ESI Fingerprint and Facial recognition in Solomon Islands
From Security Vision
Information Certainty: Documented
Deployment Purpose: Voter & ID Registration
Summary |
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The Ministry of Home Affairs in Solomon Islands had made an agreement with Canadian company, Electoral Services International (ESI) to implement electronic biometric voter registration in the Solomon Islands for use in elections. Another aim of the project is to help the Electoral commission in centralizing its data and providing citizens with ID cards. |
Products and Institutions:
Product Deployed | Unknown Products 0109 |
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Institutions ⠉ | Electoral Services International (ESI) |
Datasets | Unknown Dataset 0174 |
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Status and Events:
Status | Ongoing |
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Events | Start (1 August 2013, Documented, , No description) |
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Users:
Involved Entities | Electoral Services International (ESI) |
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Managed by | Ministry of Home Affairs (Solomon Islands) |
Used by | Solomon Islands Electoral Commission |
Location:
City | Honiara |
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Country ⠉ | Solomon Islands |
Description[ ]
The Ministry of Home Affairs in Solomon Islands entrusted ESI of Ottawa, Canada with the comprehensive task of registering voters, cleaning up the present voters' roll and producing a clean voters' list for the countries Electoral Commission in Honiara. The project will help the SIEC centralize data, establish back-up systems, provide voters with instant secure voter ID cards, matching and verification of biometric data using fingerprints and facial recognition while ensuring system management and support for years to come. 1