"The Way Forward: Towards European Testing and Certification of Biometric Components and Systems"
The BioTesting Europe project, funded by the European Commission under PASR2006, aims to set out the prerequisites for the establishment of testing and certification capabilities on biometric components and systems in Europe. This is driven by the fact that large scale national and international biometrics based identity systems (passports, visa, eID cards) are being developed and procured, mainly by governments and the European Commission (EU VIS / BMS). Also the increasing use of biometrics in access control and surveillance applications drives the increasing need for developing more trust and predictability of biometrics based applications.