Objective SPACE is intended to simplify procedures for EU citizens moving to another Member State, by cutting back on time-consuming formalities involving social security, tax, local government and other authorities. SPACE will show how a telematic infrastructure can provide a single point of access to these different services. As a result, one official may retrieve information needed from the corresponding authorities in another Member State, data transfer will become cheaper and more reliable and citizens will satisfy all change-of- residence regulations in one visit to the relevant authority.The Free Movement of people in Europe is granted by the Maastricht Treaty, but in reality the free movement is hindered by many administrative barriers. The SPACE project will demonstrate the possibility to reduce these administrative barriers by introducing a telematic infrastructure for the exchange of information. A Citizen moving from one Member State to another is facing a variety of administrative burdens: registering in the municipality, arranging social security, complying to new tax regulations, registering a car, exchange of drivers licence and getting a medical dossier accepted. These issues regularly takes 6 to 12 months to be resolved and the Citizen will personally have to visit several public bodies to receive, deliver or certify documents.The project aims to create a single point of access to these administrative services, allowing one civil servant to retrieve the necessary information from different sectors in another Member State. To realise this single point of access, the project will develop the necessary applications to make the electronic transfer of the required information between Member States possible. It will involve a range of different ministries in the Member States: Interior, Tax, Health, Social Affairs, Justice, etc.The Single Point of Access will provide the Citizen with one-stop-shopping of administrative services. This will ensure that the registration process can be more efficient and data will be more accurate and reliable. The administrations involved will be able to provide the required services, in a more cost- and time efficient manner. The intersectoral approach will be beneficial for the development of generic services in the administrative domain and for addressing generic issues. Fields of science social sciencessociologygovernancetaxation Programme(s) FP4-TELEMATICS 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development and demonstration in the area of telematic applications of common interest, 1994-1998 Topic(s) A.1 - Telematics Applications for Administrations Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Datacentralen A/S EU contribution No data Address Rue du Cornet 22 1040 Brussels Belgium See on map Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CAP VOLMAC BV Netherlands EU contribution No data Address 300,DALTONLAAN 3500 GN UTRECHT See on map Total cost No data DEBIS SYSTEMHAUS GEI MBH Germany EU contribution No data Address 14,PASCALSTRASSE 52076 AACHEN See on map Total cost No data ERITEL S.A. Spain EU contribution No data Address 132,CALLE DE VELAZQUEZ 28006 MADRID See on map Total cost No data International Computers Ltd (ICL) United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address ICL House 1 High Street Putney SW15 1SW London See on map Total cost No data NORSK REGNESENTRAL FOUNDATION Norway EU contribution No data Address 23,GAUSTADALLEEN, BLINDERN 0314 OSLO See on map Total cost No data SEMA GROUP France EU contribution No data Address 16,RUE BARBES 92126 MONTROUGE See on map Total cost No data Società Generale d'Informatica SpA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Mario Carucci 99 00143 Roma See on map Total cost No data VTKK GROUP LTD Finland EU contribution No data Address ESPOONTORI 02101 ESPOO See on map Total cost No data