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International High-Level Seminar “eGovernment for all Europeans”10th February 2006, Museum of Modern Art (MUMOK), Vienna Austria

Towards a common Europeanelectronic identity (eID) framework

Frank RobbenCrossroads Bank for Social Security

Federal Public Service for ICT

frank.robben@ksz.fgov.be

www.law.kuleuven.be/icri/frobben

KSZ-CBSS

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Ministerial Declaration 24/11/2005

“By 2010 European citizens and business shall be able to benefit from secure means of electronic identification that maximise user convenience while respecting data protection regulations. Such means shall be made available under the responsibility of the Member States but recognised across the EU.”

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Ministerial Declaration - Related actions

• Member States will, during 2006, agree a process and roadmap for achieving the electronic identity objectives and address the national and European legal barriers to the achievement of the electronic identity objectives; work in this area is essential for public administrations to deliver personalised electronic services with no ambiguity as to the user’s identity

• Member States will, over the period 2006-2010, work towards the mutual recognition of national electronic identities by testing, piloting and implementing suitable technologies and methods

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Roadmap• breaking down into key areas of work

– user awareness and acceptance– validation and key applications– European interoperability

(semantic/organisational/technical)– mutual recognition– eID management at national level– legal certainty– common terminology, common principles, minimal

norms• real implementation depends on the existence

of measurable objectives and a reporting mechanism

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IST R&D for federated, multi-level,

secure eIDM

Modinis study

Identify user benefits,awareness, promotion

formulate vision

Testbeds / pilots, e.g. in CIPe-procurement, health info networks

eTEN, IDABC testbeds

specifications

CEN eIDM standardisation

link to ECC

IDABC businessattestations study

IDABC e-signstudies

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

eIDMat national level

User awareness and acceptance

eIDTerminology &

Objectives

Definition of eID

Authentication Model & Levels

Personal Data Ownership

Model

eID Role Management

Equal Treatment of national eIDs

Common eIDM

Framework

Federated eID Management

EU provisions: Recognition of national eIDs

Technical

Semantic

Organisational

country inputs

Authentication levels overview

(ENISA)

Use Cases(eProcurement,, migrant workers)

Wide awareness campaign

Explain role of e-sign Directive

CECas ‘lead user’

Validation andkey applications

Europeaninter-

operability

eID management at national level

Legal certainty

Common principles, minimal norms

Network and IT security

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Conclusion of the panel discussion

• roadmap seems to address the correct issues

• need for– a common terminology conform to

international standards– common high level objectives and basic

principles, taking into account the specific situation of the government sector

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Conclusion of the panel discussion

• need for– coordination with regard to authentication

levels– acceptance of pluralism of different eID

technologies– cross-fertilization with the private sector

(solutions should not be limited to government)

– a consistent risk management methodology

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Conclusion of the panel discussion

• need for– a federated system, with interoperability and

based on « loose coupling »– a model for the inheritance of trust in eID

between Member States, that is transparent for the citizen

– a pivotal role for the use of privacy enhancing technologies as a basis for well-founded trust

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Conclusion of the panel discussion

• need for– relevance for the citizen and business

customers– identifying sample PEGS by surveying citizen

and business customers to see what they would find useful

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Conclusion of the panel discussion

• in order to meet the common objectives, Member States should have the ability to build an eID services that correspond to their culture and legal environment, especially with regard to privacy protection

• a good cooperation between authorities responsible for eID management and privacy commissions can be very useful

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Conclusion of the panel discussion

• a proposal for moving personal data from multitude of large databases into secure, private, personal storage spaces owned by individuals, who can give a license for access to selected personal data items by third parties has been presented, but questions have been put about the general applicability of the proposal in the relation between individuals and the government

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Präsidentschaft der Europäischen Union Presidency of the European UnionPrésidence de L’Union européenne

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International High-Level Seminar “eGovernment for all Europeans”10th February 2006, Museum of Modern Art (MUMOK), Vienna Austria

Thank you for your attention !

Frank RobbenCrossroads Bank for Social Security

Federal Public Service for ICT

frank.robben@ksz.fgov.be

www.law.kuleuven.be/icri/frobben

KSZ-CBSS