending and receiving the data…”


Once identified, these requirements can be mapped to the message exchange architecture of CEF eDelivery, the commonly known 'four-corner model'. In this model, typically, documents and data are sent in digital format from Corner 1 (the original sender) to Corner 4 (its final recipient) via Access Points (Corner 3 and Corner 4). These Access Points may be operated by different ERDS service providers and still be interoperable.



2) Security Controls of CEF eDelivery


Once these requirements have been mapped to the message exchange architecture of CEF eDelivery, the security controls of CEF eDelivery can be identified and afterwards linked to the ERDS requirements. The security controls of CEF eDelivery were devised from the e-SENS AS4 Profile (Corner 2 – Corner 3) and best practice documents (Corner 1 to Corner 4). It should be noted that this list is not exhaustive and it is by no means a guarantee that the system will be granted qualified status under the eIDAS regulation. For the process of granting the qualified status, service providers should refer to the national supervisory body in the respective country.


Security control

Legal implications

CTR1 Transport Layer Security (TLS)

TLS protocols ensure authenticity and integrity of the message, by applying host to host cryptographic mechanisms

European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in case of applicability.

CTR2 Message Encryption

Message encryption ensures confidentiality of the message payload so that only the correct recipient can access it

European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in case of applicability.

CTR3: Electronic Seal of message

From technical perspective, electronic seal ensures integrity of the message header and payload and authenticity of origin

Non-qualified: Ensures integrity and origin of the data, in other words its authentication Qualified: eIDAS Regulation, Article 35. “A qualified electronic seal shall enjoy the presumption of integrity of the data and of correctness of the origin of that data”

Both: Non-discrimination in legal proceedings

CTR4: Electronic Seal of evidence

Provides evidence to the sender C1 that the message was sent, delivered to the final recipient C4 and authenticity of destination

CTR5: Electronic Timestamp

Data in electronic form which binds other data in electronic form to a particular time establishing evidence that the latter data existed at that time

Non-qualified: Ensures date and time of the data.

Qualified: eIDAS Regulation, Article 41. “A qualified electronic time stamp shall enjoy the presumption of the accuracy of the date and the time it indicates and the integrity of the data to which the date and time are bound.”

Both: Non-discrimination in legal proceedings


The list of security controls applied to the e-SENS AS4 message protocol is below:


Security control

Description applied to the e-SENS AS4 message protocol

CTR1 Transport Layer Security (TLS)

Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.2 [9]) protocol is used, following ENISA security [7] and BSI [8] guidelines. For the sender identification is provided as follows:

• Basic authentication:  C2 uses username/password to authenticate to C3. In this case, proper password management, including secure storage, sufficient complexity and regular updates need to be ensured by C2;

• Mutual authentication: This is done using the digital certificate  of C2, allowing C3 to identify C3.

CTR2 Message Encryption

C2 encrypts the payload of the message using AES-GCM with a random secret key, and the random key with the public key of C3 using RSA-OAEP. Message encryption follows WS-Security using W3C XML Encryption The used cipher suite for symmetric encryption is: AES GCM-mode, and for asymmetric: RSA-OAEP. This should follow the ENISA security [7] and BSI [8] guidelines.

CTR3: Electronic Seal of message

C2 applies an electronic seal to the message header and payload using its own private key which guarantees integrity protection. The seal is verified by C3 using C2 public key for authenticity and non-repudiation of the message payload and headers. Electronic sealing follows WS-Security with W3C XML Signing. The cipher suite is RSA-SHA256.

CTR4: Electronic Seal of evidence

Electronic seal is applied to the receipt. Upon reception and verification of a message from C2, C3 generates an evidence receipt based on message identification information (e.g., message identifier, timestamp, and sender metadata) with a new timestamp and a reference to the received message, applies an electronic seal and returns the sealed evidence to C2. The receipt is sent automatically to C2 as a “signal” message response to the initial message.  Electronic sealing follows WS-Security with W3C XML Signing. The used cipher suite is: RSA-SHA256.

