Mr. Melin is closely involved in the development of a Framework Agreement that makes it easier for Sweden's public administrations to purchase IT services based on open source software from any of five pre-selected IT companies and their subcontractors. The Framework Agreement has made it easier for public administrations to procure IT services based on free and open source solutions, says Melin and cites recent numbers derived from edelegationen, a project that wants to make the public sector more accessible.
Read more: SE: Lower IT budgets will push public administrations to open source
Stockholm IT Region's latest report, "Stockholm: Meeting place for development of digital services", highlights the need to generate more high-quality digital services to improve efficiency and simplicity in services like school applications and licence requests.
The job ads app is the mobile version of the same agency's online employment database 'Platsbanken', and it is already proving popular. It makes it possible for smarthpone holders to:
- search for a job by keyword, work location and profession;
- save their searches and ads;
- email and share job ads;
- find the employer's address on a map;
- find all employment agencies in Sweden and their geographical location on a map
Read more: SE: Public employment agency launches free job ads app
eRemiss is Sweden's first joint project for electronic referral management. It consists of developing specifications for describing the content, processes and concepts pertaining to eReferrals. It is about preparing specifications for information, rather than providing a complete specification or technical descriptions.
"The digital agenda for Sweden is now a broad and coherent strategy that focuses on how we can best use technology in the service of mankind," Minister Hatt said on the occasion of the presentation.