CEF eInvoicing Workshop at Exchange Summit 2019
The Exchange Summit 2019 took place from 30 September – 2 October 2019 in Vienna, Austria, and provided a platform to get in-depth information about recent developments and future trends from cutting edge keynote speeches, with panels and round tables covering interoperability and public procurement and discussions with global thought leaders.
The event included discussions and a workshop on the European standard on eInvoicing and the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) eInvoicing Building Block – the tool with which the Commission is supporting the adoption of the standard in the European economy. Two of the events’ highlights looked at Europe's eInvoicing and eProcurement policies.
On Tuesday 1 October 2019, David Blanchard, Head of Unit (Acting) for Innovative and E-Procurement, DG GROW, European Commission was interviewed by Charles Bryant, Secretary General of the European E-Invoicing Service Providers Association (EESPA) . “What´s Next on the EC´s Agenda Regarding E-Invoicing and E-Procurement?” presented a great opportunity for participants to learn how European eInvoicing and eProcurement policies are set to evolve. David Blanchard has emphasised his optimism regarding the Digital Europe programme, which will be the new instrument supporting eInvoicing, eDelivery and eProcurement, and which has as main goal to facilitate the wide deployment of digital technologies across the European Union.
On Wednesday 2 October 2019, experts from the European Commission's CEF eInvoicing team facilitated an eInvoicing implementation workshop. Participants learned about implementation roadmaps for the European standard, best practices for the handling of eInvoices and got first-hand knowledge on the latest development in the EU Members States and much more.
Participants at the CEF eInvoicing workshop, Vienna
The European Commission currently supports the uptake of eInvoicing respecting the European standard and Directive 2014/55/EU (on eInvoicing in public procurement) with the CEF eInvoicing Building Block. CEF eInvoicing currently offers public and private sectors on-site eInvoicing Trainings and Workshops, supporting webinars; a User Community hosting online discussions, a Registry of supporting artefacts to implement European standard and a dedicated Conformance Testing Service.