How were governments in Europe digitalised in last 10 years? Read new report (22/03/2019)

We are thrilled to announce the publication of a new study providing an insightful overview over the last 10 years of Digital Government development in Europe – the eGovernment factsheets 10-year anniversary report. The study commemorates the 10th anniversary of the publication of the eGovernment factsheets.

New version of European Interoperability Reference Architecture released! (25/03/2019)

The new European Interoperability Reference Architecture (EIRA) release v3.0.0 is available online! The new version includes significant upgrades and can be considered the state-of-the-art in the interoperability domain.

ISA² Interim Evaluation: consultation activities completed (25/03/2019)

The European Commission has completed the consultation activities conducted as part of the ongoing Interim Evaluation of the ISA² Programme. Running from December 2018 to 1 March 2019, the consultation activities resulted in 129 responses. Based on the collected data and desk research, an independent study is being created and will be presented on 7 May.

Overview of PM² Methodology Guide available in new translations (25/03/2019)

The European Commission has created a shorter version of the new PM² Methodology Guide, called PM² Overview. The aim is to further promote the introduction and use of the methodology in organisations that are just starting with it, in both the public and private sector. The booklet of 23 pages is available in several languages.

Video: European Parliament Crypto Tool in a nutshell (22/03/2019)

During the European elections, it is necessary to ensure secure exchange of data and prevent double voting. That is why the European Parliament Crypto Tool, supported by ISA², has been created! Watch the video interview.

How Crypto Tool helps make European elections fair (22/03/2019)

Read the blog post by Jérôme Stefanini, IT Project Officer. He describes how the European Parliament Crypto Tool was used for the European elections in 2014 and is already being used for the European elections that will take place in May 2019.

User testimonial: Gilles Feith, Luxembourg (25/03/2019)

Gilles Feith, Luxembourg Government Chief Information Officer: "The Crypto Tool has proven to be an invaluable resource for the exchange of electoral data between EU Member States." Read the full testimonial and more information about Crypto Tool.

Join us at the Sharing & Reuse Conference 2019! (22/03/2019)

The registration is now open for the Sharing & Reuse Conference 2019 that will take place on 11 June in Bucharest! Watch the invitation by Deputy Director-General of Directorate-General for Informatics at the European Commission, Mário Campolargo.

How to make the dream of the Semantic Web a reality? We need tools developers will use (22/03/2019)

Part of the dream of the Semantic Web is to enable machines to act on our behalf to find and aggregate information. Furthermore, software agents should be able to make decisions based on end user-defined tasks. So how far away is the dream?

ISA² Interoperability Test Bed in support of EU Member States (22/03/2019)

The ISA² Interoperability Test Bed is an online, web-based platform that provides a conformance testing solution to projects developing cross-border public services. Project owners can use it to define their conformance testing strategy as a series of test cases that users can execute in a self-service manner.

Registry of Registries (22/03/2019)

The Access to Base Registries team is pleased to invite you to the webinar on the Specification for a Registry of Registries on 8 April. The event is of particular interest to ISA² Committee Members and other service providers that incorporate information from base registries in their public services.

AI and Public Administrations (22/03/2019)

The webinar, organised by the Semantic Interoperability Community (SEMIC) of the ISA² Programme on 9 April, will offer the opportunity to explore the potential of artificial intelligence for public services. A particular focus will be given to the “semantics” perspective.

Catalogue of Services (25/03/2019)

The second webinar of 2019 organised by the ISA² Catalogue of Services action will take place on 10 April. The topics discussed will include the feasibility study on the modelling of the processes for delivering public services, analysis and modelling of proactive services and much more.

Western Balkans Digital Summit (22/03/2019)

The event will bring together representatives of governments, businesses and academia in the region, with the aim of setting up a platform for the exchange of ideas on digital. Don't miss the presentation of Emanuele Baldacci on ISA², the ISA² session and pass by our stand!

