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European Commission, DG Enterprise & Industry
e-Business W@tch
in the context of e-business related activities of DG Enterprise and Industry Georgios KARAGEORGOS 19 th Bled eConference, Surveying eValues Panel Bled, 5 June 2006
Overview of the presentation • Background info and policy context
(slides 3-5)
• What is the e-Business W@tch
(slides 6-13)
• Lessons learned and future plans
• Support / Background info (slides 14-16) (slides 17-20)
Some Background History :
Peak of the internet ‘era’: a lot of
hype
about e-business… …but
no reliable data
and analysis on its development.
Therefore, launching of: Eurostat ICT usage by enterprises survey to provide official states (more from Fernando Reis) ; (pilot in 2001), statistics across member and other
e-Business W@tch
tool to identify, analyse and compare different sectors .
(since Dec. 2001) as a more trends flexible across
Focus on a Policy Background: dynamic e-business environment
From the eEurope Communication 148 ( 2002 and 2005 2003 )
a changing environment : ”Adapting
Action Plans and the
e-business policies in The lessons of the Go Digital Initiative”,
and a multi-level set of initiatives among enterprises, notably to promote e-business SMEs , in Europe : • eBSN : e-Business -Policies Wednesday, here in Bled) Support Network (more on • e Skills Forum • Legal aspects • Standardisation / Interoperability • Underlying analysis:
e-Business W@tch
to
i2010
and the COM(2005) 474 final ,
Communication
Brussels, 5.10.2005
• i2010 on : “ SMEs ” Define e-business policies to remove technological, organisational and legal barriers to ICT adoption with a focus (an aim under Objective 2); • COM(2005)474 based on systematic screening of 27 sectors : • confirms
enabler ICT
for an important
productivity driver
growth; for
innovation
and a key • outlines actions to achieve renewed Lisbon Strategy goals, incl.
identifying barriers
to the effective and wide take up of ICT in Europe, in order to propose
policy responses
; • ICT Task Force established (meeting on 6/6/2006) ; • continue e-BSN, e-Skills, legal and standardisation actions.
Mission: business development in different sectors of the European economy – to monitor, analyse and compare ICT uptake and e-
not
sectors themselves.
Objective: to provide reliable results, based on commonly accepted methodologies, which are not readily available from other sources and would depth analyses.
trigger the interest of policy-makers, researchers, and other e-business stakeholders for more in Approach
:
a “
wide-angle
” perspective, with necessary trade offs transparently depicted in every deliverable, but “ zooming-in ” on selected issues for different sectors or across sectors.
Survey: > 10 sectors > 25 countries > 70 case studies
Database:
Indicators per sector, country, company size Secondary sources: - market research - OECD, Eurostat, ... - studies, surveys - databases
Industry Associations
- sector statistics - reports - interviews :
Network of experts
and stakeholders: ~25 experts from different fields, countries and sectors
e-Business Market Watch Function Sectoral and Thematic Reports
- sectoral implications - economic implications - policy implications (in electronic form)
Synthesis Reports
(>1000 copies each)
Pocketbook
(with indicators)
Web Site
(public, internal)
Dissemination
(CD, events, conference)
Ad hoc Services
(to DG Enterprise): - Forecasts - Short term data retrieval - Background information
D 1,7 A 0,0 -1,7
Some results (2005): Sectoral e-Business Profiles
D 1,7 A 0,0 -1,7 D 1,7 A 0,0 -1,7 B B B D C Max Average 1,7 A Food 0,0 -1,7 B
D
Max C Average Construction
1,7 A 0 - 1,7 B
D Max C Average Machinery 1,7 A 0,0 -1,7 B C Max Average Publishing Max
C
Average Tourism Max Average C IT services European e-Business Scoreboard 2005:
A = Connectivity
process automation.
C = E-procurement
of the enterprise.
B
= ICT use for
internal
and supply chain integration.
D = E-marketing
business and sales.
Some more results (2005):
Significance of e-business applications
Application Sector Broadband adoption ICT for innovation ERP / SCM Sourcing & procurement Marketing and sales Overall significance
Food & beverage Textile Publishing Pharmaceutical Machinery Automotive Aerospace Construction Tourism IT services = low relevance / diffusion; = average relevance / diffusion; = above average relevance /diffusion = high relevance / diffusion; = applies only for some sub-sectors / applications
Source: e-Business W@tch (E-Business Report 2005)
2006
:
10 Sectors
being studied Manufacturing Services
• Food & Beverages • Footwear • Pulp & Paper • ICT • Consumer Electronics • Shipbuilding • Tourism • Telecom Services • Hospital Activities • Construction
The plan for 2006
(more from Hannes Selhofer) • late November 2005: Discussion on Sectors to be covered • December 2005: Draft Road Map delivered • Late February 2006: Agreement on RM & Questionnaire • Mar-April 2006: Survey (of about 14,000 companies) • May / June 2006: • June / July 2006: • May - Oct 2006: • Sept / Oct 2006: • Nov / Dec 2006: • December 2006: Deliver
1 st Draft Sectoral Reports
Delivery of Pocket Book 2006 Sectoral Workshops Deliver
2 nd Draft Sectoral Reports
Delivery of Draft Final Report Annual eBW Event
Selection of Sectors / Topics • Roll-out Plan since 2003
(see http://www.ebusiness watch.org/about/sector_selection.htm) ;
• Regular update
policy of issues and topics on the basis of needs (e.g. input from eBSN or ICT Task Force);
• Suggestions
from contractor at each period’s start (RM) ; • Intense
consultation with sectoral
and other Commis sion units, as well as with industry
associations
of 24 January 2006) ; (see W/S
Everything
on the web:
Main lessons learned
• Fulfilling existing, real need
=>
Great holders (even university from Mexico) interest + support from stake to continue; • Project unique (internationally ?
