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Last update: 13/04/2026
Two years of the Interoperable Europe Act
On 11 April 2026, the Interoperable Europe Act marked two years since it entered into force. Public sector interoperability may sound technical, but its purpose is straightforward: it empowers different administrations’ systems, data and business processe
Last update: 14/04/2026
Interview with Leontina Sandu
A self-described “homegrown product” of DIGIT, Leontina has spent years working on the digital solutions for public services. In this conversation, she reflects on leadership and her personal take, interoperability, AI and the craft of digital public serv
Last update: 06/03/2026
Call for proposals on the next “Interoperable Europe solutions”
Interoperable Europe is inviting public administrations and the wider interoperability community to propose mature, reusable solutions that can be recommended EU‑wide and promoted for adoption. The invitation follows the third meeting of the Interopera
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Peer learning session #2: Transport enablers
Join this peer learning session to learn about the eDelivery and X-Road Data Exchange Layer solutions and how they support interoperability and enable secure, real-time data exchange between public administrations.
Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union. Its mission is to provide high quality statistics and data on Europe. In this capacity it collaborates closely with many international partners, notably within…
DisclaimerThe Rolling Plan for ICT standardisation is a working document published by the European Commission, taking into account the inputs from the expert group “European Multi-Stakeholder Platform on ICT…
The eGovernment community covers all aspects of Internet use to deliver government information and services. The community aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery in the public sector.Topics…
The Public Sector Tech Watch promotes knowledge around the use of emerging technologies in the European Public Sector.Pooling information from various sources, it aims at becoming the “one stop” for all stakeholders –…
Interoperability provides benefits in the education domain through: - improved ability for schools and teachers to exchange information about students who move from one location or institution to another; - educational…
A space for EU digital sovereignty in public services, bringing together key initiatives, policy developments, standards, guidance, and case studies so administrations can easily explore what’s happening and what it…
The Interoperable Europe Community is an open and collaborative space established under the Interoperable Europe Act. It brings together public and private stakeholders, including experts, practitioners, researchers, and…
The Interoperable Europe Portal, formerly known as Joinup, is the European Union’s central platform for promoting and supporting interoperability, collaboration, and knowledge sharing across public administrations…
The Interoperable Europe Board is established by the Interoperable Europe Act. It brings together high-level representatives from Member States and the European Commission to coordinate matters related to cross-border…
This collection highlights the growing role of AI in modern public administrations. It brings together news, tools, guidance and events related to the design and governance of AI in the public sector. By promoting…
Using just three inputs (annual energy consumption, annual CO₂ emissions, and building floor area) the model estimates an energy efficiency label (A-G) and a numerical energy performance score (SAP, 0-100) for each…
By analysing consumption patterns over time, the model estimates daily energy demand for a given area, from a single neighbourhood to an entire city or country. It can work with publicly available European consumption…
By combining basic meteorological information (wind, temperature, humidity, pressure) with a configurable map area and time window, the model simulates how different pollutants move, disperse, and concentrate throughout…
Urban Flow is one of the models developed within the EU LDT Toolbox to help cities understand how traffic moves through their streets and where mobility problems occur.Using real traffic observations from city detectors…
The European Building Database provides a harmonised, EU-wide view of building information that can support modelling, planning and simulation across urban domains. Within the EU LDT Toolbox, it helps cities work with a…
The EU LDT Marketplace serves as the central hub for the discovery, validation, and deployment of Local Digital Twin solutions across Europe. Conceived as a federated ecosystem, it enables municipalities to access a…
EU LDT Participate is the democratic heart of the Local Digital Twin ecosystem. Built on the ward-winning Decidim framework, this tool enables cities to move beyond top-down planning by involving citizens, businesses…
R package restatapi makes Eurostat's output directly usable in the statistical programming language R. It uses the public API of Eurostat's output database (Eurobase) to search and download data directly into R.Link…
For statistical data to be useable, their meaning must be described in the metadata. SIMS is a single reporting structure that combines and standardises the exchange of structural and reference metadata.Link: Reference…
A correspondence table serves as a translation between two (hierarchical) statistical classifications. The R package correspondenceTables can propose a correspondence table between two classifications for which no…
The SDMX tools supported by Eurostat are meant for providers and receivers of data and metadata, and for IT developers.Links: SDMX IT tools provided by EurostatSDMX IT tools developed by the SDMX user community
SDMX, which stands for Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange, is an ISO standard designed to describe statistical data and metadata, normalise their exchange, and improve their efficient sharing across statistical and…