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Semantics

Semantic interoperability enables systems and services to exchange and interpret data meaningfully.

Open Source Software

Open source software enables users to use, study, redistribute, and modify software freely.

Observatories

Observatories are monitoring tools designed to gather information on the state of play of digital public administration and interoperability activities.

Digital-ready policymaking

Digital-ready policymaking considers digital aspects from start to finish to create policies that are future-proof and interoperable.

Tools

Tools and specifications for achieving interoperability in the EU public sector improve coordination, data sharing, and decision-making across sectors.

Reusable Software Components

Reusable software components improve efficiency, reduce costs, and facilitate interoperability in digital public services.

Smart cities

Smart cities can contribute to achieving the EC's Digital Decade objectives, promoting sustainability and innovation in the public sector.

Digital innovation

The Innovation topic discusses how governments are using AI, Blockchain, and GovTech to enhance operations and serve citizens better.

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11/10/2023

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Interoperable Europe at the EU Regions Week 2023

Interoperable Europe will join the 21st European Week of Regions and Cities with a special session on the significance of the Interoperable Europe policy for public administrations. The registration is already open and interested professionals can book their seat for this or other sessions during the four-day event. The European Week of Regions and Cities is organised by the Committee of the Regions of the European Union to demonstrate the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance. During the event, cities and regions showcase their potential to create growth and…

eGovernment

Last update: 15/09/2023

EPSA 2023-24: Call for Applications

Does your public sector organisation have innovative solutions to high-priority challenges of the present or the future? If so, submit your achievement to the European Public Sector Award (EPSA), the only Europe-wide award for public sector innovation and reform open to public administrations at all levels of government. The projects will be assessed based on six criteria, including: how relevant the project is when covering an existing need in the European public sector, how innovative and creative this solution is, how much it interacts with and involves stakeholders, its impact/results…

eGovernmentDigital innovation

Last update: 25/09/2023

e-CODEX enables cross-border justice

A new solution has been introduced to the sector of justice! Secure online cross-border communication is now offered through the e-CODEX technical solutions. The solution connects different legal systems and ensures fast access to justice inside the Member States. e-CODEX is comprised of building blocks to assist you in connecting online judicial services and information across Europe. Its technical aspects include a connector and a gateway. The installation of the gateway ensures a secured connection with a gateway in another Member State. The e-CODEX Connector Suite provides three components…

Digital-ready policymakingLegaleGovernment

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The Academy's highlights described by Victoria Kalogirou

A new academic year starts, and the Interoperable Europe (IOPEU) Academy is ready for it. Victoria Kalogirou, Project Manager of European Commission DG DIGIT (Directorate of Informatics), looks back…

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Last update: 26/09/2023

SWHID: Intrinsic identifier for software artefacts

While most open source users in public administrations are developing better strategies to use, develop and maintain such technologies for the future, other communities are consolidating its past. The Software Heritage initiative recently released its unique identifier, the “SoftWare Hash IDentifiers” or SWHID openly, with the objective of creating a generalised way of tracking software for users and developers. Similar to other existing initiatives such as ISBN for books or ISMN for music pieces, the SWHID would allow for a 0greater certainty in the use of software packages, creating a…

ICTOpen Source Software+2 topics

Last update: 25/09/2023

Second Quarterly meeting of the eProcurement Ontology 2023

The second quarterly meeting of 2023 took place on 27/06/2023. The report of the meeting can be found here and the presentation can be found here

eDelivery and eInvoicingeGovernment+5 topics

Last update: 25/09/2023

PM² Honoured with the ‘Stakeholders.news 2023’ Award

On Wednesday 13 July 2023, the closing event for the second season of the Stakeholders.news magazine took place in Madrid at the headquarters of UNE, the Spanish Association for Standardisation. Presented by Javier Peris, Business&Co. Chief Knowledge Officer and Stakeholders.news Director, alongside Paloma Garcia Lopez, Standardisation and Working Groups Director, UNE; the event brought together Directors from public administrations and private companies. During the event, roundtables were organised to look back at some of the key articles the magazine has published during this season…

Collaboration

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ICEGOV 2023: Digital Governance for Social, Economic, and Environmental Prosperity

26 to 29/09/2023

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Science for Innovations in Public Governance

We provide evidence-based policy advice, technical expertise, and capacity-building support to policymakers and stakeholders across the European Union, seeking to foster a culture of innovation, experimentation, and co…

14/06/2023

EUIBA Emerging Technologies

A collection of projects, documents and events related to emerging technology (ET) initiatives (on AI, blockchain, RPA, extended reality, etc.) within various EUIBA (European Union Institutions, Bodies and Agencies). A…

