CEF Building Blocks presented at Open Day on Management of Logistics Networks, Lisbon
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On 4 February 2020, the European Commission presented the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Building Blocks during the "Open day on Management of Logistics Networks" held in Lisbon, Portugal.
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The Open day on Management of Logistics Networks raised awareness of the benefits of the digital transformation in the logistics and transport sector within public and private sector stakeholders involved in this sector.
The Portuguese Directorate General for Maritime Policy supported the event and gathered various European initiatives aiming to encourage and improve digitalisation in this sector, such as eFreight, UBL and PEPPOL.
This initiative is closely linked with the follow up of the CEF Transport funded project e-Impact that demonstrated how CEF eDelivery can be used to improve logistics and ports management.
To build a Digital Single Market, CEF programme funds generic and reusable digital infrastructures, known as Building Blocks. The CEF Building Blocks offer basic capabilities that can be reused in any European project to facilitate the delivery of digital public services across borders and sectors. Currently, there are eight Building Blocks: Big Data Test Infrastructure, Context Broker, eArchiving, eDelivery, eID, eInvoicing, eSignature and eTranslation.
A Blockchain DSI (the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI)) will soon become a fully operational Building Block, and the Once Only Principle (OOP) is a preparatory action under CEF.