Seminar on Interoperable European Electronic IDPublic Service Cards 2021th May 2003, Oslo

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Seminar on Interoperable European Electronic
ID/Public Service Cards 20/21th May 2003, Oslo

• EUCLID
• European Initiative for a Citizen ID solution

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Overview

• What is Euclid?
• Means provided by Euclid
• The e-ID White Paper and questionnaire
• The e-ID public seminar
• Outlook

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What is Euclid?

• Euclid means European initiative for a Citizen
  ID solution
• Euclid is a project initiated and led by FPRC
• To create awareness and disseminate information
  on electronic identity
• To promote and support consensus making on
  interoperability of e-ID schemes in Europe
• Euclid is funded by the European Commission
  through the IST programme
• To provide professional support
• Until November 2003

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Overview on Euclid services

• Professional support for communications on e-ID
• e-ID White Paper editing dissemination
• e-ID website www.electronic-identity.org
• Technical expert studies
• Meeting and seminar logistics
• Tools
• A web-based cooperation tool
• A demonstration tool
• Mailing list(s)

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e-ID Whitepaper

• Current status
• Current version V0.7
• Updates on current ID practices and e-ID plans,
  projects and deployment needed (refresh
  information on ongoing e-ID projects, missing
  info details, new EU states to be added)
• Plans
• Last presentation for updates/comments in the
  eESC seminar on 4/5 June in Athens
• Final version to be presented and distributed
  ine-Democracy Forum in Paris in September 2003
• Professional quality hardcopies
• Electronic version on CD-Rom and Website

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The questionnaire

• Aim
• Updates for the e-ID White Paper
• more details, more countries,
• Additional information for the website
• Folder with country focus sheets (seminar)
• We need your expertise to fill it
• We made the job as easy as possible for you
• All the existing info for a given country has
  been copied on a sheet
• Just read the sheet and add your comments

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Proposed organisation for the e-ID seminar in
September

• Back-to-back with Porvoo IV meeting
• Porvoo IV closed meeting on 24 September
  afternoon
• e-ID workshop on 25 September organised by Euclid
• With support from eEpoch project
• Embedded in the Electronic Democracy Event
• Annual event organised by city of
  Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)
• Focusing on e-government related issues
• Dates 25-26 September
• Venue Issy-les-Moulineaux (close to Paris),
  France

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eDF a great opportunity to talk about e-ID and
promote interoperability

• Expected attendance 1000 (600 in 2002), mainly
  government representatives at municipality,
  regional and national level from all over the
  world
• Audience interested in e-government related
  issues
• Presence of VIPs Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Claudie
  Haigneré, Erkki Liikanen (TBC), Dick Morris (TBC)
  ,
• Large promotion 15.000 mailing, press
  conference,
• Possibility to disseminate information on e-ID
  within the mailing
• Initiator Mr Santini, mayor of
  Issy-les-Moulineaux, member of French National
  Assembly, President of Global Cities Dialogue,

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e-ID Seminar Programme

• e-ID Workshop on 25 September from 15H00 18H00
• Electronic Identity from theory to practice
• 4 keynote speakers
• Basics of electronic identity
• Threats and opportunity for e-citizens
• Business case
• Practical implementation
• Followed by a discussion with the audience
• Preparatory material
• e-ID White Paper, final version high-quality
  prints
• CD-Rom
• Folder with country sheets and eEpoch pilot site
  descriptions
• Demotool

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e-ID Seminar Programme

• Participation to round table discussions
• 25/09, morning Electronic Freedom and
  Citizenship
• 26/09, afternoon Strengthening digital
  security a strategic imperative or a threat to
  democracy?
• Any suggestions for a high level speaker?

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Outlook

• Euclid provides means to promote adoption of
  interoperable e-ID in Europe until November
  2003? The Porvoo group to take over and ensure
  continuity of communications?
• The main vehicle to support the idea of e-ID
  interoperability is the e-ID White Paper ? The
  Porvoo group should help to complete it, back it
  up and disseminate it
• The e-Democracy Forum in September is a major
  opportunity to promote the e-ID concept to
  opinion and decision makers ? The Porvoo
  group to support the organisation of a session
  focusing on e-ID embedded in this event

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• Thank you for your attention.
• Annette Ringwald, ARTTIC
• ringwald_at_arttic.fr