(More) citizens and students help shape the future of the Once-Only Technical System
18 January 2024 | 4 minutes read
On 12 January 2024, the European Commission organised a second public Forum looking at the Once-Only Technical System in the scope of the Single Digital Gateway regulation (SDGR). To open participation as much as possible, this was an online event (in contrast to an in-person Forum in November 2023).
Part of the section criteria for participation in a Once-Only Forum is to have first-hand experience of cross-border administrative procedures in three specific areas:
- Registering to a tertiary higher educational institution.
- Applying for study financing.
- Registering a motor vehicle abroad.
Participants in this Forum provided feedback on their own lived-experiences of cross-border admin, and compared this with examples of what admin would look like when completed using the Once-Only Technical System.
The Once-Only Technical System is a technical framework for data sharing. When completing an online procedure, EU citizens and businesses will be able to make an (explicit) request to retrieve official documents or data (known as ‘evidence’) from a public authority in one Member State, such as for a diploma or driving license, and have it automatically exchanged with a competent authority in another EU country (such as educational institutions, population registers, company registers etc.).
In December 2023, development teams from the Commission and Member States launched the core infrastructure of the Once-Only Technical System (the “Common Services” and other elements).
Participant feedback supports the overall roll-out of the Once-Only Technical System in Europe. Citizens and businesses will be able to access the Once-Only Technical System from national procedure portals (a government vehicle registration platform or educational institution), or via the Your Europe portal.
Visit the Once-Only Hub to learn more about Europe’s Once-Only journey.