The aim of the European Commission's Sharing and Reuse Awards contest is to raise awareness about the benefits of sharing and reusing IT solutions in the public sector.
A total of €100,000 was awarded to public administrations that have realised benefits from sharing IT solutions and whose solutions have a potential for wider reuse in Europe.
The 17 awarded IT solutions

The public announcement of the winners took place during the Awards Ceremony at the Sharing & Reuse Conference on 29 March in Lisbon, Portugal. First and second prizes of €15 000 and €10 000 respectively awarded to the winning teams in each category. Solutions in third and fourth places received a certificate of excellence. All the public administrations whose solutions were shortlisted were given an opportunity to present them at the conference.
All the videos and the presentations of the speakers are available at the Conference Programme.
All the photographs from the Conference are available here.
The awarded solutions by category:
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Cross border category ![]()
National category ![]()
Regional category ![]()
Local category |
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Cross border category
Position |
Name of the solution |
Institution name |
Country |
Type of the solution |
1st |
Generalitat Valenciana |
Spain |
Open Source Software |
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2nd |
National Land Survey of Finland |
Finland |
Open Source software |
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3rd |
Institut Municipal d’Informàtica. Ajuntament de Barcelona |
Spain |
Open Source Software |
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4th |
Issy Média |
France |
Open Source Software |
National category
Position |
Name of the solution |
Institution name |
Country |
Type of the solution |
1st |
Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic |
Czech Republic |
Open Source Software |
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2nd |
The Dutch Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency (Kadaster) |
The Netherlands |
Shared Service |
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3rd |
Ministry of Interior of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Ministerium für Inneres und Kommunales NRW) |
Germany |
Open Source Software |
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4th |
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) |
The Netherlands |
Open Source Software |
Regional category
Position |
Name of the solution |
Institution name |
Country |
Type of the solution |
1st |
Groupement d’Intérêt Public e-bourgogne-franche-comté (GIP e-bfc) |
France |
Shared Service |
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2nd* |
Flemish Government, Agentschap Facilitair Management |
Belgium |
Shared Service |
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2nd* |
Informatie Vlaanderen |
Belgium |
Shared Service |
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3rd |
Balearic Islands Government |
Spain |
Open Source Software |
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4th |
Region of Epirus |
Greece |
Open Source Software |
* Decision by the Evaluation Committee: the two solutions submitted by two agencies of the Flemish Government, having received the same amount of points and being closely connected, shared the same prize.
Local category
Position |
Name of the solution |
Institution name |
Country |
Type of the solution |
1st |
Intercommunale de Mutualisation Informatique et Organisationnelle (IMIO) |
Belgium |
Open Source Software |
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2nd |
KDZ - Centre for Public Administration Research |
Austria |
Shared Service |
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3rd |
Diputación Provincial de Albacete |
Spain |
Shared Service |
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4th |
Digipolis |
Belgium |
Shared Service |
All 118 submitted solutions were screened against the eligibility criteria between November 2016 and January 2017. 96 IT solutions fulfilled the eligibility criteria and participated in the Awards Contest. |
Information about the contest
Find more information about the contest here.