Fundación Civitana

The mission of the Fundación Civitana is to build the technological infrastructure that lets us face the challenge of AI together, safely.

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Manifiesto Emprendedor

Emprendedores que ponemos lo que mejor sabemos hacer al servicio del país para que nadie se quede fuera del tsunami económico y social de la IA.

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Manifesto

We were founded to strengthen and enhance democratic values.

We believe democracy is the best possible system for living together. As an unattainable ideal, its perfection lies precisely in constant self-criticism and the continual pursuit of improvement, like the North Star guiding our course while remaining beyond our reach.

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Civitana.ID

We connect the work of public administration with new technologies to make an enriched democracy possible.

Civitana.ID is the Foundation’s central project.

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Projects

At the Fundación Civitana we develop and support projects that foster the values of democracy and let us harness AI to emerge stronger as a society.

Infrastructure
Civitana.ID
A new way to connect with public administration.
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Citizen collaboration
Citizens who work together and connect with public administration and politics securely.
Education · Infrastructure
Puts the master and the apprentice at the centre of an educational model where both grow and benefit from each other.
Work
We do everything we can so that no one is left behind in the AI tsunami.

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Timeline

From the seed of the project in 2012 to today…

2012
The beginnings
The book «A vision for the future of public management and relations with citizens» is published.
2013–2014
civitana.org is born
civitana.org is created, the world’s first civic participation network with legal assurance.
2015
The project fails
The civitana.org project fails.
2016
Electronic IDentification (eID) is born
The banks take us to the regulator that requires secure identification for financial transactions: SEPBLAC – Servicio Ejecutivo de la Comisión de Blanqueo de Capitales e Infracciones monetarias.
2016–2019
International expansion
During this period, eID established itself as the world’s first electronic trust services provider to offer a qualified digital signature with full legal equivalence to a handwritten signature.
2020
Impact on democracy
That year, we worked with Instituto de Empresa on a study based on the premise that social trust, supported by a strong official identity, is a pillar of modern societies because it creates the confidence needed for secure relationships.
2021
Sale of eID
The acquisition of eID by the Norwegian Signicat group marked the end of a successful chapter in the private sector and became the definitive catalyst for the original purpose.
2023
The Foundation is created
We revive our life’s project: to help transform how we live together in a democracy through secure, active participation in public life.
2026
Launch of Civitana.ID
The Foundation completes the development of the complex technology intended to change the world as we know it.