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Semantics

Discover how semantics facilitates the data reuse.

Open Source Software

Discover the power of open source software in the development of European digital public services.

Observatories

Explore the reports on the state of play of digital public administration and interoperability activities.

Digital-ready policymaking

Digital-ready policymaking considers digital aspects from start to finish to create policies that are future-proof and interoperable.

Tools

Discover the tools and specifications to help achieve interoperability in the EU digital public services.

Reusable Software Components

Discover reusable software, services and specifications to facilitate interoperability in digital public services.

Smart cities

Discover how "Smart Cities" contribute to the well-being of their citizens and businesses.

Digital innovation

Discover how innovation (AI, Blockchain, GovTech) plays an important role in serving citizens better.

In the spotlight

Last update: 13/03/2025

Learn how to use the new features of the Portal

The Interoperable Europe Portal has introduced three new practical features designed to enhance users’ experience and streamline content creation: a Private messaging system for direct communication between users, a Table of contents that can be added in

Culture and education

Last update: 19/02/2025

Digital-ready policymaking for IT professionals

This free e-learning course and respective learning materials provide an understanding of Digital-ready policymaking for IT professionals.

Culture and education

Last update: 24/02/2025

The code of Linked Data Overheid is available under the EUPL

Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations has published the ‘Linked Data Overheid’ (LiDO) framework under the European Union Public License (EUPL), making it another open source public service tool.

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eGovERA© success story on a Data Space and Linked Data in Flanders

Interoperability success: eGovERA© supporting the Flanders’ Government in Data Spaces and Linked Data (LDES)

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Last update: 20/03/2025

New PM² Programme Canvas is released

Following the publication of the PM² Project Initiation and Project End Canvases, the Methodologies Office is now introducing the PM² Programme Canvas.

Open Source Software

Last update: 20/03/2025

A Challenge for Change

A blogpost about GovTech4All Startup Challenge

Business and competitionCollaborationDigital innovation

Last update: 20/03/2025

The MuMo project

The MuMo project is an initiative that uses open source solutions (OSS) designed to provide an easy-to-set-up platform for monitoring environmental conditions using multiple sensors that are connected via Internet of Things (IoT). Monitoring environmental

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CAMSS webinar: CAMSS Vocabularies

27/03/2025

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SEMIC Support Centre

What is the Semantic Interoperability Community (SEMIC) about?The Semantic Interoperability Community develops solutions to help European public administrations perform seamless and meaningful cross-border and cross…

16/03/2025

EUPL

Clear licensing rules are the regulatory basis for the sharing and reuse of software solutions, supporting legal interoperability. The European Commission has published the European Union Public License (EUPL), which is…

13/03/2025

INVEST - Interoperability Vision in Europe…

As Member States intensify their efforts to digitize public administrations, they face challenges in providing effective cross-border digital services, which are essential for the operation of the Digital Single Market…

12/03/2025

Blockchain for eGov Services

Blockchain technology has enormous potential to enhance the way that citizens, governments, and businesses interact, by enhancing trust between entities and improving the efficiency of operations.The European Blockchain…

06/03/2025

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…

06/03/2025

Tallinn Ministerial Declaration

The Tallinn Declaration on eGovernment was signed, on 6 October by all EU MS+ European Free Trade Area (EFTA) countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland).In the Tallinn Declaration, Ministers reconfirm their…

06/03/2025

Study on "Data Analytics for Member States…

As the COVID-19 crisis has made clear, data analytics is essential not just for public services to innovate but also to manage crises and save lives. We need the services and infrastructures that ensure high quality data…

06/03/2025

Statistical Enterprise Architecture

This community brings together experts working with enterprise architecture for the production of official statistics in Europe. It fosters the exchange of good practices regarding building and implementing Enterprise…

06/03/2025

SSI eIDAS Bridge

Self-sovereign identity (SSI) is the next step beyond user-centric identity. Both concepts are based on the idea that a user must be central to the administration of his/her digital identity, which requires not only a…

06/03/2025

Sharing and Reuse of IT solutions

The community on Sharing and Reuse of IT Solutions aims at supporting and enabling public administrations to share and reuse IT solutions in order to provide electronic services to citizens. This community is for…

