Conforming to CEF eDelivery – What Do I Need to Do?
Thomas Fillis | 29 July 2016
On the 26 July 2016, the European Commission organised a webinar which looked at the service offering and adoption-journey of the CEF eDelivery Building Block, with a specific focus on the grant funding currently available.
The journey to securing grant funding and adopting CEF eDelivery only consists of a number of steps, outlined below (with a focus on the needs of software vendors and those wanting to deploy CEF eDelivery).
What is CEF eDelivery?
The CEF eDelivery Building Block enables Public Authorities and Businesses to exchange electronic data and documents with each other in a secure, reliable and interoperable way. As CEF eDelivery is domain-independent, it can be used in every policy domain of the EU. Furthermore, CEF eDelivery has strong links to Regulation (EU) 910/2014 on Electronic identification and trust services, commonly known as 'eIDAS'*. CEF eDelivery supports the same fundamental principles as eIDAS and it promotes the alignment between its technical specifications and the eIDAS regulatory framework. The deployment of eDelivery technology leads to the creation of eDelivery Messaging Infrastructures in the eHealth domain, eJustice domain, etc.
Grant Funding?
To promote the uptake and speed up the use of CEF eDelivery amongst both public and private entities established in the EU and EEA countries participating in the CEF Telecom programme, Generic Services are supported through grants under the 2016 budget. Of specific value to software vendors, applicants may receive grant funding to:
In addition, grant funding my be used to deploy eDelivery Access Points and/or operate them for one year and/or deploy eDelivery Service Metadata Publishers and/or operate Service Metadata Publishers for one year. More information can be found here
Successful applicants would join the growing number of conformant solutions, such as:
What do I need to do?
In order to successfully submit a proposal for grant funding, it is most important to understand who is expected to take action, understand the action, what output is required and see what core services from CEF eDelivery can best help you.
The diagram below walks you through it, and highlights the services available to help.
An increasing number of software vendors have become compliant with CEF eDelivery, more information is available on the CEF Digital 2018 Website. CEF eDelivery provides a range of support and services to support compliance. Compliant vendors are then also eligible for grant funding!
Where can I find out more?
A breakdown of the information and rationale of applying for CEF eDelivery grants can be found here.
See the CEF eDelivery call on the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) website.
Check the INEA call FAQ.
*eIDAS establishes the principle that an electronic document should not be denied legal effect on the grounds that it is in an electronic form. Having this objective in mind, it introduces Electronic Registered Delivery Service (ERDS) as a new trust service. eIDAS defines ERDS as a service that makes it possible to transmit data between third parties by electronic means and provides evidence relating to the handling of the transmitted data, including proof of sending and receiving the data, and that protects it against the risk of loss, theft, damage or any unauthorised alterations