IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

Banks need to equip their customers with a security solution, and each government agency alone don’t make a business case. Therefore the Banks in Sweden are reselling identity towards all agencies, and thereby achieving cost-savings, and together create a win-win situation. Maria Repitsch interviewed (In Swedish) Kay Kojer, business developer at the Swedish Tax Agency.

These infrastructure services are intended to ensure that the handling of data and the transfer of information between health care providers take place in a consistent and secure manner. They include: the HSA catalogue service - a national address directory of healthcare services providers linking all regional level eCatalogues; SITHS - the secure IT authentication solutions for health care professionals; the secure communication network SJUNET; and the video-and tele-meeting service.

The NPÖ provides an electronic summary of patients' records including information on identity, attentions and alerts, diagnosis, care services and medications. It gives authorised care staff access to critical patient information, irrespective of the organisation they belong to, at any time and place. NPÖ will be fully implemented in ten county councils within 2010 and a further ten during 2011.

Sweden-based Nordea Bank intends to begin distributing smart card readers to up to 1.1 million customers in the fall, Ingemar Borelius, head of the bank's Swedish Internet-banking service, told Card Technology’s sister publication CardLine Global Edition. According to Borelius, the new devices, which include PIN pads, will take over for a less-advanced reader used by about 40,000 of the bank’s customers. Both types of readers are made Sweden's Todos Data System.

With some 200 000 logins per week, 'My Pages' is the self-service of the Agency's website - www.forsakringskassan.se - that has been adopted the fastest by the users of the site. The information campaign aims to make the service known by even more users, to thus make as many citizens as possible aware of the possibility to manage their own cases.

New York City-based think tank Intelligent Community Forum has named Stockholm, Sweden, as the 2009 Intelligent Community of the Year. The annual gathering of global best-practices communities emphasized a "culture of use," not just access to broadband technology or "households passed" availability.

Sweden is on the brink of a technological transformation that intertwines sustainability with innovation. With a bold vision to become the world’s first fossil-free welfare state by 2045, the nation is leveraging its vibrant tech scene to lead a green digital revolution. This initiative not only aims to reduce carbon emissions but also sets a global benchmark for integrating technology with environmental responsibility.

Key Takeaways

• Sweden aims to be the first fossil-free welfare state by 2045.
• The tech sector is crucial in achieving sustainability goals.
• Innovations include renewable energy-powered data centers and electric vehicle technologies.
• Smart city initiatives utilize IoT and AI for energy efficiency.

More and more people take for granted the ability to perform tasks simply and safely online; however, this poses a challenge for most local authorities and regions. As such, joint efforts and increased collaboration are required. SALAR has therefore developed a strategy for the municipal sector and its eGovernment development.

By 2027, the city of Helsingborg aims to become one of the world’s best cities to live and work in. Recently, the city received a grant from Sweden’s Innovation Agency, Vinnova, to test autonomous robots in garbage collection.

Traditionally, garbage collection has involved loud trucks blocking the streets and interrupting early mornings. In collaboration with Robot Minds AB and the regional waste management company Nordvästra Skånes Renhållnings AB (NSR), the City of Helsingborg aims to implement a project where service robots collect the garbage instead.

The Swedish Government Offices said that the national e-Health Agency will focus in 2018 on carrying out the electronic health vision agreed upon by central government and local authorities and region association SKL. The agency will report on its assignment by 31 October 2018 to the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs.

The agency is to complete work on structuring medicines information for registration on the national list. This will be carried out in conjunction with the National Board of Health and Welfare, the Medical Products Agency and SKL and reported to the ministry by 15 December.

The exciting future of digital development in Sweden is explored here, with a focus on the potential of artificial intelligence

According to the Government of Sweden, digital policy is about promoting and utilising the opportunities that digitalisation offers. Also, it incorporates regulation of electronic and digital communications, network and information security, for example, plus digital infrastructure and broadband access. This important area of public policy in Sweden also concerns e-government issues, such as using digital policy to ensure the activities of government agencies are more efficient and to simplify how the public makes contact with them, for example, using electronic signatures and open data.(1)

Zu diesem Schluss kommt das Weltwirtschaftsforum (WEF) in Genf, das alljährlich in Davos tagt, in seinem am Donnerstag veröffentlichten Bericht zur Informationstechnologie. Deutschland ist von Rang 20 im vergangenen Jahr auf Platz 14 vorgerückt. Auf den Plätzen zwei und drei folgen Singapur und Dänemark, das die Spitzenposition in den vergangenen drei Jahren bekleidet hat. Die Schweiz liegt auf Platz vier, die USA haben den fünften Rang inne.