The document discusses the Open Government of Catalonia's efforts to promote electronic invoicing (e-invoicing) among public sector entities and businesses in Catalonia. It summarizes that: 1) The Open Government of Catalonia established a central HUB model to facilitate e-invoicing, handling interoperability, validation, archiving and feedback to reduce the burden on individual public authorities and businesses. 2) Through this HUB model, the percentage of e-invoices in Catalonia increased from 5% to over 90% in one year, resulting in estimated savings of €32 million per year from reducing paper invoices. 3) The HUB model provides a single entry point for e-invo

1. From 5% to 90% of e-Invoices in 1 year
Experience in Catalonia
Miquel Estapé. Open Government of Catalonia

2. About the Open Government of Catalonia
Catalonia
 7.5 M
people
 +2.200
entities
Mission
 Foster the digital
transformation of public
administrations of Catalonia
to achieve efficient, open and
transparent governments
Customers
 ALL Catalan
Public sector:
regional, local,
Universities and
other

3. Businesses
Publicauthorities
Are we DOING THINGS SIMPLE for Businesses ?
+2.200 entities+25.000 entities

4. Issues
Multiple points
Technical
Interoperability
Legal
Cost
Businesses
Publicorganizations
WHAT is DOING THINGS SIMPLE for Businesses ?
?

5. Doing things simple for Businesses !
5
HUB
Businesses
Publicorganizations

6. HUB does the “nasty” work for public authorities
HUB
• Single e-Inbox
• Interoperability
• Legal Registry
• Basic syntactic validation
• Certificate & Signature validation
• Archiving
• Feedback about invoice status
Businesses
Publicauthorities

7. +2.3M
paper invoices x yr
Savingsx yr
€32M
days 84M
Sources:
Billentis report 2012
Spanish government report
Consorci AOC

8. e-Invoicing
platforms
and EDI
Our model
H
U
B
Web
Delivery
point
Portal
Businesses
big businesses
Standard
software
Integration
Small
Businesses
Web
Access
e-Invoicing
platforms
Advanced Integration
CatalanPublicauthorities
Big & Medium Businesses

9. Our model
H
U
B
Website
Delivery
point
Portal
CatalanPublicauthorities
big businesses
Standard
software
Integration
Small
Businesses
Web
Access
e-Invoicing
platforms
and EDI
e-Invoicing
platforms
Big & Medium Businesses Advanced Integration
FACe
State
Authorities
Businesses

10. Our model
H
U
B
Website
Delivery
point
Portal
CatalanPublicauthorities
big businesses
Standard
software
Integration
Small
Businesses
Web
Access
e-Invoicing
platforms
and EDI
e-Invoicing
platforms
Big & Medium Businesses Advanced Integration
FACe
State
Authorities
Businesses

11. Our model
H
U
B
Website
Delivery
point
Portal
Suppliers
CatalanPublicauthorities
big businesses
Standard
software
Integration
Small
Businesses
Web
Access
e-Invoicing
platforms
and EDI
e-Invoicing
platforms
Big & Medium Businesses Advanced Integration
FACe
State
Authorities

12. BUSINESSES
ADMINIS
TRATIONS+VALUE =
Metcalfe's law
The value of a network is proportional to
the square of the number of connected
users of the system
n2
+1.500+21.000
2
e-Procurement users

13. FACE
AGEi
altres
AAPP
e
F
A
C
T
Web
Enviament
Portal
Recepció
Proveïdors
AAPPCatalunyaa
Grans
Petites
Web
Plataformes
Factura-e
(EDI)
Mitjanes
Plataformes
Factura-e
Aplicacions
Integrades
FTP FTP

14. FACE
AGEi
altres
AAPP
e
F
A
C
T
Web
Enviament
Portal
Recepció
Proveïdors
AAPPCatalunyaa
Grans
Petites
Web
Plataformes
Factura-e
(EDI)
Mitjanes
Plataformes
Factura-e
Aplicacions
Integrades
FTP FTP

15. FACE
AGEi
altres
AAPP
e
F
A
C
T
Web
Enviament
Portal
Recepció
Proveïdors
AAPPCatalunyaa
Grans
Petites
Web
Plataformes
Factura-e
(EDI)
Mitjanes
Plataformes
Factura-e
Aplicacions
Integrades
FTP FTP
Minorisa
ICG Software
PH Systems, S.L.
Rifé informàtica
BILLAGE Soft
Castilla Ingenieros
Ofimedic
TIC SERVEI
Advancegroup
Ekamat

16. Open data about e-invoicing
16

17. e-Invoicing Savings € 25M €
x 20

18. ● HUB Model
● EDI experience
● Service proven
● Mandatory
● Savings
● Crisis
● Payment
● Not enough
easy to use
● Semantic
standardization
18

19. EasyBenefits
Mandatory
Change management key factors
• Free
• Savings
• Legal registry
• Accountability
• Less errors
• Free Private and
easy e-Invoicing
services
• Single point for all
the Catalan public
authorities
• Suport
• Training
• Law 25/2013

20. 20
Thank you
for your
attention!
Miquel Estapé
mestape@aoc.cat