Useful and interesting links on EBP
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| IDABC http://europa.eu.int/idabc/ Interoperable Delivery of European eGovernment Services to public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens. Managed by the European Commission, the IDABC programme uses opportunities offered by information and communication technologies to encourage and support the delivery of cross-border public sector services to citizens and enterprises in Europe and to improve collaboration between European public administrations. In Particular, the IDABC “eGovernment Observatory” contains many news and case studies relevant to the use of Biometrics in Europe |
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| IST Results http://istresults.cordis.europa.eu/ The IST Results service gives you online news and analysis on the emerging results from Information Society Technologies research. The service reports on prototype products and services ready for commercialisation as well as work in progress and interim results with significant potential for exploitation |
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| EBF European Biometrics Forum http://www.eubiometricsforum.com/ The European Biometrics Forum is an independent European organisation supported by the European Commission whose overall vision is to establish the European Union as the World Leader in Biometrics Excellence by addressing barriers to adoption and fragmentation in the marketplace. The forum also acts as the driving force for coordination, support and strengthening of the national bodies. Its members’ base of over 100 spans the wider biometrics community including biometric companies, research agencies, policy makers and user groups. |
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| iAfB http://www.iafb.org.uk/ (en) The aim of the International Association for Biometrics (iAfB) is to provide a forum for the European and International Biometrics Community, in order to promote the development and implementation of Biometric technologies, standards and applications through education and awareness programs and the gathering and dissemination of best practices. |
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| BioSec http://www.biosec.org/index.php (en) BIOmetric SECurity (IST-2002-001766) is a Project of the IST Priority of the 6th Framework Programme of the European Community, with the aim to bring deployment of a European-wide approach to biometric technologies for security applications |
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| eJustice http://www.ejustice.eu.com/ eJustice (Securing Access to Better Justice for All in the Digital Era) is a research project tasked with translating the urgent need for judicial efficiency and cooperation into a series of tools to modernise the management and delivery of selected legal cases both within countries and between countries in the EU. Biometrics for secure authentication is one of the priority eJustice investigation areas. |
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| ECRYPT http://www.ecrypt.eu.org/ (en) ECRYPT is a network of excellence in cryptology funded within the Information Societies Technology (IST) Programme of the European Commission's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) under contract number IST-2002-507932. It falls under the action line Towards a global dependability and security framework. It was launched on February 1st, 2004. Its objective is to intensify the collaboration of European researchers in information security, and more in particular in cryptology and digital watermarking. |
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| PRIME - Privacy and Identity Management for Europe http://www.prime-project.eu.org/ The PRIME project proposes building a user-controlled system for managing identities. Such a system positions the relevant actors and their technology platform. The platform addresses the full range of needs of the users and privacy law. The implementation of such an identity management system however requires synergy between the actors to develop complementary strategies and achieve visible benefits. |
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| GUIDE - Creating a European Identity Management Architecture for eGovernment http://istrg.som.surrey.ac.uk/projects/guide/ (en) GUIDE is conducting research and technological development with the aim of creating an architecture for secure and interoperable e-government electronic identity services and transactions for Europe . The project's approach is multi-disciplinary and includes technology, procedural and policy development across Europe . GUIDE consists of 23 organisations from 13 countries. GUIDE's vision is to enable Europe to become the global leader of e-government services through the creation of an open architecture for identity authentication. |
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| Biometric Expertise group http://biometricexpertisegroup.com/ With a network of more than 15 experts, the Biometric Expertise Group has created a European focal point of biometric knowledge and experience. All BEG experts have extensive experience with biometrics, all from different standpoints, like legal, technical, security, architectural, business, political, standardisation, functional and scientific . They can act as single consultant, but can also operate jointly carrying out a full project responsibilty. |
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| BITE http://www.biteproject.org/ (en) The EU funded BITE project aims to prompt research and to launch a public debate on bioethics of biometric technology. The project offers a unique combination of academic centres, industries and international organisations with the aim to help industry and researchers to confront ethical issues that arise in biometrics. |
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| Acuity Market Intelligence http://www.acuity-mi.com Acuity Market Intelligence cuts through the clutter of information overload to provide technology neutral and vendor independent industry insight and analysis for emerging technology markets. Acuity's most recent focus has been in the identification solutions arena with particular expertise in the burgeoning field of Biometrics. |
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| BiometricBit http://www.biometricbits.com/ After animating a previous well known discussion list, Henry Boitel continues with the new Biometricbits site an indepth reflexion and border free knowledge sharing on Biometrics. Biometricbits intent to be an independent open minded discussion forum for biometrics porofessionals. To participate to the Biometrics Discussion List Information, please join http://www.biometricbits.com/biometrics_discussion_group.htm |
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| IBG International Biometrics Group http://www.biometricgroup.com/ International Biometric Group is a biometric industry's source of in-depth analysis on biometric technologies, vendors, applications, performance, privacy - source of objective, independent biometrics information. IBG sells Reports on these topics, and also offers certain reports to web site registrants free of charge |
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| NBSP http://www.nationalbiometric.org/nbsp.html The NATIONAL BIOMETRIC SECURITY PROJECT is a US based non-profit organization incorporated in Washington, D.C. It is designed to perform an independent public service in support of anti-terrorist and homeland security objectives. It intents to provide unbiased support regarding application of biometric technology; from development of standards, to focused testing, research, training, and education for all levels of government and the private sector that have responsibility for security of the civilian national infrastructure. |
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| IBIA - International Biometric Industry Association http://66.148.3.250/aboutibia/ IBIA is a US-based trade association founded in September 1998 in Washington, D.C. to advance the collective international interests of the biometric industry. IBIA aim is to impartially serve all biometric technologies in all applications. |
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| The Biometrics Institute www.biometricsinstitute.org The Biometrics Institute is an independent not-for-profit membership organisation, founded in July 2001. Its primary members are government and business users of biometric services and products, with other membership categories for vendors. Initial members are from Australia and New Zealand. However we welcome members from wider Asia Pacific region. The mission of the Biometrics Institute is to be a forum for biometric users and other interested parties and to facilitate the responsible use of biometrics. Privacy is an important issue to the Biometrics Institute members and a Privacy Code for the Biometrics industry in Australia is currently awaiting approval from the Australian Privacy Commissioner. |
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