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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.

In the spotlight

Last update: 07/11/2023

How to archive content (for Collection/Solution managers)

The archive feature is a step forward to present a fresh state for your Collection/Solution. By archiving old content, you draw users’ attention to the latest updates in your Collection/Solution, allowing them to find relevant and up-to-date information. Content that can be archived on Joinup includes: News, Events, Documents, Discussions and Custom Pages. This How-To document is a step-by-step guide on how to archive items, either individually or in batch, and how to find the archived content. The intended target audience of this How-To is Collection/Solution managers (owners and facilitators…

Collaboration

Last update: 22/11/2023

Read the OECD Initial Policy Considerations for Generative Artificial Intelligence

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) creates new content in response to prompts, offering transformative potential across multiple sectors such as education, entertainment, healthcare and scientific research. However, these technologies also pose critical societal and policy challenges that policy makers must confront: potential shifts in labour markets, copyright uncertainties, and risk associated with the perpetuation of societal biases and the potential for misuse in the creation of disinformation and manipulated content. Consequences could extend to the spreading of mis- and…

Business and competitionDigital-ready policymakingArtificial intelligence

Last update: 25/10/2023

Who won the 2023 GovTech Connect Pitch Day?

We are excited to announce the champions of the 2023 Southern and Northern Europe Boot Camps. ASIMOB, with their AI-powered infrastructure monitoring software, emerged as the standout champion of the Southern Europe Boot Camps. They impressed us at the GovTech Connect Pitch Day event in Madrid, where 15 startups dedicated to digitizing public services competed for the title. On the other hand, Skenario Labs shone as the shining star of the Northern Europe Boot Camps, presenting innovative solutions for using ML for greener, cost-efficient buildings. A heartfelt thank you to our esteemed jury…

Business and competition

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OSOR Awards Winners and OSOR anniversary

We want to extend a massive thank you to everyone who joined us on 21st November for the 15th anniversary celebration of the European Commission’s Open Source Observatory (OSOR). Your presence and…

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Last update: 01/12/2023

New reports on China and Mexico

OSOR has just published the first versions of reports on the state of open source in Mexico and China. These reports offer a comprehensive overview of each country’s use and policies on open source software as of 2023. They delve into the evolution of policies in recent years and provide various examples of open source usage in public administration specific to each nation.In these reports, you will discover the key governmental bodies actively involved in open source initiatives. In Mexico, the reports highlight the roles of the National Digital Strategy Coordinator and the Public research…

Digital-ready policymakingEuropean Policies+8 topics

Last update: 01/12/2023

Exploring Innovation in Procurement

In the ever-evolving landscape of government technology, the need for innovative solutions is paramount. The intersection of technology, innovation, and public procurement is a crucial space where novel approaches are not only beneficial but necessary. One such approach gaining traction is the utilization of design contests to foster innovation in public sector procurement. In a recent GovTech4all café session focused on Innovation in Procurement, a presentation was delivered to set the context for the ensuing discussion. Laura Kirchner, policy expert at Gobe Studio and Arūnė Matelytė, the…

CollaborationDigital innovation

Last update: 30/11/2023

“OSOR Turns 15” Conference: Highlights

On the 21st of November 2023, in the heart of Brussels, a landmark event celebrated the 15th anniversary of the European Commission’s Open Source Observatory (OSOR). The conference, titled “OSOR Turns 15: From Pioneering to Mainstreaming Open Technologies in Public Services,” brought together many of the brightest minds in the use of open source. A full conference room with 274 attendees witnessed the transformative journey of open source in public services. The event highlighted the significant achievements of open source communities, paying tribute to the innovators and visionaries who have…

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ELIS: The EIRA Library of Interoperability Specifications

13/12/2023

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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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Digital-ready Policymaking Online Course

Take the free course on the Interoperable Europe Academy now by clicking here: https://academy.europa.eu/courses/digital-ready-policymaking. The Interoperable Europe Academy aims to provide free-of-charge, high-quality…

30/11/2023

Integrated public service governance (IPSG)

The study summarises the work done over the course of this project and presents the main outcomes and findings. It aims to provide guidance and recommendations to public administrations developing and operating…

17/11/2023

The Sharing and Reuse Framework for IT…

Developed in the context of European Union ISA programme, the Sharing and Reuse Framework for IT Solutions addresses EU, national, regional and local public administrations that aim at reducing costs, increasing their…

17/11/2023

Service Model

The CISE Network is a complex open computer network interfacing several EU countries, specifically, in the maritime data context. This network connects CISE nodes and legacy systems thought a special component called…

17/11/2023

CISE Data Models

The use of CISE specifications and data models, helps to ensure that public administrations are taking into account relevant EU recommendations on standards and specifications in the maritime domain and are seeking to…

17/11/2023

CISE node

The CISE Node manages the communication protocol among participants, including the security, access control to the information and the reliability aspects. The CISE Node is a common block for all the partners connected…

17/11/2023

ELI XML serialisation

ELI/XML is an encoding of ELI metadata in an XML schema (XSD). It can be used standalone or imported into other XML documents, typically in a metadata header. The ELI/XML schema is provided with a set of XML…

17/11/2023

ELI Validator

This is a SHACL-based ELI validator. It generates validation reports to verify that ELI metadata is published correctly according to the ELI ontology.

