What is an STF ?
        A group of experts working together under contract with ETSI 
         • To give ETSI competitive advantage by accelerating the development of 
            urgently needed ETSI standards in strategic areas 
         • Proposed by the ETSI Technical Bodies, the Board or the Special 
            Committees and approved by the Board
         • Work under the technical guidance of the reference Technical Body
         • Experts for the STFs are proposed by ETSI Members, and  normally work 
            together as a team in the ETSI premises 
         • Funded from the ETSI ordinary budget, from EC/EFTA Order Vouchers, 
            from voluntary contributions of ETSI Members or from other 
            Organizations
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    The STF role in standards production
                 Normal work                                      Urgent work
                                      Technical Body
                                                                              STF ToR
          Committee
        voluntary work
                                                                         Board
                   Draft standard                                      approval
                                          Draft
         TB approval                      ETSI                                    ETSI
                                       standard               Funding
                                                                                EC/EFTA
                                                                              Members
           Published                                   STF 
              ETSI                                 (contracted 
            standard
                                                     experts)
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     STF funding
                                ETSI
                                ETSI                                    EC/EFTA
                              Members                                   EC/EFTA
                              Members
                   ETSI                   Voluntary
                   ETSI                   Voluntary                                Direct
                                                              ICT WP               Direct
                  budget                   funding            ICT WP
                  budget                   funding                               contracts
                                                                                 contracts
                   OCG / 
                   OCG / 
                                                                   Contract
                   Board                                           Contract
                   Board               Contract
                                       Contract                        Contract
                                                                       Contract
                                         Contract
                                         Contract                               …
                          Jan                                                   …
            st
            st                                  …
          1  allocat.                           …
          1  allocat.
                   nd
                   nd             Jun
                 2  allocat.
                 2  allocat.
                                            STF funding
                                            STF funding
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    Funded resources spent in 2011
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    Information on the Portal (STF process)
               http://portal.etsi.org/stfs/process/home.asp
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