Objective The main objective of the ENS Certification Centre was to provide an administrative focus for conformance testing and certification within the ENS programme. Specifically this has been addressed through the establishment of a Certification Centre in Brussels, the development and distribution of guidance documents, and liaison with users.The ENS Certification Centre has been very successful in providing a central focus for information on conformance testing and certification with Europe. Directories of IT&T Test Services and Certification Bodies and Registers of Available Test Reports and Certificates are produced quarterly. A handbook has been produced on testing and certification to be used in conjunction with the directories and registers. The ENS Certification Centre has also been instrumental in providing input or impetus to several related testing and certification issues. Notably a certification framework document has been produced and a resultant pilot certification been undertaken for MHS and FTAM through the Open Systems Testing Consortium (OSTC). Information has been passed to the EPHOS programme to assist them in establishing testing and certification guidelines. A register of EDI messages used within the ENS Programme and public administrations generally has also been generated and liaison with relevant EDI bodies has been established. With regard to telematics the ENS Certification Centre has played a valuable role within the ENS Programme. The provision of information on testing and certification has helped realise the aims of ENS through ensuring conforming and interoperable products within the established telematics networks.The technical approach employed was to build on the existing testing and certification work in Europe, since the infrastructure is already fairly well-established within Europe. The ENS Certification Centre therefore references services available under ECITC (European Committee for IT&T Testing and Certification) whilst also providing a central information source on the output of these services. In newer areas such as Certification, the ENS Certification Centre built upon existing work to establish new harmonised certification schemes. Fields of science social sciencespolitical sciencespublic administration Programme(s) FP3-ENS - Specific programme of research and technological development (EEC) in the field of telematic systems in areas of general interest - Support for the establishment of transeuropean networks between administrations -, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Open Systems Testing Consortium EU contribution No data Address Rue du Trone 12 1050 Brussels Belgium See on map Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Acerli France EU contribution No data Address 5 voie Verte 92260 Fontenay-aux-Roses See on map Total cost No data Association Française de Normalisation France EU contribution No data Address Tour Europe 92049 Paris la Défense See on map Total cost No data British Standards Institution (BSI) United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 2 Park Street W1A 2BS London See on map Total cost No data Deutsche Bundespost Telekom (DBP) Germany EU contribution No data Address Am Kavalleriesand 3 64295 Darmstadt See on map Total cost No data Istituto Italiana de Marchio di Qualità Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Quintiliano 43 20138 Milano See on map Total cost No data
