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Specialist Task Forces and other Funded Projects

Specialist Task Forces (STFs) are expert teams
established under the directi on of an ETSI Technical areas in which funded resources were invested in 2016
committ ee to work together for limited periods on
specifi c technical work. In this way, STFs are able
to accelerate the development of urgently needed
standards or support strategic acti viti es required
by our members or by the European Commission
(EC) and the European Free Trade Associati on
(EFTA). A similar mechanism has been adopted to
support ‘Funded Projects’ for the Third Generati on
Partnership Project (3GPP™) partners.

Altogether, 43 STFs and other funded projects
were acti ve in 2016, involving 115 service
providers for a total of about 2,26 M€ spent.
Voluntary contributi ons equivalent to 176 k€ were
Financial in
provided by 3GPP members and partners. T Technical area echnical area Financial investment (k€) vestment (k€) % %
3GPP 817 36%
In 2016, we allocated an additi onal 250 k€ of the
ETSI contributi on to the STF budget to support Smart Machine-to-Machine (SmartM2M) 343 15%
conformance testi ng for oneM2M, testi ng for Core Network and Interoperability Testi ng (INT) 137 6%
Intelligent Transport Systems and Core Network Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunicati ons (DECT™) 134 6%
and Interoperability Testi ng.
Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI) 127 6%
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) 104 5%
EC/EFTA Funding Reconfi gurable Radio Systems (RRS) 99 4%
2016 saw the full implementati on of lump sum Methods for Testi ng & Specifi cati on (MTS) 98 4%
fi nancing for standardisati on acti ons fi nanced by
the EC/EFTA, on which acti on grants for STFs will Human Factors (HF) 72 3%
be based in the future. It should be noted that Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multi plexing (ATTM) 61 3%
the lump sum unit is updated on an annual basis Others 264 12%
by the EC, so the amount changes every year. The TOTAL 2 255
number of acti on grants agreed in 2016 conti nued
to be fewer than in previous years but again Figures are rounded to the nearest k€.
proposals were submitt ed in the latt er part of the
year to be considered for grants in 2017. However,
we were once more able to submit and progress
our Operati ng Grant for 2017.
The EC budget for standardisati on for 2016 Funding sources in 2016
remained stable in comparison with 2015. The
amount available for the Operati ng Grants of the
European Standardisati on Organisati ons did not
therefore see a further reducti on. Our Operati ng
Grant remained at around 2,45 M€ in 2016. We
were also able to successfully report and achieve
the fi nalisati on and full payment of the 2015
Operati ng Grant. Following discussions with the
EC, the 2017 Operati ng Grant was expected to be
agreed for 2,55 M€, i.e. an increase on the 2016
amount.
We conti nued to manage and invoice the acti on
grants received from the EC/EFTA effi ciently,
and we fi nalised and closed acti ons started
in 2013 onwards. The acti ons signed in 2016
covered acti viti es related to electronic signatures, ETSI Funding 42%
Intelligent Transport, broadband energy effi ciency, 3GPP Partners 29%
air traffi c interoperability, the new phase of the
Seconded European Standardisati on Expert in EC/EFTA Mandates ICT 22%
India (SESEI), training materials for Informati on 3GPP Members 7%
and Communicati ons Technologies standardisati on
plus the organisati on of Plugtests™ interoperability
events.

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