On 9 November 2023, the Joinup Team held the second User Group Meeting of 2023. The meeting was held virtually, and the objectives of the meeting were to present the latest highlights of Joinup, explore Joinup’s content, discuss the future of Joinup and interact with the participants. During the meeting the Joinup Team presented some interesting Joinup statistics, which included the Joinup users’ monthly increase and metrics such as the total annual page views and visitors. Also, the team provided an overview of the top visited collections and solutions on Joinup, the popularity of the 8 new…

Joinup, the European Commission's one-stop shop for interoperable, open, and free digital government ICT solutions, has become the first European Commission site to use Drupal 10. The upgrade to Drupal 10, completed in July 2023, was a major undertaking, as Joinup is a complex site with a large codebase. However, the team was able to complete the upgrade without any major disruptions to the site. One of the instant benefits of moving to Drupal 10 was the number of patches no longer necessary in the codebase. Removing these obsolete patches made the codebase cleaner and more efficient. One…

We are excited to present some new features introduced on Joinup! The platform is growing and evolving, and the goal is to keep our users engaged by allowing them to find and share up to date content. With these three new additions to the platform, we aim to do just that. Use Topics to browse content via thematic areas The “Main topics” section was added to Joinup’s Home Page to organise Joinup’s wide range of content into eight major categories: Semantics, Open Source Software, Observatories, Digital-ready policymaking, Tools, Reusable Software Components, Smart cities, and Innovation. Under…

In this interview with Bernard Claes, Joinup’s EC Project Officer, we learn about the progress and highlights achieved until now for the platform. Joinup introduced a new layout design and an additional method of organising content via Topics. How do users benefit from these? We have been steadily working to improve how content is displayed on the Joinup platform. By introducing the topic-based approach, we offer users an additional way of accessing information in a simple manner. Topics cover main thematic areas such as Semantics, Observatories and Digital-ready policymaking. They provide…

On the 30th of March 2023, the Joinup Team welcomed users to the first hybrid Joinup User Group Meeting (UGM) of this year. During the meeting, the latest and most notable improvements and new features of the platform were highlighted, such as the possibility to Collection/Solution Managers to reach out to their communities through the "Announcements" feature. In addition, the new Topic-Based navigation was introduced, which offers a new way to find content and information according to your subjects of interest. The meeting was also an opportunity to discuss about the future of Joinup…

Internet communication inside the European Union (EU) obeysto a set of standards, which allow for uniformity, accessibility, safety and online security. The Commission has launched a new website, the EU’s Internet Standards Deployment Monitoring website, to monitor the deployment of these standards in the EU. The website focuses on 5 categories of key internet standards, that have been deemed essential to achieve the EU vision of a free, open, accessible and secure global internet: Browsing – Web communication standards Routing – Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) Emailing –…

In this interview with Natalia Aristimuño Pérez, the Digital Services Director at DG DIGIT of the European Commission, we discuss Joinup’s role in the upcoming Interoperable Europe Act and explore the future of the Joinup platform in its aim to support the ever-shifting world of digital public services. How important is Joinup’s role in facilitating interoperability in the public sector? Joinup plays a key role in assisting and supporting Member States in the deployment of their digital public services. Its value lies in its ability to put together digital government related policy and…

EUSurvey is the European Commission's tool to create online surveys and forms (i.e. user satisfaction or registration surveys). It is a freely accessible service. But, do you know that EUSurvey is also a free and open source software you can reuse under the European Union Public Licence (EUPL)? EU CAPTCHA, also released under the EUPL and maintained by the European Commission, is an open-source implementation of CAPTCHA -- short for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart” -- and provides a quick security test intended to distinguish humans from machines…

What is an interactive geographical map? As a Community manager on Joinup you can add interactive geographical maps to your Custom Pages. These maps can facilitate users’ navigation when seeking country-related information and resources. Additionally, they provide a visual representation of any regional content you may wish to present to your users in a more responsive way. How can I add a map to my page? By consulting this How-To article, you will find a step-by-step explanation on how to create an interactive map in your Community space. The How-To article explains in depth the different…