1. The Leading Information Centre Conference on Interoperable European ID Haikko, Finland 3-5 April 2002

2. The Leading Information Centre BASICS: Powerfully driven by the Finnish government, seen as an important part of information society Origins from early 90’s, first studies during ’95-’97 Piloting ’98 Deployed Dec 1st 1999 Basic infrastructure (= railroads, highways etc.) offered by the Finnish government to citizens, ”ELECTRONIC HIGHWAY” Free to use and develop services for all business models TRULY OPEN PKI A large information society project

3. The Leading Information Centre Identification, digital signatures and encryption are based on open standards: Public Key Infrastructure PKIX based Certificate Policy chipcards and readers (ISO-standards, 7816-series, incl. -8) X.509 v.3 certificates, IETF PKIX ”qualified certificate” draft X.500- and LDAP-directories EID-application (FINEID S4-1=PKCS#15, FINEID impl.) => will be modified to meet EESSI requirements CEN and ETSI standardisation work highly secured environment centralized key generation face to face identification A large information society project

4. The Leading Information Centre Development and Electronic Services

5. The Leading Information Centre OKO Bank Fennia Insurance Company and Pension FundMinistry of Labour City of Vantaa, Tampere, Riihimäki and Lappeenranta Municipality of TuusulaNational Board of Education Finland Post Ltd. and the Population Register Centre Several internal solutions in various organizations LEL Employment Pension Fund Tapiola Mutual Insurance Company Statistics Finland Tax Administration The Advisory Board for Data Administration in Public Administration, JUHTA Academy of Finland SERVICE PROVIDERS USING THE FINEID CARD National Technology Agency, TEKES National Board of Patens and Registration in Finland Population Register Centre The Finnish Association of Local and Regional Authorities

6. The Leading Information Centre UPCOMING SERVICE PROVIDERS USING THE FINEID CARD National Board of Patents and Registration Vehicle Administration National Technology Agency Trading House HanselSampo GE Capital Vehicle Funding Finland Post Ltd. Various services in towns and municipalities Central Pension Security Institute Several internal solutions in various organizations Social Insurance Institution of Finland Universities and Polytechnic Schools Skynet Community Services Helsinki Metropolitan area council

7. The Leading Information Centre Lessons learned: Interoperability issues important: international collaboration Services are the most important part, collaboration essential in infrastructure area and in marketing Various services: public sector-customer, business-customer, business-business, business-public sector Easy packages for service providers Basic software package available End User support must be organized Combination of usage's important, strong authentication, digital signature and encryption all needed Card reader delivery must be organized, awareness activities A large information society project

8. The Leading Information Centre Mobiles Digital TV WEB-kiosks EXPANDING POSSIBILITIES Home and work terminal

9. The Leading Information Centre www.vaestorekisterikeskus.fi www.fineid.fi Thank you email: tapio.aaltonen@vrk.intermin.fi