OnMoveID

Contemporary border control systems are facing new challenges arising from increasing volumes of cross-border traffic as well as the development of mobile and sensor technologies. Traditional procedures for identifying travellers may restrict throughput and prove insufficient in the face of these challenges. In the context of the Schengen area, the need to identify travellers on-the-move is becoming particularly crucial.

The OnMoveID project (On-the-move Schengen border control using extended EUDI wallet, smartphone and external sensor technologies), carried out between 2025 and 2028 and coordinated by the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), constitutes a response to the growing needs of the border control system. Its aim is to develop an integrated, scalable and interoperable traveller identification system that will make it possible to carry out border checks more effectively while maintaining the highest standards of data protection and respect for fundamental rights.

The project introduces an innovative approach based on a three-phase identification model: traveller registration, back-up registration, and on-the-move identification during border crossing. The new approach uses rule-based and risk-based decision models and integrates with existing European border management systems, such as EES, VIS and ETIAS, thereby enhancing their performance.

PPHS's role:

As part of the project, the Polish Platform for Homeland Security is responsible for coordinating the organisation of pilot deployments of the developed technological solutions at border crossing points in Finland, Slovakia and the United Kingdom.

• Extending the capabilities of standard smartphones with innovative functions enabling the secure, ethical and lawful management of travellers’ digital documents.
• Integration with the extended third-generation EUDI identity wallet.
• Developing a system that enables the identification of travellers on the move.
• Developing a three-phase border control model.
• Using advanced technologies (ultrasound, multispectral cameras, pulse detection, on-the-move identification) for automated identification and implementing rule-based and risk-based decision mechanisms enabling automated entry and exit verification.
• Improving the throughput and interoperability of EU border systems through integration with EES, VIS and ETIAS, supported by real-world testing in Finland, Slovakia and the United Kingdom.

Get in touch with us at projekty@ppbw.pl