12/05/2023

The European Commission Digital Innovation…

The Digital Innovation framework facilitates and fosters the Digital Innovation in the Commission, mainly through: Identification, assessment, and exploration of technological areas with innovation potential, processes…

24/04/2023

GovTech Connect

What is GovTech Connect? GovTech Connect is a is a multi-year, cross-border project, created under DG CONNECT of the European Commission, that entails a variety of initiatives convening and mobilising the GovTech…

16/02/2023

GR digiGOV-innoHUB - The Greek EDIH for…

The Greek Digital Government and Public Services Innovation Hub – GR digiGOV-innoHUB supports the development of a new generation of public services based on advanced digital technologies (AI, ML, IoT, Blockchain, HPC)…

07/02/2023

EC Open Source Programme Office

The European Commission Open Source Programme Office (EC OSPO) was created in 2020 as the first concrete action of the latest Open Source Software Strategy for 2020-2023. It acts as a facilitator for activities outlined…

17/01/2022

FOSSEPS - Free and Open Source Software…

As the use of open source across European institutions and European public services increases, so does the need to manage and protect open source and treat it as a collective, shared and valuable European asset. It makes…

08/12/2021

Interoperable Europe

Interoperable Europe is the initiative of the European Commission for a reinforced interoperability policy in the public sector.

18/10/2021

ENDORSE exchange platform

Welcome to the exchange platform Knowledge sharing in organisations is a significant challenge in present-day societies. While it is directly related to the production, dissemination and reuse of fast-growing volumes of…

26/03/2021

Mutual Learning Platform on Data Protection…

The PANELFIT Platform for Mutual Learning is an interactive tool aimed at promoting cooperation and support between researchers and innovators working on data protection issues in the field of ICT. It is aimed at…

06/11/2020

Data Oriented Services (DORIS)

In its day-to-day work, the Commission is responsible for defining and implementing new policies, drawing up new legislation proposals, while conducting prior impact assessments, etc., in more than 30 different policy…

14/10/2020

European Rapid Alert system for dangerous…

The Rapid Exchange of Information System (RAPEX) is the EU rapid alert system for unsafe consumer products and consumer protection. RAPEX does not encompass food and pharmaceutical products and drugs. RAPEX allows a…

12/10/2020

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ETAPAS project

Ethical Technology Adoption in Public Administration Services (ETAPAS) is a project funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101004594. The project is a…

11/09/2023

CAMSS Assessment of E-ARK CSIP - EIF Scenario

CAMSS Assessment of E-ARK Common Specification for Information Packages (E-ARK CSIP)

20/07/2023

the 'Introduction to open software licensing'…

Click here to take the course on Europe Academy! Download the SCORM package on your eLearning platform. Interoperable Europe Academy is aiming to provide free of charge, high-quality online courses open to anyone. One of…

17/07/2023

TESTA, THE secure network infrastructure for…

TESTA is a private managed underlying secured & trusted communication network infrastructure allowing secure information exchange capabilities for operational co-operation & collaboration between EUIBAs and public…

28/06/2023

the 'EUPL' course

14/06/2023

the 'Alignment of NIFs to the EIF' course

14/06/2023

the 'PM C1 - PM² Essentials, Project…

14/06/2023

the 'PM A1-PM²-Agile Essentials' course

14/06/2023

CAMSS Assessment of PROV Family - EIF…

CAMSS Assessment of the Provenance Family of Documents (PROV Family) - EIF Scenario

29/05/2023

CAMSS Assessment of ISO/IEC 19944-1 - EIF…

CAMSS Assessment of Cloud computing and distributed platforms ─ Data flow, data categories and data use — Part 1: Fundamentals (ISO/IEC19944-1) - EIF Scenario

24/05/2023

Mosaico, the tool for the design and…

Currently, citizens communicate with the Government through several different channels, and there is no systematic approach, method or shared reference between Portuguese public entities, on the design and development of…

18/05/2023

CAMSS Assessment of AKN4EU - EIF Scenario

CAMSS Assessment of AKN4EU 4.1.0 - EIF Scenario

18/05/2023

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SWHID: Intrinsic identifier for software…

26/09/2023

Second Quarterly meeting of the eProcurement…

The second quarterly meeting of 2023 took place on 27/06/2023. The report of the meeting can be found here and the presentation can be found here

25/09/2023

PM² Honoured with the ‘Stakeholders.news 2023…

25/09/2023

First Quarterly meeting of the eProcurement…

The first quarterly meeting of 2023 took place on line on 09/03/2023. The report of the meeting can be found here and the presentation here.

