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Dutch service providers are ready for eIDAS

 

How the Netherlands engaged service providers to prepare for the eIDAS deadline

From September 29th this year, Dutch public administrations will be required to comply with the electronic identification, authentication and trust services (eIDAS) Regulation. The Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations has taken an active role in informing service providers of the upcoming eIDAS deadline and consequent implications. Engaging service providers remains a top priority for the Ministry to ensure The Netherlands can accept eIDs from other EU countries, in line with the standard. 

To date, the Ministry has:  

  • Started communicating the eIDAS regulation in 2017
  • Launched the eIDAS information website
  • Identified the service providers in the Netherlands that should comply with the eIDAS-regulation
  • Developed additional infrastructure that can match the notified eIDs to the Dutch Citizen Service Number (BSN), a requirement for many service providers in order to provide digital services.

The Ministry expects 300 government agencies to be ready to receive eIDAS attributes in the coming months.

eIDAS online magazine    

(Source: https://magazines.logius.nl/eidas/2017/01/index)

Getting information out to a large group of people quickly is a key objective for the Dutch Ministry.

To help service providers understand whether they would be impacted by the eIDAS deadline and what they needed to do about it, the Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations published a website. Accurate, high quality content was produced to help answer frequently asked questions and give service providers a better understanding of the eIDAS Regulation.

By accepting any log-in attempt with an EU ID will decrease bureaucratic hurdles for EU citizens and businesses going forward, including Dutch citizens and businesses. Service providers can also contact the service hub through the service point eIDAS@logius.nl for further questions.

Best practices and business cases are published to help readers understand how others have approached eIDAS. Throughout the website build, the project team was in close contact with two of the largest service providers in the Netherlands. Continuous dialogue between the private and public sectors helped to improve the quality of eIDAS implementation in the Netherlands.

The website continues to enable the Ministry to communicate complex regulatory guidance directly to hundreds of service providers across the Netherlands.

How CEF contributed

CEF Building Blocks supported the website project team by serving as a fact checker, especially around explanations of eIDAS and the possible implementation options. Dutch service providers participated in CEF calls to prove the functionality of the eIDAS infrastructure in the Netherlands and gather information from fellow implementation projects.

"For the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, working together with CEF means that we offer service providers extensive support in their preparations for the eIDAS-regulation. This ranges from participating in CEF calls and to sharing CEF updates about the login methods that are expected to become eIDAS-approved. As a CEF Telecom Delegate I had the opportunity to link domestic needs with the available funding and knowledge at EU level"

Freek van Krevel, Senior Policy Advisor on EU implementation programmes and eIDAS at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations the Netherlands.

Next Steps 
The Netherlands was the first nation to successfully connect to the German eIDAS node. The team is continuing to focus on ensuring service providers comply to eIDAS and communicating the eIDAS benefits.  

CEF grants

To date, the Netherlands has also received the following eIDAS related grants from INEA:

  • 2014-NL-IM-0020 eIDAS 2018 for Municipalities
  • 2015-NL-IA-0077 eIDAS for Municipalities II - To connect municipalities with over 100 services to the NL-eIDAS node
  • 2015-NL-IA-0078 Connecting Dutch governmental service providers to NL-PEPS/ eIDAS node
  • 2016-EU-IA-0064 eID@Cloud- Integrating the eIdentification in European cloud platforms according to the eIDAS Regulation
  • 2017-NL-IA-0014 Testing and piloting the NL eID ecosystem, including connection to the Municipal Personal Records Database


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