Study on "Data Analytics for Member States and Citizens"
An in depth look at the government pioneers of data analytics. What can we learn from them? How can we scale up data driven public services across Europe?
Statistics and informationBanking and financial services+7 topics
Last update: 30/04/2018
Web Accessibility Directive implementation
Many initiatives exist across EU members concerning the implementation of the Web Accessibility Directive. This collection intends to provide a central location in which members and related bodies can share useful information and tooling to assist in the implementation and monitoring associated with it.
eGovernmenteInclusion
Last update: 17/03/2023
eInclusion
The eInclusion community focuses on individual and community participation in all aspects of the information society.
eInclusion
Last update: 20/02/2024
Discover Helsinki
“Discover Helsinki” is a web application information service for users with poor reading and writing skills. It provides information on the City of Helsinki and its services in audio form. The application speaks Finnish, Arabic and Somali.
eInclusion
Last update: 02/03/2024
GNU Health Hospital Information System
It covers the functionality of Electronic Medical Record, Hospital Management and Health Information System. From small private offices, to large, national public health systems.
Open Source SoftwareeHealth+3 topics
Last update: 26/02/2024
Kick-off of the Smart Communities Network
The Smart Communities Network is a coalition of associations representing cities and municipalities in EU member states and held its first online meeting in January 2024. This meeting marked the beginning of a collaborative journey towards digital transformation and community development. It is part of the first phase of the Local Digital Twins toolbox project, which aims to integrate local communities into the EU's digital transition efforts, recognising the essential role of municipalities in this digital era. In the months to come, these sessions will serve as platforms for knowledge…
Smart citieseInclusionDigital innovation
Last update: 26/02/2024
European Data Act for a new and better data economy
The European Data Act will ensure fairness in the digital environment by clarifying who can create value from data and under which conditions. It will also stimulate a competitive and innovative data market by unlocking industrial data, and by providing legal clarity as regards the use of data. It protects European businesses from unfair contractual terms in data sharing contracts that one contracting party unilaterally imposes on the other. This will enable small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in particular, to participate more actively in the data market. Furthermore, it will allow…
European PolicieseInclusion+2 topics
Last update: 29/01/2024
New partnerships for the french OSPO
The OSPO of the French government’s Interministerial Digital Directorate, DINUM, has announced a partnership with “DesCodeuses”. This continues DINUM’s approach to working with the open source community through formal partnerships. In particular, this partnership is expected to be a first step for longer-term collaboration between DINUM and DesCodeuses (Women Who Code) to facilitate participation of women in software development projects.Bastien Guerry from DINUM’s Free Software Mission, when asked about how this helped their work towards external actors, commented:“The creation of the Free…
Digital-ready policymakingeInclusion+3 topics
Last update: 15/01/2024
Successful digital education and provision of digital skills
On 23 November 2023, and in view of the digital age upon us, the European Council adopted a set of recommendations to promote digital education. This also included recommendations for the improved provision of digital skills and competences amongst the EU citizens and its labor force. This initiative took place in order to help the EU education system keep up with the times and its results were two-fold:Education systems need to focus education and training to the direction that digital transformation is moving towards. Students and trainees of all levels need to be provided access to…
European PolicieseInclusion+4 topics
Last update: 18/12/2023
European Digital Identity Wallets
The regulation introducing European Digital Identity Wallets has been finalized, after the final agreement was reached in early November by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU.The provisional political agreement was reached on 29 June 2023, the results of which have now been implemented. This marks an important step towards the Digital Decade 2030 targets on the digitalisation of public services. As of this new agreement, EU citizens will be offered the possibility to have an EU Digital Identity Wallet to access public and private online services. This wallet will provide…
European PolicieseGovernment+3 topics
Last update: 18/10/2023
Launch of the 11th edition of the European Cybersecurity Month
October is the European Cybersecurity Month and this year marks the 11th edition of the EU’s annual campaign dedicated to promoting cybersecurity among EU citizens and organisations, and to providing up-to-date online security information through awareness raising and sharing of good practices. This year’s campaign addresses ‘social engineering’, a growing phenomenon where scammers try to manipulate people into performing actions online or giving sensitive and/or personal information that is then used for malicious reasons. The Threat Landscape published by the European Union Agency for…
European PolicieseGovernmenteInclusion
Last update: 12/10/2023
Creating smart cities with open data
Learn how open data facilitates digital solutions to improve management and efficiency of the urban environment Smart cities go beyond the use of digital technologies for better resource utilisation and reduced emissions; they involve making traditional networks and services of the urban environment, such as transport or water supply, more efficient through digital solutions. The goal is to improve operational efficiency, share more accurate information with the public and provide better quality of government service and citizen welfare. Open data plays a crucial role into the transformation…