European Interoperability Framework

The European Interoperability Framework (EIF) is a set of recommendations which specify how <a href="/facts/Administration_(government)/Shlrma7m">administrations</a>, <a href="/facts/Business/For1e8Nh">businesses</a> and <a href="/facts/Citizen/eB9UXLSP">citizens</a> communicate with each other within the <a href="/facts/European_Union/6GYcR8qM">European Union</a> and across <a href="/facts/Member_State_of_the_European_Union/hsFC1pJH">Member State</a> borders.
The EIF 1.0 was issued under the Interoperable Delivery of European eGovernment Services to public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens programme (IDABC). The EIF continues under the new ISA programme, which replaced the IDABC programme on 31 December 2009.
EIF in effect is an <a href="/facts/Enterprise_architecture_framework/kq1FCjjT">Enterprise architecture framework</a> targeted at the largest possible scale, designed to promote integration spanning multiple sovereign <a href="/facts/Nation_state/1T5FVEJP">Nation States</a>, specifically EU Member States.
For further examples of Enterprise Architecture frameworks designed operate at different levels of scale, see also <a href="/facts/The_Open_Group_Architecture_Framework/G8qggAIa">Alternative Enterprise Architecture Frameworks</a>

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European Interoperability Framework