At the local, regional level there has been a large-scale digitization of services. In many cases, the introduction of digital processes was not accompanied by a reduction of administrative (paper) red tape for the citizen, trader, SME,... (government stakeholders).

The BLING project aimed to bring the benefits of digital transformation to the stakeholders. A consortium of knowledge and government institutions has been set up, through the use of blockchain technology, to transform public sector innovation into customer-oriented services

BLING aimed to:

• provide models to develop services with blockchain
• identify legal constraints and policy obstacles
• provide deeper insight into the right use cases to develop services with blockchain
• focus on security, safety, privacy and data protection together with consumer protection
• create awareness through events, tools and services