OBSQID is a one-year project with the ultimate objective of identifying and validating European quality development indicators in perinatal care which will make it possible to exchange data at regional, national and transnational levels through the use of telematic and computerized information systems. This will make it possible to monitor, evaluate and identify “best practices” in order to use this experience to improve the quality and outcome of perinatal care in the European region. The project is a collaboration between WHO/EURO, counterparts in perinatal and obstetrical care in the Member States, and the Advanced Informatics in Medicine programme of the Commission of the European Communities.