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GR: 81 services for citizens go digital
- Greece
In May 2013, the Deputy Minister of Administrative Reform and Electronic Governance, Mr Manousos Voloudakis, disseminated to all Citizen's Service Centres (KEP) a circular newsletter that provides guidance on the way in which a range of services to citizens – currently 81 – can be handled ...
EU/INT: ENGAGE Platform 2.0 (BETA) released
- Germany
- Greece
- Netherlands
- United Kingdom
- EU Institutions
- International Organizations
After the release of the first version of the ENGAGE platform in 2012, the ENGAGE consortium has recently released ENGAGE v2.0 with new and improved features and architecture.
HR: Launch of the eCitizens project
- Croatia
On 25 April 2013, Milanka Opačić, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Policy and Youth along with the Assistant Minister at the Ministry of Public Administration, Darko Parić, presented the eCitizens project.
EU: New application of the EC’s Internal Market Information System (IMI) available to Member States
- EU Institutions
According to an announcement made in late April 2013 on the website of the Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations, the latest release of the European Commission’s Internal Market Information System (IMI) has been launched.
DK: Digital communication with the Danish authorities to be made easier for those living abroad
- Denmark
The working group of the Steering Committee for eGovernment Strategy has been set up to examine how to make it easier for foreigners who want to move to Denmark as well as for Danes living abroad to communicate with the authorities digitally.
AT: The ‘ELAK im Bund’ electronic file system is now available for judicial administration
- Austria
On 8 April 2013, the ‘ELAK im Bund’ (electronic file system) was launched for judicial administration, thanks to the successful cooperation between the Constitutional Court of Austria and the Federal Computing Centre (Die Bundesrechenzentrum – BRZ, in German).
EU: Key deliverable of Falsified Medicines Directive achieved
- EU Institutions
The European Medicines Agency has recently upgraded its EudraGMP database with information on good distribution practice (GDP) in addition to good manufacturing practice (GMP).
RO: Galaţi municipality, the first local authority to join the national Point of Single Contact
- Romania
In April 2013, ‘Digital Romania’, the national public centre affiliated to the Ministry of Information Society and the technical operator of the Point of Single Contact, PSC (Punctul de Contact Unic, in Romanian) launched the process of requesting local public administrations to join ...
UK: Northern Ireland - Transformational Telemonitoring NI Service celebrated by Health Minister and involved stakeholders
- United Kingdom
Experts from across Northern Ireland gathered during the second week of April 2013 to mark the success of the Telemonitoring NI service. The service, which is being provided by a consortium of private telehealthcare solution providers in conjunction with the five health and social care trusts, ...
ES: Madrid hospital installs first medication dispensing machine in Europe
- Spain
The General University Hospital Gregorio Marañón in Madrid has recently set up Europe's first dispensing machine for medications.


