Customer: Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)

Challange: Reduced workload for 396 municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia by digitalizing key online services for companies and freelancers

Solution: Development of an open-source portal in line with European standards

Result: Reusable components for other federal states and sectors

Technologies: Open-source software development, microservices architecture, cloud-based hosting, EfA principles

Approach: Configurable modules for specific requirements

Special challenges: Compliance with European regulations (SDG-II)

Measurable success: central platform in North Rhine-Westphalia for the simple and digital processing of > 80 online services for tradespeople, freelancers, cross-border services and the recognition of foreign professional qualifications

Customer benefits: Vendor independence of public administration, reusability of components

Long-term impact: basis for further digitalization projects and support for digital sovereignty