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JHS 170 XML-schemas for the public administration
this recommendation describes the common principles for formulating the XML-schemes in the public administration. Recommendation is based, when applicable, on international standards and well-known…
SOLUTIONCreated: 18/02/2010
JHS 145 User oriented service directory in the public services
The recommendation is applied in the presentation of services on the web sites of municipalities. The classification can also be applied for regional service directories whereby the consumer looks for…
SOLUTIONCreated: 15/06/2008
Four Finnish cities collaborate to develop, manage and maintain an open source ERP system for early childhood education.
Deployed firstly by the city of Espoo, the open source software eVaka reached its second year of operation in providing citizens with information and functionalities on kindergartens and early…
NEWSCreated: 17/01/2022Check the new release of Vocbench, a platfom for managing and sharing reference data and controlled lists of codes and terms used to organise information
VocBench is a web-based, multilingual, collaborative development platform for managing and sharing reference data and controlled lists of codes and terms used to organise information. With persistent…
NEWSCreated: 30/09/2021A conversation with Petteri Kivimäki on X-Road®
Petteri Kivimäki, CTO at the Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS), agreed to be interviewed on the history and the impact of X-Road®, the open source data exchange layer solution…
NEWSCreated: 09/08/2021The Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS) published the first results of the X-Road Emissions Calculator Project.
In collaboration with Gofore Plc and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), NIIS assessed the environmental footprint of the X-Road ecosystem solution, in order to reduce its CO2 emissions and…
NEWSCreated: 05/05/2021Estonia and Finland best in eGovernment
EC updates DESI - digital ranking of Member States
When it comes to digitisation of public services, Europe’s top-three Member States are Estonia, Finland and the Netherlands, according to the EC’s…
NEWSCreated: 06/04/2017Co-operation creates solutions serving everyone in a cost-efficient manner
The City of Turku has shared the source codes for the Turku.fi and the munpalvelut.fi online services and most recently the source codes for the furniture recycling system. In addition to sharing the…
NEWSCreated: 28/02/2017UK and Finland Europe’s eGovernment leaders - UNPAN
The United Kingdom and Finland are Europe’s eGovernment leaders, according to the United Nations Public Administration Network (UNPAN) 2016 UN eGovernment Survey. The list of top 10 eGovernment…
NEWSCreated: 01/08/2016Study: Cross-border eGov services low on agenda
Cross-border eGovernment services score low on national policy agendas, according to a study on cross-border cooperation between the Nordic countries. Well-organised, national eID infrastructures are…
NEWSCreated: 21/04/2016Use of Helsinki eGovernment services increases
The use of eGovernment social and health services offered by the city of Helsinki (Finland) is increasing. So far this year, the services have attracted over 730,000 visitors, which is already more…
NEWSCreated: 27/11/2015Northern EU leaders to discuss government modernisation
Iceland’s Prime Minister Sigmundur Davið Gunnlaugsson has invited his colleagues from the Nordic countries, the Baltic states and the United Kingdom to discuss government modernisation. The Northern…
NEWSCreated: 20/10/2015