CTR5: Electronic Timestamp

Timestamp is placed at the WS-Security header, and it is electronically sealed for integrity protection.  At this moment, by default, it is not a qualified time stamp and it relies on the system clock.


3) Alignment between CEF eDelivery and eIDAS (Q)ERDS


The final step is to link the security controls to the ERDS requirements. The picture below demonstrates the alignment. It is again important to highlight that the implementation of the security controls listed in this article does not guarantee the status of the qualified electronic registered delivery service as it is up to the supervisory bodies in the EU Member States to grant this status.


 


In case you are interested to know more about CEF eDelivery, please contact us.






Changes to Timeline for Publication of eInvoicing Standard
Thomas FILLIS posted on Sep 21, 2016

Changes to Timeline for Publication of eInvoicing Standard

In order to help counter the proliferation of eInvoicing standards and syntaxes coexisting in the Member States, which leads to increased complexity in term of cross-border interoperability, Directive 2014/55/EU calls for the definition of a common European standard at semantic level and additional standardisation deliverables which will enhance interoperability at the syntax level.

At this point, work to establish the standard is ongoing, done by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and supported by the European Commission and Member States. 

The European Commission is aware that, due to the complexity of the topics to be dealt with and the challenging timeline foreseen in the the Standardisation Request, CEN faces some difficulties in keeping the timeline agreed. This might lead to a slight adaptation of the timeline of the Directive. An important appointment for the advancement of things is the next plenary of the CEN TC434 (the Technical Committee working on eInvoicing) on 12-13 October 2016, in Barcelona. 

News on the foreseen time of publication, plus related information - especially regarding changes to the timeline set out by Directive 2014/55/EU itself - will be published here.

In addition to Directive 2014/55/EU, the purpose of the CEF eInvoicing building block itself is to promote the uptake and accelerate the use of eInvoicing in full compliance with the (forthcoming) European standard, amongst both public and private entities established in the EU, as well as in participating EEA countries. 

The Call for Proposals 2016 (CEF-TC-2016-3), which allocates a budget of EUR 7 million to supporting the deployment of eInvoicing projects in Europe, has been launched and will fund projects that improve the interoperability of all the syntaxes whose binding to the European Standard is provided by CEN.

Should you have specific questions, please contact CEN Directly, or contact CEF eInvoicing here.




Laurentius Joins list of e-SENS AS4 Conformant Solutions
Thomas FILLIS posted on Sep 20, 2016

Laurentius Joins list of e-SENS AS4 Conformant Solutions


The CEF eDelivery team is pleased to announce that Laurentius has joined the list of e-SENS AS4 conformant solutions.

Laurentius is an implementation by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia. The application is inspired by the LSPs e-Codex and e-SENS and is built with experiences gained from older secure eDelivery system in use from 2011 in Slovenian courts. The purpose of Laurentius is to serve as an example of using existing open source technologies for implementing the AS4 profile of the ebMS 3.0 protocol for exchanging electronic documents and data with Slovenian courts.

For a full list of e-SENS AS4 conformant solutions, please visit http://europa.eu/!vY67uw.



Apply Now for CEF eInvoicing Grant Funding!
Thomas FILLIS posted on Sep 20, 2016

Apply Now for CEF eInvoicing Grant Funding!


Thomas Fillis | 20 September 2016

Today (20 September 2016), the European Commission is making an indicative EUR 7 million available for CEF eInvoicing, administrated by the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA). The deadline for submissions is 15 December 2016 (n.b. the INEA help-desk closes one week prior to the deadline for submission).

The purpose of CEF eInvoicing is to promote the uptake and accelerate the use of eInvoicing in full compliance with the European standard (see Directive 2014/55/EU), amongst both public and private entities established in the EU, as well as in participating EEA countries. You can see all the services and support available via CEF eInvoicing here.

As with previous years, the grant funding provided by the European Commission is available to help applicants put the appropriate technical solutions and organisational set-up in place to ensure that – in particular, regional and local authorities – can receive and process electronic Invoices (eInvoices) from economic operators. To foster interoperability between Member States, preference will be given to solutions that are already on the market and which allow cross-border exchanges of eInvoices. Funding will support existing eInvoicing solutions to prepare for the implementation of the future European standard on eInvoicing. These activities should also contribute to achieving the objective of the eInvoicing Directive (namely, the cross-border exchange of eInvoices).

