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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 30 November 2026 under the theme “Interoperable Europe

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: 30/06/2026

Key takeaways: Guidelines on Sharing IOP Solutions Webinar

On 25 June 2026, the European Commission brought together national administrations, EU institutions and private sector stakeholders to unpack the newly adopted Guidelines on Sharing Interoperability Solutions.

Interoperable Europe policyTools

Last update: 06/07/2026

Finnish Interoperability Platform

The Finnish Interoperability Platform is a free national tool suite maintained by the Digital and Population Data Services Agency, supporting terminology work, code set management, and semantic data modelling to promote semantic interoperability.

SemanticsStandardisation+3 topics

Last update: 10/06/2026

European Business Wallet Vocabulary

The European Business Wallet Vocabulary is an OWL Vocabulary that is supporting the development work in the EU funded WE BUILD Large Scale Pilot for eIDAS 2.0 compliant EU Business Wallets and EUDI wallets

StandardisationDigital government+3 topics

LATEST NEWS

Last update: 16/07/2026

New course alert! Learn the essentials of DCAT-AP

New introductory course on DCAT-AP, the EU’s recommended standard for describing and sharing data across portals. Learn about DCAT-AP fundamentals, explore its components and discover how it makes datasets more interoperable, and reusable.

SemanticsCollaborationCulture and education

Last update: 25/06/2026

The Interoperable Europe Academy Seasonal School 2026 highlights

Interoperable Europe policyDigital government+4 topics

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