The European eGovernment Awards is a European Commission initiative organised every two years. The aim is to encourage good practices and innovative solutions in central government authorities to increase access to public services for businesses and individuals. One of the winners was Angela Russo, Project Manager for the Italian project MEPA which aims at simplifying the procurement process for companies. “We have built a system, but without the help of the users, it would never work”, she said as she accepted the award.

There are five categories; eGovernment supporting the EU’s single market, eGovernment empowering citizens, eGovernment empowering businesses, eGovernment enabling administrative efficiency and effectiveness and the public’s prize awarded by the public through on-line voting. In total, there were 259 submissions from 31 countries.

Five winners

The five winning projects are:
Category: eGovernment supporting the single market
Winner: European Order for Payment Application, EU-OPA, Austria-Germany

Category: eGovernment empowering Citizens
Winner: Genvej, Denmark

Category: eGovernment empowering businesses
Winner: The Italian Public Administration eMarketplace MEPA, Italy

Category: eGovernment enabling administrative efficiency and effectiveness
Winner: Licensing of Hunters via the “Multibanco” ATM Network AFN/MB, Portugal

Category: Public Prize – Online voting
Winner: SMS Information System SMS INFO, Turkey