eGovernment at Regional and local level: Have your say and shape our Public Administrations of the future

Presentations and the workshop report have been included in the agenda below. 

The 1st workshop since the adoption of the new eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020 took place on 20 September 2016. This workshop presented the new plan and focus on animating its implementation, in particular its dynamic aspects.

From the workshop, which was jointly organised by the SEDEC Secretariat of the Committee of the Regions and the European Commission (DG CONNECT), it was demonstrated that the new eGovernment Action Plan is useful for all levels of administration - European, national, regional and local - and how stakeholders will be engaged in its future evolution.

The workshop brought together public administrations and leading engaged citizens and businesses from across Europe, to create ideas for action.

The workshop started with a presentation of the adopted eGovernment Action Plan and the opinion of the Committee of the Regions. Then it outlined how all administrations can contribute to and participate in the evolution of already-included actions and the definition of new actions, which is part of the dynamic nature of the Action Plan. Contributions from the Committee of the Regions and SEDEC representatives, as well as from guest speakers, included practical examples and use cases to facilitate cooperation between, for example, border regions, helping them deliver cross-border public services. 

To aid the delivery of better eGovernment services, the workshop also discussed ways in which infrastructure and common service building blocks can be shared - taking into account roles and responsibilities at European, national, regional and local level.

Specific topics that the meeting addressed included the availability of open data, how governments can pursue the transformation process, and how to involve citizens, businesses and public administrations in the co-creation of services.

In the afternoon session the workshop introduced the eGovernment4EU platform. Participants were invited to come up with real practical suggestions and proposals and to submit them to the Commission and the Member States by using the platform to interact with the community in the room and with those who have connected remotely via the platform. The suggestions and proposals will eventually be presented to the eGovernment Steering Board to possibly become new actions in the eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020. 

Please take note of the FOLLOW-UP event on 15/11/2016 to assist in finding financial support for your eGovernment actions: 

Supporting the implementation of eGovernment at regional and local level 

More Information:

• eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020
• Public Administration of the 21st century (Futurium)
• Preparing the new EU eGovernment Action Plan 2016 - 2020 -  1 July 2015 (1)
• Preparing the EU eGovernment Action Plan 2016 - 2020 - 5 November 2015 (2)
• Towards a new dynamic eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020 - 15 December 2015 (3)
• Towards a new dynamic eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020 - 4 March 2016 (4)
• Supporting the implementation of eGovernment at regional and local level (6)