Working group on APIs and Blockchain

During the Informal Cooperation Network's Workshop #4 held on 14 Nov 2019 participants showed interest in exploring future developments that could be added into the eDelivery framework by leveraging on API and Blockchain related initiatives already in place across the Member States.

This page aims to collect further feedback on missing capabilities/requirements for eDelivery and to gather initial information on already existing initiatives in the Member States that could serve as a basis to understand the possible upcoming developments to be undertaken by CEF eDelivery.

All members of the Informal Cooperation Network for eDelivery are invited to participate and provide their input.

APIs are a foundational component of modern digital architectures, impacting every sector of the global economy. In the public sector, APIs are a key enabler to accelerate the digital evolution of governments and its agencies.

The European Commission' JRC has conducted the two-year study “Digital Government APIs. The road to added value Open API-driven services (APIs4DGov)”. The study investigates onto two main questions: (1) Why governments should invest in the adoption of API technologies and, if yes, (2) How they could adopt them.

The APIs4DGov study — digital government APIs: the road to value-added open API-driven services study on web API standards (the final study will be available after April 2020) is available here:

The Agency for Digitisation from the Danish Ministry of Finance did a proposal for the ISA² Coordination group for a common API building block available here:

	Brief description of the problem	Additional requirement(s) to be covered	Beneficiaries	Brief description of how APIs/eDelivery may contribute to meet the requirement	Domain (if applicable)
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	Name	Country	Sector	Organisation	Purpose	Underlying specification/standard/solution	Use of API and/or Blockchain technologies/frameworks	Further info (incl. links, documentation)	Status (PLANNED / ACTIVE / UNDER DEVELOPMENT)	Contact point
Initiatives in place Please provide input on initiatives, actions or projects you are aware of that have already/are currently exploring how to cover the missing capabilities/requirements. Indicate whether the initiatives include the use of APIs and/or Blockchain technologies/frameworks.
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Working group on APIs and Blockchain

Background information

Problem statement

Please provide input on currently missing capabilities/requirements for eDelivery.

Solution

Please provide input on how you think these missing capabilities/requirements could be covered. Indicate whether the solution could include adding API or Blockchain related technologies/frameworks.

Initiatives in place

Please provide input on initiatives, actions or projects you are aware of that have already/are currently exploring how to cover the missing capabilities/requirements. Indicate whether the initiatives include the use of APIs and/or Blockchain technologies/frameworks.