) in combining statistics (going one step further than ‘traditional’ surveys), qualitative analysis (incl. case studies) and policy recommendations; • Strong points = Timeliness, quality and transparency!
• ‘Victims of success’: involvement BUT Growing expectations, demands and different interests => Can NOT satisfy all !
• Continuous trade-offs , e.g. increase sectoral focus reduced survey’s capacity;
=>
• Increased burden for flexibility and coordination capacities.
Future Plans: a ‘new’ eBW
(within the policy context described in slide 5 ) • Insights from on-going Cambridge conference project, interim evaluation (by IDEA) and (http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/conferences/cambridge.htm) ; • Emphasis on 3 themes :
Impacts, impacts
and
impacts!
• Focus on specific sectors , companies’ size classes & regions; • Approach: Maintaining quantitative ( data ) and qualitative ( case studies ) information collection, combined with high quality analysis , leading to identification of policy challenges; • ‘Common’ data coming from available official statistics (mainly Eurostat), complemented by purpose-made surveys ; • More flexibility of implementation arrangements .
Thank you
for your attention!
For more information:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/ict/index.htm
http://www.ebusiness-watch.org
&
eBSN: Objectives & Facts
• To improve co-operation , promote exchange of best practice and in the field of e-business policies in favour of SMEs discuss new challenges Report “eBSN: Achievements and future Action Plan” (on the portal since April 2006).
• 175 members, from ~30 countries, ‘meeting’ at www.e-bsn.org
and 8 workshops so far: Previous in
Vienna
( Cambridge (Dec 2005), next in 13-14 June 2006
Bled
(Slovenia, 7 June 2006 ) on “e-Invoicing” and in ) on “Models and measures to support e-business uptake by SMEs”; Open call for expression of interest to co-organise with Commission services an eBSN workshop.
• Hands-on co-operation to adapt and promote good e-business policy practice : “Twinning” initiative, to test transferability and tools in joint actions; Co-operation between SMEs and ICT suppliers , to improve availability of e-business solutions; “Train-the-Trainer” to promote high-level training through SME support networks; Dissemination , through business associations, chambers of commerce, etc .
Promoting e-Skills in Europe
(http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/ict/policy/ict-skills.htm) • European e-Skills Summit with the Danish Presidency and benchmarking report national policies (Oct. 2002), followed by Council Conclusions (Dec. 2002); on • “e-Skills in Europe: Towards 2010 and Beyond” synthesis report of the European e-Skills Forum and European e-Skills 2004 conference (Sept. 2004); • Supply and Demand of e-Skills in Europe report of RAND (Sept. 2005); • European ICT Skills Meta-Framework: CWA 15515 CEN/ISSS (Feb. 2006); • In 2006, two studies : e-Skills Foresight Scenarios (March 2006) and Benchmar king policies and initiatives in support of e-learning for enterprises (April 2006), three
Calls for tenders
(2Q2006): Multi-stakeholder Partnerships, e-Business Skills Survey and European ICT Skills & Career Portal and the
European e-Skills 2006 Conference
(5-6 October 2006, Thessaloniki).
• Development of a long term EU e-skills agenda: Plan to be adopted in early 2007.
policy Communication and Action
Removing legal barriers in e-business
• On-line consultation on legal barriers to e-business and Conference "E-business without frontiers: the challenges ahead" (April 2004, proceedings on the Europa website) ; • The B2B marketplaces portal (www.emarketservices.com); • In 2006 , four on-going projects: 1. Validity and mutual recognition of e-documents (Sept.); 2. Benchmarking 3. Unfair national e-business legal commercial practices in practices B2B e-markets (Sept.); (April); 4. Costs and benefits of reverse auctions in B2B e-markets (June) and a Legal Conference (Brussels, 27-28 November ).
From eSAP Standardisation to the ICT Work Programme The eEurope Standardisation Action Plan: To support work in domains of public interest, like standardisation security, e-inclusion, e learning, e-government , etc through integrated actions of the ESOs (incl. CEN, CENELEC, ETSI) and other stakeholders; All eEurope 2002 / 2005 domains covered, by some financial support of about ~23 MEUR 165 tasks between 2000 and 2005.
and In 2006 : The ICT Standardisation Work Programme, complementing the European Standardisation Action Plan and extending the coverage in new domains (e.g. GRID, IPR and counterfeiting, e-Customs, etc); Contracts with ESOs to be signed in 4Q06 (total budget ~4 MEUR ).