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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: 29/05/2017Updated Date: 29/05/2017
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: 28/03/2017Updated Date: 28/03/2017
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: 20/11/2016Updated Date: 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: 29/05/2016Updated Date: 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: 22/02/2016Updated Date: 22/02/2016
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: 20/07/2015Updated Date: 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: 15/05/2015Updated Date: 15/05/2015
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: 13/03/2015Updated Date: 13/03/2015
eGovernment in France-May 2014-v.16.0
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 • eGovernment History •…
DOCUMENTCreated: 06/06/2014Updated Date: 06/06/2014
SAtellite Broadband for European Regions (SABER)
The main objective of the SABER Thematic Network is to address the requirements as set out in Objective 5.3 of the ICT PSP Work Programme 2012. The SABER Thematic Network is fully aligned with the…
DOCUMENTCreated: 09/05/2013Updated Date: 09/05/2013
EPIC: European Platform for Intelligent Cities (EPIC)
The current economic crisis, combined with growing citizen expectations, is placing increasing pressure on European cities to provide better and more efficient infrastructures and services, often for…
DOCUMENTCreated: 28/01/2013Updated Date: 28/01/2013
Keeping Emulation Environments Portable (KEEP)
KEEP (Keeping Emulation Environments Portable) is developing emulation services (KEEP Emulation Services) to enable accurate rendering of both static and dynamic digital objects: text, sound, and…
DOCUMENTCreated: 25/08/2011Updated Date: 25/08/2011