Board/GA meeting – 11 Dec 2017

Dra$agenda

1.  Approvaloftheagenda(fordecision)

2.  Appointmentofstatutoryposi8ons:(fordecision)•  Elec8onofthePresident•  ReplacementofVicePresidentSpain

3.  Budget2018(fordecision)

4.  EstablishmentofItalianDIGITALSMEAlliance(fordecision)

5.  Reportofac8vi8es(forinforma/on)

6.  e-PrivacyDirec8ve:challengesforSMEsandposi8onofDIGITALSME(forinforma/on)

7.  A.O.B.

8.  Nextmee8ngs

Note:alldecisionstakenontheaboveagendaitemsareconsideredasendorsedbyBoardandconfirmedbyGA.

Appointment of statutory positions (for decision)

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Elec-onofthePresident

•  Candidate:Dr.OliverGrün

•  Member:BITMI•  Country:Germany•  Membercategory:FULL

Statutesrules:TheAdministra8veCouncilelectsthePresidentfromitsmembersbyasimplemajority.Votesaretakeninsecretifaskedbyoneofthemembers.ThePresidentiselectedforaperiodoftwoyears.ThePresidentcanbere-electedtwice,suchthatthemaximumpresidencymandateshallhavethedura8onofsixyears.

Appointment of statutory positions (for decision)

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ReplacementofVicePresidentSpain

•  Candidate:JoseLuisPancorbo

•  Member:CONETIC•  Country:Spain•  Membercategory:FULLStatutesrules:ThePresidentproposestheprospec8veVice-PresidentsandTreasurer.TheVice-PresidentsandtheTreasurerareelectedamongthemembersoftheAdministra8veCouncilontheproposalofthePresident.Theyareappointedforaperiodofthreeyears.Theyareeligibleforre-elec8on.

Budget 2018 (for decision)

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Budget2017 forecast2017 dra_budget2018INCOME(€)

Membersfees €19.500,00 €18.500,00 €21.000,00 Newmembers €2.000,00 €0,00 €2.000,00 Projects SBSWPsetcoralapproach €86.000,00 €86.000,00 €88.181,82 SBSWPETSIexperts €39.000,00 €39.000,00 €35.785,12 eCFCouncil €19.882,06 €19.882,06 €16.568,38 SABINA €123.593,75 €123.593,75 €123.593,75 UNICORN €80.625,00 €80.625,00 €80.625,00 COMPACT €0,00 €5.781,25 €23.125,00 Cyberwatch €50.000,00 €50.000,00 €50.000,00 Clients SMESafety €20.000,00 €28.000,00 €51.000,00 TOTALINCOME €440.600,81 €451.382,06 €491.879,08

Budget 2018 (for decision)

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EXPENSES(€) Staffcosts €262.966,67 €243.751,11 €260.430,37Addi8onalstaffcost €70.000,00SBSco-funding €13.750,00 €17.447,00 €17.447,00Travel €30.000,00 €10.000,00 €18.000,00Rent,telephone,equipment €35.000,00 €38.500,00 €35.000,00Poli8co €3.000,00 €3.000,00 €3.000,00SBSMembership €2.500,00 €2.500,00 €2.500,00UEAPMEMembershipfee €1.750,00 €1.808,00 €1.808,00ECSOmembershipfee €2.500,00 €2.420,00 €2.500,00

Communica8on(leaflets,businesscards,etc) €2.000,00 €1.918,00 €2.000,00Bankfees €200,00 €50,00 €200,00Unforeseenexpenses €5.000,00 €8.238,00 €5.000,00Subcontrac8ng €12.500,00 €10.000,00Accountant €2.500,00Events,Representa8on,Catering €17.000,00

TOTALEXPENSES €371.166,67 €361.347,67 €437.385,37

PROFIT/LOSS(€) €69.434,14 €90.034,39 €54.493,71

Establishment of Italian DIGITAL SME Alliance (for decision)

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•  Italiannonforprofitassocia8ontobecreatedbyCNAandotherassocia8onsrepresen8ngdigitalSMEsinItaly

•  Rela8onshipwithEuropeanDIGITALSMEAlliance•  Associatemember•  UseoftheregisteredtradenameDIGITALSMEAlliance•  CNAtoremainasfullmember

•  Condi8ons:

•  StatutorycommitmenttobeamemberofEuropeanDIGITALSMEAlliance

•  Statutorycommitmentofnoncompe88onwithEuropeanDIGITALSMEAlliance

•  MembershipfeesetaccordingtoDIGITALSMEmembershipfeeguidelines

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Report of activities (for information)

PROJECTS•  SBS,SmallBusinessStandards-ICTsectoralapproach

•  SABINA-storageofrenewableenergyinbuildings•  UNICORN–cloudforsofwaredeveloment

