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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 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.

Innovation

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

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Open Alternative to Zoom/Webex/MS-Teams?

A group of developers (mostly based in Germany: Peer Heinlein, Markus Michels, Dennis Kalbhen and more) launches OpenTalk, a new, modern architecture Video Conferencing solution that is presented as…

27/02/2023 News

Standardisation

European Policies

Regulatory Impact Assessment Platform

The Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) is a systemic approach to critically assess the positive and negative effects of proposed regulations and summarize the amended or repealed provisions. The…

25/02/2023 News

Open Source Software

Re3gistry software demo playlist

The following videos show how the Re3gistry software can make reference codes publicly available in minutes while ensuring good content management, even in complex governance environments. Have a…

01/03/2023 Document

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Joinup User Group Meeting

The upcoming Joinup User Group Meeting is approaching! It will take place online on Thursday 30th of March 2023, from 15:00 to 16:30 CET. Whether you are a community manager, content writer, or simple…

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Legal

#Help: Digital humanitarianism and the remaking of international o

Like many other areas of life, humanitarian practice and thinking are being transformed by information and communications technology. In an upcoming webinar taking place on March 24th, both online and…

20 Mar

eGovernment

eProcurement

EICBusiness Acceleration Services Innovation Procurement Programme

Apply to this call for tenders published by the European Innovation Council (EIC) if you are a service provider that can enhance the capacity of top-notch EIC innovators to access procurement markets…

20 Mar

eGovernment

Developing a data-informed public sector: discover the BDTI

In case you are not familiar with the Big Data Test Infrastructure, the launch of our new website is a great opportunity to learn more about it! But first, let’s start with the basics, what is BDTI…

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The 10th Annual European Cyber Security Conference

23/03/2023

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GovTech Connect

What is GovTech Connect? Welcome to the GovTech Connect Community! The GovTech Connect Community is a space where everyone can share their knowledge and experience to grow together. This Collection conveys the results of…

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

Catalogue of Services

Our mission The Catalogue of Services Action supports public administrations in building their digital catalogues of public services, to allow citizens, businesses and public administrations across Europe to access and…

28/09/2020

Ontology Engineering Group

JoinUp collection for the Ontology Engineering Group resources (ontologies, thesauri, technologies, etc.)

15/09/2020

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for…

Know more about APIs Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are the connecting nodes of the digital society, thus a foundational component of its digital transformation. The vast majority of data exchange and…

14/09/2020

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Regulatory Reporting Online Course

Download your Interoperable Europe Academy course on regulatory reporting! The Interoperable Europe Academy aims to provide free-of-charge, high-quality and reusable online courses. Therefore, most of the Academy's…

08/02/2023

VAT scheme for SMEs

DG TAXUD launched directive Council Directive (EU) 2020/285 on 2020 to be entered into force in 2025. In September 2022 DG DIGIT started supporting DG TAXUD co-modelling with participants in the Fiscalis WG the…

07/02/2023

CAMSS Assessment of ETSI TS 119 612 - EIF…

Assessment of ETSI TS 119 612 1.1.1 - EIF Scenario

26/10/2022

Actinia: cloud based geoprocessing

The cloud based geoprocessing platform actinia is able to ingest and analyse large volumes of geodata already present in the cloud. Due to its scalability of the cloud platform insights and tailor made information are…

14/10/2022

Z-Anatomy

'Z-anatomy' is an ergonomic navigable atlas of anatomy that articulates thousands 3D objects and their description (wikipedia). It is the ideal tool for the students of any medical discipline. It uses the latest…

12/10/2022

CAMSS Assessment of DCMI - EIF Scenario

Assessment of the Dublin Core Ontology (DCMI) 15.0 - EIF Scenario

11/10/2022

CAMSS Assessment of OAS - EIF Scenario

Assessment of OpenAPI Specification (OAS) 3.1.0 - EIF Scenario

11/10/2022

CAMSS Assessment of ShEx - EIF Scenario

Assessment of Shape Expressions (ShEx) 2.1.0 - EIF Scenario

11/10/2022

CAMSS Assessment of ETSI EN 319 422

Assessment of Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI);Time-stamping protocol and time-stamp token profiles (ETSI EN 319 422) 1.1.1 - EIF Scenario

10/10/2022

CAMSS Assessment of DPV - EIF Scenario

CAMSS Assessment of Data Privacy Vocabulary 0.8 - EIF Scenario

10/10/2022

CAMSS Assessment of ETSI TS 119 614-1 - EIF…

Assessment of ETSI TS 119 614-1 - Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI) - Testing Conformance and Interoperability of Trusted Lists; Part 1: Specifications for testing conformance of XML representation of…

12/09/2022

CAMSS Assessment of ETSI TS 119 512 - EIF…

Assessment of Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); Protocols for trust service providers providing long-term data preservation services (ETSI TS 119 512) 1.1.2 - EIF Scenario

28/07/2022

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#Help: Digital humanitarianism and the…

