Aniyan Varghese

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Next steps for Electronic Identification and
Authentication in EU for Public ServicesTowards
a Roadmap
13 Oct 2005, Porvoo Group eID Workshop, Brussels

• Aniyan Varghese
• eGovernment Unit
• Directorate General Information Society Media
• European Commission

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eGovernment and EU programs
2010
RD and Innovation
Policy
Policy
Good Practice And Implementation
Structural Funds
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eGovernment is part of i2010

• A Single European Information Space
• The completion of a Single European Information
  Space which promotes an open and competitive
  internal market for information society and
  media
• Innovation and investment in research
• Strengthening Innovation and Investment in ICT
  research to promote growth and more and better
  jobs
• Inclusion, better public services, quality of
  life
• Achieving an Inclusive European Information
  Society that promotes growth and jobs consistent
  with sustainable development and prioritizing
  better public services and quality of life.

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EU eGovernment Policy

• eGovernment is about
• Modernization and innovation
• in public administrations
• ICT organisational change new skills
• for better public services, democracy, public
  policies
• Efficiency, inclusiveness, democracy,
  transparency
• good governance with ICT
• Public value

Communication on eGovernment, 26 Sept 2003
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Innovating with EU eGovernment ResearchICT for
Innovative Government
Secure cross-border eGovernment Very large scale,
heterogeneous, cross-border admin architectures/
processes/ information infrastructures
pan-European eGovernment ID, policy-driven,
Intelligent, personalised eGovernment services
for all Intuitive interaction, inclusion,
multi-channel service delivery platform,
context-awareness, privacy protection
enhancement,
Adaptive and proactive eGovernment Knowledge-based
government, process models, tools for
administrative management, technologies for
transparency, diversity, multi-level
governance,..
eParticipation Tools for formulation and
enactment of democratic decisions, scalable large
scale dialogues, new forms of interactivity,
Active Citizen,
International Cooperation
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Overall Timeline for eGovt Policy
CoBrA Bloomsday
2006
2005
Feb
May
June
Sept
Nov
Apr
June

• Ministerial Declaration
• Ministerial Conference

Council and other Conclusions on eGovt
Public Policy Consultation (21 Sept)
eGovt Action Plan in i2010
eGovernment subgroup
i2010 in Council
Impact Assessment and Supporting studies /
projects (eEurope benchmarking, Modinis
economics, Modinis eID, IST/RD , eTEN, IDA,
MARKT, JLS, DIGIT UK Benchmarking study EPAN)
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eGovernment in 2005-2006 (1)

• Preparing for future policy in i2010 eGovernment
  Action Plan (2006)
• Online consultation now running at
  http//europa.eu.int/yourvoice (until begin Dec)
• Beyond online availability delivering major and
  measurable benefits focused objectives
• What are the objectives for key enablers such as
  eID in public services across borders
• In which applications and services can we make
  significant impact and deliver benefits
• Contribution to efficiency and effectiveness
  cutting red tape, more user satisfaction
• What should we achieve in inclusive eGovernment
  for all citizens and businesses
• Ministerial Conference Manchester, 24-25 Nov
  2005, Ministerial Declaration (24 Nov 2005)

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eGovernment in 2005-2006 (2)

• RD launch of new EU projects and preparation of
  the future programme (FP7)
• eParticipation, personalised/inclusive services,
  pro-active knowledge-based transformation, secure
  eGovernment and eGovernment to strengthen
  enlargement
• 60 M funding, 23 new projects
• Pilots and implementation in eTEN new projects
  IDAbc new projects and studies eCommission
• Good Practice exchange at EU level
• Good practive based policy studies into eID,
  interoperability
• Good Practice Framework www.egov-goodpractice.org
• eGovernment Awards 2005

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Building on reality eGovernment Good Practice
Framework
Description Template
Assessment self or expert Criteria,
methodologies, tools
Transfer tools Legal, technical, skills,
organisational, funding
Labels Cases, events, networks
www.egov-goodpractice.org
Good Practice Cases Database
Partner sites Cases, info, expertise, actions
Events Local, regional, national, EC, private
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Identity Management in eGovernment

• Research Projects
• EUCLID, eEpoch GUIDE, eMayor ( Other INFSO
  projects FIDIS, PRIME..)
• Policy
• eGovernment Communication in 2003
• Modinis Study on Identity Management in
  eGovernment
• eGovernment Sub-group ad-hoc group on eID
  management
• Ministerial Conference Declaration, 24-25 Nov
  2005
• Secure eGovernment research study (Call for
  Tender open)
• High level Presidency seminar, 9-10 Feb 2006,
  Vienna
• eGovernment Action Plan in i2010, April 2006
• Good practice
• Good practice framework www.egov-goodpractice.org

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Modinis Policy Study

• Assess impact of eID initiatives on the policies
  supporting cross-border and cross-sector
  eGovernment services
• Company registration, procurement, citizen
  mobility, etc.
• Prospective analysis of initiatives and solutions
  at EU level
• Information on technologies, markets, technical
  reqs
• Actual use cases of good practices in eID their
  analysis
• eGovernment identity management working group
• Led by KU-Leuven and A-SIT, until Feb 2007 (26
  months)
• 2nd Workshop on 15th November 2005

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GUIDE research project
www.guide-project.org

• Open System Architecture.
• Review and select knowledge on IDM solutions.
• Data Security, Protocols Permissions.
• Analysis new ways of transporting and storing
  data within the GUIDE framework.
• Protocols Standards.
• Compare standards, legacy systems and test
  identity authentication protocols and
  interoperability.
• Connectivity Infrastructures.
• Vendor agnostic solutions. Develop integration
  mechanisms to provide open interfaces
• Pilots
• Worker mobility end 2005
• Public e-procurement begin 2006

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eMayor research projectElectronic and Secure
Municipal Administration for European Citizens

• Creating secure web services for Small and
  Medium sized Government Organisations (SMGOs)
• Secure, interoperable and affordable Web services
  for Small and Medium sized Government
  Organisations (SMGOs) across Europe.
• eGovernment Web services in smaller
  municipalities often hindered by lack of
  financial, political or legal support. Security
  and technical problems cannot be solved because
  required expertise or infrastructure not
  available.
• eMayor looks into the issues which are the main
  barriers to progress. By creating an eGovernment
  platform eMayor intends to help SMGOs overcome
  these barriers.

• eMayor started on January 1st, 2004 and will end
  in February 2006
• 14 European Partners from Industry, Universities
  and the Public sector
• Trials involve 4 European Municipalities
• www.emayor.org

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Secure eGovernment Research study (Call for
Tender open)

• Technological, organisational, social,
  economical, legal and regulatory issues for
  trusted and secure eGovernment services propose
  recommendations
• User needs, user awareness, acceptance of secure
  eGovernment services, esp. based on on electronic
  identity and authentication.
• Technical and policy recommendations in
  consultation with Member States, other key
  experts/representatives of public services
  sectors.
• Awareness raising material for key decision
  makers in Member States and other stakeholders

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More

• europa.eu.int/i2010
• eGovernment research website
• europa.eu.int/egovernment_research
• Aniyan.Varghese_at_cec.eu.int