The funding can cover up to 75% of the eligible costs of the action.

Below you will find a timeline of the application process and highlights from the call text, outlining expected results, requirements and criteria for the submission of proposals. Please note that in order to submit a successful proposal, thoroughly reading all the preparatory documentation is recommended!



* Find related documents here.

** To help you find consortium partners, we have created a LinkedIn group, here.



What sort of results are expected?

  • Increase the uptake and use of eInvoicing by public authorities, especially regional and local authorities, in meeting the requirements of the eInvoicing Directive;
  • Support service providers in making their existing solutions compliant with the requirements of the eInvoicing Directive.

Who is the funding available for?

  • One or more Member States (European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries which are members of the European Economic Area (EEA) may participate);
  • With the agreement of the Member States or EEA countries concerned, international organisations, Joint Undertakings, or public or private undertakings or bodies established in Member States;
  • Third countries and entities established in third countries may only participate as part of a consortium with applicants from EU/EEA countries;
  •  Any applicant that cannot provide the agreement of the EU Member State or EEA country concerned will not be eligible.

What sort of actions is the funding available for?

  • Only actions which can be identified as "projects of common interest" as defined in the Telecom Guidelines may receive EU financial assistance;
  • Proposed actions also must comply with eligibility criterion regarding consortium composition, which must have a minimum of four applicants from one or more Member States;
  • In accordance with Article 23 of the CEF Regulation, only actions in conformity with EU law and which are in line with the relevant EU policies in the area of telecommunications infrastructure will be financed.


Don't miss...


1) The CEF Telecom 2016-3 virtual info day will take place on 22 September! The event will be web streamed live and the recording will be available for two years: https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/cef-telecom-virtual-info-day-call-2


2) If the deployment of CEF eDelivery is included in the proposal, support will be given to activities aiming to:

  • Deploy access points and/or operating access points for one year;
  • Deploy service metadata publishers and/or operate service metadata publishers for one year;
  • Upgrade data exchange solutions (Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS), Open-Source Software (OSS) and other) to support, and therefore fully comply with, the CEF eDelivery standards. A typical upgrade involves adding or configuring functionality to the data exchange solution to support the CEF eDelivery standards (e.g. encryption algorithm, four-corner model support, support of dynamic discovery, etc.).



Ready to get started?



Still have questions? 

See the INEA FAQ 


Best of luck with your application & let's Connect Europe together!



To learn more about the CEF building blocks, watch our short video now (smile)









Apply Now for CEF eTranslation Grant Funding!
Thomas FILLIS posted on Sep 20, 2016

Apply Now for CEF eTranslation Grant Funding!


Thomas Fillis | 20 September 2016

On 20 September, the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) launched calls for proposals for grants of up to EUR 6.5 million for CEF eTranslation. The deadline for submissions is 15 December 2016 (n.b. the  INEA help-desk closes one week prior to the deadline for submission).

eTranslation service is the heart of CEF Automated Translation helping European and national public administrations exchange information across language barriers in the EU. The main purpose of the Automated Translation platform is to make all Digital Service Infrastructures (DSIs) multilingual.

Grant funding  is available to stimulate the language resources collection for specific domains of interest to specific pan-European public services in order to improve the quality and coverage of automated translation offered by CEF Automated Translation platform.  The funding is also to integrate, use and extend the Automated Translation platform in other relevant multilingual, cross-border European digital services.

Below you will find a timeline of the application process and some excerpts from the call text, outlining the overall expected impact of the projects and information on eligible participants. Please note that in order to submit a successful proposal, thorough reading of all the preparatory documentation is recommended!


* Find related documents here.

** To help you find consortium partners, we have created a LinkedIn group, here.


What sort of results are expected?

