EUROPE pilot project in 2008 , Difi has played an essential role within the ongoing management and delivery of the project , which resulted in the growth of a new European technological infrastructure . Co-funded by the European Union and 18 government agencies , the project enabled businesses to exchange electronic procurement documents with other organisations and suppliers , and simplified the overall purchase-to-pay process . After the successful completion of the PEPPOL project in 2012 , Difi took a leading role in establishing the member-based international nonprofit association OpenPEPPOL to maintain services and ensure long term sustainability of the PEPPOL project results . André Hoddevik , Project Director of PEPPOL , had been the elected Secretary General of OpenPEPPOL since the start .
“ As part of the project , we utilised PEPPOL for national purposes ,” observes Hoddevik . “ The most important effort was to use PEPPOL as a basis for Norwegian e-invoicing , first of all for legislative work , and from 2011 it was mandatory for all central government entities to have the capability to receive invoices in a PEPPOL based national format ( EHF ).
“ From 2012 , Norway had a change in its regulations in that it became mandatory for all central government entities to require e-invoicing from their suppliers . From there onwards , Norwegian PEPPOL based e-invoicing has grown from 100 invoices per month to 5.2mn transactions in September 2017 alone .
“ We have also grown from being initially a few hundred public sector entities in the network to having 90,000 recipients coming from both the public and private sector ,” continues Hoddevik . “ It has become a national infrastructure which supports public sector needs but also the needs of the private sector .”
Unlocking value Each invoice placed on PEPPOL will now save each recipient around
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