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Sharing and Reuse Awards Contest
The aim of the European Commission's Sharing and Reuse Awards Contest is to raise awareness about the benefits of sharing and reuse of IT solutions in the public sector. A total of €100 000 has been awarded to public administrations that have realised benefits from sharing IT solutions and whose solutions have a potential for wider reuse in Europe.
Winners of the Sharing and Reuse Awards Contest announced!
/isa2/file/sharingreuseconference2017-awardsceremony_enSharing & Reuse Conference 2017 - Awards Ceremony
The public announcement of the winners took place during the Awards Ceremony at the Sharing & Reuse Conference on 29 March 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal. First and second prizes of €15,000 and €10,000 respectively have been awarded to the winning teams in each of four categories: cross-border, national, regional and local. Solutions in third and fourth places received a certificate of excellence.
Cross-border category
| Position | Name of the solution | Institution name | Country | Type of the solution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | gvSIG | Generalitat Valenciana | Spain | Open Source Software |
| 2nd | Oskari | National Land Survey of Finland | Finland | Open Source software |
| 3rd | Sentilo | Institut Municipal d’Informàtica. Ajuntament de Barcelona | Spain | Open Source Software |
| 4th | Citadel on the Move | Issy Média | France | Open Source Software |
National category
| Position | Name of the solution | Institution name | Country | Type of the solution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Supervizor | Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic | Czech Republic | Open Source Software |
| 2nd | PDOK (Public Services On the Map) | The Dutch Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency (Kadaster) | The Netherlands | Shared Service |
| 3rd | OSiP Online-Sicherheitsprüfung | Ministry of Interior of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Ministerium für Inneres und Kommunales NRW) | Germany | Open Source Software |
| 4th | AERIUS | National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) | The Netherlands | Open Source Software |
Regional category
| Position | Name of the solution | Institution name | Country | Type of the solution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Territoires Numériques Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Groupement d’Intérêt Public e-bourgogne-franche-comté (GIP e-bfc) | France | Shared Service |
| 2nd* | Gebruikersbeheer en Toegangsbeheer van de Vlaamse overheid (Identity and Access Management Platform of the Flemish Government)* |
Flemish Government, Agentschap Facilitair Management |
Belgium | Shared Service |
| 2nd* | MAGDA Platform* |
Informatie Vlaanderen |
Belgium | Shared Service |
| 3rd | REGWEB –Input and output register | Balearic Islands Government | Spain | Open Source Software |
| 4th | Citizen’s Guide of the Region of Epirus | Region of Epirus | Greece | Open Source Software |
* Decision by the Evaluation Committee: the two solutions submitted by two agencies of the Flemish Government, having received the same amount of points and being closely connected, shared the same prize.
Local category
| Position | Name of the solution | Institution name | Country | Type of the solution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Intercommunale de Mutualisation Informatique et Organisationnelle (IMIO) | Belgium | Open Source Software | |
| 2nd | KDZ - Centre for Public Administration Research | Austria | Shared Service | |
| 3rd | Diputación Provincial de Albacete | Spain | Shared Service |
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| 4th | Antwerp City Platform as a Service (ACPaaS) | Digipolis | Belgium | Shared Service |
All the public administrations whose solutions were shortlisted were given an opportunity to present them at the conference.
In total, 118 applications were received, out of which 96 fulfilled the eligibility criteria. The Evaluation Committee (consisting of four subcommittees) shortlisted 17 best solutions.
Sharing & Reuse Conference photo gallery
Videos from the event - Web streaming
Videos from the event - Interviews
How did the contest work?
The Sharing and Reuse Awards Contest was open for submissions between 8 July and 28 October 2016. All submitted solutions were screened against the eligibility criteria between November 2016 and January 2017 by the Evaluation Committee consisting of staff members working for the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament.
Solutions were competing in the following four categories:
- Successful case of collaboration to develop and provide common IT solutions across borders;
- Successful case of collaboration to develop and provide common IT solutions at the national level;
- Successful case of collaboration to develop and provide common IT solutions at the regional level;
- Successful case of collaboration to develop and provide common IT solutions at the local level.
Evaluation criteria
An Evaluation Committee assessed submitted solutions against these criteria:
- Solution design: What technologies is it based on? What is the architecture of the solution? Is it scalable, extendable? Does it reuse other services / software solutions or standards / open specifications? What license model is used?
- Solution governance: Which organisations, institutions and countries are involved in the solution’s governance process? How is the solution's development and provision financed?
- Impact/results: How does your solution help public administrations? What benefits does your solution bring to its stakeholders, users? What is the cost / benefit?
- Extent of reuse: How many administrations haven been using this solution and what is the extent of their use? Are there concrete plans for future reuse? How easily could your solution be implemented in a context different from the one in which it was initially developed?
- Sustainability: How is the sustainability of your solution guaranteed? Can continuous support be provided? Will the solution be further maintained.
Why is it important to share and reuse IT solutions in the public sector?
Reusing high-quality, modern and tested solutions allows public administrations to provide to citizens and businesses in Europe better and more cost-efficient services. At the same time, collaborating on common solutions facilitates knowledge-sharing and the exchange of good practice among public administrations.
By developing common standards, common ways of exchanging information and by reusing each other's IT solutions, public administrations also contribute to better interoperability. That is, they increase their ability to exchange information with each other and understand the exchanged data.
Finally, the sharing and reuse of solutions can increase competition – it enables more enterprises to provide IT services to public administrations.
Read more about sharing and reuse on the dedicated action page.
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Information on the contest is available in 26 languages.