06/03/2025

Shared solutions in the public sector of…

In 2001 the whole of the Catalan administrations –catalan Government and local authorities- launched a joint strategy signed in the Catalan Parliament in which he was born, among others, the Consortium Open…

06/03/2025

OSLO - Open Standards for Linked…

IntroductionOpen Standards for Linked Organisations - OSLO - is a succession of the OSLO initiative that was initiated in 2012 by V-ICT-OR (Flemish ICT Organisation) and laid the basis for an open semantic information…

06/03/2025

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Interoperability: An introductory course

This course provides a solid understanding about interoperability, including the need for it, the interoperability environment at high level and the respective initiatives of the European Commission. The course also…

21/03/2025

Project Quick Assessment and Portfolio…

The Project Quick Assessment and Portfolio Management Decision Support is a solution that allows the users to analyse and assess one or more project and visualise them in a quadrant, i.e. a quick project portfolio…

19/03/2025

SHACL shape validation service

The Test Bed offers a SHACL shape validation service that can be used to validate the shapes used to drive validation against RDF specifications. This service represents a key quality-control step to ensure that a…

07/03/2025

Table Schema validation service

The Test Bed offers a Table Schema validation service that can be used to validate a Table Schema's JSON content against the Table Schema specification. Table Schema is a means of formalising the fields used in CSV…

07/03/2025

GeoJSON validation service

The Test Bed offers a GeoJSON validation service that can be used to validate JSON objects against the GeoJSON specification. The GeoJSON specification provides a format for encoding a variety of geographic data…

07/03/2025

CloudEvents validation service

The Test Bed offers a CloudEvents validation service that can be used to validate JSON events against the JSON representation of the CloudEvents specification. The CloudEvents specification offers a common structure and…

07/03/2025

CSV validator

IntroductionThis is a web application to validate CSV content against Table Schema. Validation is possible via several channels:Web user interface for manual use by users.REST API for machine-to-machine integration.SOAP…

07/03/2025

JSON validator

IntroductionThis is a web application to validate JSON and YAML content against JSON Schema. Validation is possible via several channels:Web user interface for manual use by users.REST API for machine-to-machine…

07/03/2025

RDF validator

IntroductionThis is a web application to validate RDF content against SHACL shapes. Validation is possible via several channels:Web user interface for manual use by users,REST API for machine-to-machine integration.SOAP…

07/03/2025

XML validator

IntroductionThis is a web application to validate XML content against XML Schema and Schematron. Validation is possible via several channels:Web user interface for manual use by users,REST API for machine-to-machine…

07/03/2025

Big Data Test Infrastructure (BDTI)

What is BDTI?The Big Data Test Infrastructure (BDTI) was a ready-to-use and free of charge (for a period of six months) analytics cloud stack offered by the European Commission as part of the Digital Europe Programme, to…

06/03/2025

Brain4it

Brain4it (http://brain4it.org) is an open source platform developed by the City Council of Sant Feliu de Llobregat to manage and monitor the Smart City’s infrastructure, which is called City Operating System (City-Os)…

05/03/2025

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Introduction to eGovERA©

This free e-learning course and respective learning materials provide an understanding of Digital-ready policymaking for IT professionals.

05/03/2025

New PM² Project Canvases are released

The PM² Project Initiation Canvas and the PM² Project-End Canvas complement the PM² Artefacts, aiming to help project teams define key project elements during the Initiating Phase and capture lessons learned during the project’s Closing Phase.

07/01/2025

New PM² Programme Canvas is released

Following the publication of the PM² Project Initiation and Project End Canvases, the Methodologies Office is now introducing the PM² Programme Canvas.

20/03/2025

A Challenge for Change

A blogpost about GovTech4All Startup Challenge

20/03/2025

The MuMo project

20/03/2025

Updated country report on open source…

Updated country report on open source software in Estonia

19/03/2025

Why is it great that there is a law on…

The IE tackles interoperability challenges by establishing a legal framework for collaboration & innovation. INVEST aligns with the ΙΕ Act objectives & promises to enhance stakeholder collaboration, for a more connected digital ecosystem for EU citizens.

