Streamline Data Flows (FR0040)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: France Action Plan 2018-2020
Action Plan Cycle: 2018
Status: Active
Institutions
Lead Institution: Minister of State for the Digital Sector, attached to the Prime Minister
Support Institution(s): All ministries
Policy Areas
Access to Information, E-Government, Open Data, Science & TechnologyIRM Review
IRM Report: France Design Report 2018-2020
Starred: Pending IRM Review
Early Results: Pending IRM Review
Design i
Verifiable: Yes
Relevant to OGP Values: Access to Information , Technology
Implementation i
Completion: Pending IRM Review
Description
Streamline data flows within the State with FranceConnect Plateforme
Lead institution(s):
Minister of State for the Digital Sector, attached to the Prime Minister
Other stakeholders:
All ministries
New commitment
OGP principles with which the commitment is associated:
Innovation and technology for openness
Challenges
By 2022, all of the public authorities, at national and local level alike, will be using the components and services of the technical infrastructure FranceConnect Plateforme to deliver secure, simple, personalised, completely digital services which guarantee procedural traceability and respect of fundamental freedoms. This platform is enabling the gradual, ongoing construction of a modular, reusable public information system designed to facilitate innovation and to be open to all State partners, whether public or private. It supports agile, low-cost developments, focusing efforts on the search for "business value".
Thanks to its core range of basic services:
Citizens, businesses and public officials can obtain e-identification means tailored to their needs via FranceConnect identité;
Data and services can be published with a view, on the one hand, to facilitating communication between public authorities and personalising relations with users (thereby avoiding repeat requests for supporting documents for example, applying the "dites-le nous une fois" (tell us just the once) rule), and, on the other, to enabling different developers, whether they are working within a State institution or externally, to create value-added services;
Trust can be enhanced by guaranteeing protection of data and privacy.
Ambitions
The FranceConnect Plateforme is organised into two concentric circles:
The 1st circle ("core"), comprising a basic services provision for guaranteeing the smooth running of the platform and swift delivery of the services for users and businesses (e.g. FranceConnect identité, data exchange service, data protection service);
The 2nd circle, comprising common assets: services and components characterised by their high degree of re-use by the other departments, and therefore by a high risk of disruption should the service be upgraded or become unavailable. These services include, for example,
the main APIs on the reference data (businesses, households, taxation, geodata, etc.) or the "public data service";
The FranceConnect Plateforme development pathway takes an iterative approach with the user (starting with a "minimum viable product"), enabling an incremental and collective development of services.
In this platform model, the ministries, operators and local authorities become stewards of the development of the modular public IS. They are responsible for presenting data and services for the attention of officials or the public. These services are either new modular-native services ("API First" approach) or services from legacy systems that have gone through API- fication processes.
FranceConnect Plateforme is then expected to be opened to external developers and enhanced as and when they add new contributions. It will also be possible to develop new services from available public services and data. Such services could, for example, allow user authentication via FranceConnect identité.
The road map in detail
Develop the core services of FranceConnect Plateforme, to guarantee the smooth running of the platform and swift delivery of the services for users and businesses:
The platform infrastructure;
The identification services based on FranceConnect identité
(Household, Official or Business);
The data exchange functions: internal reference frameworks,
API SEO, drawing up of contracts and authorisations,
presentation and transmission of data;
The functions bearing on protection (integrity, confidentiality,
access control, traceability and history of exchanges) and
trust;
An access interface for users and local authorities publishing
information in open-data format (number, type, geographic distribution) 2 years for the first complete operational environment (followed by continuous improvement)
Develop the priority services of common interest (minimum functional base, 2nd circle) to fast-track the development and provision of new online services, underpinning the "core" features of FranceConnect Plateforme.
In particular: APIs opening up the reference data, pooled components enabling the integration and ongoing roll-out of developments according to a DevOps mindset; universal payment "brick"; Vitam-as-a-Service (Vitam is a software program for developing a digital archiving base that can be re-used by government departments), etc. 5 years
IRM Midterm Status Summary
11. Streamline data flows within the State with FranceConnect Plateforme
Language of the commitment as it appears in the action plan:
By 2022, all of the public authorities, at national and local level alike, will be using the components and services of the technica l infrastructure FranceConnect Plateforme to deliver secure, simple, personalised, completely digital services which guarantee procedural traceability and respect of fundamental freedoms. This platform is enabling the gradual, ongoing construction of a modular, reusable public information system designed to facilitate innovation and to be open to all State partners, whether public or private. It supports agile, low-cost developments, focusing efforts on the search for "business value".
