What is eDelivery

eDelivery works as a collection of distributed nodes that are conformant to the same technical rules, and therefore capable of interacting with each other. eDelivery prescribes technical specifications that can be used in any Policy Domain of the EU (Justice, Procurement, Consumer Protection, etc.) to enable secure and reliable exchange of documents and data (structured, non-structured and/or binary), both across borders and sectors. 

As a result, organisations that have developed their IT systems independently from each other can start to securely communicate with one another once they have connected to a eDelivery node.

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It is important to note that there is no single eDelivery node per Member State but several ones. Each one of these nodes is deployed for a specific Pan-European Project within a given policy domain: eJustice, eProcurement, etc. Typically, the nodes of eDelivery are uni-domain and uni-project.

The eDelivery nodes can be implemented at any administrative level: national, regional, local or by single organisations. The deployment model must be defined upfront by the Pan-European project.

A Building Block for secure digital communication

The The eDelivery Building Block enables the secure, reliable and trusted exchange of digital data and documents between businesses and public administrations. It aims to promote and facilitate cost-effective electronic messaging across various networks (digital ecosystems) by capturing best practices and technical specifications.

Collaboration within eDelivery offers several advantages:

• Interoperability: eDelivery's technical profiles and conformance tests ensure seamless integration between different solutions at the message transport level, ensuring secure and reliable message transfer while leaving business document/payload definitions to the ecosystems. This promotes technical compatibility and smooth interactions across ecosystems, opening up the market for software vendors.
• Reusability: Ecosystems can leverage reusable components and adopt best practices, avoiding duplication of effort. For example, an organisation that develops software for secure exchange of healthcare data can reuse the same software components (for example, security modules or message routing) when building a solution for exchanging invoices with its suppliers. Users can also reuse software and services across ecosystems.
• Technical specifications: Regardless of the business context, teams prioritise security and reliability. Technical specifications using standards that are universally applicable ensure consistent quality across projects. eDelivery has established a community of stakeholders to discuss technical specifications prior to their publication.
• Conformance tests: Conformance testing ensures that software adheres to predefined standards. By conducting conformance tests, software vendors can verify that their applications meet the technical requirements. Thanks to that, digital ecosystems using eDelivery-conformant solutions can focus on business-level message/payload content processing.

Additional benefits of using eDelivery include:

• Affordability: Reusing applications for various business cases lowers the cost barrier for adopting new services, encouraging wider adoption.
• Solution provider advantage: Solution providers can participate in multiple ecosystems, strengthening their market position and offering comprehensive services to end users.
• Vendor market share: Software vendors gain increased opportunities by sharing software across platforms, putting end users at the centre.

How eDelivery works in practice

eDelivery works as a collection of distributed nodes that are conformant to the same technical rules, and therefore capable of interacting with each other. eDelivery prescribes technical specifications that can be used in any Policy Domain of the EU (Justice, Procurement, Consumer Protection, etc.) to enable secure and reliable exchange of documents and data (structured, non-structured and/or binary), both across borders and sectors.

As a result, organisations that have developed their IT systems independently from each other can start to securely communicate with one another once they have connected to an eDelivery node.

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It is important to note that there is no single eDelivery node per Member State but several ones. Each one of these nodes is deployed for a specific Pan-European Project within a given policy domain: eJustice, eProcurement, etc. Typically, the nodes of eDelivery are uni-domain and uni-project.

The eDelivery nodes can be implemented at any administrative level: national, regional, local or by single organisations. The deployment model must be defined upfront by the Pan-European project.