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Gov2u Proudly Announces The Launch Of STORK 2
More STORK Pilots coming soon!
“Secure idenTity acrOss boRders linKed 2.0” builds on the success and results of STORK, by taking further steps to decisively push the lines for wider uptake of eID in Europe, aiming at realising a single European electronic identification & authentication area.
Its highly innovative focus lies on the convergence of private and public sectors in an operational framework and infrastructure encompassing eID for secure electronic authentication of both legal and natural persons. It includes facilities for mandates, widely useable across the EU, providing strong data protection and secure ways of transferring attributes, all under user control.
“After three years, we have built an architecture that has been tested in the several pilots” says Frank Leyman, STORK partner and Manager of International Relations in Fedict to Datanews.be. “All of them are working but in “piloting” phase. So the conclusion is that [..] it is possible technologicaly but there are still several question marks remaining, particularly in terms of the legal framework”.
Starting in January 2012, STORK 2 will give more additional “attributes” to the citizens so that they can also identify themselves in their professional field of activity, he adds. Moreover, we will add also the identification of the enterprises”.
STORK 2.0 Pilots, will focus on strategic eLearning & Academic Qualifications, eBanking, Public Services for Business and eHealth areas, seeking to demonstrate interoperable services in real-life settings and validate common specifications, standards and building blocks, convincingly addressing challenging legal and governance issues (across borders, application domains and different sectors).
These applications will facilitate borderless digital living and mobility in the EU, enhancing the Digital Single Market for public and commercial services in alignment with the Services Directive.
As a result of our vision of eID as a Service Offering, STORK 2.0 methodology seeks to maximize take-up of its scalable solutions by European public and private sectors, with a strong commitment to open specifications and long-term sustainability (backed by participating European industry).
STORK 2.0 will be a key-enabler to support the open, competitive digital economy envisaged in the Europe 2020 Strategy and is aligned with Key Actions in the Digital Agenda, thus contributing to Europe’s leadership role of the eID market. Strong liaisons will be established with other LSPs (epSOS, PEPPOL, SPOCS and e-CODEX), the thematic network SSEDIC, as well as ISA’s STORK Sustainability action, closely following and relating to other international efforts in eID.
The full Datanews.be article is available in Dutch and French version.
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