July 2003

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Eurosmart Steering Committee met Gerald Santucci on July, 3rd to exchange on the vision of the EU Commission on smart card market and research.

Mr Santucci, head of unit on Trust and Security at the DG Information Society, expressed his support to Eurosmart activities, informed participants on the EU future Information Network Security Agency and asked the members to give input on security and biometrics issues to DG Justice and Internal Affairs regarding the implementation of the EU visa policy.


Olivier Piou, chairman of Eurosmart, insisted on pushing forward the use of smart cards during the ongoing political debates and decisions on securing EU frontiers, electronic payments and health.



   

Eurosmart is moving into new premises in Brussels.
The association new details from 30 July 2003 are as follow:

Rue du Luxembourg, 19 - 21
B-1000 Brussels
Metro station: Trone
 
+32 (0) 2 506 88 38
 
+32 (0) 2 506 88 25


Download Access Map

 

EUROSMART in eEurope Smart Cards
   

The eEurope Smart Cards Initiative is coming to an end. It has completed its task with a major accomplishment: The Open Smart Card Infrastructure for Europe. It has also created a strong worldwide network of experts and led to the deployment of projects and standardisation initiatives.

Download eESC Newsletter N°5

   

eEurope Smart Cards last Open Meeting
in Athens, 4-5 June 2003

This meeting on the theme eEurope Smart Card Infrastructure and Services was hosted under the patronage of the Greek Presidency by the Greek Ministry of Economy and Finance and provided a wealth of information in various areas.

Download eESC Athens meeting Press Release

Download Athens meeting report

 

 


The new CD-Rom with latest Open Smart Card Infrastructure for Europe is now available, and it's free.

Order your free copy of eEurope Smart cards CD-Rom

More than 400 CD ROM have been ordered online. Thank you for your interest in eESC activities. Please contact us for inquiry or comments.

 

OSCIE now available online. Consult this two year comprehensive work.

Visit eEurope Smart Cards site


EUROSMART EU Projects Participation

Download Final Roadmap Version       
 

Download Report on Certification of contactless cards(PDF 720 Kb)

Download Document on interoperability of Contactless cards (Zipped PDF 781 Kb)
Download Document on Security of Contactless cards
(623 Kb)
Download Updated SINCE Flyer (PDF 39 Kb)

Go to SINCE page


Mr Uemura met EUROSMART chairman Olivier Piou to discuss cooperation between Eurosmart and ECSEC within the MEIJI programme.

Japan renewed certification from DCSSI on 27 June for its smarcard related PPS.

   
Visit Smart MEIJI web site

   

Visit Smart IS web site


 

 
> 17 - 19 September : eSmart 2003 Sophia-Antipolis - France. Eurosmart Chairman, Olivier Piou, will open the plenary session on strategy.

500 € for Eurosmart, GlobalPlatform and Javacard Forum Members
750 € for Regular Attendees (Early Bird registration until 10 July 2003)
 

Download eSmart 2003 Programme and Registration Form - Final version (PDF 350 Kb)

Register online



   

EUROSMART is Paris international Cartes exhibition official sponsor for the 4th year round.

Brazil will be Cartes guest country for this edition and EUROSMART will support the brazilian delegation.

More on Cartes 2003

 

 


Next ISCAN meeting is scheduled during cartes 2003, on 17 november. More information soon on this page.

Download ISCAN Orlando meeting minutes

 

News from the network


- Smart Card Alliance in its June edition announces the upcoming projects of the Alliance 's task forces - A white paper on Secure Physical Access and Transit and Retail Convergence. Important events are scheduled in July - The Alliance annual conference in Arlington "smart cards in government" 15-17 July - The Govsec conference and the Alliance tutorial in Washington on July 22.

- ACT Canada Newsletter latest editorial relates the announcement of Visa Canada to convert to chip technology for millions of Canadian card holder.

- The Smart Card Society of Southern Africa announces Shoprite, Africa's largest food retailer, project to replace its card readers in all its stores migrating to a standardised payment platform ready for future electronic payment development. eGovernment solutions - KwaZulu Natal pensioners can now use their smart cards to buy goods and draw cash.

 

  Download ISCAN Flyer (PDF 32 Kb)
 

 

 

ISCI: International Security Certification Initiative
   
  EUROSMART together with ERCIM, Certifications bodies, and evaluation laboratories worked on a common proposal, ISCI.

ISCI is a new standardisation initiative submitted within the IST framework. Its aim is to define and promote a universal framework for security evaluation and certification methods, tools and procedure based on internationally accepted standards.


ISCI was evaluated in June by the European
Commission and was not successful. However EUROSMART wil carry on the work and invite the Japanese to join.
Contactless Technology Event
   

We are pleased to announce the launching of a new portal web site fully dedicated to Contactless Technology.


Visit Contactless Technology Network web site
Send feedback, comments, documents and related links to: info@contactless-technology.net