STORK

stork_logoSTORK (Secure idenTity acrOss boRders linKed) is an initiative aiming to enable businesses, citizens and government employees to use their national electronic identities (eID) in any country of the European Union. Such a system will simplify administrative formalities by providing secure online access to public services across EU borders. e-Forum works with STORK as a communications partner. The STORK consortium overall includes 32 members including national governments, academia and research, non-profit and private organisations.

STORK is 50 percent funded by the European Commission through the EU Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP). The project's total budget is €20 million.

STORK will test cross-border services in five areas:

  • A demonstrator showing that cross-border electronic services can operate in a number of Member States. The applications include national portals from Austria (help.gv.at), Estonia (eesti.ee), Germany (mein-service-BW), Portugal (portaldocidadao.pt) and the UK, one regional portal from Catalonia in Spain and one specific service for compliance activities for working in Belgium (limosa.be)
  • Student Mobility, to help people who want to study in different Member States;
  • Electronic Delivery, to develop cross-border mechanisms for secure online delivery of documents;
  • Change of Address, to assist people moving across EU borders.


The pilots will be run on a very flexible basis, with different EU member states involved in each case. An overall evaluation work package will provide consistency for the assessment of pilot results.

The STORK website can be found at www.eid-stork.eu

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