Single Digital Gateway Hackathon (22/03/2019)

The Single Digital Gateway Hackathon kicks off with the Brussels edition. Teams will explore ways of designing and prototyping a user-friendly tool to provide feedback on the quality of the services and information used through the single digital gateway.

e-Society 2019 conference (22/03/2019)

The e-Society 2019 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within the Information Society. During the event, visit the ​ISA² stand in the expo area!

Register for the Sharing & Reuse Conference 2019! (18/03/2019)

The registration is now open for the Sharing & Reuse Conference 2019! The event is organised by the European Commission’s ISA² Programme, under the Romanian presidency of the Council of the EU. If you are interested in open source policies and strategies, and their implementation in EU countries, come and join us on 11 June in Bucharest, Romania.

Sharing & Reuse Awards 2019 – Deadline for submissions extended until 12 March (25/02/2019)

Great news! Public administrations interested in the Sharing & Reuse Awards have extra time to submit their entries. We are pleased to announce that the deadline has been extended until 12 March 2019, to accommodate all innovative and impactful entries.

Last chance! Give your feedback on ISA² by 1 March (21/02/2019)

Only a few days are left for providing feedback on the ISA² Programme in the ongoing public consultation. The deadline for comments is 1 March 2019. The results of the consultation will be used to improve the implementation of ISA² and its eventual successor programme to bring more value to Europeans.

EU Datathon 2019 - Launch of the open data competition (22/02/2019)

The third edition of the EU Datathon has been officially launched! Participants are invited to develop apps and interactive visualisations offering new services or public information insights to citizens, public authorities and businesses. Submit your project by 24 March 2019.

Improved version of European Legislation Identifier ontology is now available (21/02/2019)

The European Legislation Identifier (ELI) offers a consistent and elaborated mechanism to identify, reference, and reuse legal information on the web. The ELI ontology, which is the backbone for a pan-European interoperable legal information system, is now available in a new version bringing several improvements.

CAMSS in a nutshell (22/02/2019)

The Common assessment method for standards and specifications (CAMSS) will help you understand if an ICT standard or specification is fit for your purpose. Watch the video interview with the project manager Raul Abril from the Interoperability Unit at the European Commission.

CAMSS is "the" solution to understand standards and specifications (22/02/2019)

CAMSS offers its users three solutions: CAMSS Tools, CAMSS Assessments and CAMSS-as-a-Service. Learn in the blog post how they can be useful for you and what CAMSS is preparing in relation to the European Interoperability Framework.

The Core Person Vocabulary and the GDPR (25/02/2019)

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a big opportunity for semantic data modellers. Learn in the blog post how the solutions developed under the SEMIC Action, such as Core Vocabularies, can play a key role in this context.

Interview with Director-General Gertrud Ingestad (21/02/2019)

During the ISA² Mid-Term Conference, we recorded an interview with the Director-General of DG Informatics at the European Commission, Gertrud Ingestad. Watch the video to learn how the programme is boosting the full potential of the Digital Single Market in Europe.

Presentation of Catalogue of Services (22/02/2019)

The Catalogue of Services Action of the ISA² Programme supports public administrations that create and exchange information on public service descriptions. Watch the Prezi presentation to learn more about the current state of the activities under the action, ongoing pilots and next steps.

Startup Europe Summit 2019 (22/02/2019)

Cluj becomes the startup capital of Europe. Leading players in technology entrepreneurship and innovation in Central and Eastern Europe will meet key actors in innovation ecosystems from Western Europe. Visit the ​ISA² stand in the expo area!

EIF Workshop on Organisational Interoperability and Public Service Governance (21/02/2019)

Are you working on organisational interoperability and public service governance topics? Participate in the ISA² workshop with our experts Prof. Dr. Herbert Kubicek, Prof. Dr. Maria A. Wimmer, Dr. Efthimios Tambouris and others to share your insights and experience!

New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics 2019 (21/02/2019)

NTTS is an international conference series organised by Eurostat on new techniques and methods for statistical collection, production and dissemination systems. The Head of Interoperability Unit, Natalia Aristimuño Pérez, will chair a panel session on Data4Policy.

