GovTech4All brings together 21 leading GovTech organizations from 14 European countries to establish a cohesive GovTech ecosystem and market. Through innovative approaches like startup challenges and forward-looking procurement, the initiative aims to revolutionize public sector technology. Supported by the Digital Europe program, GovTech4All drives cross-border GovTech incubators and focuses on three key pilots: securing cross-border data, assisting citizens with digital benefits, and innovating public procurement. As the initiative gains momentum, more stakeholders are joining, and it's open for others to apply for participation. By fostering collaboration and innovation, GovTech4All is reshaping the landscape of European public sector technology.
Find more information about GovTech4All Challenge Open Call here.
Govtech4all brings together national govtech initiatives in a consortium of 21 digital agencies from 14 European countries.
- Technical University of Denmark (Denmark)
- Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (Estonia)
- Direction interministérielle du numérique (DINUM) (France)
- Govtech Campus Deutschland (Germany)
- GovMind GmbH (Germany)
- Dataport (Germany)
- National Infrastructures for Research and Technology (GRNET) (Greece)
- Department for Digital Transformation in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Italy)
- Digital Accelerator of Latvia (DAoL) (Latvia)
- Innovation Agency (Lithuania)
- ICTU Foundation (Digicampus) (The Netherlands)
- Beta-I (Portugal)
- Gobe (Spain)
- Lantik -Government of Biscay (Spain)
- Municipality of Madrid (Spain)
- Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation (Spain)
- Agency for Technological Modernisation of Galicia (AMTEGA) (Spain)
- Bron Innovation, Govtech Sweden (Sweden)
- Ministry of Digital Transformation (Ukraine)
- Ukrainian Startup Fund (Ukraine)
- The Lisbon Council (Belgium), Coordinator
For the years 2023-2025, Govtech4all supports three collaborative pilots between government agencies to reuse solutions developed from other countries and to procure solutions from startups. A new round of pilots will be launched in 2025.
Secure information in cross-border data spaces
Partners: LANTIK (ES), GRNET (GR), DINUM (FR)
Description: The overarching objective of Pilot 1 (led by LANTIK) is to implement a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) for commonly agreed cross-border use cases, where security, privacy, and interoperability in the exchange/storage of sensitive information is a priority. Two use cases have been selected:
- Health: Instant communications between health professionals with the possibility of sharing files (e.g. medical records);
- Skills: Sharing information for students moving to other countries.
These use cases will address the following technological aspects:
- Secure encryption algorithms (e.g. quantum-safe encryption algorithms - PQC)
- Work with encrypted data (e.g. homomorphic algorithms - FHE);
- Work within shared dataspaces.
Helping EU citizens obtain social benefits with personal regulation assistants
Partners: DIGICAMPUS ICTU (NL), GRNET (GR), DINUM (FR).
Description: Pilot 2 (led by DIGICAMPUS ICTU) relies on the implementation of a Personal Regulation Assistant (PRA), a rules as a code digital tool, that will be capable to assist citizens in identifying which benefits they qualify for and in applying for them, and will enable those with digital literacy but limited business knowledge to provide guidance to potential beneficiaries. The PRA developed in this pilot will represent a move towards a more proactive government. The objective of this pilot is to amalgamate and enhance the existing knowledge of Rules as Code solutions (like OpenFisca) within the context of PRA across three member states, thereby simplifying access to entitlements for citizens and other entities.
Startup challenge for innovative procurement
Partners: GOBE (ES), GovTech Sweden (SE), Innovation Agency Lithuania (LT), GovMind (DE), Ayuntamiento de Madrid (ES), Beta-I (PT), GRNET (GR).
Description: Pilot 3 (led by GOBE) aims to test open innovation processes and innovative procurement at a cross border European level in order to Identify, pilot and scale up digital solutions to help European municipalities to use energy more efficiently.
Pilot 3 is pioneering the GovTech open innovation process at a cross border European level.
The implementation of innovative procurement method of Design Contest will allow to evaluate and select the best solutions to the identified challenges and to run a pilot with the winning startup.
Govtech4all is a Framework Partnership Agreement supported by the Digital Europe Programme. It is permanently open for national digital agencies to join.
National agencies interested to join should contact the Lisbon Council, coordinator of the initiative, at the email govtech4all@lisboncouncil.net.
