The Belgian interoperability implementation and the European Interoperability framework are explained. Presentation held by Mr. Frank Leyman, within the first session of the FORUM „INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN GOVERNMENT”, dedicated to interoperability, held at Chisinau, January 16th 2012.

1. BELGIAN PUBLIC SECTOR
INTEROPERABILITY
Frank LEYMAN
January 16th, 2012
Chisinau

2. Agenda
• General e-Government context
• Belgian interoperability implementation (FSB)
• European Interoperability framework (ISA)

3. E-Government
• “E-government focuses on better services for citizens and
businesses and more effective use of the Government’s
information resources. It sets a strategic direction for the
way the public sector will transform itself by implementing
business models which exploit the possibilities of new
technology”
Office of the e-Envoy (UK - 2002)

4. E-Government
“Putting lipstick on a bulldog”

5. • Multiple FPS
• Multiple Regions
• Multiple technologies
• Back-Office integration
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6. e-gov guiding principles
 Total Solution (integrated services)
 “I will say it only once” – Authoritative [Data] Source (even
between governments) – limit admin. formalities
 Customer focus / User friendly
 Transparent & Respect for Privacy
 No digital divide (channel neutral)
 Minimal cost / reliable / available / performance

7. How to manage Public Sector Data?
• Every FPS to manage its own data
• Only authoritative sources
– Liability
– Quality
• Access via HUB’s
– HUB Fedict (Federal Service Bus)
– HUB CBSS (Social Security)
– HUB eHealth
– …

8. Authoritative Source Management
MANAGE MANAGE MANAGE
COLLECTION HISTORY DISCLOSURE
& QUALITY
Create Read
Update
Delete

9. Federal Back-office infrastructure

10. Rules of the Game
• Respect of:
– Proportionality
– Finality
• Political Management:
– Ministers
• Technical & Operational Management:
– Fedict in collaboration with ICT of the FPS’s (=> PICTS)
• Data Privacy Management:
– Privacy Commission

11. DATA CONSUMER
PRIVACY
COMMISSION
ACCESS
RIGHT HUB
ACCESS
RIGHT
DATA PROVIDER

12. How to setup a services catalogue
that is appealing to society?
• Convert all products/tools into services
• Add:
– Detailed Service description
– Practical info on:
• Where to order – how to install – what cost - …
– SLA LEGAL
– Service desk SERVICE MGNT
SUPPORT
MAINTENANCE
IT

13. FAS
ROLE MANAGEMENT
MAGMA
WCMS
Fast2Web
eLOKET ONLINE APPLICATIONS
ePAYMENT
I
FSB APPLICATION INTEGRATION
DIGIFLOW A
MIDDLEWARE
M
FEDMAN
VAM
CERTIFICATE INFRASTRUCTURE
PKI
DSS

14. BELGIAN INTEROPERABILITY
IMPLEMENTATION
(FSB)

15. Introducing FSB

16. Introducing FSB
 Fedict’s answer: Consumer
Service Oriented Architecture
(SOA);
the
Federal
Service Supplier
Supplier
Bus
Supplier

17. FSB approach : Open Approach
WEB Application WEB Application
Regional or
security + trust
Local SB
Federal Service Bus
FEDMAN
Federal Authentic sources Local or Regional Authentic sources

18. FSB concept : Fedict facilitates access to
Authoritative sources via web services and FSB
Notary
FSB RN
• Federal Service Bus
• One unique
connection to
different back-ends
XML XML
• Secured access Web RBis

20. FSB Governance
Catalogue of FSB Services
Service Architects Service Managers Service
Providers
& Consumers
SOA governance and management applications
Taxonomy & information management Service lifecycle management Service discovery
SOA conformance Service publication / advertising / Service connection guidance
promotion
Policy establishment & management Service due diligence
Change & impact analysis
Reporting Service request & registration
Service / usage reporting
Service Registry / Repository

21. FSB Services
 Reusable services
 Person Services
 Get information from different registers (National register and
Social Security)
 Combine these into a useful business service
 Enterprise Services
 ConsultKBO
 Different specialized services
 Application specific services
 E-depot
 4th way
 E-birth
 …

22. Europe : proposed service taxonomy

23. FSB use cases : PersonService
Task services Entity services Utility services
Rijksregister
Get
Person
service
NR
Search NREntity access
Person service service
service
Manage
Person
service
Social Security
Consumers
SSREntity SSR
Person service access
Legacy service
service

