The Austrian Interoperability Framework (AIFv1.0), drafted in 2014, was adopted beginning 2015. The Austrian alignment score with the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) is close to 95%, demonstrating a strong level of maturity.
The Framework replaces the document ‘Austria minds about interoperability’ which was the reference for the interoperability framework before the AIF was published. The alignment of this first framework scored 75%. There was a strong alignment with the EIF on the principles, conceptual model and interoperability governance dimensions. With the renewal of the AIF, principles, interoperability levels and agreements show now stronger alignment.
The monitoring of the implementation of interoperability recommendations is performed by the BLSG (Bund-Länder-Städte-Gemeinden) Coordination group which gathers representatives from the federal, regional, city and community levels. The group examines the ongoing public sector projects to assess if and how the AIFv1.0 and its recommendations are taken into account and implemented. In the future, the integration of these guidelines will be a prerequisite to any new public service project.
All the information on National Interoperability Frameworks is published on the NIFO community.
The purpose of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) is threefold: to promote and support the delivery of European public services by fostering cross-border and cross-sectoral interoperability, to guide public administrations in their work to provide European public services to businesses and citizens, and to complement and tie together the various National Interoperability Frameworks (NIFs) at European level.
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NIFO Austrian factsheet 2015
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