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An enduring partnership

The Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI) and the Smart Country Convention (SCCON) share a long-standing partnership. They are united in the aim to drive forward and accelerate the digital transformation in Germany. And so we are delighted that this year, once again, the ministry will be acting as patron of our three-day convention on digitalisation in the public sector.

Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser will open our convention and present her digital policy programme entitled “Digital Germany: Safe, independent and citizen-centred”, which she introduced in early 2022 together with State Secretary Dr Markus Richter, Germany’s Federal Government Commissioner for Information Technology. This programme reflects the digital policy aims of the ministry and extends far beyond the digitalisation of public administration. It includes projects on topics such as cyber security, modernising the state, data policy and digital sovereignty. Ms Faeser will talk about how the implementation of the programme can best succeed.

The Smart Country Convention, which will take place at the Messe Berlin exhibition grounds from 18 to 20 October 2022, will feature a wide-ranging programme, including lectures and workshops on specific topics. We look forward to having the Federal Minister of the Interior with us at our convention once again.

Portrait of Nancy Faeser, Federal Minister of the Interior and Community
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"We want a digitally advanced state which consistently puts citizens’ needs first. We want to make our country more modern, more citizen-oriented and more digitalised. Specifically, this means uniform standards and faster digital procedures. All services should be available online anywhere at any time."

Federal Minister of the Interior and Community Nancy Faeser

Accessing government administrative services online

The website verwaltung.bund.de provides information and access to administrative services provided by federal, state and local governments.
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THE FEDERAL PORTAL

The Federal Portal (an online Federal Government portal) is a good example of how to provide online services with users’ needs in mind. After all, everyone wishes it were easier to find out about public services and to fill in and send off the relevant forms.
Currently operating in its first phase, the Federal Portal features an easy-to-use search function offering plenty of information for dealing with local authorities. Direct access to a number of Federal Government online services is already available. For many services in future, it should no longer be necessary to contact local authorities in person. The hope is that as many as possible of the Federal Government’s online services will be available directly via this online portal.

Smart Regions, Smart Cities, Smart Country

Find out here about the digital policy programme to 2025
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THE DIGITAL POLICY PROGRAMME

With a remit spanning cyber security, digitalisation of public administration and data policy, the Federal Ministry of the Interior plays a key role in modernising the state. In early 2022, Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser presented her digital policy programme in Berlin and outlined the projects with which she aims to modernise the country by 2025.

Find out here about the digital policy programme to 2025.

Link to the OZG Dashboard
Source: Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community

OZG DASHBOARD

Which services have been put online as part of the programme of the Online Access Act (OZG)? And how many OZG services from the digital policy programme are currently active?

A map of Germany is now available showing where OZG services can be accessed online. The OZG Dashboard visually tracks the implementation of the Online Access Act.

Link to the OZG Dashboard

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Latest news on partners

Up-to-the-minute topics, initiatives and services of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community regarding the digitalisation of public administration, data protection and IT security.

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web page: Online now!

Whether at federal, state or local level, the digital transformation of public administration is under way in all areas. The pandemic accelerated this process, and now more and more public administration services can be applied for easily and trouble-free from home. On its page “Jetzt digital!” (Online now!) the website of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community provides updates on new and existing online services.
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The digital academy
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The digital academy

Your platform for digital training for the federal administration.

Stay ahead with us in the digital age. We support the federal administration’s digital transformation with advanced training measures. We provide sustained, efficient training to help you master the challenges of digitalisation.
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Soon German citizens will be able to save their electronic proof of identity from their German ID card directly onto their smartphone and use that electronic ID function via their smartphones.
Source: Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community

Electronic identification

As the digital transformation progresses, secure electronic identification online is becoming more important. This is especially true now, since the COVID-19 pandemic has meant that much more administrative and private business must be done online.
To this end, citizens in Germany have a secure and simple solution that also protects their data: the chip in their identity card contains an electronic ID function which allows secure and simple electronic identification and is also sensitive to data privacy.
The German eID function is a state-owned and highly secure means of identification (notified for the highest possible level of trust in accordance with the eIDAS Regulation). Holders of the identity card, the electronic residence permit and the eID card for citizens of the European Union can use it.
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Dr. Michael Scherz

Commercial Counsellor at the Austrian Embassy in Berlin
ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA Berlin
Austrian Embassy – Commercial Section

Curriculum Vitae

since 09/2020
Commercial Counsellor at the Austrian Embassy in Berlin

10/2017 – 08/2020
Head of Innovation at AUSSENWIRTSCHAFT AUSTRIA in Vienna

09/2011 – 09/2017
Commercial Counsellor for the Austrian Consulate in Munich

09/2010 – 08/2011
Head of Marketing at AUSSENWIRTSCHAFT AUSTRIA in Vienna

01/2009 – 08/2011
Head of International Technology Cooperation at AUSENWIRTSCHAFT AUSTRIA in Vienna

07/2008 – 12/2008
Regional manager for Germany, Switzerland and Italy at AUSSENWIRTSCHAFT AUSTRIA in Vienna

10/2003 – 06/2008 Commercial Counsellor for the Austrian Embassy in Rome, based in Padua

12/1998 – 09/2003
Commercial Counsellor for the Austrian Embassy in Sarajevo

05/1996 – 12/1998
Commercial attaché in New York 11/1993 – 04/1996 Commercial attaché in Paris

07/1990 – 10/1993
Commercial attaché in Johannesburg

04/1988 – 06/1989
Commercial attaché in Jakarta

08/1986 – 03/1988
Commercial attaché in Bucharest

07/1985 – 08/1986
Joined the Export Trade Department of the Federal Chamber of Commerce. Qualified as a Commercial Counsellor

11/1984 – 06/1985
Traineeship at the regional courts of Innsbruck and Vienna

1980 - 1984
Studied Law at the University of Innsbruck
Gained a Ph.D. in Jurisprudence

1979 - 1980
Basic military service

1971 - 1979
Bundesgymnasium (high school), Bregenz

Date and place of birth: 26 June 1961, Bregenz

Dr. Michael Scherz

Dr. Margarete Schramböck

Federal Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs
Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs

Dr. Margarete Schramböck

Margarete Schramböck was appointed as Federal Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs on 7 January 2020.

Curriculum Vitae

Margarete Schramböck was born 1970 in Tyrol, Austria. She studied Business Administration at the University of Economics and Business in Vienna (WU), where she obtained her Doctorate in Social and Economic Sciences in 1997.

Before Ms Schramböck started her career in 2002 as CEO of NextiraOne, an IT communications company based in Paris, she was occupying a management position at Alcatel. From December 2008 to December 2011 she became Managing Director of NextiraOne Germany. In 2014 Ms Schramböck began working as CEO of Dimension Data Austria, which is a globally leading provider of network and communications technologies and IT services, in particular in the fields of network and computer centres, cloud services, IT security, voice and video communications as well as application integration. Between 2016 and 2017 she was CEO of A1 Telekom Austria.

On 18 December 2017 Margarete Schramböck was appointed Federal Minister of Science, Research and Economy and from 8 January 2018 to 3 June 2019 she was Federal Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs.

Ms Schramböck remains deeply attached to her Alma Mater and is a member of the WU's Center of Excellence. In 2017 she was elected both Tyrolean of the Year and University of Economics and Business in Vienna WU Manager of 2017.

Margarete was a Member of the National Council from 23 October 2019 to 7 January 2020.

Margarete Schramböck was appointed as Federal Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs on 7 January 2020.