Adullact, the platform for French civil servants working on free software, in June unveiled i-CLEFS, a solution that builds on France’s e-ID to help municipalities offer eGovernment services.
The i-CLEFS solution was presented at a hackathon for France’s e-ID platform, titled France Connect. Adullact’s software won fifth prize in a competition that also saw projects by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Justice and the country’s Tax Department (DGFiP).
The i-CLEF software is intended to be used by France’s municipal administrations. By including a few lines of HTML in their website, a municipality can provide citizen’s access to France Connect’s eGovernment services.
An example would be the village multimedia library, Adullact explains, where a subscription requires a proof of address, or an administrative document from the some government service and a final document involving a Ministry. “Using our platform, the librarian can will pre-select in one form all required documents.”
The connection to the various government departments is managed by Adullact’s web service platform.
France has more than 36,000 cities, towns and village administrations, Adullact explains in its statement. “Budgets are tight and IT does not necessarily take priority”, Adullact writes. ”However, the communities want to offer digital connection to their fellow citizens. We want to simplify their task, and enable them to integrate France Connect.”
The i-CLEF software is made available under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
More information:
Announcement by Adulact (in French)
France Connect key demo site (in French)