<p>On 13-14 March 2023, members of the Single Digital Gateway coordination group met in Brussels to discuss Europe’s Single Digital Gateway.</p>
<p>The agenda included the state of play of the implementation of the Once-Only System Technical System (OOTS) – with an afternoon kick-off meeting dedicated specifically to the April 2023 OOTS Projectathon.</p>
<p>A Projectathon is an event where different systems connect under one roof and perform a marathon of peer-to-peer interoperability and compliance tests in a structured environment for several days. The tests are supervised and verified by neutral experts acting as Monitors.</p>
<p>The Commission is organising three Projectathons in 2023, in April, June and October, ahead of the December 2023 legal deadline.</p>
<p>The Once-Only Technical System connects EU public authorities, so they can exchange official documents and data at the citizen’s request. It puts into practice the Once-Only Principle, which states that citizens should not be forced to provide information to authorities if another authority already holds that information in electronic format.</p>
<p>You can keep up to date on the <a target="_blank" href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-building-blocks/sites/display/OOTS/OOTSHUB+Home">Once-Only Hub</a>.</p> | 