Chaired by Mr. García Morán, the second European CIO meeting took place on 13th June 2008 at the Berlaymont building of the European Commission in Brussels. 25 countries were represented and 51 participants attended. Countries were represented by one or more delegates having a CIO or national representative role.
The CIO meeting agreed to develop a European Interoperability Strategy and to steer its preparation.
Vice President Kallas -speaking at the lunch with CIOs- stressed the vital importance of agreeing on the European Interoperability Strategy and encouraged CIOs continue the common efforts.
The French Presidency also supported the European Interoperability Strategy as a priority for their mandate starting on 1st July.
The objectives of the meeting were to:
- Share experiences among European CIOs and
- Discuss their challenges:
- the role of the European Interoperability Strategy (EIS);
- the steps and priorities to make the EIS happen and
- the contribution of the new ISA programme.
Following the presentation of Ms. Pedroso summarising the discussions of the "extended CIO Troika meeting" held in April, there were supportive comments:
- Welcoming the CIO coordination;
- Supporting the development of the European Interoperability Strategy and
- The steering role which CIOs shall play.
As proposed by Mr. García Morán, CIOs agreed to:
- Working together to develop a European Interoperability Strategy (supported by specialised group of experts);
- Steering the EIS and deciding strategic priorities;
- Using the EIS as key driving force for the new programme
The next steps are the following:
- CIOs to nominate their strategic experts (CIO Sherpas) to start developing the EIS;
- Launch the development of the EIS;
- Propose priorities and drafts EIS to CIOs in their steering role;
- Endorsement of the EIS in the Ministerial Declaration in Malmo during the Swedish Presidency 2009.
The discussions held at the meeting raised a number of interesting points. Using the Web 2.0 analogy, the "cloud of concepts" below tries to illustrate the main concepts discussed and how frequently they have been mentioned as key issues to consider for the European Interoperability Strategy.
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