Thanks to its core range of basic services:
Citizens, businesses and public officials can obtain e-identification means tailored to their needs via FranceConnect identité;
Data and services can be published with a view, on the one hand, to facilitating communication between public authorities and personalising relations with users (thereby avoiding repeat requests for supporting documents for exam ple, applying the "dites-le nous une fois" (tell us just the once) rule), and, on the other, to enabling different developers, whether they are working within a State institution or externally, to create value-added services;
Trust can be enhanced by guaranteeing protection of data and privacy.
The FranceConnect Plateforme is organised into two concentric circles:
The 1st circle ("core"), comprising a basic services provision for guaranteeing the smooth running of the platform and swift delivery of the services for users and businesses (e.g. FranceConnect identité, data exchange service, data protection service);
The 2nd circle, comprising common assets: services and components characterised by their high degree of re-use by the other departments, and therefore by a high risk of disruption should the service be upgraded or become unavailable. These services include, for example, the main APIs on the reference data (businesses, households, taxation, geodata, etc.) or the "public data service";
The FranceConnect Plateforme development pathway takes an iterative approach with the user (starting with a "minimum viable product"), enabling an incremental and collective development of services.
In this platform model, the ministries, operators and local authorities become stewards of the development of the modular public IS. They are responsible for presenting data and services for the attention of officials or the public. These services are either new modular-native services ("API First" approach) or services from legacy systems that have gone through API- fication processes.
FranceConnect Plateforme is then expected to be opened to external developers and enhanced as and when they add new contributions. It will also be possible to develop new services from available public services and data. Such services could, for example, allow user authentication via FranceConnect identité. [49]
Milestones
11.1 Develop the core services of FranceConnect Plateforme, to guarantee the smooth running of the platform and swift delivery of the services for users and businesses:
- The platform infrastructure;
- The identification services based on FranceConnect identité (Household, Official or Business);
- The data exchange functions: internal reference frameworks, API SEO, drawing up of contracts and authorisations, presentation and transmission of data;
- The functions bearing on protection (integrity, confidentiality, access control, traceability and history of exchanges) and trust;
- An access interface for users and local authorities publishing information in open-data format (number, type, geographic distribution)
11.2 Develop the priority services of common interest (minimum functional base, 2nd circle) to fast-track the development and provision of new online services, underpinning the "core" features of FranceConnect Plateforme.
In particular: APIs opening up the reference data, pooled components enabling the integration and ongoing roll-out of developments according to a DevOps mindset; universal payment "brick"; Vitam-as-a-Service (Vitam is a software program for developing a digital archiving base that can be re-used by government departments), etc.
Start Date: 2018
End Date: 2023
Context and Objectives
Public services online are scattered and require users to create several accounts to sign up. FranceConnect offers an “official” user authentication and allows users to access several public services in one single place. Users can request official documents, verify remaining points on a driving license, and submit a demand for financial support, among other actions. The platform fits within the government’s effort to digitalize public administration and its services. This commitment is a continuation of France’s 2015–2017 action plan, in which the government committed to testing and launching the platform. [50] This commitment aimed to strengthen the platform through several fundamental services (e.g., secure identification, data exchange) and the development of new online services.
The IRM researcher considers the commitment relevant to access to information. One of the milestones of the commitment requires the creation of a public access interface, with the publication of information in open data format. The commitment is also relevant to technology and innovation, since it requires the improvement of a digital platform.
Overall, this commitment is verifiable. The first milestone contains concrete activities to be undertaken and a list of core services that should be integrated into the platform. The second milestone is, however, vague. It only indicates that a second round of improvements will be implemented, without further information except that it should include the APIs (application programming interface) to open reference data.
In terms of the impact of the commitment, the IRM researcher deems this initiative to have a potential minor effect. This commitment seeks to develop digital services and facilitate citizens’ access to public services. The first commitment on FranceConnect was considered to have a potential moderate impact in the last IRM evaluation round. The platform is already in place, and this commitment aims to strengthen the system. Thus, the IRM researcher considers the change envisaged to be incremental and believes it would have a minor potential impact.