17/03/2025

Romanian digital project(s) for electoral…

Vot Diaspora, a digital platform and an ultimate guide for Romanian citizens abroad to vote in the elections, is one of the instruments created to empower the citizens and contribute to the transparency of the election procedure.

18/03/2025

The PM² Project Management Guide v3.1 in…

The Portuguese translation of the PM² Project Management Guide version 3.1 was published in August 2024, and it is now available for download from the Publication Office of the EU website.

05/09/2024

The PM² Project Management Guide v3.1 in…

The latest translations of the PM² Project Management Guide v3.1 were published in December 2024 (Spanish) and March 2025 (Italian) and are available for download from the EU Publication Office website.

17/03/2025

E-procurement Prozorro to support Ukrainian…

Prozorro, an open-source e-procurement comprehensive system launched in Ukraine in 2016, helps combat corruption, saves billions in public funds, and continues supporting the economy during the ongoing war with Russia.

19/11/2024

Open Ireland Network and the Irish Public…

Open Ireland Network (OIN) is implementing a “Community of Practice” for open source (OS) practitioners in the Irish public service. This community aims to foster a collaborative environment where government professionals can share knowledge, tools, best

17/03/2025

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Webinar: DCAT-AP

We were delighted to invite you to the webinar on DCAT-AP which took place on the 4th of February 2025 from 10:00 to 12:00 CEST. This webinar addressed several important topics related to the DCAT-AP specification.

04/02/2025

From idea to publication: Workshop on content…

New Webinar coming up: Learn how to create content on the Interoperable Europe Portal

10/04/2025

HACK DAYS - IA & Digital workplace

02/06/2025

Workshop: Large Language Models to support…

This workshop, co-organized by SEMIC and the Big Data Value Association (BDVA), will explore the latest advancements in leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) for enhancing semantic interoperability.

10/04/2025

Webinar on The Core Vocabularies

We were delighted to invite you to the webinar on The Core Vocabularies which took place on the 25th of February 2025 from 10:00 to 12:00 CET.

25/02/2025

Discover the Future of Public Procurement…

Discover how the Innovation Procurement Hubs Programme can help public authorities enhance their procurement strategies by collaborating with innovative enterprises and start-ups. Join the launch webinar on March 18, 2025!

18/03/2025

Webinar: Empower public sector through…

Find out more about the Academy, its free e-learning courses and upcoming events.

13/03/2025

CAMSS webinar: CAMSS Vocabularies

The webinar will present the CAMSS Vocabularies: the Core Assessment Vocabulary (CAV) and the Specifications Vocabulary (CSSV).

27/03/2025

BDTI Skills Studio: An introduction to graph…

If you want to deepen your understanding of data, analyse complex relationships between entities and uncover patterns in data, graph analytics is a crucial skill.

18/09/2024

Harnessing climate data: Classification and…

Learn to make accurate predictions and informed decisions by uncovering patterns and trends in historical data in this classification and predictive analytics workshop.

06/11/2024

Dashboards for data visualisation: Analysing…

Mastering data visualisation empowers you to transform complex data into clear, actionable insights, enhancing your ability to make informed decisions and communicate effectively. Dive into data visualisation essentials is this workshop.

02/10/2024

BDTI at EPHA's Data-informed Health Policy…

The team will introduce the Big Data Test Infratsture (BDTI) at the Data-informed Health Policy Webinar hosted by the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA).

06/11/2024

What is the Interoperable Europe Portal

The Interoperable Europe Portal is the European Union’s platform for promoting and supporting interoperability, collaboration, and knowledge sharing across public administrations, businesses, and citizens.

It acts as a one-stop shop for discovering, sharing, and reusing IT solutions and good practices.

What's Interoperable Europe

It’s the European Commission’s initiative for a reinforced interoperability policy showcasing news and events about government-related interoperability, along with initiatives and best practices that support the digitalisation of EU public administrations.

Interoperable Europe covers the policy angle of interoperability.

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