1. The Once-Only Principle Project
European Week of Regions and Cities Digital Government – Promoting Prosperity for All
The Once-Only Principle Project
Aleksandrs Cepilovs / 11 October 2017 / Brussels
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

2. “The industrial revolution of our time is digital
“The industrial revolution of our time is digital. … As companies aim to scale up across the Single Market, public e-services should also meet today’s needs: be digital, open and cross-border by design. The EU is the right scale for the digital times”
Andrus Ansip, Commission Vice-President for
the Digital Single Market
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

3. Definition of OOP Collecting & storing data only once
Streamlining processes by:
Enabling automated data sharing
Replacing redundant data collection with information requests from original source
Improving data reliability
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4. TOOP Project Goals Time savings for PAs and businesses;
Lowering administrative burdens and costs;
Improved service quality and public sector efficiency;
Compliance with data protection legislation;
Security, interoperability, data quality, user-friendliness.
Long-term goal: better functioning DSM.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

5. The Cross-Border OOP Case
Country A – OOP Layer
Country B – OOP Layer
Country B – Services Layer: Data Consumption
Country A – Data Layer: Base Registers – Data Provision
TOOP Federated Architecture
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6. TOOP Pilot Scenarios Cross-border eServices Cross-border procurement;
Cross-border business;
Cross border service-provision.
Updating connected company data:
Update on demand and update on subscription.
Online Ship and Crew Certificates: Authorised parties can request the certificates through TOOP.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

7. Building blocks
TOOP will rely and, when necessary, improve on the already existing building blocks consolidated by the e-SENS project and integrated in the European Interoperability Reference Architecture and maintained by CEF, such as:
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

8. Barriers for Cross-border OOP
Legal
Technical
Organisational
Lawfullness and compliance;
Legacy systems;
Organisational inertia;
Technical and semantic interoperability.
Legal value and validity of data;
Low political priority for OOP;
Data protection and confidentiality.
Service pricing policies;
Interest groups.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

9. Benefits of OOP in the EU
User-centric public services
Cost-savings for businesses and
public administrations
Time-savings for businesses and
public administrations
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10. TOOP Consortium 21 Beneficiaries from 21 countries 50+ Partners Public
Administrations
Universities
Companies
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

12. Thank you for your attention!
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

13. Pilot 1: Cross-border e-Services
Three scenarios:
eProcurement: Automatic retrieval of qualification evidences for economic operators;
Business licenses and cross-border registration of business activity;
Retrieving mandates and selected company data.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

14. Pilot 2: Updating Connected Company Data
Two scenarios:
Exchange of data between business registries:
branch registration;
branch lifecycle – filing accounts and other notifications.
Providing business registry data to external eGovernment services in the MS.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

15. Pilot 3: Ship and Crew Certificates
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No