Winners of previous edition: how the Awards helped our projects (28/01/2019)

Watch the video with three winners of the 2017 Awards edition. They are sharing their experience with the competition and talking about the benefits it has brought to their projects.

How to make legislation ready for the digital age? Share your experience (25/01/2019)

In the world of rapidly developing technologies, it is important to ensure that legislation takes into account potential ICT impacts and fosters the take-up of digital solutions. Under the Legal Interoperability Action, ISA² is working on tools to help legislators create “digital-ready” law.

Interested in semantic interoperability? Read about SEMIC highlights in 2nd half of 2018 (25/01/2019)

In the past few months, the SEMIC team tackled various topics to help public administrations in Europe solve semantic interoperability challenges. This included updating data specifications such as DCAT-AP, sharing knowledge through studies, and setting up new pilots to test ISA² solutions.

New features and improvements. Check out Joinup roadmap for 2019 (28/01/2019)

Joinup, the platform for sharing and reuse of IT solutions, constantly aims at improving the quality of its services and user experience. In 2019, the Joinup team will develop new features such as the possibility to bookmark content or to subscribe to a newsletter through the collection. Learn more!

New PM² Methodology Guide published (25/01/2019)

The new PM² Methodology Guide is now available in the EU Bookshop. This 3rd edition of the open project management methodology supported by the ISA² Programme comes with a number of changes and reflects the collective work achieved in the past years.

Have your say in ISA² public consultation (25/01/2019)

Are you satisfied with the ISA​² Programme? Give us your feedback in the public consultation open until 1 March 2019. The consultation is part of the ongoing ISA​² Interim Evaluation. Learn more in the video interview.

Presentation on ISA² and Smart Cities (28/01/2019)

Check out the slides on the ISA² Programme and its link with smart cities by project manager Fidel Santiago. The presentation was part of the Connected Smart Cities Conference 2019 on 17 January in Brussels.

Catalogue of Services Webinar (28/01/2019)

The ISA² Programme is organising a webinar as part of its "Catalogue of Services" action. The aim is to present the objectives for 2019, discuss the contributions received from the Working Group and present issues opened on GitHub.

CNIS 2019 (28/01/2019)

The IX. National Conference on Innovation and Public Services in Spain will provide the opportunity to learn more about public administrations in the country and the important policy and technological changes they are going through.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! (14/12/2018)

Have your say! Participate in public consultation on ISA² (12/12/2018)

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the ISA​² Programme. It aims at gathering feedback on the programme that reached now its midway point. The consultation is available in 23 EU languages and open until 1 March 2019.

Apply for the Sharing & Reuse Awards (12/12/2018)

The European Commission invites you to take part in the 2nd edition of the Sharing & Reuse Awards Contest. Have you been successfully working on digitalising public services? Share your experience by applying to this contest by 28 February 2019!

Interinstitutional Register of Delegated Acts celebrates its first anniversary (13/12/2018)

The Interinstitutional Register of Delegated Acts was launched on 12 December 2017. Since then, it has offered a one stop-shop for anyone interested in the lifecycle of delegated acts. The technical solution of the project was developed with support of the ISA² Programme.

New version of the European Parliament Crypto Tool available (13/12/2018)

A new version of the Crypto Tool was released. The tool ensures a secure exchange of data of mobile voters and candidates and prevents double voting. The new release will be used during the European Parliament elections in May 2019.

Speakers' presentations (13/12/2018)

Videos recordings (13/12/2018)

Conference Photo Gallery (13/12/2018)

One year with the LEOS team: what I learnt about community growth, Agile and user-centric design (12/12/2018)

As we are approaching the end of 2018, I would like to share with you what I have learnt this year while working on LEOS. ​LEOS is an open source software designed to help those involved in legislation drafting by facilitating efficient online collaboration.

Why turn fiscal data into Linked Open Data? (13/12/2018)

Watch the teaser on a project of the EU Open Data team making EU budget data available as RDF data. This way it is possible to turn the data into Linked Open Data. The project is supported by ISA².

