Interoperable Europe Portal

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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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Latest news

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Last update: 25/03/2025

Shaping the Future of GovTech

A blogpost from GovTech4All latest café

CollaborationDigital innovation

Last update: 25/03/2025

TESTA contributes to a more efficient government.

Dutch government organizations can exchange data safely and efficiently with their European counterparts.

Collaboration

Last update: 24/03/2025

OSBA's Guidelines for Sustainable Open Source Software Procurement

German Trade Association Publishes Guidelines for Sustainable Open Source Software Procurement in Public Administration

Open Source Software

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CAMSS webinar: CAMSS Vocabularies

27/03/2025

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EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue

European Open-Source Software Solutions Catalogue

26/03/2025

Open Source Observatory (OSOR)

OSOR is a place where the Free and Open Source software community can come together to publish news, find out about events, find relevant open source software solutions and read about the use of Free and Open Source in…

26/03/2025

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…

24/03/2025

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

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

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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

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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