"When need becomes necessity" - The Single Digital Gateway Regulation and the Once-Only Principle from a European Point of View
Authors/Creators
- 1. Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance, Akadeemia tee 3, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
- 2. University of Tartu, ERA-Chair, Johan Skytte Institute for Political Studies Center for IT Impact Studies, Lossi 36, 51003 Tartu, Estonia
- 3. Danube University Krems, Department for E-Governance and Administration, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems, Österreich
Description
The Single Digital Gateway Regulation (SDGR) and the underlying Once-Only Principle (OOP) outlining that businesses and citizens in contact with public administrations have to provide data only once. Until now many MS and associated countries have started to implement the OOP at national level, but the cross-border implementation is still work in progress. The SDGR as one of the cornerstones of the Digital Single Market for the EU will bust this development. The authors of this paper present the development related to the SDGR and OOP in Europe. They will also show the interconnections and interdependencies between the OOP and electronic identities (eID). The paper gives an overview based on the findings of the EU-funded “The Once-Only Principle Project (TOOP)” and mobile Cross-Border Government Services for Europe (mGov4EU).