This step is the first achievement of the Simplex Programme 2010 (Simplex'10). The initiative aims to progressively expand online access to other services.
According to the information available on the Simplex Programme website, the next step will be the implementation of the service 'Authentication in the Finance Portal with the Citizen Card'. It is planned to be launched by September 2010.
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This development has been made possible under the framework of a collaboration agreement concerning the validation of their respective electronic identity certificates, which Portugal and Spain signed in September 2009.
The report, ‘Making Life Easy for Citizens and Businesses in Portugal, Administrative Simplification and E-Government’ analyses Portugal’s simplification programme, known as the ‘Simplex’ initiative, and finds that it has come far in a short time with the transformation of its public sector and its service delivery.
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The 2009 report on digital competition that was commissioned by the European Committee showed that the European digital sector had made “strong progress” since 2005, with 56 percent of Europeans regularly using the Internet in 2008.
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