eGovernment Lab

eGovernment lives on vision, courage for change and the concentrated cooperation of all forces. The eGovernment Lab provides a platform which serves as a competence hub, workshop and showcase for future-oriented eGovernment simultaneously. As technology, solution and scientific consultant, the eGovernment Lab supports IT providers, governmental bodies and companies in fostering process-oriented public administration. The universality of the processes through the interoperability of the used ICT systems in particular, the seamless data interchange on the basis of standardized and registered interchange formats and the use of future-proof products through the targeted selection of commercial and open source components with open interfaces serve as focal points. Through its international networking and its many partnerships, especially with eGovernment laboratories in Belgium, Brazil, Peru, Poland, Romania, Vietnam and Russia, the eGovernment Lab has worldwide know-how about international eGovernment standards and best practices at its disposal.

The services of the eGovernment Lab in detail:

Competence

• Scientific consulting regarding interoperable eGovernment solutions
• Support of the standardization, especially XÖV
• Methodic and concept development and consulting; amongst others on the basis of the Fraunhofer FOKUS eGovernment reference architecture
• Synergy created through a network of over 70 partners of the eGovernment Lab from business and government
• Extensive knowledge and experience in regard to international standards and best practices

Workshop

• Integration of eGovernment technologies and products of different providers
• Adjustment from proprietary systems to open interfaces
• Development, evaluation and demonstration of the interoperability between ICT systems with different technologies and manufacturers based on open standards and open interfaces
• Provision of open standard-based infrastructures
• Creation and demonstration of practical scenarios and the development of (prototypical) solutions

Showcase

• Demand-oriented demonstration and presentation environment for politics, administration and economy
• Workshops, training and consulting for all involved parties in the eGovernment field
• Analyzing, processing and presenting of eGovernment-specific challenges in whitepapers, studies and animations