General Information
Cases/Enablers
OOP Enabling Infrastructure
Appetizer
Red SARA is a set of telecommunications infrastructure and basic common services (such as e-signature validation, verification of identity and residence data, e-notification) for the interconnection and the interoperability of all the Spanish Public Administration networks.
OOP aspect
Facilitating the sharing of information and services between public administrations, Red SARA enables the implementation of OOP services in Spain.
Short summary
Spanish Public Administration telecommunications networks are organised hierarchically based on the territorial organisation of Spain. For example, all the municipalities of a certain region are interconnected. Similarly, all the Regions are interconnected and furthermore, all the Ministries are interconnected. Because of the need of assuring a secure and reliable interchange of information among all levels of government, a network for interconnecting all the Spanish Public Administration telecommunications networks, namely Red SARA (SARA network), was set up.
Red SARA, in short SARA network (System of applications and connections of public administrations), is a set of telecommunications infrastructure and basic common services (such as e-signature validation, verification of identity and residence data, e-notification), for the interconnection and the interoperability of all the Spanish Public Administration networks. Moreover, it facilitates the sharing of information and services between public administrations. Furthermore, it is interconnected to European Institutions through sTESTA network. Red Sara connects all the Regional Governments and more than 3.000 Local Councils, covering 90% of the population.
SARA network is a tool for telecommunications and other costs saving and rationalization, favouring co-services between Public Administrations. Its main features are: reliability (support 24x7x365), security, capacity bandwidth (10 Gbps in ministries and 100 Mbps in autonomous communities), Quality of Service (QoS) and interoperability.
Red SARA, in short SARA network (System of applications and connections of public administrations), is a set of telecommunications infrastructure and basic common services (such as e-signature validation, verification of identity and residence data, e-notification), for the interconnection and the interoperability of all the Spanish Public Administration networks. Moreover, it facilitates the sharing of information and services between public administrations. Furthermore, it is interconnected to European Institutions through sTESTA network. Red Sara connects all the Regional Governments and more than 3.000 Local Councils, covering 90% of the population.
SARA network is a tool for telecommunications and other costs saving and rationalization, favouring co-services between Public Administrations. Its main features are: reliability (support 24x7x365), security, capacity bandwidth (10 Gbps in ministries and 100 Mbps in autonomous communities), Quality of Service (QoS) and interoperability.
Focus
Citizens
Business
Government
Scope
Cross-border EU
Country
Spain
Nature and status of project
Rolled Out
File upload
ENABLING ASSETS OR COMPONENTS
Political commitment
Royal Decree 4/2010
Spanish National Interoperability Framework
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Development Plan for the Deployment of the IPv6 Protocol in Spain, Agreement of council of ministers
Measure 8 of the “Development Plan for the Deployment of the IPv6 Protocol in Spain” approved by the Council of Ministers Agreement of 29th April 2011 (Order PRE/1716/2011), states that the Ministry for Territorial Policy and Public Administration (currently MINHAP) will: “update the Administration’s addressing and network interconnection plan and the Interoperability Technical Standards”
Spanish National Interoperability Framework
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Development Plan for the Deployment of the IPv6 Protocol in Spain, Agreement of council of ministers
Measure 8 of the “Development Plan for the Deployment of the IPv6 Protocol in Spain” approved by the Council of Ministers Agreement of 29th April 2011 (Order PRE/1716/2011), states that the Ministry for Territorial Policy and Public Administration (currently MINHAP) will: “update the Administration’s addressing and network interconnection plan and the Interoperability Technical Standards”
Legal interoperability
11/2007 Law
It rules citizens’ right to access government services by electronic means.
It rules citizens’ right to access government services by electronic means.
DATA HANDLING / DATA EXCHANGE
Type of data sharing
Actual data
Confirmation of a status, group/class membership
Data handler
Stakeholder name
MINHAP (Ministry of Finance and Public Administration of the national government)
Stakeholder category
Government
Stakeholder name
Regions
Stakeholder category
Government
Stakeholder name
Municipalities
Stakeholder category
Government
Architecture
Since each level of government can define its own network architecture and management policies, to allow the interconnection through SARA network, a common addressing scheme is required. This is the goal of the Addressing and Network Interconnection Plan of the Administration, ruled by the Art. 14 of the mentioned National Interoperability Framework, Royal Decree 4/2010, which states:
“Public Administrations will apply the Addressing and Network Interconnection Plan of the Administration, approved by the Higher Council of eGovernment, for its interconnection through the Communication Networks of Public Administrations.”
This plan defines a common private addressing space for Public Administration entities, allowing each entity to set up independently its own addressing plan, based on its network infrastructure or its internal organization, but at the same time maintaining a coordinated action to prevent the use of duplicated addresses.
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“Public Administrations will apply the Addressing and Network Interconnection Plan of the Administration, approved by the Higher Council of eGovernment, for its interconnection through the Communication Networks of Public Administrations.”
This plan defines a common private addressing space for Public Administration entities, allowing each entity to set up independently its own addressing plan, based on its network infrastructure or its internal organization, but at the same time maintaining a coordinated action to prevent the use of duplicated addresses.
(See also uploaded images)
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