Dr Aniyan Varghese

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Interoperable Electronic Identity Management and
Authentication for eGov services - an EU
perspective
L-SEC - "Electronic Identity Card, visions,
challenges and realisations" May 19, 2005 at
Stella Artois Brewery, Leuven

• Dr Aniyan Varghese
• eGovernment Unit
• Directorate General Information Society
• Aniyan.Varghese_at_cec.eu.int

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eGovernment
RD and innovation
Policy
Policy
Best Practice Implementation
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eGovernment RD focus
Policy Context Lisbon Agenda eEurope
Internal Market European Citizenship Enlargement
Security Stability Europe in the World

Modernisation of Public Administrations open,
inclusive, productive
Citizens Businesses
Knowledge management Organizational
innovation
Interoperability Pan-European services
Secure eGovernmentIdentity management
User interaction Mobile services
eDemocracy
Administrations
Open Source Socio-economic Regional/Local
International
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An eGovt i2010 policy
Lisbon (economic and social development)
Focused and driving objectives (signposts)
cross-border services
no citizen left behind
efficient effective govt
eID
eProc
efficiency
inclusion
participation
National and EU actions
effectiveness
transparency
administrations
businesses
citizens
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Purpose of eGovernment 2010 policy

• Contribute to Lisbon growth, jobs,
  competitiveness, inclusion
• Through efficient, effective, inclusive, open
  transparent administrations
• EU policy (eGovt in i2010) should
• contribute to EU-level political commitment
• help to drive progress
• realise synergies through cooperation
• address specific pan-European challenges
• And
• provide joint reference framework for action in
  EU national plans

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From CoBrA to eGov 2010
2010
February First discussion May Objectives June -
tbc Objectives September Indicators Prep
Ministerial Decl November Conference Ministerial
declaration
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Key Elements of eGovt Roadmap

• Advancing
• multi-platform access,
• identity management,
• interoperability,
• pan-European services,
• innovation
• (research, pilots, implementation, coordination
  where needed action at all appropriate levels)
• Accelerating best practice exchange
• Financing, economics, benefits, indicators

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eGovernment Identity Management Policy Framework

• The eGovernment Communication, COM(2003)567
  stated as an action that
• eGovernment Identity management in the EU
  should be advanced by addressing interoperability
  issues as well as future needs while taking into
  account differences in legal and cultural
  practices and the EU framework for data
  protection. EU programmes for research
  development, deployment and implementation should
  contribute coherently (i.e. FP6/IST eTEN and IDA).

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eGov Identity Management Policy framework

• Council Conclusions on eGovernment (20 Nov.
  2003, 14671/03), invites the Commission and the
  Member States and Acceding States
• to explore, by the end 2004, possible
  interoperable European solutions for citizens'
  and companies authentication for eGovernment in
  the Internal Market, in order to facilitate
  mobility in Europe and providing cross-border
  services on line
• to ensure that the creation, development and
  implementation of pan-European services should be
  accompanied by joint actions to build up
  experience and validate advanced solutions
  concerning common approaches to key aspects of
  seamless pan-European eGovernment service
  provision such as accessibility, user
  identification, security, interoperability,
  including data definitions and procedures.

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Possible target on interoperable eID and
authentication

• By 2010 there will be seamless online access to
  major public services for citizens and businesses
  across Europe with the help of interoperable
  electronic identification and authentication
• Another way of formulating this could be
• By 2010, citizens and businesses should be able
  to obtain an electronic ID/authentication in
  their home state which will allow them to
  access use any service to which they are
  entitled in any administration across Europe
  (including all levels, local, regional, .).

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Study on Identity Management

• Objectives
• To assess the impact of initiatives in the MS on
  the policies supporting cross-border and cross
  sector eGovernment services including but not
  limited to company registration, procurement, and
  citizen mobility
• To provide a prospective analysis of possible
  initiatives and solutions at European level
• To provide information on identity technologies,
  related market developments and technical
  requirements
• To propose a methodology of good practices in
  identity management and their analysis.
• To set up and run an eGovernment Identity
  Management working group, and to run a series of
  workshops.

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Identity Management

• Issues to be addressed
• Technological
• Interoperability
• Legal aspects
• Standards
• National and European aspects

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Identity Management- Combination of policy, RD
and good practice

• Steps for a coherent approach to identity
  management at EU level
• Classifications/categorisation of identity
  management
• Priority applications for e-ID
• Benefits of e-ID at EU level

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Identity Management

• Some applications
• Social security
• Pension contributions
• Health card
• Driving licence
• Registration of companies
• National identity card
• Electronic procurement

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More

• eGovernment research website
• http//europa.eu.int/egovernment_research
• or
• europa.eu.int/eeurope ? eGovernment
• (or search for egovernment research)