On 13-14 March 2023, members of the Single Digital Gateway coordination group met in Brussels to discuss Europe’s Single Digital Gateway.

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.

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.

The Commission is organising three Projectathons in 2023, in April, June and October, ahead of the December 2023 legal deadline.

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.

You can keep up to date on the Once-Only Hub.