17/11/2023

Public Multilingual Knowledge Management…

This public multilingual knowledge management infrastructure will support e-commerce solutions, such as machine translation, localisation and multilingual search, by creating interoperable multilingual classifications…

17/11/2023

ELI ontology for legal impacts

The ELI (European Legislation Identifier) ontology for legal impacts (abbreviated ELI-I) is an extension of the core ELI ontology that gives a formal data model to express impacts of legislation acts.ELI-I allow to…

10/11/2023

EU BERT

EU BERT is is a language processing tool tailored for European languages and was developed through collective European efforts. EUBERT processes and understands multiple languages from the continent, addressing its…

09/11/2023

EuroVoc Tagger

The European Parliament has deployed a EuroVoc (https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/dataset/-/resource?uri=http://publications.europa.eu/resource/dataset/eurovoc) classifier in production using the Huggingface…

09/11/2023

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New reports on China and Mexico

01/12/2023

Exploring Innovation in Procurement

01/12/2023

“OSOR Turns 15” Conference: Highlights

29/11/2023

Using visualization to create digital-ready…

Germany’s Digitalcheck, a digital-readiness check for designing policies and legislation, has been applied to new regulation initiatives as of 1 January 2023. It follows an iterative and user-oriented approach and…

29/11/2023

ICEGOV 2023 - An award for NIFO!

We are very pleased to share that the paper titled “Citizen-centric and trustworthy AI in the public sector: Cases of Finland and Hungary”, submitted under the National Interoperability Framework Observatory (NIFO) and…

27/11/2023

Fill out the GovTech Connect Startups Survey

This survey aims to understand the barriers and opportunities startups face when working with the government. The feedback from this survey will be used to inform the GovTech Connect project's research, design thinking…

27/11/2023

Building and designing cooperative digital…

A new report co-authored by researchers from the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), OSPO++ and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) highlights the benefits that open source can bring to the achievement of the UN Sustainable…

24/11/2023

New open source AI model Poro challenges…

Finnish artificial intelligence startup Silo AI published a new open source large language model (LLM) on 12 November. The new model Poro, named after the typical Nordic tundra roaming reindeer, is the second significant…

24/11/2023

FOSSEPS 2 in the EU Budget for 2024

In a decisive move underscoring their commitment to critical areas, the European Parliament (EP) and the Council formally ratified the EU's 2024 budget, marking a significant milestone in addressing pressing global…

23/11/2023

OSOR Awards Winners and OSOR anniversary

22/11/2023

SEMIC 2023: The Highlights

In the heart of Madrid, on 17 and 18 October 2023, SEMIC came alive! With over 450 enthusiastic attendees joining us in person and a global audience of more than 800 online viewers, SEMIC 2023 was a sensational success…

22/11/2023

New UML model validator available

In collaboration with the Interoperability Test Bed, SEMIC has launched a new validator for the validation of UML models against the guidelines of the SEMIC Style Guide. The mission of SEMIC is to foster semantic…

22/11/2023

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Educational Initiative on 'Digital…

The European Digital Innovation Hub for Digital Governance GR digiGOV-innoHUB in collaboration with the International Hellenic University is launching a series of educational programs titled:"Digital Transformation &…

08/12/2023

EmacsConf 2023

EmacsConf 2023 is taking place fully online. With a collaborative developer community that has been active for four decades, this two-day conference (Saturday & Sunday) may be beneficial for those in the public sector…

02/12/2023

Data ownership - what is 'your' data?

Are you a data provider curious to understand how the latest regulations regarding the data landscape will affect you? Then mark your calendars for this data.europa academy panel discussion ‘Data Ownership – What is your…

08/12/2023

The Nest Event | The first year of activity…

On Monday 27 November 2023, at THE NEST headquarters (Piazza Vittorio Emanuele III - Penta di Fisciano), the Event "The Nest. The first year of activity: results and new initiatives".The Nest' project is an innovative…

27/11/2023

Conference Cross-border mobile e-services for…

To truly unlock the full benefits of Mobile Cross-Border Government Services, the Single Digital Gateway Regulation (SDGR) and the (updated) eIDAS Regulation must be enabled for mobile-device use that we nowadays…

04/12/2023

ELIS: The EIRA Library of Interoperability…

The CAMSS webinar series continues with a second session! Need a reminder?We are organising a series of webinars in which we will present CAMSS different areas of expertise and the different solutions developed to…

13/12/2023

FOSS Backstage 2024

What makes an open source project flourish? FOSS Backstage encourages more discourse about the non-coding aspects of successful open source projects.The two day conference is dedicated to everything related to FOSS…

04/03/2024

The BDTI goes to OSOR Turns 15

The BDTI Team announces its participation in the OSOR Turns 15 conference taking place on November 21st in Brussels and online.This event marks the 15th anniversary of the European Commission’s Open Source Observatory…

21/11/2023

Using BDTI to address mobility challenges

Are you wondering how cities and regions are addressing challenges in the field of mobility? Join us at the Annual POLIS Conference, Europe’s leading sustainable urban mobility event, providing an opportunity for cities…

29/11/2023

NGI FORUM 2023: Unlocking the Power of…

Our digital-ready policymaking team promoting the digital-ready policymaking, invites you to deep dive into and learn more about technology and digitalisation.     On 15 & 16 November 2023, the “NGI Forum 2023: Unlocking…

15/11/2023

November 2023 BLSI Virtual Breakfast | “The…

On 30 November from 9:30 am to 11:00 am, join the BLSI Virtual Breakfast - a series of morning online sessions focusing on different aspects of digital-ready policymaking. This time we will present a new tool developed…

30/11/2023

OpenForum Academy Symposium

The OpenForum Academy (OFA) Symposium 2023, hosted by TU Berlin, aims to bridge the gap in academic discourse regarding the multifaceted impact of open source. Recognising the lack of a dedicated platform for exploring…

28/11/2023

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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