What is ChamberSign aisbl?

  • an information gateway for educating and promoting the use of digital signatures in new and existing members' services, marketing their potential  as national and cross border services;
  • a project management tool for members that intend to test, duplicate and eventually deploy trust and security services already in use in ChamberSign members' markets.

The ChamberSign aisbl mission(s)

If to help members increase the number of digital certificates and of services requiring their usage is the current ChamberSign aisbl mission, the deployment of cross-border services is at the center of our strategy and the ultimate objective for our association.

The ChamberSign aisbl past

Founded by Eurochambres, the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry in 1999 with currently 9 member Chamber organisations, ChamberSign aisbl represents 579 local Chambers of Commerce, thus 13,4 million enterprises, most of which are SMEs.
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ChamberSign aisbl is an initiative set up by Chambers of Commerce with the aim to create a comprehensive architecture for secure business-to-business electronic commerce across international borders;

The ChamberSign focus was - and still is - to promote and enable the strong authentication and digital signature technology, making it widely available to the business community and achieving international recognition and interoperability.

ChamberSign aisbl today

  • eGovernment - not eCommerce – has been the main business driver in delivering to SMEs strong authentication and electronic signature applications in the ChamberSign member States;
  • national eGovernment schemes [or lack of them] are shaping diverse trust and security policies and standards in members national markets;
  • ETSI standards have been a neglected aspect in the implementation of
    Directive 99/93/EC;
  • a common policy for implementing the ChamberSign cross-border Certification Authority (C.A.) is challenged by the different national requirements for eGovernment, currently in use by members C.A.s..

ChamberSign aisbl future

By launching focused projects for testing, validating and deploying cross-border services, Chambers of Commerce – in parallel with other EU initiatives – can deliver a coordinated transnational push which could prove beneficial for all entities involved in the dissemination of standardised strong authentication and digital signatures solutions in Europe.