Participate in our survey Understanding the benefits of interoperability measures in digital public services delivery Special focus on the use of location data & technology The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission under the European Location Interoperability Solutions for e-Government ISA² action - ELISE action, is conducting a survey to understand the benefits that interoperability -especially location interoperability- has in delivering digital public services. The ISA² programme and ELISE are coming to an end. It is the right time to reflect on what we have achieved together and…

The ELISE Workshop pack is an active learning tool that invites participants to question the role of geospatial data in their organisations by gaining knowledge, raising awareness and creating synergies. The workshop pack is a stand-alone tool designed to empower facilitators to build their own workshops and can be reused in any domain. The Workshop pack is easy and flexible to use as it consists of interchangeable building blocks -and a pool of activities to choose from. It adapts according to the audience knowledge, the workshop objectives and the experience level of the facilitator. The…

As announced on the 16/06/21, the European Commissions' Joint Research Centre has launched an open call for providing Operational Support to the Maintenance and Technical Evolution of Inspire Components and Artefacts. The envisaged contract includes the technical support to several operational activities related to Inspire maintenance and implementation alongside the sustainability and uptake of open source tools within the context of the Common Services Platform (CSP) defined under the digital programme, as well as the newly adopted Inspire work programme for the period 2021-2024. The…

The ISA2 ELISE Action has supported phase 1 of the development of the Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure (GKI). The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and Geospatial World, with a host of organisations worldwide, agreed to develop a collaborative approach towards advancing the role of GKI in the global society, economy and environment. ​The GKI builds upon Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) and the UN-GGIM Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF), which helps nations create their geospatial information infrastructures and moves the emphasis from supply to user demand. The…

EULF Blueprint now aligned with UN-GGIM Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF) We are pleased to announce the 'soft launch' of a number of improvements to the European Union Location Framework (EULF) Blueprint online content. These include a comprehensive cross-reference with the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF). There are strong synergies between the EULF Blueprint and the UN IGIF Implementation Guidance. Public administrations planning advances in their use of location data for policy or digital…

Within the context of the Common Services Platform defined under the DIGITAL programme, as well as the newly adopted INSPIRE work programme for the period 2021 - 2024, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre is planning to launch a procurement aiming to provide: Technical support to several operational activities related to the maintenance and implementation of INSPIRE sustainability and reuse of selected open source components More information will be made available soon on the eTendering portal.

Join us at the ELISE Knowledge Transfer event pack During the DigitALL Public conference, ELISE shared an overview of its achievements at the workshop ELISE enabling the interoperability of digital government from a location perspective held on April 22nd. This new set of webinars will continue to showcase Elise’s contribution. Each webinar will focus more in-depth on ELISE contribution towards each objective area. Supporting different policy initiatives at European and national levels Discovering how emerging trends and technologies enable more effective use of location data for policy and…

Two energy efficiency applications based on location data interoperability have been co-created by the Joint Research Centre's Digital Economy Unit and the Agency for the Protection of Water Resources and Energy of the Autonomous Province of Trento (APRIE). The first application involved the harmonisation of the Energy Performance Certificate of Buildings. A report on the latter is also available here. The second one looked at homogenising the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAP) data of all the 103 municipalities of the Autonomous Province of Trento that voluntarily committed…

Your opinion matters! Participate in the survey on Artificial Intelligence (AI) use in the public sector! Anyone working for public sector bodies acquainted with an AI-enabled solution at its institution. To better understand the use and impact of AI in the public sector. By filling the survey before the 15th May. It will take only 20 minutes! The survey will help preparing a roadmap in support of the use of Artificial Intelligence by Public Administrations in Europe. It aims to gather data about the objectives, driving factors, challenges and impact of any AI-enabled solution applied in the…

In line with the European Data Strategy, a new report from the ISA² ELISE action titled "Establishing Sustainable Ecosystems" provides a set of recommendations to transform today's spatial data infrastructures into true self-sustaining data ecosystems. The report lists up to 37 recommendations grouped into 4 themes: Ecosystem governance Technical issues Stakeholders ’engagement Economic sustainability These recommendations have been compiled in a dedicated web page of the ELISE collection to facilitate its navigability and discovery. You can start browsing here. To download the full report…

Are you... an ISA² action owner? an ISA² solution user? a representative of a national or local public authority active in the areas of interoperability and digital government? involved in the implementation of linked EU policies/initiatives? involved in the development of standards? If so, we need your feedback urgently! As most of you know, the ISA² program is coming to an end. As for any programme or project it is important to evaluate how it has performed over time to capitalise on good practices and draw lessons learned. You are kindly invited to provide feedback to the final evaluation…

The dataset contains a list of selected cases, taken from the public sector institutions in Europe, on adopting and implementing AI. The cases have been collected within the AI Watch for the public sector initiative, from a series of activities (surveys, workshops, interviews, desk research on the web), to understand the type of AI solutions available in governments. The list must not be considered a complete and systematic inventory of current AI solutions in Europe but can still be used to find some examples of adoption and implementation of AI in governments in Europe. The update of the…