The Web Accessibility Observatory is an initiative that helps improve the accessibility level of the portals of the Spanish Public Administrations in all levels .
eInclusion
Last update: 26/04/2023
Introducing a new Joinup theme
We are excited to have released a new Joinup user interface theme that offers an improved layout, simplified navigation, and, overall, a better online experience. Improved navigation & menus We have relocated the navigation menu to a horizontal position, making it easier to locate and navigate through the content within Collections and Solutions on Joinup. The banner has been removed, to provide more focus on elements that are of importance to users and allow for more space in which to show content. Locating and accessing the settings menu in Collections and Solutions has become simpler and…
CollaborationeInclusion+2 topics
Last update: 26/09/2022
An ideal match: Interoperable Europe & Joinup
In the ever-shifting world of public sector digitalisation, e-Government experts, academia and enthusiasts are facing daily challenges in their attempts to locate and deploy technology that would benefit public administrations, citizens, and businesses. The Joinup platform, as an online meeting space for e-Government professionals and a one-stop shop for interoperable, open and free digital government ICT solutions, is positioning itself to successfully tackle these challenges with the help of an important ally – the Interoperable Europe initiative. Joinup has become the home to Interoperable…
Open Source SoftwareContent and knowledge management+6 topics
Last update: 14/09/2023
Have your say in the review of the Web Accessibility Directive
Since 23 June 2021, all public sector websites and mobile apps in the EU must be accessible to people with disabilities. A review of the application of the Web Accessibility Directive in practice is now underway. The Commission invites everyone – citizens, especially persons with disabilities and older people, as well as organisations and professionals in public and private sector to respond to the surveys – to share their views via a traditional and an easy to read online public consultation. The two surveys are available in all EU official languages and will close on 25 October 2021. The…
Human resourcesICT+6 topics
Last update: 22/07/2021
Joinup: A one-stop shop for Digital Government
Joinup has been around for more than 10 years and is still going strong. It was initially created to bring together different communities (OSOR, SEMIC, and ePractice) but, in the process, also managed to add extra qualities such as becoming a repository of interoperability solutions and an online meeting place for Digital Government experts. As is evident, Joinup is a work in progress. And while it has been a challenging year for the platform, with the change of Programmes and policies, operating under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, Joinup is moving stubbornly along, despite all these…
Open Source SoftwareICT+13 topics
Last update: 17/02/2023
Portugal's reliable & innovative digital public services
The Administrative Modernization Agency (AMA) was created in 2007 and is responsible for promoting and developing digital government and administrative modernisation in Portugal. We interviewed Sara Carrasqueiro, member of AMA’s Board of Directors, to learn more about AMA’s activities and find out whether these can benefit other Members States, too, with the help of the Joinup platform. Could you introduce to us the Administrative Modernization Agency, and describe the main activities and goals that are pursued by AMA? The Administrative Modernization Agency (AMA) was created in 2007. We are a...
eHealtheIdentity and eSignature+13 topics
Last update: 02/12/2020
InovX: Innovation Panel for Public Sector
For answering to the present-day challenges and to proactively prepare the future of the public sector, we need a rigorous and robust knowledge about its real existing practices of innovation, taking into consideration, from the outset, the specific nature of the public sector’ mission and values. Besides producing a diagnosis based on sound evidence, the experimental project «InovX: Innovation Panel for Public Sector» developed a prototype of a tool for monitoring the innovation strategies of public organizations, a tool which must be adapted and applicable to the particular context of the…
eParticipation and eVotingSocial+4 topics
Last update: 11/12/2019
2 years activity report
The Experimentation Lab for Public Administration (LabX), a team of the Administrative Modernization Agency (AMA), has the objective to experiment with new solutions to improve public services and the daily life of citizens and businesses. The team composed of 6 members works with specialists, users, service providers and managers to designed user-centric public services. LabX celebrates this month 3 years of existence and has published a progress Progress Report with the projects LabX has worked on, understand the results of their work and the impact it had on service users, whether citizens…
TaxationCulture and education+8 topics
Last update: 04/02/2019
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If you subscribe, every week you will receive by email the main news regarding reusable solutions in Spain. You will also receive information regarding events, indicators, legislation changes and improvement, interoperability framework, security, accessibility, etc.
eIdentity and eSignatureOpen Source Software+19 topics
Last update: 04/06/2019
8th Mobile Age Newsletter
Have a look at the latest and last newsletter issue of Mobile Age and learn more about the Final Conference of the project! Moreover, you can read about the networking session of the project during ICT2018 in Vienna last October, the video tstimonials created in the 4 field sites, the events that partners attended, as well as various other interesting project news! You can find the issue online at: http://mobile-age.eu/newsletter/2019/01/ For any further requirements, you can contact us at: info@mobile-age.eu
ICTeInclusion+4 topics
Last update: 05/11/2018
Mobile Age Co-creation videos
A number of older adults participated in the co-creation process of Mobile Age project and contributed to the development of the app/services. Four video testimonials have been produced and older adults from Bremen, Region of Central Macedonia, South Lakeland and Zaragoza narrate how they contributed, how satisfied they are with the outcome in their city, how they experienced the co-creation process and what they have learnt. You can find them all at: https://www.mobile-age.eu/project-outcomes/videos/field-sites-videos.html
ICTeInclusion+3 topics
Last update: 05/11/2018
2nd Mobile Age press release
During the project’s final conference on 10 October, the Mobile Age lessons learned and tools were presented. Focusing on co-creating with citizens, Mobile Age showed how to make our neighborhoods better places to be active, carry a meaningful social life, and age healthily. Open data play a great role for this, linking up different services and providing citizens with personalized information. To share Mobile Age experience with other interested local authorities, the open source tools the project has developed were introduced to a wide audience of researchers, seniors and public authorities…