The EIF Toolbox guides national administrations to align their National Interoperability Frameworks with the EIF for enhanced interoperability. It includes a list of solutions. It is an EC solution.
ObservatorieseGovernment
Last update: 10/04/2024
Assessing smart cities and communities' digital maturity
Conceptualising smart citiesWhile cities are universally recognised, the notion of a smart city remains unknown to many. The European Commission has shown an increasing interest in this idea and worked on a definition of what makes a city smart: it is “a place where traditional networks and services are made more efficient with the use of digital solutions for the benefit of its inhabitants and businesses”[1]. Following the launch of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities, the Commission followed up with several strategies and actions that have proven to be key for…
Smart citieseGovernment
Last update: 06/03/2024
Smart Cities Coffee Talk Highlights
A coffee talk on the new Guidance document on organisational and cultural interoperability, was held on Tuesday March 27th, 2024, with participants from different EU Member States and beyond. The Guidance document was published in the framework of the ‘Study on organisational and cultural interoperability issues arising in local administrations when establishing local, regional or national data spaces or local digital twins’ conducted by the Directorate General DIGIT and the Directorate General CONNECT of the European Commission. The coffee talk took the form of an informal exchange on the…
European PoliciesObservatories+2 topics
Last update: 13/02/2024
NIFO coffee talk on smart cities
We are happy to announce that the NIFO coffee talks are back! The aim of these coffee talks is to highlight recent developments and good practices related to interoperability and digital transformation of public administrations, as one of the main missions of the National Interoperability Framework Observatory. This 2024 edition of the NIFO coffee talks will take a closer look at interoperability from a local and regional perspective, in particular in the frame of local digital twins and data space projects. The discussion will be centered around a recently released Guidance document…
Digital-ready policymakingSmart citieseGovernment
Last update: 17/01/2024
The new version of the EIF Toolbox is live!
Are you interested or involved in the digital transformation of public administrations? The European Interoperability Framework Toolbox offers tools and guidance for designing and implementing interoperable digital services, at both the national and European level. Hosted within the Monitoring Hub of the National Interoperable Framework Observatory (NIFO) collection, the EIF Toolbox has just been revamped, aiming to improve user-friendliness and discoverability. In this context, two main improvements have been achieved. Firstly, the visual identity of the EIF Toolbox has been aligned with the…
Tools
Last update: 30/01/2024
Interoperable Europe Act proposal and NIFO
The legislative journey of the Interoperable Europe Act proposalOn 18 November 2023, the European Parliament and the presidency of the Council, held by Spain until December 2023, have reached a provisional agreement on the proposed legislation regarding measures on a high level of public sector interoperability across the EU, commonly known as the Interoperable Europe Act. The deal has come almost one year after the adoption of the proposal by the European Commission. The proposal follows Member States’ call to strengthen European interoperability cooperation and digital transformation more…
We are very pleased to share that the paper titled “Citizen-centric and trustworthy AI in the public sector: Cases of Finland and Hungary”, submitted under the National Interoperability Framework Observatory (NIFO) and co-authored by Claudia Oliveira (European Commission – DG DIGIT), Sara Talpo, Noémie Custers, Emilia Miscena and Edwige Malleville (Wavestone), has received the Best Short Paper Award at the 16th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV 2023). The paper The increasing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by the public sector could bring…
Artificial intelligence
Last update: 02/02/2024
Interoperability challenges - Smart cities
The establishment of data spaces and local digital twins appears to be particularly promising. This stems from the fact that, in the last decade, the number of smart city initiatives has increased significantly in Europe, with the main objective of enabling local, regional, and national public administrations to leverage data and innovative technologies to improve decision-making and citizens’ well-being. While on one hand, developing these projects could bring many benefits; on the other hand, public administrations can also face various challenges.Under the leadership of DG DIGIT and DG…
Smart cities
Last update: 10/11/2023
Publication of the 2023 edition of the State-of-play report
Interoperable Europe, through the National Interoperability Framework Observatory (NIFO), is pleased to announce the publication of the 2023 edition of its State-of-play report on Digital Public Administration and Interoperability.What can be found in this report?The 2023 edition of the State-of-Play report on digital public administration and interoperability deep dives into three key policy areas which are at the heart of the current policy landscape:Interoperability and interoperable digital public services,Innovative use of technologies by the public sector,Data sharing in Europe.To do so…
eGovernment
Last update: 17/08/2023
Neue A-Trust Root Zertifikate
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, Mit 28. August 2023 wird von Seiten der A-Trust ein neues Stammzertifikat A-Trust-Root-09 für zukünftige Benutzerzertifikate genutzt. Damit Bürgerkarten / Handy-Signaturen, welche mit dem neuen A-Trust Stammzertifikat ausgestellt wurden weiterhin verwendet werden können müssen die entsprechenden Trustprofile aktualisiert werden. Zusätzlich muss eine verlängerte Version der A-Trust-Root-5 Zertifikatskette hinzugefügt werden. Wichtig: Diese Änderung betrifft nur Betreiber von MOA-ID welche noch nicht auf das ID-Austria System migriert haben, unabhängig davon ob…
eIdentity and eSignature
Last update: 25/07/2023
EIF and BDM Webinar key takeaways 27 June
On 27 June 2023, the National Interoperability Framework Observatory (NIFO) team held an online webinar gathering the National Contact Points of European countries, together with other stakeholders from both the public and private sectors to discuss the results of the 2022 editions of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) and Berlin Declaration (BDM) Monitoring Mechanisms and hear from the experience of four EU countries in the fields of cross-border interoperability, empowerment, and digital literacy. The webinar was divided into two sessions, the first one being dedicated to the EIF…
CollaborationEuropean Policies
Last update: 20/07/2023
Publication of the 2023 Digital Public Administration factsheets
The 2023 edition of the Digital Public Administration factsheets and infographics is now live on Joinup! The Digital Public Administrations factsheets are published yearly as part of Interoperable Europe, the Commission’s initiative for a reinforced interoperability policy, under the National Interoperability Framework Observatory. They represent a main source of information on the digital transformation that EU public administrations are currently undergoing. They include an up-to-date and detailed overview of initiatives undertaken by 31 European countries (the EU27, as well as the countries…