The Citizens’ Electronic Access to Public Services Act came into effect on January 1, 2010 in Spain, guaranteeing all users the right to interact with the public administration electronically. This means that citizens can request to carry out all transactions electronically, and institutions must process or reject such requests without requiring supplementary documentation.

The electronic DNI remains valid for the same length of time as the previous physical version, five to ten years, depending on the age of the holder. There are 350 issuing centers around Spain, and these centers are equipped with the necessary systems, such as electronic card readers, to facilitate processing the application as well as obtaining the digital photograph and fingerprint.

Indra moves beyond Spain

Companies across Europe are dedicating a significant investment in digital identification: a consortium of 29 companies from 14 countries are working together to promote the Stork project (Secure Identity Across Borders Linked). “It is about creating a common framework of trust and interoperability among the identity documents of each country,” says José Fernando Carvajal, Indra project manager.

Indra is participating in the Stork project, together with the Ministry of the Presidency of Spain and the University of Jaume I, on Spain’s eastern coast. “The aim is to implement all the legal, organizational and IT mechanisms required to achieve interoperability between the electronic identifiers of the different member states – similar to an electronic passport,” says Carvajal.

The Stork intiatives began in 2005 and runs until 2011. Indra is working to ensure that the Spanish electronic DNI “will be accepted by the electronic administrations of other countries in the project, and vice versa," says Carvajal. The other countries participating in the initiative are Germany, Austria, Belgium, Slovenia, Estonia, France, Italy, Luxemburg, Holland, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Iceland and Sweden.

For Indra, says Carvajal, participation in this project is an important role for the company, providing recognition of Indra’s tecnological capabilities and experience in the security sector. Both Indra and Telefónica have been approached by companies and institutions from other countries interested in learning from their DNI experience.

The Citizens’ Electronic Access to Public Services Act came into effect on January 1, 2010 in Spain, guaranteeing all users the right to interact with the public administration electronically. This means that citizens can request to carry out all transactions electronically, and institutions must process or reject such requests without requiring supplementary documentation.

The electronic DNI remains valid for the same length of time as the previous physical version, five to ten years, depending on the age of the holder. There are 350 issuing centers around Spain, and these centers are equipped with the necessary systems, such as electronic card readers, to facilitate processing the application as well as obtaining the digital photograph and fingerprint.

Indra moves beyond Spain

Companies across Europe are dedicating a significant investment in digital identification: a consortium of 29 companies from 14 countries are working together to promote the Stork project (Secure Identity Across Borders Linked). “It is about creating a common framework of trust and interoperability among the identity documents of each country,” says José Fernando Carvajal, Indra project manager.

Indra is participating in the Stork project, together with the Ministry of the Presidency of Spain and the University of Jaume I, on Spain’s eastern coast. “The aim is to implement all the legal, organizational and IT mechanisms required to achieve interoperability between the electronic identifiers of the different member states – similar to an electronic passport,” says Carvajal.

The Stork intiatives began in 2005 and runs until 2011. Indra is working to ensure that the Spanish electronic DNI “will be accepted by the electronic administrations of other countries in the project, and vice versa," says Carvajal. The other countries participating in the initiative are Germany, Austria, Belgium, Slovenia, Estonia, France, Italy, Luxemburg, Holland, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Iceland and Sweden.

For Indra, says Carvajal, participation in this project is an important role for the company, providing recognition of Indra’s tecnological capabilities and experience in the security sector. Both Indra and Telefónica have been approached by companies and institutions from other countries interested in learning from their DNI experience.