ITU Workshop on Cloud Computing Standards Today

ITU Workshop on “Cloud Computing Standards – Today and the Future” (Geneva, Switzerland 14 November 2014) European Cloud Partnership Dan-Mihai CHIRILĂ Project/Policy Officer – European Commission dan-mihai. chirila@ec. europa. eu Geneva, Switzerland, 14 November 2014

European Cloud Partnership ECP Part of the European Cloud Strategy Steering Board first met 19 November 2012 Participation from 7 Member States, Norway, 10 Large Companies, 1 SME “provide advice to the Commission on strategic options to turn cloud computing into an engine for sustainable economic growth, innovation and cost-efficient public and private services”

ECP A set of ideas to help public & private organisations in Europe buy and sell cloud services in a safe and trusted environment.

Trusted Cloud Europe framework ECP

ECP Expectations Expected results: Alignment of policies Alignment of legislation Pilots And ultimately: functioning Single Market: Common understanding of use cases Common understanding of requirements Common application of best practices More specifically: • Alignment of procurement rules and practices • Cloud-active procurement policies - ‘cloud first’ • Reduction of data location restrictions • Common approaches to address jurisdiction and enforcement concerns • Setting up public sector pilot cloud services at EU level: • • Public sector document management and communication Scientific research and data analysis

Trusted Cloud Europe: What is it?

Headline Conclusions indicate support for: Rapid political agreement on harmonised EU data protection regulations Clearer rules to resolve contractual / services disputes A move from formal to functional requirements as regards data location Greater consistency and clarity in procurement processes between Member States Cloud-Active procurement policies