Splitech 2024 – Go for future
Splitech 2024 – 9th Conference on smart and sustainable technologies. June 25-28
Interlink Revolutionizes Public Service Co-Production and Community Building with groundbreaking Collaborative Environment
INTERLINK emerges as a transformative force, not only in co-production strategies but also in building vibrant and engaged communities committed to shaping the future of public services.
Democritising the co-production of public services with a Collaborative Environment
Interlink Newsletter #4
ACROSS, Interlink & inGOV Joint Webinar
EU Projects 4 eGOV – ACROSS, Interlink & inGOV Joint Webinar
What did we discover during the journey?
Interlink Newsletter #3
Democracy in the Digital Age
Democracy in the Digital Age: the EGE Opinion
eServices: EU intensifies interoperable and value-based digital governance
Second report on the Berlin Declaration with an overview of the progress in implementing the actions at EU level.
Interlink goes to the Italian FORUM PA with MEF and FBK
Marco Pistore (FBK) is one of the speakers at the event “PAs join forces to maximize the value of public services”, moderated by Roberta Lotti (MEF).
The open meeting of the Study Group on Coproduction of Public Services
The IIAS Study Group on ‘Coproduction of Public Services’ is organizing its 10th open meeting.
The Digital Markets Act: ensuring fair and open digital markets
The goal of the Digital Markets Act is to guarantee that gatekeeper platforms act fairly online.
The Digital Services Act: ensuring a safe and accountable online environment
The Digital Services Act significantly improves the mechanisms for the removal of illegal content and for the effective protection of users’ fundamental rights online.
Assessing the Quality of Digital Coproduction: An Interdisciplinary Model
An interdisciplinary approach to develop a conceptual model that integrates existing theoretical approaches for assessing digital service quality.
European Digital Rights and Principles
The Commission proposed a set of European digital rights and principles that align with EU values and foster a sustainable, human-centric approach to digital transformation.
The Digital Services Act package
The Digital Market Act and the Digital Services Act combine to provide a single set of regulations that are applicable throughout the EU.
Call for papers – IFIP EGOV2023
Call for papers, IFIP EGOV2023: deadline: 31 March 2023.
DESI: a focus on digital public services
To make sure that citizens and governments are taking full advantage of new technology, the Commission releases the DESI Report 2022.
The Digital Decade policy programme 2030
The Digital Decade policy programme 2030 has entered into force.
A Collaborative Environment to Boost Co-production of Sustainable Public Services
This paper explores the role and impact of applying co-production to public
service creation or refinement.
Newsletter #2 – Interlink updates
Our second Newsletter is out!
Call for papers on Coproduction of public services – deadline: 16 December 2022
For the 10th open meeting, the IIAS Study Group invites contributions on the coproduction of public services (deadline: 16 December 2022).
Interlink goes to UCA Conference 2022
Interlinkk goes to 2022 UCAml with Prof. Diego Lopez de Ipiña Gonzalez de Artaza from our partner Deusto!
New Interoperable Europe Act has been adopted
The Interoperable Europe Act proposal has been adopted by the Commission to enhance cross-border interoperability and collaboration in the EU’s public sector.
Stakeholder event: democratising co-production of sustainable public services
14 Dec 2022, Rome (Italy): Democratising co-production of sustainable public services: what are the legal and technical barriers to co-delivery?
From Data collector to co-researcher
Interlink project was presented in the meeting UNIC CityLab on the topic “From data collector to co-researcher – how to successfully collaborate with society”
The GovTech Summit 2022
The world’s leading event for public sector innovation is in The Hague on 1st November: the GovTech Summit 2022 is back!
Newsletter #1 – Interlink updates
Our first Newsletter is out!
About Reggio Emilia (Italy) participatory governance model
Exploring our pilot on the Municipality of Reggio Emilia and its long-term dedication in collaborative public production projects and participatory methods services.
Challenges and Opportunities for ICT in Co-production: A Case Study of Public Service Innovation in an Italian Municipality
Chiara Leonardi and Elena Not (from our partner Bruno Kessler Foundation) are the authors of the paper “Challenges and opportunities for ICT in Co-production: a case study of Public Service Innovation in an Italian municipality”.
The legal framework of the Interlink project
The legal framework applicable to the Interlink project consists mainly of the legislation on the processing of personal data.
DEDA NEXT
Deda Next supports the digital transformation of public sector organizations and private companies providing public services, by designing and implementing next-generation services. It is part of Dedagroup, one of the largest IT groups in Italy.
2021 – 2022 Events
2021 – 2022 All the events Interlink people organised/participated.
Piloting activities in Latvia, Spain, and Italy
We are going to test the Interlink solution through proof-of-concept experiments in the PAs of Italy, Latvia, and Spain.
