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eGovernment in the European Union May 2015Name:Objective:Furtherinformation:Description:European Interoperability Strategy (EIS) for European publicservicesInteroperabilityhttp://ec.europa.eu/isa/documents/isa_annex_i_eis_en.pdfBased on a joint vision, the EIS sets out a common, coherentapproach to interoperability. The agreed vision is that, by 2015,interoperability will have significantly fostered European publicservice delivery. To achieve this, activities at EU and Member Statelevel should be coordinated and interoperability governance at EUlevel should be established.The strategy clusters future interoperability activities under threeheadings: Trusted information exchange Interoperability architecture Assessment of the ICT implications of new EU legislation.These activities are to be supported by accompanying measures onawareness-raising and sharing of best practice.The EIS (and the EIF) are maintained under the ISA programme.Name:Objective:Furtherinformation:Description:CIRCABC: Communication and Information Resource CentreAdministratorBasic Infrastructurehttps://joinup.ec.europa.eu/software/circabc/descriptionCIRCABC (Communication and Information Resource Centre forAdministrations, Businesses and Citizens) is an open-source, webbasedapplication which enables geographically spread collaborativegroups to share information and resources in private workspaces.It is a freely downloadable, multilingual Open Source Software(OSS) for administrations, businesses and citizens, which offersdistribution and management of documents in any format with ahigh level of security. It includes advanced features such as versioncontrol, management of translations, a multilingual search facility,forums, and is widely accessible to users with disabilities (WAIcompliance). It makes public administration documents moreaccessible and harmonised for businesses and private associations.The service is continually being developed and improved. It hassucceeded CIRCA, which has been widely used by the EU publicadministrations since 1996.[34]