The proposals resulting from this call are expected to contribute in particular to:

  • Enabling the Digital Single Market by lowering language barriers;
  • Supporting the effective roll-out and wider acceptance of pan-European Digital Service Infrastructures (DSIs); and
  • Realising a significant potential for savings in translation costs in the public sector and ensuring a higher level of security.

Who can submit proposals?

  • One or more Member States (European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries which are members of the European Economic Area (EEA) may participate);
  • With the agreement of the Member States or EEA countries concerned, international organisations, Joint Undertakings, or public or private undertakings or bodies established in Member States;
  • Third countries and entities established in third countries may only participate as part of a consortium with applicants from EU/EEA countries;
  • Any applicant that cannot provide the agreement of the EU Member State or EEA country concerned will not be eligible.

What sort of actions are eligible?

  • Only actions which can be identified as "projects of common interest" as defined in the Telecom Guidelines may receive EU financial assistance;
  • Proposed actions also must comply with eligibility criterion regarding consortium composition, which must have a minimum of three applicants based in three different Member States and/or EEA countries;
  • In accordance with Article 23 of the CEF Regulation, only actions in conformity with EU law and which are in line with the relevant EU policies in the area of telecommunications infrastructure will be financed.

Don't miss...

The CEF Telecom 2016-3 virtual info day will take place on 22 September! The event will be web streamed live and the recording will be available for two years: https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/cef-telecom-virtual-info-day-call-2


Ready to get started?


Still have questions? 

See the INEA FAQ 


Best of luck with your application & let's Connect Europe together!



To learn more about the CEF building blocks, watch our short video now (smile)





Updated version of Domibus 3.2 RC1 - Out Now
Thomas FILLIS posted on Sep 15, 2016

Updated version of Domibus 3.2 RC1 - Out Now


Thomas Fillis | 15 September 2016

We are happy to announce the first release candidate Domibus 3.2 RC1 sample implementation of the eDelivery Access Point.

As with previous releases, the Domibus 3.2 sample implementation of the eDelivery Access Point has been achieved only by close collaboration between different EU policy projects' IT delivery teams and CEF eDelivery.

The Domibus 3.2 RC1 new release includes:

  • Improved JMS management
  • Improved default configuration of the message queuing with Dead Letter Queues

  • Harmonisation of the plugin registration across the supported application servers (Weblogic 12c, Tomcat 8, Wildfly 9)

  • Additional quality controls on the default web service plugin
  • Facilitation of adding new participants thanks to the upload of the truststore from the administration console
  • Implementation of CRL (Certificate Revocation List) checks
  • Support for JDK 8

In addition, since the latest stable release Domibus 3.1.1, extensive debugging and issue-solving has taken place.

Important note: this is still a release candidate, not to be used in a production environment. To ensure the strongest sample implementation possible, this version is still being improved. Users are therefore invited to provide feedback during the acceptance period (15. September until 3. October 2016).


We will release the final production-ready 3.2, currently expected on 10. October 2016.

Download Domibus 3.2 RC1 Now!



New Agreement between the European Commission and OpenPEPPOL
Thomas FILLIS posted on Sep 15, 2016

New Agreement between the European Commission and OpenPEPPOL


In order to foster the development of a Digital Single Market within the European Union, CEF Digital 2018, a programme under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), funds and promotes the uptake of re-usable digital public services throughout Europe. This work has been facilitated and enabled by a large number of partnerships, through cooperation both within the European Commission and with external partners and through a number of pilot projects. The European Commission and OpenPEPPOL are happy to announce a new agreement in this regard.

OpenPEPPOL AISBL was established after successful completion of the Pan-European Public Procurement Online (PEPPOL) project, which saw PEPPOL specifications being implemented in several European countries solving interoperability issues for electronic procurement. Within the framework of CEF Digital 2018, the European Commission in 2015 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with OpenPEPPOL supporting trans-European interoperability. The purpose of the MoU was to set out the understanding and intentions of the parties with regard to collaboration on CEF eDelivery. This includes the PEPPOL Access Point (AP), Service Metadata Publisher (SMP) and Service Metadata Locator (SML) specifications and software, as well as SML operations, aiming to continue operations within the PEPPOL eDelivery network and enable a large-scale, autonomous operation of transactional public services.