New study on the Single Digital Gateway published (12/12/2018)

A study was done to provide the technical basis for the implementation of the Single Digital Gateway Regulation. Read about the proposed IT architecture, the business, functional and technical requirements and the interoperability questions that will need to be addressed.

Follow the ISA² Mid-Term Conference via live stream (27/11/2018)

The ISA² Mid-Term Conference: Linking Public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens will take place tomorrow in the cultural house Flagey in Brussels. Didn’t you register? You can follow the event via live stream!

Participate in the ISA² Interim Evaluation (27/11/2018)

As the ISA² Programme reached its midway point, the European Commission has launched its interim evaluation. It will include many consultation activities such as the kick-off workshop on 30 November, distribution of questionnaires at the workshop and the ISA² Mid-Term Conference, targeted interviews, a targeted online survey and a public consultation starting in December.

New study on the GDPR Data Portability and Core Vocabularies published (23/11/2018)

Read a new study that examines the use and application of Core Vocabularies and, more specifically, the Core Person Vocabulary as a potential enabler for the GDPR data portability. It also assesses how public administrations in the EU could comply with these provisions using Core Vocabularies.

Discover the latest DCAT-AP release (27/11/2018)

A new version 1.2 of the DCAT Application Profile for data portals in Europe (DCAT-AP) is available. DCAT-AP provides a common specification for describing public sector datasets in Europe to enable the exchange of descriptions of datasets among data portals.

ICT 2018 (27/11/2018)

ICT 2018, the key European ICT research and innovation event organised by the European Commission in cooperation with the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU, will be hosted in Vienna. Visit the ISA² stand during the event!

Paris Open Source Summit (27/11/2018)

The European Commission's Open Source Observatory (OSOR), supported by ISA², will hold a two-hour session at the Paris Open Source Summit. It will be dedicated to security and national policies on the use of open source software in public administrations.

European Open Source & Free Software Law Event (27/11/2018)

As part of its annual conference cycle, this year the European Open Source & Free Software Law Event (EOLE) will take place during the Paris Open Source Summit 2018. At this event Patrice-Emmanuel Schmitz, Joinup Legal and Licensing Expert, will present the concept of the Joinup Licensing Assistant.

1st CEF eTranslation Conference (27/11/2018)

CEF eTranslation allows digital public services to become multilingual. The 1st CEF eTranslation Conference will showcase how CEF eTranslation helps you achieve this goal. Don't miss the presentation of our colleague Susanne Wigard on Improving Semantic Interoperability in European eGovernment Systems.

Interview with Frank Leyman on digitalisation of Belgian administrations (23/11/2018)

ISA² had the opportunity to discuss with Frank Leyman, Manager of International Relations for BOSA, Belgium, about the digitalisation of public administrations in the country. Digital Belgium strategy has enabled growth in e-invoicing, e-commerce and many other digital public services.

GovSec, a system for safe cloud adoption across European Commission (23/11/2018)

GovSec is an open source tool to help you get to the cloud. The tool reduces the time and costs you would spend to prepare for security of IT systems. Its easy-to-understand guidance combines governance guidelines, best practices and helpful documentation. GovSec is an initiative of ISA².

Registration deadline for the ISA2 Mid-Term Conference extended (19/11/2018)

ISA² Mid-Term Conference – register by 14 November! (07/11/2018)

The registration for the ISA² Mid-Term Conference: Linking Public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens is closing on 14 November 2018. The event organised by the European Commission’s ISA² Programme will take place on 29 November 2018 in the cultural house Flagey in Brussels, Belgium.

Who is using ISA² solutions? Learn in the interactive map! (30/10/2018)

ISA² develops interoperability solutions that can be reused free of charge. Would you like to know who is already using the solutions? You can learn in our new interactive map. You can filter the results by a country or a solution.