Interlink goes to SpliTech 2022!
Our partner Deusto presented Interlink project at SpliTech 2022.
2022 Strategic Foresight Report
The 2022 Strategic Foresight Report, titled Twinning the green and digital transitions in the new geopolitical context, has been approved by the Commission.
Interlink goes to Korea! 23rd Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research
The Interlink Consortia will attend the 23rd Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research at the Seoul National University in South-Korea.
Interlink 4th Plenary Meeting in Bologna!
The city of Bologna in Italy hosted the 4th plenary of the Interlink H2020 project! On May 31 and June 1, experts from the 10 partners met to discuss the state of the art after 17 months of hard work, and the next goals to be achieved. The main issue to discuss is whether the […]
Public services: how can co-creation be sustained to create long-term collaboration between PAs and citizens?
Together with inGOV project, we organized a workshop to explore whether and how co-creation can be scaled up and sustained over time to create long-term collaboration between professionalized service providers in public agencies and citizens.
Submit your paper: UCAml is coming!
Call for Paper: UCAml deadline is July, 1st.
Clustering event: long-term sustainability of Co-Creation and Co-production
Toghether with inGov we managed the workshop Long-term Sustainability of Co-Creation and Co-production”, Ghent (Belgium) on May 23-24 2022.
Attracting skills and talent to the EU
To attract the needed skills and talents, the EU must build a more appealing and efficient system.
Clustering event: public services of the future
Interlink project will attend the High-Level Workshop on Public Services of the Future, organized by Across h2020 project (2022, May 6th).
First progress report on the Berlin Declaration
First progress report of the Berlin Declaration is out!
Can a collaborative environment boost the co-production of public services?
Fondazione Bruno Kessler and Deusto join their hand in the paper entitled “A collaborative environment to boost co-production of sustainable public services”, on Interlink results.
How can municipalities and citizens co-design collaborative childcare activities?
Interlink project leverages the know-how and results acquired by previous EU and national projects (for example Families_Share) to make sure the open government platform envisaged by Interlink complies with consolidated standards, guarantees interoperability, and reusability, and adopts a validated user-centered approach to elicit socio-technical requirements. One of the main goals of our work is to […]
Public services and the quality of co-production process
Radboud University has been working on a paper focusing on the following question: How does the perceived quality of digitally co-produced services influence levels of acceptance and trust among civil servants and citizens?
Developing the civil servants’ digital and engagement skills
Today’s civil servants are addressing problems of unprecedented complexity. Civil servants need the right skills to keep pace.
What is the innovation we are exploring as Interlink community?
As a Horizon 2020 project, we are working on “the Interlink Innovation universe” from different perspectives, such as technical and social points of view.
The EU adopted the Connecting Europe Facility — CEF Digital
The European Union has adopted the 2021 – 2023 work programme for the Connecting Europe Facility. The CEF funding is EUR 1 billion until 2023.
What about your digital skills? Test them!
Digital skills are important for working, studying, accessing services and buying products, or keeping in touch with friends and family. Take the digital skills test to discover what your level is and take the next step to improve!
What do Europeans think about digital?
The Special Eurobarometer 518 – Digital Rights and Principles survey was carried out by the Kantar network in the 27 EU Member States between the 16th of September and the 15th of October 2021.
Digital Europe: the EU Commission adopts 3 work programmes
The European Union has launched the Digital Europe Programme to support digitization in all the sectors of society and economy, inspired by the European Digital Decade.The European Commission has adopted three work programmes with total funding of 1.98 billion euros. This set of work programmes includes strategic investments which will contribute to the achievement of […]
How to work across disciplines with complexity?
IMR Academy Seminar: Technology vs. social science: Professor Dr. Taco Brandsen presents the INTERLINK project.
Reviewing the competition policy for a resilient Single Market
Communication from the Commission for a competition policy that fits for new challenges.
Open Government Partnership Global Summit
The Republic of Korea will host the 2021 Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit in Seoul and virtually from December 13-17, 2021.
Clustering event: how to co-produce public services with interlinkers?
We are happy to announce that our first event will take place online on November 4th, 2021 from 10:00 to 11:30 CEST.
Second Plenary Meeting in Zaragoza
We had our Secondary Plenary, hosted by eTopia. We discussed the status of the project and directions for the next months.
Reshaping public services with ICTs: shadow and light
Short interview with Fondazione Bruno Kessler about shadows and lights in co-producing public services with ICTs.
How can we make Europe greener and well connected?
How to make a greener Europe with digital technology?
Interlink: creating a new governance paradigm
The ambition of Interlink project is to develop a new collaborative governance model that promotes the reuse and sharing of existing public services leveraging on the partnership between citizens, private actors and public administrations.
