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Today Secretary of State Tina Heferle received civil servants and representatives of external contractors responsible for the development and introduction of the new biometric ID card.The reception was attended by employees of the Ministries of Internal Affairs Public Administration and Digital Transformation the police representatives of the Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia and the companies Cetis Genis OSI and SETCCE.I am glad that I have the honor to welcome also on behalf of the minister such a large number of experts each of you in your field significantly contributed to the creation of the new biometric identity card the state secretary greeted the guests. She thanked them for their many years of cooperation in a successfully implemented project. All of you are jointly responsible for the establishment of legal foundations the implementation of the public procurement process and the adjustment and connection of records said the State Secretary.She said that the first activities for the introduction of the new identity card began in June 2019 when the EU Regulation on strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens was adopted. In March 2021 the legal basis was adopted and in October of the same year a framework agreement on the design production and personalization of the identity card was signed.She said that in March 2022 after almost 24 years we citizens got the most modern electronic identity document. The new biometric identity card can be used for identification and travel documents electronic services and soon also with healthcare providers. Civil servants and external contractors worked together and created a document that is used by almost 430000 citizens today.A group of international experts in the field of security prints and identification documents also recognized that the biometric identity card is the best modern personal document. Our ID cards have been awarded the prestigious award for the best new national ID card for the Europe Africa and Middle East region. This is a tribute to all of you and your collective effort to create a technologically demanding document. I sincerely thank you for all the effort time and effort that you as an individual and as a team invested in the creation of the new identity card said State Secretary Tina Heferle at the conclusion.At the reception the guests saw a presentation of the production of a biometric ID card received recognition and exchanged impressions about mutual cooperation.