Currently, the PEPPOL profile of CEF eDelivery uses the AS2 message exchange protocol, whereas the e-SENS profile of CEF eDelivery uses the AS4 messaging protocol. In the eDelivery roadmap, the Commission has adopted the e-SENS profile as the target architecture for CEF eDelivery. In a Letter of Understanding (LoU) signed between the Commission and OpenPEPPOL, the parties agree a plan for the transition from AS2 to AS4 in the PEPPOL profile of CEF eDelivery. As part of this, support for SMP/SML lookup and PKI specifications as used in the PEPPOL eDelivery network will continue in the CEF eDelivery architecture.

To support a successful transition from AS2 to AS4 as much as possible, the Core Service Platform of CEF eDelivery, will provide interoperability testing and end-to-end testing services also on AS2. In addition, a dedicated support team will be available to help.  The parties also agreed not to make any choices that prevent evolution and innovation, and that migration to a new technology must not disrupt existing production systems.

To ensure that market adoption is monitored, the parties agree that a well-defined, step-by-step, transition process is needed to minimise the risks associated with introducing new technology in existing production systems. To ensure the best possible experience for PEPPOL eDelivery users, and the wider current and prospective stakeholder community, the agreement will maintain usage of the current and well-functioning technology until a given set of criteria, including proven operations with the new protocol in the PEPPOL eDelivery production environment, has been demonstrated.

The transition is planned to follow three main phases, where AS4 will become mandatory in the PEPPOL profile of CEF eDelivery from Q2 2019, provided that each phase is successfully completed.

The parties have agreed on a list of conditions that need to be proven and tested to ensure a safe migration and will take steps to stimulate a market take-up of this migration plan.

More information on the continued evolution of CEF eDelivery visit the CEF Digital 2018 website, the full text of the agreement is available for download here. Uptake of CEF eDelivery can be monitored via the CEF Digital 2018 Dashboard.




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Coming Soon - Calls for Proposals for CEF eInvoicing Grant Funding!
Thomas FILLIS posted on Sep 01, 2016

Coming Soon - Calls for Proposals for CEF eInvoicing Grant Funding!

Thomas Fillis | 1st September 2016

Ahead of upcoming Call for Proposals for eInvoicing, be sure to keep an eye on the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) website for more info. The foreseen date for the opening of the Call is 13 September 2016; the deadline for submission is 15 December 2016.

Funded by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the objective of the CEF eInvoicing building block is  to promote the uptake and accelerate the use of eInvoicing across Europe. Moreover, CEF eInvoicing aims to support eInvoicing respecting the (forthcoming) European standard, amongst both public and private entities in Europe. More detailed information on the 2016 eInvocing Call for Proposals will be published along with the Call itself foreseen on 13 September 2016.

In the meantime, save the date for the INEA Virtual Info Day (22 September 2016) and find out more about CEF eInvoicing on the CEF Single Web Portal.


To learn more about CEF Digital 2018, watch our short video now (smile)


Coming Soon - Calls for Proposals for CEF eTranslation Grant Funding!
Thomas FILLIS posted on Sep 01, 2016

Coming Soon - Calls for Proposals for CEF eTranslation Grant Funding!

Thomas Fillis | 1st September 2016


Ahead of upcoming Call for Proposals for eTranslation, be sure to keep an eye on the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) website for more info. The foreseen date for the opening of the Call is 13 September 2016; the deadline for submission is 15 December 2016.

Funded by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the eTranslation building block, using Automated Translation (AT), helps European and national public administrations exchange information across language barriers in the EU. The main purpose of CEF eTranslation is to make all Digital Service Infrastructures (DSIs) multilingual. More detailed information on the 2016 eTranslation Call for Proposals will be published along with the Call itself foreseen on 13 September 2016.

In the meantime, save the date for the 2016-3 CEF Telecom calls Virtual Info Day, organised by INEA on 22nd September 2016 and find out more about CEF eTranslation here.


To learn more about CEF Digital 2018, watch our short video now!