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France’s scorecard to track and improve digital services
Every year, France publishes figures showing the extent to which citizens and businesses take advantage of the digital services made available by the government. This scorecard assesses the share of…
DOCUMENTCreated: 29/05/2017
'Living well in Germany': an interactive report on the quality of life (Living well in Germany)
Two years ago, the German federal government launched the portal 'Gut leben in Deutschland' ('Living well in Germany'). It is an (interactive) report on the Quality of Life (QOL) in Germany, providing…
DOCUMENTCreated: 29/03/2017
France hires digital experts group to modernise the state (Entrepreneurs d'Intérêt Général)
The French state has created a program called the “Entrepreneurs of General Interest” (Entrepreneurs d’Intérêt Général – EIG) to build a group of 11 digital experts drawn from civil society. Each of…
DOCUMENTCreated: 28/03/2017
Cologne adds local cash to revitalise its Participatory Budget
Cologne's Participatory Budget (Bürgerhaushalt) initiative gives citizens a say in how a part of the municipal budget of the City of Cologne will be spent. Allowing citizens to participate in budget…
DOCUMENTCreated: 08/12/2016
France opens the source code of tax and benefits calculators to increase transparency
To improve the transparency of the country’s tax and benefits systems, France has decided to open the source code of the simulators that government administrators use to perform their calculations…
DOCUMENTCreated: 20/11/2016
How France worked with civil society to create its Action Plan
To craft its first National Action Plan for open government, the French government used online and offline public consultations to collect ideas from citizens and organisations. Some of those ideas…
DOCUMENTCreated: 29/05/2016
France learns from startup companies in modernising public online services
The concept of the “State Startup” (Start-up d’Etat) was developed by the French SGMAP (Secrétariat Général pour la Modernisation de l’Action Publique) to improve digital services offered to citizens…
DOCUMENTCreated: 22/02/2016
IsyFact software factory to effectively build government business applications (IsyFact)
IsyFact, a German open source framework to develop government applications, recently won silver in the category of 'Most agile IT infrastructure' of the German eGovernment Contest (eGovernment…
DOCUMENTCreated: 22/07/2015
France mutualises its network infrastructure to secure its IT
The inter-ministerial network of the State (RIE) is a key project in the modernisation of the State’s information system, and by extension, of public action in France. It aims to pool the existing…
DOCUMENTCreated: 20/07/2015
Faire-simple: a co-construction platform to modernise public services
Summary The General Secretariat for the modernisation of public action (SGMAP), which is responsible for shaping the modernisation of the state in France, launched in 2013 a collaborative web portal…
DOCUMENTCreated: 15/05/2015
eGovernment in Germany - January 2015 - v.17.0
This eGovernment factsheet aims to provide an overall picture of the situation and progress of eGovernment in Germany. It includes the following sections: Country Profile History Strategy Legal…
DOCUMENTCreated: 13/03/2015
eGovernment in France - February 2015 - v.17.0
This eGovernment factsheet aims to provide an overall picture of the situation and progress of eGovernment in France. It includes the following sections: Country Profile History Strategy Legal…
DOCUMENTCreated: 13/03/2015