Last update: 15/04/2024
Public Sector Tech Watch
Public Sector Tech Watch provides insights into emerging technologies in the European public sector, such as artificial intelligence and blockchains.
Digital innovationObservatories+2 topics
Featured Content
Last update: 20/02/2024
GovTech Connect
This Collection is the home of the GovTech Connect and the GovTech4all Communities, a space for collaboration and knowledge sharing between private and public sectors.
Smart citiesDigital-ready policymaking+3 topics
Last update: 13/02/2024
European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI)
A blockchain initiative by the EU, enhancing public services with security, transparency, and efficiency. It supports cross-border verifiable credentials, benefiting citizens, EU institutions, and national administrations. It is an EC solution.
Open Source SoftwareBlockchain
Last update: 12/04/2024
The Digital Innovation Lab (iLab)
The Digital Innovation Lab, commonly referred to as iLab, is an open platform for digital innovation within the Commission and aims to create links and collaboration with external stakeholders including local and national public administrations, academia and the industry. The iLab aims at developing innovative, sustainable and responsive methodologies, models and tools for improved policy-making and service delivery. Its mission is to act as an incubator for innovation with a foresight capacity to assess opportunities stemming from concrete use/business cases, innovative organisational models…
Digital innovation
Last update: 13/02/2024
CMISA - Common Data Model on Innovation Supporting Actors
CMISA is a common data model for exchanging data on innovation between various European and national websites. You can easily include integrated datas in your website. It is an EC solution.
StandardisationCollaboration+3 topics
Last update: 20/02/2024
Report on "Artificial Intelligence for the public sector"
The report highlights the key role of the public sector in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and presents important conclusions for the future of this technology in the European context.The Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the European Commission's Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT) jointly organised a conference entitled "AI for the Public Sector: Science for Policy" in 2022. The published report compiles the results of this conference, as well as the associated webinars, providing an in-depth perspective on the use of AI in the public sector.The public sector plays a crucial…
Artificial intelligenceDigital innovation
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Last update: 23/04/2024
Past and future of European innovation
For forty years, the EU Framework Programmes have played a crucial role in advancing research and technology within Europe. From its inception in 1984, these programs, including the latest Horizon Europe with a budget of 95.5 billion Euros, aim to bridge the gap between research and practical applications. Originally focused on coordinating community-level research, the EU Framework Programme has evolved into a vital tool supporting EU research and innovation policies. It now encompasses the entire innovation process, reflecting the EU's commitment to using innovation as a driver for economic…
eGovernment
Last update: 23/04/2024
Europe Leads in Digital Transformation
The European Union's Cohesion Policy is playing an important role in propelling Europe to the forefront of the digital age, aligning with the European Commission's priority to leverage digital technology for sustainable growth, improved quality of life, and securing a competitive edge in the global economy. With a significant allocation from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), over €14 billion was invested in digital projects for 2014-2020, aiming to digitise firms, expand e-services, promote digital literacy, and ensure broadband access in remote areas. Investments have supported…
European PoliciesSmart citiesDigital innovation
Last update: 18/04/2024
Discover the recipients of the European Public Sector Award (EPSA) 2023-24
On 21 March, EPSA announced the winners and the Good Practice Certificate recipients of the European Public Sector Award (EPSA) 2023-24.Since 2007, EPSA allows us to bring together the best, most innovative and efficient performers from the European public sector to create an arena in which Europe’s public sector institutions can excel and become an exemplar for the rest of the world.Well done to the outstanding projects that showcased themselves as leaders in reshaping the landscape of public administration, and cheers to the remarkable teams for their dedication!You can discover the winners…
Digital-ready policymakingDigital innovation
Latest News
Last update: 23/04/2024
An Introduction to BDTI
The Interoperability Academy and the Big Data Test Infrastructure team is proud to unveil a new interactive course: An Introduction to BDTI. This initiative is designed to support EU public administrations in moving forward with data literacy and developing data analytics pilot projects, free of charge, using the open-source tools offered by the BDTI infrastructure. The BDTI course is a strategic part of the broader Data Spaces support centre and initiatives aimed at enhancing data utilisation across the EU, and the Interoperable Europe Act, aimed at fostering seamless cooperation of…
ToolsOpen Source Software+2 topics
Last update: 12/04/2024
Exploring GovTech
In a recent session at the GovTech Café, João Ricardo Vasconcelos, senior governance specialist at the World Bank, provided insights into the evolving landscape of digital governance. Highlighting the significance of digital transformation in reshaping governmental operations, he shed light on the efforts undertaken by the GovTech Global team of the World Bank to drive this change. The World Bank's GovTech Global Partnership encompass a broad spectrum of activities, ranging from analytical leadership to country and regional engagement. Through partnerships with governments, private sector…
CollaborationDigital innovation
Last update: 08/04/2024
Project Management in GovTech4All
Author: Alex Borg, Project Manager and Research Associate, The Lisbon CouncilThe Lisbon Council is honoured to coordinate the GovTech4All project, a veritable experiment designed to nurture a European digital innovation ecosystem optimally poised to enhance digital public services for European citizens. At its core, the project entails the delicate art of orchestrating an ensemble of disparate entities, each operating uniquely, yet united by the shared aim of delivering exceptional digital public services for European citizens. Under the auspices of the European Commission's Digital Europe…
CollaborationDigital innovation