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Interview with Georges Lobo on SEMIC 2025

Second meeting of the Interoperable Europe Board

New PSTW report shows evolution of generative AI

One year of the Interoperable Europe Act

The EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue is now live

CitCom.AI Market Report

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Save the Date: EU Open Day 2025 on 10th May!

Now disclosed: The agenda of the Interoperable Europe Academy Seasonal School 2025

Mark your calendar: SEMIC 2025 is set for 25-26 November

Save your spot: The Interoperable Europe Academy Seasonal School 2025 

Registration for the SEMIC 2024 conference is open. Secure your seat now!

Save the Date: The SEMIC conference returns on the 27th of June!

Why an EU interoperability policy?

The interoperability of public services is at the very heart of the European project. It is an enabler for cross-border cooperation, free flow of information, and exponential innovation. A strengthened EU interoperability governance, co-owned by Member States and the EU, allows to identify needs, experiment with possible solutions, and to develop and scale those that are the best for public reuse. This will help build connected digital public services that are interoperable-by-design across borders and sectors.

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Facts about interoperability

Interoperability is the ability of systems to exchange and make use of information. Improved interoperability in the public sector leads to more trust and better communication between public administrations and with citizens and businesses. It requires cooperation around semantic, legal, organisational, and technical issues.

Interoperability is vital in times of crisis, as the fight against Covid-19 has shown. Interoperability was necessary for the creation and recognition of digital Covid-19 certificates that made cross-border travel in the EU again possible. It also, for instance, allowed for the real-time sharing of data on available intensive care beds by hospitals.

A high level of interoperability of public sector digital services is essential for the establishment of the digital single market. The estimated cost-savings credited to cross-border interoperability alone range between €5.5 and €6.3 million for citizens, and between €5.7 and €19.2 billion for businesses.

Improved interoperability will lead to an emerging network of sovereign and interconnected public administrations, working together closely to create more innovation and to reduce fragmented policy implementation, in pursuit of the EU’s digital objectives for 2030 and the completion of the Digital Single Market.