eCollaboration (eSamverkan)
About this good practice
The main objecitves are:
• To develop 10 common e-services.
• Offer support in developing the 100 municipality-specific e-services.
• Connect new municipalities in cooperation.
• Provide proposals for a long-term collaboration model to take advantage of digitization opportunities.
• Offer support in advancing general services regarding integration operating systems, automation/mechanical processing of file types and provide mapping tools and guides to citizens and businesses.
There is a common exchange with some fifty other municipalities in implementing e-development on the platforms developed in the project. The mission of eSamverkan is directly in line with the Swedish government’s action plan for 2020, SKL’s strategy for e-society and the national and regional digital agenda.
Expert opinion
The practice shows how local authorities may collaborate on e-services for their citizens and businesses, sharing specialist competence and common methodologies. It stresses the benefits offered to individual municipalities and the openness to involve them in cooperation. The relevance of the practice is reflected in the many e-services developed and the number of municipalities involved. The potential for transfer likely depends on how local authorities are organised (regarding both their size and what services they are responsible for) and their experience of collaborating in larger groups. However, the practice should be a good source for learning about individual services as well as management of municipal collaboration.
Resources needed
Method support, 60 percent of full time, Communication, 20 percent of full time. Each municipality has an e-coordinator with 20 percent of full time (seven municipalities).
Evidence of success
developed.
• The municipalities individually or in smaller clusters have developed another 100 e-services which can be distributed to the other municipalities through the e-service library.
• The management and management organization of the technical platform was created and established in the project and can be transferred to a common organisation.
• Method for welcoming new municipalities into cooperation is established.
Potential for learning or transfer
and entrepreneurs living and operating in the municipality as cost-effective as possible. The demographic trends mean that the challenge is sharpened even more. Digitization provides new opportunities for organizing activities more efficiently and encouraging cooperation amongst regions.
Further information
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Good practice owner
You can contact the good practice owner below for more detailed information.
Association of Local Authorities Västernorrland County