WHAT IS IT? The European Interoperability Framework (EIF) is part of the Communication (COM(2017)134) from the European Commission adopted on 23 March 2017. The framework gives specific guidance on how to set up interoperable digital public services. HOW HAS IT EVOLVED? This version of the EIF has evolved since it was first adopted in 2004 and then revised in 2010. Indeed, as the field of information technology has developed and new EU policies have emerged, the EIF needed an overall revision after six years of existence. The framework had to better react on emerging technological trends like…

Here below you can find the details of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF), which gives specific guidance on how to set up interoperable digital public services. The EIF provides 47 recommendations, which are organised around three main pillars presented here below: The 12 principles that should guide policy-makers in their pursuit of interoperability; The interoperability layers which present different aspects of interoperability that should be addressed in the design of European public services; The conceptual model which aims at designing and delivering integrated public services…