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How did the idea of creating an electronic power of attorney occur?

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How did the idea of creating an electronic power of attorney occur?

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As stated on the credits, the project mentor is Pedro Miguel Januário Lourenço, a Portuguese proxy, living in London and working with the Portuguese Community in the United Kingdom. This idea came from the great need for a swifter and efficient interaction with the Portuguese Public Administration, since many of the issues related to the Portuguese living in the UK are treated in Portugal. Some examples of these are, for instance, property transfers, divorces, child issues and diverse administrative matters related to the property that the emigrants leave in Portugal. The physical distance between the emigrant and his/her agent (for example, from Northern Ireland to London, and from London to the Portuguese public office) resulted in the creation – along with a delay in justice processes – of unnecessary actions caused by disappearances, delays and post services strikes, difficulty in the authentication of signatures, since the granters are not physically in the presence of the agent,

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