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A 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: 09/08/2021Updated Date: 09/08/2021
New Estonian law requires administration to make state-owned software publicly available
Estonia is known for its tech-savvy government, regularly topping international indicators, such as the European Commission’s DESI Index for Digital Public Services. The Estonian government states…
NEWSCreated: 02/07/2021Updated Date: 02/07/2021
The 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: 05/05/2021Updated Date: 05/05/2021
Digital Public Good - a global standard for governmental Open Source
The United Nations has endorsed a new multi-stakeholder initiative aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in low- and middle-income countries. European governments and organisations are…
NEWSCreated: 10/12/2020Updated Date: 10/12/2020
Germany trials X-Road to provide interoperable digital prescriptions
In times of COVID-19, trustworthy, interoperable public sector solutions are of special importance. Germany is trialing further digitisation of its healthcare and is relying on X-Road® data exchange…
NEWSCreated: 09/12/2020Updated Date: 15/12/2020
Dutch municipalities now have an open source option to manage civic services
Dutch municipalities may soon have an alternative option for managing civic services and citizens’ personal records. The Alkmaar-based company Procura in December announced it will make its existing…
NEWSCreated: 16/01/2020Updated Date: 16/01/2020
Artificial Intelligence-based applications to join the Estonian government open source software repository
Aligned with the Action Plan of the Estonian government to promote the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) in its public sector, a base component for AI-based applications was made available…
NEWSCreated: 08/11/2019Updated Date: 27/11/2019
Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia join EuroHPC Joint Undertaking
This month the Linux Foundation launched the CHIPS Alliance, which will be home to open source projects related to microprocessors and Systems on a Chip (SoCs). All the early backers — Esperanto…
NEWSCreated: 20/03/2019Updated Date: 03/04/2019
Estonia and Finland publish first joint X-Road release
The Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS), a public service started in August 2017 by Estonia and Finland, is making available its first two extensions for X-Road, an open source…
NEWSCreated: 10/09/2018Updated Date: 04/04/2019
Estonia considering Ethereum-based cryptocoin
Estonia is considering the issue of crypto-tokens, which would make it (almost) the first country to attract investment through an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). The scheme would let buyers of the new…
NEWSCreated: 31/08/2017Updated Date: 31/08/2017
Estonia builds a portal to co-create law
The Estonian Cooperation Assembly, in collaboration with the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu), has created a portal with the goal of helping citizens to co-create policies in the country. Called…
NEWSCreated: 08/06/2016Updated Date: 08/06/2016
Estonian town of Koigi latest to switch to Delta
Open source document management built for ministries of Interior and Justice The village of Koigi (Estonia) will start to use Delta, the document management system made available as open source…
NEWSCreated: 02/06/2016Updated Date: 02/06/2016