…in Turin. Years later he moves to Budapest with his girlfriend. When the two of them have children, they move back to northern Germany, but five years later Tim’s wife lands a great job in France and the family moves again. Can anyone imagine how many different authorities would be involved in this fictional life?

You almost don’t want to imagine it. Luckily, that’s set to change in future. Because instead of having to enter data again every single time, it’s meant to be exchanged automatically in future between the apps and platforms of the various local, regional and national stations along the way.

This is exactly where the European Interoperability Framework comes in. It defines the basic rules for administration to be able to work together at all.

The most important principles:

• Interoperability has to be considered from the very start
• Data should only be collected once

And usable within the administration from then on

• Systems must use shared standards
• Services must be designed around the user

What does this mean for Germany?

New digital projects can no longer be built in isolation. A municipal solution has to be connectable. A state-level procedure has to work nationwide. And national systems have to be designed with Europe in mind.

Have you ever experienced cross-border bureaucracy? How interoperable are the new solutions you’re planning?

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