<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>In the ISOC September newsletter you may have seen our message "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Creating a path to Single Digital Community in Europe"</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Andale Mono'; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Andale Mono'; ">We have finalised the registration form so you can from today on register for participation in this very interesting project on Single European Digital Identity. Aside the project itself, we will extend the survey to a more global approach on Single Digital Identity, which will allow us to compare the European vision to the global World vision.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Andale Mono'; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Andale Mono'; ">The registration form is available at :</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Andale Mono'; "><a href="http://www.internetsociety.be/portal.php?p=ssedic-reg-form">http://www.internetsociety.be/portal.php?p=ssedic-reg-form</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Andale Mono'; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Andale Mono'; ">or the short one : <a href="http://is.gd/PxlMRu">http://is.gd/PxlMRu</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Andale Mono'; "><br></span></font></div><div>We welcome all of you in this project.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Rudi Vansnick</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">ISOC Belgium </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><b><u>Original message from the newsletter :</u></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><br></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Members and Chapters - if you live in Europe, The Internet Society Belgium Chapter needs you to take part in a critical survey on Single European Digital Identity.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">"We'll need colleagues in Chapter offices to participate in this survey as national or regional experts," says Rudi Vansnick, President of the Internet Society Belgium Chapter. "As experts, they'll also receive the results of the survey."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Scoping the Single European Digital Identity Community (SSEDIC) is a thematic network for the EC's Digital Agenda for Europe. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">The Internet Society Belgium Chapter is a key partner in the network and has been working to help further its mission of uniting the EU in a flourishing digital economy by 2020, outlining policies and actions to maximise the benefits for all Member States.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Today, many barriers still affect the vision of a Single Digital Community in the EU. The interoperability challenges faced by national eIDs - the way citizens, government and businesses can identify themselves securely online - means that access to many EU public services, markets and other transactions are not possible between Member States, forcing people to look outside the EU.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br><br></span></div></body></html>