Municipal software becomes fit for new e-government standard

Axians IT&T is a pioneer in the modernization of its specialist application for e-government purposes of the residents' registration offices (EWK): the Infoma newsystem municipal software is the first Swiss EWK solution to go live with version 3 of the eCH0020 interface standard. The latest version of the interface standard leads, for example, to simpler birth notifications and better correction notifications between the EWK specialist application of Lucerne municipalities and the cantonal register platform Lureg. The benefits of the technological upgrade have already been felt by the pilot municipality of Rothenburg since May 2017 and currently by several other municipalities. By the end of the year, all Lucerne customers will have been migrated and will thus benefit from a considerable reduction in the effort required to correct technical errors.

Improved data quality

"With the new version of the Infoma newsystem municipal software, we can already see a significant improvement in data quality," says Enrico Moresi, member of the management team and responsible for the Lureg data platform at Lustat Statistik Luzern, the central statistics office of the canton of Lucerne. Moresi also expects this to have a positive impact on the use of the data by his customers such as the cantonal police, the military administration, the road traffic office and the compensation office. At the beginning of next year, Axians IT&T will also carry out the main certification for the Geres platform used by many cantons with the canton of Nidwalden. The canton-specific features will then be certified separately for the corresponding cantons.

Further building block for e-government

Version 3 of the eCH0020 interface standard specifies the possible reasons for reporting that lead to mutations in the data in the population registers and the codes to be used for the electronic exchange of reasons for reporting. The standard takes into account the exchange of messages between the population registers and the cantonal data platforms, the Infostar register of civil status, the Zemis central migration information system, which is used to process personal data from the area of foreigners and asylum, and other offices of the public administration.

Further information is available on the website of the eCH association: https://www.ech.ch/vechweb/page?p=dossier&documentNumber=eCH-0020

Further information on the EWK specialist application Infoma newsystem from Axians IT&T: https://www.axians-infoma.ch/loesungen/einwohner/