21/03/2023

EICBusiness Acceleration Services Innovation…

20/03/2023

Developing a data-informed public sector…

20/03/2023

Complete the Re3gistry software survey

Do you know the Re3gistry? Are you an administrator, developer, or end user of the application? If so, we need you! Your opinion is key to helping improve and evolve the Re3gistry software. A Re3gistry survey has been…

21/03/2023

ITB v1.19.0 released

A new version of the Interoperability Test Bed software is now available. Version 1.19.0 of the Interoperability Test Bed software, based on the GITB CWA specifications, is now released. This release focuses on providing…

17/03/2023

Interview: Fabio Bonelli of Developers Italia

Fabio Bonelli is a software engineer in Developers Italia, which is part of the Italian government's Department for Digital Transformation. OSOR (Ciarán O'Riordan): How much open source software is currently used by the…

17/03/2023

LEOS team looking back at 2022

The year 2022 has brought a lot of new developments for the LEOS team and we are happy to share them with you. We are also extremely pleased to announce that the financing for LEOS for 2023 and 2024 is secured. This new…

16/03/2023

#ENDORSE2023: EU takes a significant step…

"Interoperability is key to unlocking the full potential of the European Single Market in the digital age," said Veronica Gaffey, Director-General of DIGIT, European Commission, during her speech at the ENDORSE…

14/03/2023

Event Report: Blockchain Technology in Public…

On 10/3/2023, the conference on “Synergies for the future: The European Blockchain Services Infrastructure and the European Digital Innovation Hubs” was concluded with great success. The conference was organized by the…

16/03/2023

Czech government moves to open source web…

Czechia will start using an open source web analytics tool, Matomo, on government websites, announced Czechia’s National Agency for Communication and Information Technologies (NAKIT) recently. Matomo will replace Google…

14/03/2023

Course on Digital Twins & Urban Logistics

As it draws closer to its conclusion, the LEAD project is launching a Massive Open Online Course to share its main findings on Digital Twin’s potential to respond to the severe strain put on last-mile delivery systems by…

10/03/2023

The EU Academy platform in a nutshell!

The European Union recently launched the EU Academy, a corporate e-learning platform for external stakeholders. The success of the platform has managed to exceed all expectations, since to date, over 350,000 learners…

15/03/2023

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#Help: Digital humanitarianism and the…

24/03/2023

FOSS4G 2023

"Organized by OSGeo and with more than 15 years of experience, this international annual gathering of location enthusiasts is the largest global gathering for geospatial software. FOSS4G brings together developers, users…

26/06/2023

First webinar on ADMS/ADMS-AP

We are delighted to invite you to our webinar dedicated to the review of the Asset Description Metadata Schema (ADMS) and the Asset Description Metadata Schema Application Profile (ADMS-AP) which will take place on the…

24/04/2023

Best EU-backed blockchain innovators e…

During the event you will hear the most promising blockchain startups and learn about the current EU initiatives supporting the innovators and the blockchain ecosystem. Continuing a series of the most successful EU…

29/03/2023

Online Event: The European Digital Innovation…

The Science and Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C) in collaboration with the Informatics & Communications Centre – ICC, the University of Crete and the European Digital Innovation Hubs for digital governance (digiGOV…

23/03/2023

Online Event: Communication protocols and…

GRNET and the European Digital Innovation Hub for Digital Governance GR digiGOV-innoHUB are organising the online presentation "Communication protocols and software for the Public Sector| Security, privacy and…

23/03/2023

New NIFO workshop - Smart cities -…

We are happy to announce that NIFO is organising a new workshop! Wavestone is conducting a study on organisational and cultural interoperability issues arising in local administrations when establishing local, regional…

29/03/2023

Second Webinar on LDES

On 21 April 2023 a webinar dedicated to the LDES specification will be held. A Linked Data Event Stream (LDES) is a new data publishing approach which allows you to publish any dataset as a collection of immutable…

21/04/2023

Webinar on 'The European Year of Skills and…

Join the data.europa academy's webinar titled ‘The European Year of Skills and the role of open data in it’ on 31 March, 10.00 -11.30 CET. The webinar will introduce the European Year of Skills and explore the tools and…

31/03/2023

Webinar on 'Stories of use cases: Open data…

Data makes the world go round. Making the most of open data is crucial to address global challenges and advance innovation. Through its data.europa academy, the Publications Office is organizing a series of webinars to…

17/03/2023

LEOS community webinar #7

SAVE THE DATE: LEOS community webinar on 28 March 2023, 10.00 – 11.45 CEST What is it about? The seventh LEOS community webinar will be focusing on the main updates and major milestones reached by LEOS project: Welcome…

28/03/2023

Public Services and Blockchain: Why, why not…

Our legal interoperability team likes to flag opportunities to delve deeper into public services and blockchain aspects, thus bringing to your attention the “Public Services and Blockchain: Why, why not, what and how?”…

14/03/2023

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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