Introduction to GovTech and the GovTech Connect Community
Course details
The course offers an overview of the GovTech ecosystem, particularly through the point of view of the European Commission’s GovTech Connect pilot project, covering the concept of GovTech itself, and the related GovTech Connect community hosted on the Interoperable Europe Portal.
After completing this course, participants should be able to:
- understand the GovTech ecosystem in the EU (and beyond) and the benefits it can bring to startups/SMEs and the Public Sector;
- know better and be able to navigate the GovTech Connect Collection on Interoperable Europe Portal
Target audience
Start-ups and SMEs, public buyers, Interoperable Europe Portal community members and those we encourage to become members, public sector and policymaker stakeholders at all levels (i.e. EU/Central Public Administration/municipal/regional levels); academics; students of EU or public policy
Learning objectives
- Get to know the project’s definition of GovTech
- Understand the GovTech ecosystem in EU (and beyond) and the benefits it can bring to startups/SMEs and PS
- Discover GovTech Connect and be able to use the Interoperable Europe Portal
This content is offered by the European Commission. The European Commission is the European Union's politically independent executive arm. It is alone responsible for drawing up proposals for new European legislation, and it implements the decisions of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.

Schedule
- Welcome!
- Welcome on board: The GovTech ecosystem and the GovTech Connect project
- Module 1: GovTech - What's in it for you?
- Module 2: The GovTech Connect Community on the Interoperable Europe Portal
- Quiz
- Feedback
- Certificate
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