eGovernment

Fostering reuse of ICT

10/10/2017

Hungary is redoubling its efforts to modernise its public services. A HUF 2.5 billion (about EUR 8 million) grant from the European Social Fund is to be used for a digitisation drive to build…

The heart of democracy

10/10/2017

The Council of Europe (CoE) is calling on public authorities to improve citizen participation. In new guidelines adopted last week, the CoE encourages authorities to provide up-to-date information…

Government digitisation

10/10/2017

To prove the innovation capacity of France’s digital public services, the country’s government modernisation programme (Secretariat-General for Government Modernisation, SGMAP) is calling for public…

Digital Transformation Team

27/09/2017

On 7 and 8 October, Italy’s governmental Digital Transformation Team is organising a country-wide hackathon, inviting software developers, IT experts and students to help make public-sector software…

Denmark continues its work on…

26/09/2017

Denmark’s Ministry of Finance is to finalise Denmark’s national strategy for cyber and information security. The ministry recently took over coordination of the plans, which previously were being…

Bulgaria urges need for gover…

26/09/2017

Bulgaria’s state eGovernment agency SEGA (Държавната агенция „Електронно управление“ ДАЕУ) is pressing the country’s public sector to modernise and digitise their services. Next year, SEGA is…

Slovenia publishes statistics…

22/09/2017

As of this month, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia is making available 3374 data collections on the country’s open data portal, making it by far the portal’s biggest contributor. The…

France shares tips for effici…

06/09/2017

To help create exemplary digital services, France’s government modernisation unit (SGMAP) is sharing ten golden principles. These provide the basis for digital services that are efficient and close to…