ROUTE-TO-PA
Raising Open and User-friendly Transparency-Enabling Technologies for Public Administrations
Objectives
ROUTE-TO-PA (Raising Open and User-friendly Transparency-Enabling Technologies for Public Administrations) is a multidisciplinary project funded under the European Horizon 2020 programme. It brings together expertise in digital government, computer science and economics to improve the impact of information and communication technologies for transparency in society and in the relationship between citizens and Public Administrations.
The project aims to foster citizen engagement through digital technologies that enable people to interact with open data, join existing online communities or create new ones, and discuss issues of common interest, including local policies, public service delivery and regulations.
Activities and technologies
ROUTE-TO-PA developed technological solutions to promote simpler, more informed and participatory access to public data.
The main project outcomes include:
- SPOD – Social Platform for Open Data: a platform designed to foster social interaction among open data users and collaboration between citizens and Public Administrations.
- TET – Transparency-Enhancing Toolset: a set of tools designed to enhance transparency and integrate with existing open data platforms.
- GUIDE: recommendations and best practices to improve the quality and value of open data for citizens.
The solutions were tested through pilot activities in different European contexts.
Collaboration
The project brought together universities, research centres, companies and public administrations from across Europe:
- CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE – CNRS (France)
- ANDRIESSEN JEFFREY ELBERTUS BARTHOLOMEUS (Netherlands)
- UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY (Ireland)
- SZKOLA GLOWNA HANDLOWA W WARSZAWIE (Poland)
- UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT (Netherlands)
- ANCITEL SPA (Italy)
- ORTELIO LTD (United Kingdom)
- GEMEENTE DEN HAAG (Netherlands)
- DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL (Ireland)
- COMUNE DI PRATO (Italy)
- OPEN KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION LBG (United Kingdom)
Funding and duration
- Programme: Horizon 2020
- EU contribution indicated for UNISA: €579,344.29
- ISISLab role: Coordinator
- Period: 1 February 2015 – 31 May 2018
- Grant Agreement: 645860