R4eGov offers you the following informative videos:

R4eGov: Introduction to the project

R4eGov: Technical solution

R4eGov is a project supported by the European Commission to help tackle one of the major challenges facing eGovernment in Europe today - the ever increasing mobility of people and transactions across and within national boundaries.

Identifying the Challenge

The challenge is to facilitate the swift and secure exchange of information among public administrations wherever they happen to be and wherever citizens wish to access them. This requires the development of systems that can automatically ‘talk to each other' securely and meet data protection rules. Creating interoperability between existing administrations in the member states is designed to provide faster services to citizens and enhance efficiency . The challenge is to avoid centralized proposals or unjustified moves towards integration, and create secure bridges between national information systems to meet real and anticipated needs of people.

Meeting the Challenge : the Vision

The aim is to provide practical tools which can make a difference, offering sustainable, secure and shareable pathways to interoperability. The vision of R4eGov is to contribute to shaping a better, more secure European Knowledge Society. The vision is of public administrations serving and simplifying the increasingly mobile lives of citizens with information exchange solutions which bridge without blending, spanning the national spaces of difference through a system of interconnectable information gateways.

From Vision to Reality

Using case studies with generic features which can be adopted or adapted in other information exchange environments , the project engages with a range of user groups to evaluate their scaleable potential and measurable value to both citizens and governments. The user groups include communities of interest engaged in the European dimensions to fraud, policing, consular work, health, and security. Some approaches may involve bilateral pilot work, while others address the priority aim of full spectrum requirements for cross-border and cross-agency interoperability.

Sharing and Shaping

A strong emphasis on communication informs the project, with the aim of clarifying its aims and progress in what is a complex arena. It also seeks to give a human face to the project, reaching out beyond the domain of specialists to a wider community to share, learn and shape the success factors for practical adoption.