WP3 of the e-SENS project aims to pave the way for long-term sustainability and governance of e-SENS building blocks. Key activities include assessing building block maturity, developing a common business case to prove value, and proposing a governance structure. The governance structure aims to be public sector-driven while engaging stakeholders, focus on generic building blocks, and create an interoperable ecosystem over time through aligned standards.

1. e-SENS Electronic Simple European Networked Services
Thinking ahead – plans for e-SENS sustainability
Katrin Weigend
Deputy Leader of WP3 – Sustainability and long-term Governance
German Federal Office of Administration
Katrin.Weigend@bva.bund.de

2. WP3: “Sustainability and long-term governance“ – Introduction
Goal: pave the way for sustainability and long-term governance of the e-SENS Building Blocks:
•concerns the long-term consolidation and maintenance of the e-SENS Building Blocks
•proposes a long-term governance structure
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3. WP3: “Sustainability and long-term governance“ – Introduction WP3 has several external dependencies, such as the developments in the framework of the:
•eIDAS Regulation,
•the CEF,
•ISA and
•the relevant groups
 WP3 aims to seek liaison with these fora
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4. WP3 Tasks, Main Benefits & Impact
Assessment of the e-SENS Building Blocks regarding maturity and sustainability
Common Business Case
Governance structure and governance implementation
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5. Sustainability and Maturity Assessment of the Building Blocks Why do we do this?
•To make sure that the e-SENS building blocks are:
1.Technically mature and well-standardized
2.Aligned with EU and national policies
3.Used by the market and consider business needs
What is our goal?
•To give recommendations WP6 and WP5 in building block development and piloting
•To give an e-SENS-approved status to mature building blocks
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6. Sustainability and Maturity Assessment of the Building Blocks How do we do it?
•Using a well-known assessment framework based on CAMSS and ADMS
•Performing an assessment within e-SENS using experts on the building blocks
•Going out to stakeholders and asking their opinion on market use and business needs What are the results so far?
•14 building blocks assessed in first cycle
•8 BBs are mature enough for e-SENS-approved status
•3 are currently being identified as specifications at MSP
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7. Common Business Case Why do we need a business case?
•point out potential and prove benefit to increase buy-in of cross- domain services (& their BBs)
•to provide evidence of value for the effort of integrating e-SENS BBs
•to public and private sector What value / case are we focusing on?
•efficiency (doing well: more volume, cheaper, faster, etc.)
•effectiveness (doing good: fair, ethical, coherence, higher purpose such as digital market)
•compliance
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8. Common Business Case Ongoing and next step:
•get inputs on "scale-up" opportunities from
•BB market readiness assessment (WP6 & WP3)
•Pilots evaluation (WP5) & (previous) LSPs
•other domains/communities, DGs
•collection of attractive business stories on a voluntary basis
•3-4 pages story with figures (e.g. financial feasibility)
•each illustrating aspects of the value
•efficiency / effectiveness / compliance
•Integrated business case  integrating all BBs in one imaginary business case
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9. Governance Structure and Implementation Approach:
Consolidation of the sustainability strategies developed by the five previous LSPs
Presentation of preliminary ideas and intentions of a future governance structure and definitions of stakeholder roles, which have been suggested by e-SENS national experts
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10. Governance Structure and Implementation Identification of principles which need to be considered for the proposition of a future governance structure:
•Stakeholder needs
•Openness and transparency
•Universality
•Legal Criteria
Ideas and suggestions for the implementation of a future governance structure  required actions to achieve the long term vision
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11. Governance Structure and Implementation Next Steps:
Analysis of national IT governance structures
 Best practices/ lessons learnt from national IT governance structures
Proposal of an organisational chart of a future governance structure
Elaboration of scenarios for an organisational forms of a future governance structure (DG Programme, Agency, Non-Profit Organisation)
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12. Vision of a Governance Structure Realisation of a governance structure needs to be achievable from a political, operational and financial point of view
A governance structure should:
•be public-sector driven
•be flexibel in its task
•give recognition to the principle of subsidiarity
•facilitate a sufficient level of stakeholder engagement (private stakeholders, users and standardisation bodies)
•Focus on generic building blocks, but taking domain-specific requirements into account (e.g. sensitivity of data)
 Creation of an ecosystem over time which requires architectural coherence and aligned standards
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13. Benefit of a Governance Structure
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Ecosystem of interoperable
public services -
governance structure
save costs
Reduce
time-to-market
Increase interoperability
Aligned standards
Strong link with domains
Maintaining standards

14. Thank you!
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