As technology transforms our society, public administrations are under pressure to perform more efficiently and deliver services faster and cheaper. Improving the interaction and cooperation among European public administrations is key to having modern, innovative and efficient public administrations which are in turn an essential prerequisite to sustaining the recovery of Europe’s growth potential and competitiveness. Sharing and reuse of IT solutions play an important role in this regard as it enables administrations to develop services more quickly and at a reduced costs as well as promoting greater interoperability, standardisation and cooperation among public administrations.