Farewell, paperwork! Citizens and businesses will save time and money thanks to the Single Digital Gateway (29/10/2018)

The Single Digital Gateway Regulation was adopted on 3 October. As of end of 2020, the gateway will become the online access point for citizens and businesses in need of information to get active in any EU country. The ISA² Programme supports the development of an architecture and specific IT tools for the gateway.

CIRCABC 4.0 has a new user interface (29/10/2018)

The new version 4.0 of CIRCABC has arrived! It comes up with a new user interface, features and improvements to make the application more user-friendly. CIRCABC is a multilingual, web-based application which enables geographically spread collaborative groups to share information and resources in private workspaces.

A new study mapping business processes, standards and IT solutions for archiving published (29/10/2018)

Archival institutions worldwide are constantly searching for IT solutions to support their business activities. A new report provides an up-to-date overview of the current landscape of existing IT solutions complemented with an assessment tool that supports decision-making.

Online documentation for the ISA² Interoperability Test Bed available (29/10/2018)

The ISA² Interoperability Test Bed, a web-based platform that provides a conformance testing solution to projects developing cross-border public services, has published new documentation and training materials.

Almost 600 respondents participated in the consultation on an online platform for public access to Commission documents (29/10/2018)

Between 29 June 2018 and 21 September 2018, the European Commission conducted a public consultation on a new online platform for public access to Commission documents. 576 respondents in total took part in the consultation, 27 % of whom stated that they had already introduced a request for access to documents.

VocBench 3 helps managing and publishing multilingual controlled vocabularies in an open and interoperable way (30/10/2018)

VocBench 3 is a free web-based platform facilitating collaborative editing and management of authority lists, taxonomies, thesauri and ontologies. It is designed to meet the needs of the semantic web and made available as an open-source solution. A new version (4.0) of the platform has been recently released.

ISA² Mid-Term Conference: Linking Public Administrations, Businesses and Citizens (29/10/2018)

The programme of the ISA² Mid-Term Conference is now available so check out all the speakers and sessions! Participants will have the opportunity to visit a large exhibition on ISA² solutions and related projects. Registration open until 14 November!

ISA² Interim Evaluation: Kick-off Workshop (29/10/2018)

The ISA² Programme is organising a kick-off workshop on the ISA² Interim Evaluation. The aim is to present the rationale, objectives and scope of the interim evaluation study and to discuss the role that stakeholders can play in contributing to the study and improving the overall quality of the programme.

THE GOVTECH SUMMIT 2018 (29/10/2018)

Supported by French President Emmanuel Macron, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and the European Commission, the GovTech Summit will gather European leaders and innovators to explore how new technologies can improve public services and democratic practices. Visit ​the ISA² stand during the event.

Digital Government Beyond 2020 workshop with City and Regional representatives (30/10/2018)

All city and regional representatives working on implementing digital government or improving the way citizens engage with their public administrations more broadly are kindly invited to attend this ISA² workshop.

Digital Government Beyond 2020 workshop with private sector representatives (30/10/2018)

All private sector representatives working on implementing digital government or improving the way citizens engage with their public administrations more broadly are kindly invited to attend the ISA² workshop.

How is Austria digitalising public administrations? (30/10/2018)

During the eGovernment week in Vienna, ISA² interviewed Reinhard Posch, Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Austria. Check now the interview to learn what we discussed with him and how Austria is implementing the European Interoperability Framework.

Webinar: How to get the most out of Joinup (29/10/2018)

Watch the video targeted to Joinup collection owners and facilitators that provides helpful tips on how to get the most out of Joinup. This webinar also offered a glimpse of some interesting and upcoming improvements planned for the platform.

Interview with Miguel A. Amutio (29/10/2018)

Miguel A. Amutio is Deputy Head of Unit of Coordination of ICT Units at Spain's Secretariat General for Digital Administration. He coordinates the development of the National Security Framework and of the National Interoperability Framework of Spain and their Technical Regulations, together with the supporting documents. He is a member of the Committee of the ISA² Programme. The interview is also available in Spanish.