Sharing and reuse of IT solutions should become the default for the EU’s public administrations, said Mário Campolargo, Deputy Director General for the Directorate General of Informatics (DIGIT) of the European Commission at the Sharing & Reuse Conference 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal, last week. “This is the key for open modern government”, he said.
Encouraging public administrations to increase the reusability and interoperability of their IT solutions is one of the focal points of the Digital Single Market Strategy by the European Commission, was the Deputy Director General's message in Lisbon.
The Sharing & Reuse Conference 2017 brought together over 200 representatives of public administrations from 26 countries. Representatives of the European Commission, OECD, Portugal, Spain, Norway and other Member States presented their strategies to encourage public administrations to make their IT solutions available to others.
Mário Campolargo later announced the winners of the Sharing and Reuse Awards contest. “The paradigm shift of sharing and reusing IT solutions is happening in Europe”, he said.
The EC awarded a total of EUR 100,000 to 9 public administrations whose shared IT solutions have a potential for wider reuse in Europe. Another 8 projects received Certificates of Excellence. The 17 winning projects had been selected out of a total of 118 applications.
All of the award winners now have a huge responsibility to become ambassadors for sharing and reuse, and we further count on enlarging this community, Mário Campolargo said.
More information about the Sharing and Reuse Awards is available here.
Winners of the Sharing and Reuse Awards Contest:
| Position | Name of the solution | Institution name | Country | Type of the solution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | gvSIG | Generalitat Valenciana | Spain | Open Source Software |
| 2nd | Oskari | National Land Survey of Finland | Finland | Open Source software |
| 3rd | Sentilo | Institut Municipal d’Informàtica. Ajuntament de Barcelona | Spain | Open Source Software |
| 4th | Citadel on the Move | Issy Média | France | Open Source Software |
National category
| Position | Name of the solution | Institution name | Country | Type of the solution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Supervizor | Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic | Czech Republic | Open Source Software |
| 2nd | PDOK (Public Services On the Map) | The Dutch Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency (Kadaster) | The Netherlands | Shared Service |
| 3rd | OSiP Online-Sicherheitsprüfung | Ministry of Interior of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Ministerium für Inneres und Kommunales NRW) | Germany | Open Source Software |
| 4th | AERIUS | National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) | The Netherlands | Open Source Software |
Regional category
| Position | Name of the solution | Institution name | Country | Type of the solution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Territoires Numériques Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Groupement d’Intérêt Public e-bourgogne-franche-comté (GIP e-bfc) | France | Shared Service |
| 2nd* | Gebruikersbeheer en Toegangsbeheer van de Vlaamse overheid (Identity and Access Management Platform of the Flemish Government)* |
Flemish Government, Agentschap Facilitair Management |
Belgium | Shared Service |
| 2nd* | MAGDA Platform* |
Informatie Vlaanderen |
Belgium | Shared Service |
| 3rd | REGWEB –Input and output register | Balearic Islands Government | Spain | Open Source Software |
| 4th | Citizen’s Guide of the Region of Epirus | Region of Epirus | Greece | Open Source Software |
* Decision by the Evaluation Committee: the two solutions submitted by two agencies of the Flemish Government, having received the same amount of points and being closely connected, shared the same prize.
Local category
| Position | Name of the solution | Institution name | Country | Type of the solution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Intercommunale de Mutualisation Informatique et Organisationnelle (IMIO) | Belgium | Open Source Software | |
| 2nd | KDZ - Centre for Public Administration Research | Austria | Shared Service | |
| 3rd | Diputación Provincial de Albacete | Spain | Shared Service | |
| 4th | Antwerp City Platform as a Service (ACPaaS) | Digipolis | Belgium | Shared Service |
The Sharing and Reuse Awards contest and the conference are part of the Sharing and reuse action of the European Commission’s ISA² programme.
More Information:
ISA² announcement of the Sharing and Reuse Awards winners
Mário Campolargo's speech
The Awards Ceremony video coverage
Sharing and Reuse Framework for IT Solutions Framework