Next steps
The IRM researcher suggests that this commitment not be carried forward to the next action plan. Alternatively, it could be made to fit the objectives of widening access to information, improving citizen participation in public affairs, and providing citizens with the means to hold the government accountable. The action plan could also group all commitments that concern e-government and the digitalization of public services. Grouping them would make the overall strategy easier to understand. It would also streamline open government initiatives in all such commitments (e.g., linking the digitalization with the publication of performance and budget data).
Commitments
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Transparency of Public Services
FR0030, 2018, E-Government
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Transparency of Public Procurement
FR0031, 2018, Access to Information
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Transparency of Development Aid
FR0032, 2018, Access to Information
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Expand Open Data
FR0033, 2018, Access to Information
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Improved Data Policies and Administration
FR0034, 2018, Access to Information
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Transparency of Public Algorithms
FR0035, 2018, E-Government
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Open Data at Sub-National Level
FR0036, 2018, Access to Information
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State AI Lab
FR0037, 2018, Automated Decision-Making
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Administrative Capacity-Building
FR0038, 2018, Capacity Building
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Public Service Incubators
FR0039, 2018, Capacity Building
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Streamline Data Flows
FR0040, 2018, Access to Information
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Open Etat Forum
FR0041, 2018, E-Government
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Online Procedures Dashboard
FR0042, 2018, E-Government
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Govtech Summit
FR0043, 2018, Capacity Building
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Improve Public Consultation Mechanisms
FR0044, 2018, E-Government
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International Transparency and Citizen Participation
FR0045, 2018, Aid
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Public Pariticipation in Sustainable Development
FR0046, 2018, Access to Information
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Open Science
FR0047, 2018, Access to Information
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Citizen Involvement in Cour Des Comptes
FR0048, 2018, Access to Information
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Transparency of Interest Representatives
FR0049, 2018, Access to Information
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Access to Information on Public Officials
FR0050, 2018, Access to Information
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Open Regional and Local Authorities' Data
FR0001, 2015, Access to Information
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Publish Municipal Council Decisions and Reports Online
FR0002, 2015, E-Government
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Publish Building Permits in Open Data Format
FR0003, 2015, Access to Information
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Increase Transparency in Public Procurement
FR0004, 2015, Access to Information
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Improve Transparency in International Development Aid
FR0005, 2015, Access to Information
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Open Access to Public Policy Evaluations
FR0006, 2015, E-Government
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Involve Citizens in Cour Des Comptes Work
FR0007, 2015, Access to Information
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Access to Public Officials Transparency Obligations
FR0008, 2015, Access to Information
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Beneficial Ownership
FR0009, 2015, Anti-Corruption
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Transparency in Extractive Industries
FR0010, 2015, Anti-Corruption
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Transparency in International Trade Commercial Negotiations
FR0011, 2015, Access to Information
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Fix My Neighborhood
FR0012, 2015, E-Government
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Digital Fix-It
FR0013, 2015, Access to Information
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Co-Produce Data Infrastructure with Civil Society
FR0014, 2015, Access to Information
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Open Legal Resources
FR0015, 2015, Access to Information
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Reform Participatory Mechanisms
FR0016, 2015, Open Regulations
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Mediation and Justice
FR0017, 2015, Access to Justice
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Open and Circulate Data
FR0018, 2015, Access to Information
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Open Calculation Models and Simulators
FR0019, 2015, Access to Information
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Open Platform for Government Resources
FR0020, 2015, E-Government
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Improve Public Services Through E-Government and User Interaction
FR0021, 2015, E-Government
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Empower Civil Society to Support Schools
FR0022, 2015, E-Government
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Diversify Recruitment Within Public Institutions
FR0023, 2015, Capacity Building
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Culture Change
FR0024, 2015, Capacity Building
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Spread Public Innovation
FR0025, 2015, Capacity Building
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Protect Against Conflicts of Interest
FR0026, 2015, Anti-Corruption
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Civil Society & Transparency in COP21 Conference Planning
FR0027, 2015, Environment and Climate
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Open Data and Climate/Sustainable Development
FR0028, 2015, Access to Information
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Collaborate with Civil Society on Climate and Sustainable Development
FR0029, 2015, Environment and Climate