eDelivery updates: webinars and events of this summer
This summer, the eDelivery team welcomed participants from all over Europe in several online webinars ad events.
In July and September 2022, the “eDelivery Live Hands-on Webinars: Send your first AS4 message!” hosted technical representatives of projects interested in reusing eDelivery, and in particular Domibus, the sample implementation of an eDelivery Access Point maintained by the European Commission, for exchanging electronic data and documents among public administrations, businesses and citizens, in an interoperable, secure, reliable and trusted way. In these hands-on sessions, participants practiced sending their AS4 message; they also learned how to launch Domibus Docker instances, discovered the PMode and security file configuration. Slides and other relevant webinar materials are available to the general public in the dedicated event websites for July and September.
In September 2022, the eDelivery team officially re-launched the Informal Cooperation Network for eDelivery (ICN). The ICN offers a platform for Member States' representatives involved in the setting-up of national eDelivery infrastructures to share their experiences, present their projects and actively contribute to the adoption of eDelivery at national and EU levels. 24 participants from 14 countries took part in the re-launch event that was held online on 9 September.
The participants, together with the eDelivery team, reviewed the objectives and operational arrangements of the ICN. They also shared best practices, experiences and lessons learnt in the context of the implementation of eDelivery and discussed the alignment with other building blocks and EU initiatives, like the Once-Only Technical System (OOTS).
The European Commission and HaDEA (the European Health and Digital Executive Agency) presented funding opportunities and grants for organisations willing to pilot eDelivery in their countries. In particular, the HaDEA representative highlighted that organisations could apply for funding for the implementation of eDelivery at national, regional or European level as part of larger use cases eligible for funding under several call priorities established in the Digital European Programme Work Programme 2021-2022. The Work Programme mentions that building blocks – including eDelivery – are solutions that could be reused under the following priorities:
- data space for the smart communities’ domain, elaborating blueprint architectures for different data spaces;
- European Digital Government EcoSystem (EDGES);
- projects under Specific Objective 5 of Digital Europe Programme.
Under Specific Objective 5 on Deployment and Best Use of Digital Capacities and Interoperability, the key target sector and groups eligible for funding are:
- the EU public sector;
- the EU organisations of public interest (such as health and care, education, judiciary, customs, transport, mobility, energy, environment, cultural and creative sectors);
- relevant businesses, industry and SMEs in the EU.
Other possibilities of potential funding could stem from calls under EU Cohesion Programme, structural funds and agricultural funds, but only if eDelivery is relevant as part of the use case addressed by a project.
Discussions will continue in the next ICN meeting, planned in hybrid format for spring 2023.
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