25/09/2023

GNUHealth HMIS 4.2.3 released

Dear community GNU Health 4.2.3 patchset has been released !Priority: High Table of Contents About GNU Health Patchsets Updating your system with the GNU Health control Center Installation notes List of other issues…

24/09/2023

The Academy's highlights described by…

22/09/2023

New, free online course in open source…

Interoperable Europe Academy (IEA) released a new, free online course entitled “Introduction to open software licenses,” which covers the basics of open source licensing. The class targets IT professionals, policymakers…

21/09/2023

EUPL for CoGhent

Ghent is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in size only by Brussels and Antwerp. It is a port and university city. Much of the city's medieval…

18/09/2023

EUPL vision of the Human Colossus Lab

The THCLab introduces itself as a team of individuals that truly believe in a world, where data flows do not end up in a few data silos. They believe in the opposite, where individuals are in the centre of these flows…

18/09/2023

Upcoming CAMSS webinar

We are pleased to announce the first of a series of webinars in which CAMSS' different areas of expertise and the different solutions developed to support the implementation of digital government initiatives will be…

21/09/2023

GNU Health HMIS 4.2.2 released

Dear community (original post at GNU Savannah: https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10511) GNU Health 4.2.2 patchset has been released! Priority: High Table of Contents * About GNU Health Patchsets * Updating your system…

17/09/2023

Boot Camp 2 Starts!

Boot Camp 2 "Digitising Public Services for Enhanced Civic Engagement, Accessibility, and Transparency" has officially kicked off today! Over the next 5 weeks, 17 startups from across southern Europe will join us in this…

14/09/2023

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GovTech Connect | Boot Camps Pitch Day

Join our hybrid event (Madrid or online) to experience the pitches from GovTech Connect Boot Camp's Northern & Southern European cohorts! Don't miss this unique opportunity to hear from and connect with the most…

20/10/2023

Webinar on review of Core Vocabularies

We are delighted to invite you to the first webinar of the new working year in our series dedicated to the review of the Core Vocabularies which will take place on 27 October 2023, from 13:00 to 15:00 CEST. Core…

27/10/2023

Data spaces: Discovering the building blocks

The common European data spaces are a key element of the European data strategy. Bringing together relevant data infrastructures and governance frameworks, they allow for the facilitation of data pooling and sharing…

06/10/2023

Introducing CAMSS: An overview of the context…

The CAMSS team invites you to the 'Introducing the CAMSS initiative: An overview of the context, purpose and benefits of the CAMSS solutions' webinar on 27 October 2023! This event will give an overview of the Common…

27/10/2023

Western Balkans Digital Summit

Mark your calendars for October 4th and 5th and join the Western Balkans Digital Summit in Sarajevo! The Summit, organized by the Ministry of Communications and Transport of Bosnia and Herzegovina, aims to enhance…

04/10/2023

Innovation Radar Summit 2023

The Innovation Radar, a groundbreaking initiative by the European Commission, seeks out high-potential innovations and innovators within EU-funded research and innovation projects. Since 2015, they have celebrated the…

13/11/2023

Webinar on DCAT-AP for data spaces

We are delighted to invite you to the webinar dedicated to the introduction on DCAT-AP for data spaces which will take place on the 4th of October 2023, from 14:00 to 16:00 CEST. Want to know how DCAT-AP can enable the…

04/10/2023

Only one month to go before SEMIC 2023…

Did you already register for this year’s SEMIC conference? Make sure you do quickly, because our annual semantic interoperability conference is now only one month away! On October 18 in Madrid, SEMIC 2023, with the theme…

18/10/2023

Open Data Maturity 2022: Diving deeper into…

Following the publication of the Open Data Maturity assessment 2022, data.europa academy is organising a series of webinars. The sessions guide you through the main insights and takeaways of this study, as well as…

29/09/2023

GNUHealthCon 2023

Welcome to the VIII International GNU Health Conference: This year the conference will take place at the beautiful Leibniz University Hannover, in Germany. In this edition, we'll be once again getting together and…

29/09/2023

South Tyrol Free Software Conference (SFSCON)…

The South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2023 is a two-day event taking place in Italy. It is originally aimed at participants from Northern Italy, Austria and Switzerland ut has gain momentum over the years. Established…

10/11/2023

Ubuntu Summit 2023

The Ubuntu Summit is an event focused on the Linux and Open Source ecosystem, beyond Ubuntu itself. Taking place in Latvia, this conference is the occasion for developers, industry stakeholders, and passionate people to…

03/11/2023

What's Joinup

The Joinup platform is the European Commission's one-stop shop for interoperable, open, and free digital government ICT solutions and an online space for e-Government professionals and enthusiasts to share and learn about digital public services and initiatives.

Joinup covers the hands-on aspects of interoperability.

What's Interoperable Europe

It’s the European Commission’s initiative for a reinforced interoperability policy showcasing news and events about government-related interoperability, along with initiatives and best practices that support the digitalisation of EU public administrations.

Interoperable Europe covers the policy angle of interoperability.

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