The aim of the MADE project
is that the European administrations
whether public or private
can securely exchange
all kinds of electronic documents
following the new standards defined by the EU
in a regulation that must be followed
by the end of 2018 in all the countries.
The project faces two main challenges:
On the one hand, the technical part and on the other the organizational part.
For the technical part, all digital systems must be adapted
in order to establish a secure network.
As for the administration all public administrations
must reach an agreement
and make a decision, which is not easy.
Having a common system for secure delivery
of European electronic documents has a lot of advantages.
For instance, the implementation of the e-Justice portal
allowing European Justice administrations
to exchange legal documents securely.
Electronic invoicing is another example.
It allows any company from any country
to invoice another company securely
and involves all the Revenue Agencies.
The project will end by May 2019,
but we hope our first prototype to be ready by May 2018
linking effectively Spain with some Nordic countries
so that it can be used as a pilot testing for other European countries,
for them to see how to implement these connection nodes
and become a part of MADE iniciative as well.
This project, apart from the research component,
is also part of the European iniciative
to build the digital infrastructure
and particularly the part dealing with
secure communications and document transmision.
This project could have a great impact
if the results are successful at the end.