Supporting communication and cooperation in the asylum procedure with Blockchain technology , Date: 2023.07.03, format: Whitepaper, area: Authority , A proof of concept by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees

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Digital technologies are changing our society in many ways. Yet, apart from significant increases in productivity and new forms of value creation, rapid digital advances are also bringing a number of political and social challenges.

While the digitalisation of the public sector in Germany still faces numerous challenges, other countries have already taken significant steps. For example, Estonia has already largely digitalised its administration.

The federal government is looking to similarly advance Germany with a targeted digitalisation strategy and strengthen the public administration using digital technologies. One of the technologies the government is focusing on is Blockchain. Blockchain is a decentralised database technology that stores data in cryptographically linked blocks forming a highly tamperresistant chain.

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