Interlink relation to specific challenges of Horizon 2020 – Governance
Interlink is funded by Horizon 2020, Work Programme 2018-2020, Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies.
Simplifying PAs for business: the Italian Agenda meets the Recovery Plan
The Italian Simplification Agenda is an important multilevel program for simplifying policies and services.
Interlink for ethics, cultural and gender issues
The INTERLINK solution will consider gender diversity in its workflow by taking into account different citizens’ profiles.
Intrigued by IoT? Take the chance!
The 11th International Conference on the Internet of Things is seeking original, high-impact research papers on all topics related to the IoT.
go eIDAS Summit 2021 (July)
The V go.eIDAS Summit 2021 will take place as online to gather international experts and stakeholder in the sector of secure digital identities, trust services and mobile government to exchange latest experiences, knowledge and ideas.
Latvia’s E-index: the national e-governance measurement for state institutions and municipalities
Latvia’s E-index is a nationwide evaluation of the digital environment (e-environment) of state and municipal institutions. It was launched in 2014 and is implemented by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (VARAM).
Public governance: a fresh perspective on collaborative innovation
Prof. Ansell together with Prof. Jacob Torfing put under the radar keywords as e-government, collaborative innovation in the article Co-Creation: the new kid on the block in public governance
Knives, Artificial Intelligence, and B. F. Skinner: is it a matter of math?
Interviewing prof. dr. Roberto Diaz Morales on AI (Tree Technology).
PA and E-services for citizens and business: the role of municipalities in Italy (June)
Representatives of important Italian municipalities will discuss key factors to ensure digital transition and priorities of local authorities to fully seize opportunities offered by the Recovery Plan.
Leading the digital decade 2021 (June)
The Leading the Digital Decade conference, hosted by the European Commission and the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will he held virtually on 1 and 2 June 2021.
Reorienting the development in Italy (June)
Relaunching Italy requires a deep renovation of the PA: this is the topic of the event scheduled on Forum PA that will host Fabio Meloni, CEO of Dedagroup Public Services
Is it possible to limit the power of Facebook?
Interviewing prof. dr. Taco Brandsen, Radboud University, on how to limit the power of Facebook from a governance perspective.
Data Week 2021 (May)
The 2021 edition of the Data Week aims at bringing together the research and innovation community working on Data, Big Data and Data-Driven AI, promoting opportunities for this community to grow.
ETAPAS 2021 (April)
Disruptive technologies in the Public Sector: how to manage ethical risks and social impacts? is the workshop (April 30th) that will provide a space for European policymakers and researchers and practitioners from ETAPAS community and other European projects and initiatives.
The International Conference on Internet of People (October)
The 7th IEEE International Conference on Internet of People (IoP 2021) is a premier forum for sharing theoretical, experimental and operational results in relative fields.
SpliTech 2021 (September)
University of Split (FESB) is organizing 4-day scientific/professional/industry conference that will take place in Croatia, together with virtual access to conference (hybrid conference), September 8-11, 2021.
IFIP EGOV 2021 (September)
The IFIP EGOV2021 conference represents the merge of the IFIP WG 8.5 Electronic Government (EGOV), the IFIP WG 8.5 IFIP Electronic Participation (ePart), and the Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government Conference (CeDEM).
Radboud University: moving Microsoft cloud is illegal, says Prof. Bart Jacobs
From September, the Radboud University will officially have its own publishing house: Open Access Radboud University Press.
Radboud University publishing house to start up in September
From September, the Radboud University will officially have its own publishing house: Open Access Radboud University Press.
External publications and articles
In this section you can find background materials, white paper, publications, scientific pieces, tech solutions related to the key words of Interlink projects.
Privacy-preserving machine learning platform capable of sharing knowledge from sensitive industrial data
The innovation developed under the Horizon 2020 Musketeer was assessed as having a very high level of Market Creation Potential.
Zero impact with big data: 3 key factors
Going towards zero impact means to manage big data. 3 key factors: technologies; methodologies; new services.
How to digitally shape EU by 2030?
The European Commission presents a Digital Compass: a vision, targets and avenues for a successful digital transformation of Europe by 2030.
A data-driven approach for local sustainability
Who is responsible for setting the environmental transition? Read the article of Luigi Zanella, Head of Business Development & Innovation at Dedagroup Public Services (partner di Interlink Project).
Open Government Partnership
The Open Government Partnership is based on the idea that an open government is more accessible, more responsive, and more accountable to citizens
RADBOUD UNIVERSITY
The Radboud University is one of the leading academic communities in The Netherlands. The Institute for Management Research, the partner in INTERLINK, has long-standing expertise in the area of democratic participation, co-production, and co-creation.
