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Open Source SoftwareStandardisation+6 topics
Last update: 10/03/2023
Decision supporting tool on interoperability
The Decision supporting tool on interoperability (the Tool) is being developed as part of the Legal Interoperability ISA2 action, which aims to ensure that digital and interoperability aspects are considered in EU policies from their earliest stage. Upon the design of a new legislation that brings changes to existing digital environments, especially at a trans-European level, policymakers have to choose which would be the most effective and efficient approach for implementation. In this decision they may want to consider, among other aspects, the costs and benefits of including…
Digital innovationLegal+14 topics
Last update: 27/03/2024
EU Digital Identity Wallet ARF
How exactly will the EU Digital Identity Wallet work? Explore the specifications outlined in the Architecture and Reference Framework which outlines how the wallets distributed by Member States will function. On 3 June 2021, the European Commission adopted a Recommendation calling on Member States to work towards the development of a Toolbox including a technical Architecture and Reference Framework a set of common standards and technical specifications and a set of common guidelines and best practices.The Recommendation specifies that these outcomes will serve as a basis for the…
eIdentity and eSignatureReusable Software Components
Last update: 27/03/2024
Discover the EU digital Wallet
The EU Digital Identity Wallet is the European Union's response to the challenges of digital identification. Every EU Member State will offer its own wallet app, built to the same specifications, to all citizens, residents and businesses in the next few years.Your wallet will allow you to securely identify yourself online when accessing a wide range of public and private services, as well as store, present and share digital documents (which include everything from university diplomas to train tickets) and electronically sign or seal documents.The wallet will be built with privacy and data…
eGovernmenteIdentity and eSignature
Last update: 06/11/2023
EUPL licensed identity platform
Evolveum presents itself as a globally recognized EU-based organization that was established in 2011 and as a professional open source development team focused on Identity and Access Management solutions. It is the creator and maintainer of its open source identity platform, midPoint. The last release (October 31, 2023) midPoint 4.8, code-named after Marie Skłodowska-Curie, is distributed under the EUPL licence. According to the Evolveum midPoint dataset, the feature set covering identity governance and administration makes midPoint a solution for organizations seeking digital transformation…
eIdentity and eSignatureICT securityOpen Source Software
Last update: 25/09/2023
Second Quarterly meeting of the eProcurement Ontology 2023
The second quarterly meeting of 2023 took place on 27/06/2023. The report of the meeting can be found here and the presentation can be found here
eDelivery and eInvoicingeGovernment+5 topics
Last update: 26/04/2023
The largest EUPL licensed project?
EBSI status The European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI) aims to leverage the power of blockchain for the public good. Indeed, in the current age of Internet (Web2), big platforms and social networks (i.e. the so-called “GAFAM”) offered to facilitate users’ activities by providing them services like unique sign-on (i.e. “Sign in with Google”). However, by providing such service, they have taken global visibility and control on users’ behaviour and credentials. In the coming third age of the internet (Web3), the aim of EBSI is to provide a new paradigm for exchanging and verifying…
CollaborationDigital-ready policymaking+3 topics
Last update: 18/04/2023
EU CAPTCHA under EUPL-1.2
EU CAPTCHA is a test intended to distinguish human from machine input. It prevents the use of bots/machines (e.g. for automated account creation) in the framework of services provided by EU Institutions. Distributed under the EUPL-1.2 licence, EU CAPTCHA is available from the EC Gitlab as an open source API and can therefore be used by everyone (public or private entities) for securing web services through a user friendly and multilingual solution. The API supports three types of CAPTCHA: Alphanumeric CAPTCHA with audio transcription; Image rotation CAPTCHA. Sliding CAPTCHA. Why EU CAPTCHA…
eIdentity and eSignatureICT security+3 topics
Last update: 20/06/2023
The new Strasbourg Declaration
The Declaration on the Common values and challenges of European Public Administrations underlines an overarching support of open source and interoperability within the public sector. On 16 and 17 March, the 27 EU ministers in charge of public administration, public transformation and civil service, alongside the European Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn as well as the European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira, met at the National Institute of Public Service (Institut National du Service Public). The event aimed to discuss common challenges and…
CollaborationeGovernment+3 topics
Last update: 17/01/2022
Interoperability and cooperation in the EU
Funded by the Digital Europe Programme, Interoperable Europe builds on ISA2 and puts open cooperation with the Member States at its heart. On 21 November, the European Commission announced the launch of Interoperable Europe, the initiative for a reinforced interoperability policy in the EU that replaces the ISA2 Programme and is funded by the new Digital Europe Programme, a new funding programme focused on digitalisation for businesses, citizens and public administrations. Interoperable Europe represents the policy framework for pursuing, supporting, developing and promoting interoperability…
eIdentity and eSignatureOpen Source Software+6 topics
Last update: 11/05/2021
Open Source in the Digital Green Certificate
After the publication of the Guidelines on Technical Specifications for Digital Green Certificates (DGC), it is now up to the Member States to deliver the open source reference implementations for the DGC software at a national level. On 17 March 2021, the European Commission issued a “Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable certificates on vaccination, testing and recovery to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic”, the so-called Digital Green Certificate (DGC)…
eHealtheIdentity and eSignature+5 topics
v1.0
Release date: 07/03/2024
EU Digital Identity Wallet Open Source Code
The EUDI Wallet Reference Implementation is based on a modular architecture composed of a set of business agnostic, re-usable components which will be evolved in incremental steps and can be re-used across multiple projects. EUDI Wallet open source code is available online. For further information please visit: EUDI Wallet Reference Implementation.Under the Digital Europe Programme, the Commission is facilitating work to develop, implement and scale up the European Digital Identity framework. The actions aim to arrive at a set of technical references, standards, components and solutions…