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ES/PT: Portugal and Spain interconnect public eServices
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9 February 2010
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9 February 2010
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As from the end of February 2010, several Portuguese and Spanish eGovernment services will be interconnected, thus allowing any citizen of one of the two countries to access and use the services of the other country.
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.
According to a press release of the Portuguese Government, starting end of February 2010, "the Portuguese citizens will be able to use the online services of the Spanish Government" and vice versa. This is the first step towards achieving the objectives set out in the aforementioned agreement, the press release states.
Under the first stage of the collaboration, the Portuguese businesses operating in the field of civil construction in Spain will be able to register their workers with the Spanish Ministry of Employment and Immigration online, using a citizen card [Cartão do Cidadão in Portuguese]. Likewise, the Spanish citizens will have the possibility to set up a company online through the Portuguese Enterprise's Portal after identifying with their national eID card [DNI electrónico in Spanish].
The Portuguese Government specified that this initiative "aims to contribute to promoting foreign investment in our country while bringing the two countries closer and creating the conditions of a better environment for commerce and an easier life for the citizens".
The initiative was presented on 2 February 2010 at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in Lisbon, in the presence of the Portuguese Secretary of State for Administrative Modernisation, Maria Manuel Leitão Marques, and the Spanish State Secretary for the Public Service, Carmen Gomis Bernal.
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