24. FSB use cases : PersonService
Task services Entity services Utility services
Rijksregister
Get
Person
service
NR
Search NREntity access
Person service service
service
Manage
Person
service
Social Security
Consumers
SSREntity SSR
Person service access
Legacy service
service
Composed
Basic logic Basic data
public
service service
service

25. FSB use cases : eDepot
Objective : Create a Belgian Company in 3 days (1 day for eDepot)
PersonServices
Access
Authentic
Sources
Enterprise Services
Notary fills a digital deed using data
coming from the authentic sources
Maximum 1 day
Create & Activate Entreprise
eDepot
The notary electronically signs the document,
and securely submits it to the eDepot services Deposit digital deed to Justice
Workflow
Send Abstracts to
Monitor for publication
Few Minutes later, the notary receives a company number
> The client can use this number to start his activities

26. FSB use cases : eDepot
Objective : Create a Belgian Company in 3 days (1 day for eDepot)
PersonServices
Access
Life event Authentic
Sources
Basic logic
Notary fills a digital deed using data
Enterprise Services
service
coming from the authentic sources
Maximum 1 day
Create & Activate Entreprise
eDepot
The notary electronically signs the document,
and securely submits it to the eDepot services Deposit digital deed to Justice
Workflow
Send Abstracts to
Process Monitor for publication
Public
Few Minutes later, the notary receives a company number
Service
> The client can use this number to start his activities

27. FSB use cases : Police-on-Web
FSB use cases : eBirth
RRN
eLoket
Police
Back end

28. FSB use cases : Police-on-Web
FSB use cases : eBirth
RRN
Basic logic
service
eLoket
Police
Back end

29. FSB use cases : eBirth
Hospital eHealth National Register Munipality
of residence
Social Security
Munipality
place of birth

30. FSB use cases :Basic logic
eBirth
service
Hospital eHealth National Register Munipality
of residence
Process
Life event Public
Service
Social Security
Munipality
place of birth

31. Conclusion : the taxonomy works for us
Life event
Process
Public
Service
Composed
public
service
Basic data Basic logic
service service

32. EUROPEAN INTEROPERABILITY
INITIATIVES
(ISA)

33. What is Interoperability?
In the ISA context, interoperability means the
facilitation of cross-border and cross-sector
information exchange, taking into account legal,
organisational, semantic and technical aspects.

34. IDABC EIF
• European Interoperability Framework
• 3 dimensions :
– Organisational Interoperability
– Semantic Interoperability
– Technical Interoperability

35. The Trend
• European public administrations provide more
and more of their services online to
businesses and citizens.
• The Single Market enables citizens and
businesses to move, work, travel and study
freely within the EU.
• This requires increased collaboration between
European public administrations to settle the
associated formalities.

36. The Vision
Efficient and effective electronic cross-border
and cross-sector interaction between European
public administrations.
– share and reuse existing successful eGovernment
solutions
– Flexible and interlinked IT systems allow smooth
implementation of Community policies and
activities.

37. The contribution of the ISA program
• Providing an architectural framework for the seamless
exchange of information between IT systems of Member
States:
– Development of guidelines and methodologies for cross-
border ICT solutions.
• Fostering development of generic tools and services
which can be used by all public administrations.
• Industrialisation of existing infrastructure service
components and tools for generalised reuse.
• Pooling of resources across the Member States through
the coordination, exchange of experiences and good
practices.

38. KEY PRINCIPLES

39. STAKEHOLDERS

40. BENEFICIARIES
• Directly
– National public administrations from Member States,
– Candidate Countries,
– Countries of the European Economic Area,
– Third countries (but their costs are not covered).
– Regional and local administrations
– The services of the European Commission
• Indirectly
– European businesses and citizens (profiting from a more
efficient delivery of public services).

41. The ISA activities

42. EU pilots that work on
cross-border interoperability
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43. Overview of LSP’s Collaborations
Transport
Infrastructure
Company
Dossier
Company ID
Infrastructure
Citizen ID
Transport
Citizen ID
Transport
Infrastructure
Company
Dossier
Company ID
Citizen ID
Citizen ID
Privacy
Privacy

44. Frank LEYMAN
Frank.leyman@fedict.be
http://www.fedict.be