•  eCFCouncil–e-skillsstakeholdersplaform

•  cyberwatching.eu–EUobservatoryofcyberandprivacyresearch•  #digitalSME4skills(self-financed))

•  COMPACT(sinceOctober,2017)

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Report of activities (for information)

POLICYCAMPAIGNS:

•  Dataeconomy–DIGITALSMEproposaltakenupbytheEC;par8cipa8onintwopublicconsulta8ons

•  ICTskills-#digitalSME4skillscampaign;par8cipa8oninDigitalSkillsandJobsCoali8on(OliverGrün–Boardmember)

•  Cybersecurity–posi8onpaper;reac8ontothenewcybersecuritypackage;BoardofECSO•  Standards–EPhearingonSEP;ETSIre-elec8on;•  Digi8singEuropeanIndustry–coopera8onwiththeEC•  GDPR-coopera8onwithEC,trainingcourseswithVUB(NEW)•  Copyrights–TextandDataMining(TDM)campaign•  ePrivacy–prepara8onofthecampaign(moreinthefollowingslides)(NEW)•  Digitaltaxa8on–prepara8onoftheposi8on

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Report of activities (for information) MAINEVENTS:

1.  25Jan,Brussels,Belgium.ECworkshoponstandardessen8alpatentsandlicensingmethodologies.Speaker–S.Toffalej2.  26Jan,Brussels,Belgium.PublicHearingofEuropeanParliamentonEuropeanStandardsforthe21stCentury.Speaker–S.Toffalej3.  17March,Brussels,Belgium.ENISAworkshoponCybersecurityforSMEs.Speaker–S.Toffalej4.  28March,Brussels,Belgium.GoogleconferenceMobileTransforma8on.Speaker-O.Grün5.  30Mar,Cluj,Romania.ClujInnova8onDays.Speakers–O.Grün,S.Toffalej6.  31Mar,Cluj,Romania.ForumonICTstandardsforSMEs:e-invoicingande-iden8fica8on.Moderator–S.Toffalej7.  12May,Brussels,Belgium.DecarbHeat.Ac8ngtogethertodecarbonizeEurope.Speaker-O.Grün8.  15May,Rome,Italy.ECSOWG4Openmee8ng.Chairandspeaker–S.Toffalej9.  29May,Brussels.Belgium.Dataaccessanddatasharing.TherealimpactonSMEs’andstart-ups’businessmodels.Speaker-O.Grün10.  8JuneBrussels,Belgium.ECworkshopondataaccessandtransfer.Speaker–S.Toffalej11.  15-16Jun.Valena,Malta.DigitalAssembly2017.Speakers-S.Toffalej,F.Massimo12.  21Jun,Edinburgh,UK.CENOrdinaryGeneralAssembly.Speaker-O.Grün13.  29Jun,Brussels,Belgium.SBStrainingIPR-basedstandardisa8on.Moderator–S.Toffalej14.  11Jul,Brussels,Belgium.WorkingbreakfastwiththeEPonSEP.Speaker–S.Toffalej15.  25Oct,Milan,Italy.Bridgingthegapforconstruc8onSMEstojoinindustry4.0(inaframeworkofSMAU).Speaker–F.Massimo,16.  25Oct,Leon,Spain.Cybersecurity,bridgingR&Iwiththebusinessworld(inaframeworkofENISE).OrganisedbyDIGITALSME17.  8Nov,Strasbourg,France.ExchangeofLenerswiththeCouncilofEurope.Representa8ve–S.Toffalej18.  9Nov,Horsens,Denmark.Newbusinessmodelsforinnova8vecompaniesintheenergysector.Moderator–G.Saba8ni19.  14Nov,Brussels,Belgium.ISSEConferenceonthefutureofcybersecurityandtrust.Speaker–J.Bieliauskaite20.  30Nov,Brussels,ECThema8cEventonConstruc8on.Speaker–G.Brashnarov21.  7Dec,Brussels,Belgium.LaunchoftheDigitalOpportunity.Speaker–O.Grün

•  Themainpurposeistogiveusermorerightsonhowtheirpersonalinforma8onisstoreandusedbywebsitesthroughcookies

•  Legisla8vestatus:proposedbytheECandapprovedwithmodifica8onsbytheEP.Nego8a8onwithCouncilhastotakeplace.Ifapproved,willenterintoforceinmid2018.

•  ItisnotcoordinatedwithGDPR,butitaddnewregulatoryburdensontop

•  MajorconcernsforSMEs:

•  Users’consentoncookieswillhappennotthrougheachwebsite,butviathebrowser->risktostrengthendatamonopoliesbybigplayers

•  Obbliga8ontooffertheservice,evenifuserdoesnotconsentoncookies->riskfordatabusinessmodels

e-Privacy Directive: challenges for SMEs and position of DIGITAL SME (for information)