The report
Report on digital State-of-play public administration and interoperability 2023
of the european commission, shows that the european countries have adopted a wide range of initiatives to facilitate their path towards a more digitised public sector
, confirming a trend that has been noted over the past few years, especially after the pandemic of COVID-19. Also, the report suggested that the public administrations continue to pursue a “ change of mentality ” with respect to the use of digital tools and design of public services, being the centre the user, usability and interoperability.
Spain, as shown by the
Follow-up to the european Interoperability Framework (EIF)
, the average of results in all three areas analysed:
KPIs, recommendations of the EIF and pillars of the EIF
. The follow-up mechanism of the EIF is organized into three pillars (Principles, levels and Concept of interoperability), reaching 47 recommendations and 68 KPIs. In most of these indicators, spain is situated above the european average. Thus, in 43 of the 47 recommendations Spain obtains the maximum score at the group of countries with high performance.
This year's report stresses under the heading of
Exchange of data between administrations
the case of Spain, whose registros-base developed at the local, regional and national levels are interconnected through the intermediary Platform: “ In constant expansion, the platform allows any administration consult 130 certificates offered by more than 45 data suppliers. The libraries of software developed by the platform can be used as part of integration software to facilitate the connection of records the ground. ”
In the section
‘ policy development prepared for what ’ s digital
the report insists on best practices among the countries that have chosen to measure the impact of the digital legislation before its adoption; in the case of Spain noted that “ in accordance with the code of E-government, spain issued regulatory impact reports for each project of law, to review the level of digitization of a particular proposal considering administrative simplification with digital procedures, among other criteria. ”
In the section
Artificial Intelligence
the report cites in the case of spain Real Decreto-Ley 9/2021
on algorithms, artificial intelligence and the rights of workers, who introduced the right of workers to be informed by the company on the parameters, rules and instructions which algorithms and ai systems based their decision-making.
Furthermore, the report cites in the section
Cross-border interoperability
the case of spain and Portugal, which have privileged services for data exchange for its citizens. In the areas of data, the report gives an example of the case of spain in the creation of data spaces
regional or local, best practices of Valencia, which has put forward an initiative to manage the public space and urban mobility for specific groups.
The edition of 2023 of the report on the situation of public administration and delves into interoperability
three key policy areas
at the centre of the current political landscape:
- Interoperability and public services interoperable, digital
- Innovative use of technologies by the public sector.
- Exchange of data in europe.
To that end, sample digital initiatives on these issues implemented by
31 european countries
as well as undertaken at the level of the
UE
. From A general overview and a thorough analysis, the report identifies frameworks
reference best practices
outstanding and possible Areas for improvement
for european countries.
