European Interoperability Framework
The European Interoperability Framework (EIF) is a set of recommendations which specify how Administrations, Businesses and Citizens communicate with each other within the EU and across Member States borders.
The EIF is part of the EU directive on the Interoperable Delivery of European eGovernment Services to public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens (IDABC).
EIF in effect an Enterprise architecture framework targeted at the largest possible scale, designed to promote integration spanning multiple sovereign Nation States, specifically EU Member States.
For further examples of Enterprise Architecture frameworks designed operate at different levels of scale, see also Alternative Enterprise Architecture Frameworks
Versions
EIF Version 1.0[1] has been ratified by the European Parliament.
Version 2 of the EIF is currently the subject of a political debate, where the main technology/commercial issues relate to the role of lobbying for proprietary software[2].
Further non-technology obstacles that stand in the way of greater EIF adoption include the facts that EU Member States currently differ widely in terms of:
- Scope of government - services provided, degree of state ownership of businesses, scale of armed forces, police and border control operations
- Structure of government - central/local government balance, what departments exist, how departments interact
- Citizen/state interaction models - processes related to key life events (births, marriages, deaths), document issue procedures, support for foreign languages
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