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30/11/2026

Physical event

Save the date: SEMIC 2026 is coming to Dublin on 30 November

Organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Digital Services (DG DIGIT) with the support of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, SEMIC 2026 will take place on…

SemanticsDigital governmentInteroperable Europe policy

Last update: 16/03/2025

SEMIC Support Centre

The Semantic Interoperability Community develops solutions to help European public administrations perform meaningful cross-border and cross-domain data exchanges.

SemanticsStandardisation

Last update: 30/01/2025

Knowledge Hub

The SEMIC knowledge hub provides a collection of resources to tackle interoperability challenges, from reports, studies and guidelines to knowledge-sharing sessions and webinar recordings.

Semantics

Last update: 30/03/2026

Rolling Plan 2026

This space collects the annual versions of the Rolling Plan for ICT standardisation, a document co-developed by the European Commission and the expert group European Multi-Stakeholder Platform on ICT Standardisation (MSP).

Standardisation

Last update: 19/03/2025

Data Spaces

The European Commission adopted a European strategy for data in 2020 which aims at creating a single market for data that will ensure Europe’s global competitiveness and data sovereignty.

Semantics

Last update: 07/05/2026

DCAT Application Profile for data portals in Europe

DCAT-AP is a specification for metadata records, enhancing semantic interoperability across European data portals. Based on W3C's DCAT, it supports standardised dataset descriptions, enabling efficient data exchange and reuse. It is an EC solution.

Standardisation

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Last update: 18/05/2026

Navigating the Tooling Landscape for Semantic Interoperability

This article explores tools that support the authoring, validation, and publication of semantic specifications in SEMIC. It compares key platforms and utilities and offers guidance on building reliable, repeatable tooling pipelines.

SemanticsInteroperable Europe policy

Last update: 12/05/2026

New course on Semantic Interoperability

The Interoperable Europe Academy launched its new course “What is Semantic Interoperability?”.

CollaborationCulture and educationDigital government

Last update: 11/05/2026

Interview with Claudia Oliveira: Interoperable Europe Community

In this interview, Claudia Oliveira reflects on the Community’s origins, its development and the crucial role it can play in supporting the next phase of interoperability across the EU.

CollaborationInteroperable Europe policy+2 topics

LATEST NEWS

Last update: 13/05/2026

New Policy Brief | Interoperability Platform

Peer-learning policy briefs are an initiative of the Interoperable Europe Academy, sharing practical lessons from public administrations on how to implement digital government instruments, supporting knowledge exchange and reuse.

CollaborationDigital government+2 topics

Last update: 20/04/2026

Romania’s open data portal: data.gov.ro

Romania’s central access point for public sector information strengthens transparency and digital governance by providing thousands of machine-readable datasets for free use and redistribution by all citizens and organisations.

Digital governmentDigital innovationSemantics

Last update: 20/04/2026

SEMIC support centre for semantic interoperability

The SEMIC support centre, part of the Interoperable Europe initiative, helps public administrations share, reuse, and align data by collaborating on promoting common semantic standards and interoperability practices.

SemanticsDigital governmentCollaboration