Public Sector Tech Watch: The observatory for technical
interoperability across Europe
Technology can improve public sector operations and service delivery
in multiple ways. For this reason, the European Commission has
developed the Public Sector Tech Watch (PSTW)
[https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/public-sector-tech-watch].
This observatory is dedicated to monitoring, analysing, and
disseminating the use of emerging technologies within the public
sector in Europe. Managed by the Directorate-General for Informatics
and the Joint Research Centre, the PSTW serves as a vital resource for
understanding how technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and
blockchain are transforming public services. 

One of the key components of the PSTW is its focus on open datasets,
which provide valuable insights into the adoption of innovative
technologies across various public sector institutions. One example is
their dashboard of Cases Viewer & Statistics
[https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/public-sector-tech-watch/cases-viewer-statistics]
which, by making use of open data, shows information about more than 1
600 cases that are related to technical developments across Europe.
For example, more than 80 percent of those cases relate to AI and most
of them are administrated at a national level. 

Another initiative to stimulate innovation within the public sector is
the PSTW Best Cases Award
[https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/public-sector-tech-watch/2024-best-cases-award],
launched in 2024. Between the two categories, Government-to-Citizen
(G2C) and Government-to-Government (G2G), there were 32 cases
submitted, and 6 winners were chosen. The City of Helsinki won a G2G
award for their ‘Participatory urban planning with Generative AI
[https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/public-sector-tech-watch/reimagining-helsinki-participatory-urban-planning-generative-ai]’
initiative, while Councilbox received a G2C award with their
‘Virtual Desktop of Digital Immediation’
[https://www.councilbox.com/en/virtual-desktop-of-digital-immediation/]. 

We invite you to explore the Public Sector Tech Watch and discover how
open data is paving the way for the development of public services.
Visit the PSTW Knowledge Centre
[https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/public-sector-tech-watch/knowledge-centre]
to learn more about the latest trends and innovations, and discover
over 150,000 datasets
[https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets?locale=en&categories=GOVE&page=1]
on data.europa.eu [https://data.europa.eu] related to the government
and public sector!

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Publication Date/Time
2025-02-10T09:00:00+00:00
How open data is used for innovations and development of the public
sector