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Interoperability Initiatives - Greece

This table here below aims at providing an overview of all the initiatives, such as the political communications, guidelines, and legislation, related to interoperability that have been put in place in Greece.

Greece

National Interoperability Framework

The National Interoperability Framework (NIF) is a set of standards, policies, and guidelines that ensure that information and communication technology (ICT) systems can communicate and share data seamlessly. It promotes the development of interoperable systems that facilitate data exchange and collaboration between different organizations and levels of government. The NIF provides a common language and a framework for ensuring that ICT solutions are compatible, secure, and reliable, which enhances the efficiency of public services and improves citizen outcomes.

Greek eGovernment Interoperability Framework (Greek e-GIF)

Year: 2012

The interoperability framework is a set of standards and guidelines aimed at ensuring the provision of services for public administration institutions, enterprises and citizens both in the national and the European context. It was ratified by a Ministerial decision and published in the government Gazette YAP / Φ.40.4 / 1/989 ( Government Gazette 1301 / Β '/ 12-04-2012 ). 

Other Initiatives

Law No. 4961/2022 (Government Gazette 146/Α/27-7-2022) on emerging information and communication technologies, strengthening digital governance and other provisions contains numerous provisions regarding government digital services 

Year: 2022

The new National Interoperability Framework meets the requirements of the existing European and Greek legislation and is aligned with the current version of European Interoperability Framework and also takes into consideration the reinforced European interoperability strategy and the forthcoming Interoperable Act.

Year: 2021

The National Digital Strategy for Interoperability is outlined in the Digital Transformation Bible 2020-2025. Specific guidelines are provided to help accomplish interoperability in all technical, semantic, organisational, and legal dimensions, both at national and international level and for various policy areas. Moreover, dedicated structures such as the Interoperability Centre, tasked with the coordination of all base registries as well as departments responsible for interoperability policy coordination and implementation, have been created to implement effective, citizen-centric cross-border digital services.

Year: 2020

It introduces provisions at various levels and for various issues for the implementation of effective interoperable digital services at national and international level.

  Year: 2020

Law No. 4623/2019 (Government Gazette 134/A/9-8-2019) provides, inter alia, articles dedicated to the interoperability of new organisational structures, roles, and responsibilities at cross-sectoral and national level.

Year: 2019

Ministerial Decision No. 118944/2019 (Government Gazette 3990/B/01.11.2019) defines the operation of the Interoperability Centre of the General Secretariat of Information Systems and Digital Governance  concerning the approval procedures and provision of online services among information systems of public bodies. 

Year: 2019

The vision of the strategy is ‘to transform the productive model in a sustainable way with broad and effective use of ICT everywhere, while Greece will become a technological regional centre of innovation, excellence and service with international orientation, friendly to humans and investment’. One main area of improvement for this strategy is interoperability.

Year: 2014

This framework supports eGovernment at Central, Regional and Local level and ensureinteroperability at the level of information systems, procedures and data. It sets the standards, the procedures and the technologies required for the registration, identification and authentication of the eGovernment services users, including citizens, businesses, public authorities and civil servants.

 Year: 2012

This framework specifies the directions and standards to be followed by the public agencies at central or local levels, when designing, developing and deploying eGovernment portals of the Public Administration and supporting eGovernment services.

Year: 2008

This framework defines the basic principles and the general strategy to be followed by the public agencies, when developing eGovernment Information Systems. It also provides organisational and semantic interoperability guidelines, as well as the technical specifications and communication standards.

Year: 2008