📋 Tender Overview
Safetravellers: secure and frictionless identity for eu and third country national citizens
Id checks that do not compromise personal dataidentity theft is a pervasive issue, with millions falling victim worldwide. in the eu, sophisticated fraudulent attacks are on the rise, affecting 1 in 2 europeans in the last two years alone. security officials warn of an ‘epidemic’, fuelled by demand from asylum-seekers and terrorists using counterfeit documents. in this context, the eu-funded safetravellers project aims to bolster border security and provide tools to combat identity fraud. its approach involves multi-biometric identification, enhancing current verification methods while ensuring gdpr compliance and protecting citizen privacy. with safetravellers, border crossings become seamless, using a distributed european multi-biometric data space to facilitate secure identity checks without compromising personal data.
Funded under
Civil security for society
Total cost
€ 7 477 390,02
Eu contribution
€ 6 081 079,21
Coordinated by
Inov instituto de engenharia de sistemas e computadores inovacao
Portugal
Start date
1 january 2024
End date
31 december 2026
