The Project (2000-2001)

FASME was a central project of the "Information Society Technology" -research program of the European Commission. Within the framework programs the European Commission promotes every year a determined number of research projects. FASME is the abbreviation of the project that means "Facilitating Administrative Services for Mobile Europeans". Central to the research was the development of a so-called JavaCard for the support of administration services in changing the place of work and living. The JavaCard is similar to a common chip card (SmartCard) which is for example used for health insurance. By using the JavaCard you can save, read or change personal data; IT-systems in offices can access the data with special applications.

Changing the place of work and living within Europe is connected to a multitude of administrative barriers. These barriers can be overcome in the future by one single chip card, the JavaCard. FASME supports the flexibility and integration in Europe which is growing together more and more in the 21st century. Within the FASME project a prototype was developed which facilitated administrative services like registering the place of living, changes of insurances or driving licences in whole Europe in a safe and flexible way.

FASME was not only an international cooperation but it was also interdisciplinary. The Universities of Amsterdam, Cologne, Rostock and Zurich represented the scientific aspects of the sectors informatics, psychology and sociology. Administration experts of the municipalities of Grosseto (I), Newcastle (GB) and Cologne (D) joined in with their views of municipalities and citizens. The worldwide active IT-group ICL and the international consultancy ZUENDEL & Partner Systems Consultants GmbH were responsible for the technical realisation. ZUENDEL & Partner Unternehmensberatung GmbH was the project coordinator and managed the project.
 

Project meeting in Grosseto, Italy.