Digital public services
An initiative for a more coherent, user-driven and interoperable market and operating ecosystem for digital public services in Sweden and Europe.
Project website
Status
Concept and development initiative
Scope
European public-sector digital services
Model
Federated ecosystem
Core idea
Reuse, interoperability, trust and shared rules
Project focus
Public organisations repeatedly perform the same work when they identify needs, set requirements, procure, verify compliance and integrate digital services. This fragmentation increases transaction costs, limits reuse and makes it harder for innovative suppliers to reach the public sector.
Thingwalla explores a shared operating and market layer where public actors can discover, qualify, procure, test, reuse and further develop digital services under common rules. It is not a finished product. The work develops the governance, standards, trust mechanisms and reusable infrastructure that could make a functioning market for digital public services possible.
BJØRK in the project
BJØRK and Äventyret have developed the conceptual and technical foundations referred to as the Thingwalla framework. BJØRK contributes the public-sector, governance, R&D and ecosystem perspective, connecting real public needs with European digital infrastructure, suppliers and implementation environments.
Partners & context
The initiative is being shaped through dialogue with public organisations and European partners. Its concepts are also the starting point for GovTech4All Pilot 4 – Public Services Marketplace.