Its mission
This work package is in charge of the success of the project. In this respect, its means are both looking after the co-operation between all members of the consortium and supervising the respect of the expiries and costs. This is the only module in direct relation with the European Commission.

Detailed description of its tasks

T1.1 - Project management
- Plan the management, pay the member companies, organize the meetings, write reviews, costs and progress reports and ensure the relation with the European Commission.
- Manage the internal problems.

T1.2 - Technical management
Control the cohesion between all choices and their highest level of technicity.

T1.3 - Quality management
Care for the respect of the Quality Plan and provide templates and guidelines for every deliverable.

Its mission
This module aims communicating and informing about the project as much as possible. Moreover, its wish is to get in contact with scientific and free software communities, interested organizations and companies in order to collaborate and make the project improve to its best version. Therefore, documents, code and structure of the EuropePKI solutions are available on the tools implemented in the best way to let everything open. In the long term, the product will be considered as a reference in its field.

Detailed description of its tasks

T2.1 - Dissemination tools implementation
- Create of two web sites, a private and a public one, with forum and mailing lists.
- Set-up of a semi-monthly newsletter uploaded on the public site.

T2.2 - Dissemination activities
- Keep the web site operational, write the newsletter.
- Write the dissemination reports and prepare the project exhibitions.
- Collect data on the subject to get informed of every possible mean of propagation.
- Assist to as much as possible meetings and exhibitions.
- Promote the project in professional press articles.

T2.3 - Exploitation activities
- Position the product and the service.
- Appraise the skills.
- Write the exploitation policy.

Its mission
The step "Requirements" highlights the needs for the best free PKI solutions. Members of the consortium, through brainstorming sessions managed by the work package leaders, identify the requirements, as end-users of the solution EuropePKI. At the end of this stage, the project perimeter is defined.

Detailed description of its tasks

T3.1 - Requirements analysis
Analyse the brainstorming sessions to extract the needs.

T3.2 - Project perimeter and requirements
Fix the borderlines of the project to settle the cornerstone for more technical aspects.

Its mission
This stage is in charge of providing specifications for the trust centre, i.e. for the components and the means of communication between them. The modular design take into account standard compatibilities and feasibility as well as innovativeness to aim the delivery of a not yet available product, the structure is adapted to existing and to come components known by the qualified members. In the long term, a draft version is delivered to allow next stages anticipation in their work.

Detailed description of its tasks

T4.1 - Overall architecture
- Define the modules architecture for the different components: registration authority, certification authority, directory, client side components and smart card support.
- Install the protocols for communication between them.

T4.2 - Relations between core components
- Choose the protocols and ensure their safety.
- Design the interfaces between modules according to both state-of-the-art and well-known applications.

T4.3 - External interfaces
- Establish the specifications to make the product easy usable and adaptable in the client context.
- Specify the standards for the links between EuropePKI library and the customers.

Its mission
It is to provide the part of the core code which is needed to make the product operational, in accordance to what was probed in the previous stages.

Detailed description of its tasks

T5.1 - Software components development
Develop the required components (key generator, certificate management protocol standard, abstraction layer, logging and administration modules).

T5.2 - Support on developed components

Its mission
The integration step aims to format the first final EuropePKI solution. Moreover, this long and fundamental stage delivers all instructions for a successful installation of the downloaded products.

Detailed description of its tasks

T6.1 - Technical integration coordination

T6.2 - Architectural framework implementation
Supply an overall architecture to prepare the integration of the contributed components.

T6.3 - Validation and qualification of components
- Document and ensure the conformance to specifications and application programmer interfaces chosen.
- Report to the previous work packages.

T6.4 - Integration of the components
Integrate the components together and into the architectural framework.


Test the solution with the new components and feed back to the contributors.

T6.6 - Quality assurance and security validation
Adapt the criteria about quality and security to the integrated product in relation with the work package 8.

T6.7 - Support for demonstration

Its mission
This final work package has the mission to assess the choices for the deliverable products in terms of interoperability and conforming to user's needs and security directives. The EuropePKI solution is tested and demonstrated.

Detailed description of its tasks

T7.1 - Prototype platform set-up
- Integrate the software in an adapted hardware.
- Develop a web site for certification services, according to the dissemination board.

T7.2 - EuropePKI demonstration
- Test the compliance and demonstrate the abilities of the software.
- Highlight the applications of the EuropePKI technology on the operational platform.
- Establish a first version of demonstration report.

T7.3 - Qualification report
Write an evaluation report for a European validation.

Its mission
The project has a European homologation for a purpose. This work package defines the context for it, highlighting the relevant criteria appliable to the components.

Detailed description of its tasks

T8.1 - Scope of the homologation process
Draw the scope of the process to point out which components are prone to homologation.

T8.2 - State the security requirements
Clarify the conformity, security and efficiency needs for the technical steps.

T8.3 - Security requirements
Supervise the respect of the security in requirements all along the project.

T8.4 - Organisational security policies
Examine the strategy for organisational security in terms of configuration management, achievement and deliverable.