1. Catalonia has created an e-invoicing hub that serves as a single entry point for all public administrations, allowing them to exchange electronic invoices. 2. The hub addresses issues like technical interoperability, legal concerns, and costs. It provides an e-inbox for all public agencies and handles tasks like validation, formatting, signatures, archiving, and returning status information. 3. Over 60,000 invoices were processed through the hub in 2013, resulting in estimated savings of 1 million euros. Usage has been growing about 60,000 invoices and 1 million euros in savings per year.

1. 1
The Catalonian
e-invoicing hub
a single entry point to access
all the public administrations
Miquel EstapéMiquel Estapé
Open Administration of Catalonia Consortium
Brussels, 18th of September of 2013
About Catalonia
Cata
lonia
C t l i
Spain
P bli Ad i O Ad i C tiCatalonia
 7.5 m people
 GDP €210.000m
Public Admin
+1.000 entities
947 municipalities
41 counties
4 provinces
Open Admin Consortium
 Shareholders: all catalan PA
 Mission: Promote e-government
initiatives using ICT to improve
public services to citizens, to
increase efficiency and savings

2. 2
1million
paper invoices x yr
Savingsx yr
€14€14m
days 42my
Sources:
Billentis report 2012
Spanish government report
Consorci AOC
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4. 4
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Issues
Technical
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Interoperability
Legal
Cost
Our model: doing things simple
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Suppliers
Publicbuye
HUB
• e-inbox for all PA
• Interoperability
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Interoperability
• Validation
• Invoice format
• Digital certificate
• e-signature
• Legal Registry
• Archiving
• Return invoice status info

5. 5
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Our model
Senders Receivers
big companies Standard SW
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Suppliers
Publicbuyers
e-Invoicing
service
e-Invoicing
service
Web
Delivery
point
Portal
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Small
PA

6. 6
60000
70000
Evolution
+60.000Savings
€1m
20000
30000
40000
50000
23.000
€1m
0
10000
2011 2012 2013
11
3.000
60000
70000
Evolution
6%Savings
€1m
20000
30000
40000
50000
2%
€1m
0
10000
2011 2012 2013
12
0,4%

7. 7
Metcalfe's law
The value of a network is proportional to
the square of the number of connected
users of the system
n2
SUPPLIERS
ADMINIS
TRATIONS+VALUE =
2
SUPPLIERS
TRATIONS+VALUE =
213511
Why the Companies should use the
service ?
Benefits Mandatory
two processes
electronic & paper
not mandatory
mutual agreement
Easy
digital signature

8. 8
SWOT analysis
Strenghts
HUB Model
Service proven
Threats
Crisis
(e-invoicing is not
EDI experience
Weaknesses
Not mandatory (yet)
Double processes
Co Priority: payment
Opportunities
Savings
EDI
Political plan action
a priority)
Co Priority: payment
Not (enough) easy to use
Low use by big PA
Political plan action
Legal changes - mandatory
Utilities
Thank you for
your attention !
Miquel Estapé
mestape@aoc.cat
Deputy Director
Open Administration of
Catalonia Consortium
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