1. Reforming the ICT
Standardisation Policy in Europe
Dr. Jochen Friedrich
IBM Technical Relations Executive
Chair of the OpenForum Europe Working Group on Standardisation
Delegate for DigitalEurope to the ICT Steering Committee
jochen@de.ibm.com

2. ICT standards are widely used
Internet
eMail
Collaboration
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3. Our typical daily dose of global ICT
standards*
Browsing the web**
Standard Organisation Standard Organisation
802.11 IEEE BGP IETF
URI IETF HTTP IETF
CSS W3C PNG W3C
HTML W3C / ISO MPEG ISO/IEC
XML W3C ADSL ITU
TCP/IP IETF WSDM OASIS
Innovative ICT technologies combine different standards from all
kinds of organisations
*Thanks to Olaf Kolkman, Chair of the IETF Internet Architecture Board, for this slide.
**This is far from being a complete list but a small number of examples only for the purpose illustration.
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4. Global ICT Standardisation Ecosystem
IEC ISOISO ITU
Small “private/ closed”
JTC1
ETSI
fora and consortia
CENELEC CEN
CEN
OASIS
Others...
W3C
IETF
IEEE
OGF
CEN/ISSS
Committees)
(National
National National
Bodies Bodies
Covered by the European Outside of the scope of
standardisation sytem of today European standardisation –
therefore not available for use
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5. The Issue
● A large part of ICT standardisation is done in global open
standards development organisations (“fora/consortia”)
● E.g. OASIS, W3C, IETF ...
● These standards are outside of the scope of the current
European standardisation framework
● because there are no processes for dealing with standards
that were not developed by a formally recognised standards
body
● and therefore they are not available for direct use in EU
policies and public procurement
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6. The Need for Reform
● Global ICT standards from “fora/consortia” are
relevant for innovation, competitiveness and
growth
● Take, for instance, the example of the internet
but also eHealth, eEnergy, eGovernment,
smartGRID, Cloud Computing, etc.
● The EU Digital Agenda as key part of the
Europe 2020 strategy will take global leadership
on ICT technologies and openness
● ICT standards from “fora/consortia” are required
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7. The Proposed Solution: Revision of
Council Decision 87/95/EEC
ICT Steering Committee (Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group)
Public
Open Com- Consultation
Way Revision of Council
ICT Confe- mission
For- Impact Decision 87/95
Study rence White
ward Assessment
Paper
Apr 2006 Feb 2008 Aug 2009 Autumn/Winter 2009-10 Today Sep 2010 ?
● Focus of Council Decision 87/95 is on the use and implementation
of standards in the ICT sector to promote interoperability
● Implement processes for using global open ICT standards in EU
policies and public procurement
● Decouple from revision of Directive 98/34 which is on the
development of harmonised standards in support of regulation
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8. Moving forward on the ICT reform
● Global open ICT standards are critical for Europe taking
leadership in innovation and for competitiveness and
growth.
● A full concept for the modernisation of the European ICT
standardisation policy was developed with broad
stakeholder support and is ready for implementation.
● A revised Council Decision 87/95 will provide the
necessary framework for using global open ICT standards
in EU policies and public procurement.
● This should be decoupled from the revision of Directive
89/34 because the scope is different and the basic
structure of European standardisation is not affected.
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9. Thank you very much for
your attention
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