GR digiGOV-innoHUB is a European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) and member of the EDIH network under the Digital Europe Programme.

The Hub consists of 16 partners, including top Academic and Research Institutions that specialise in Artificial Intelligence, HPC, blockchain and digital governance, as well as active professional and scientific networks.

GR digiGOV-innoHUB aims to support the development of a new generation of public services based on advanced digital technologies and open standards for citizens and businesses, to enrich the ecosystem of digital transformation actors and to facilitate innovation in Public Administration by transforming it into a large innovation buyer and investor.

The hub will contribute to the majority of key factors for the digital transformation of the public sector, namely:

• Acceleration of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in public services, in accordance with the law and the EU regulatory framework on AI.
• Utilisation of the open public data that support the operation of next-generation e-government services.
• Transparency of public services through digital media.
• Privacy and trust in e-government services through the examination of modern cybersecurity systems in existing and future services.
• Development of digital skills both for public sector bodies and SMEs through tailored training courses.
• Determination of next-generation e-government services through workshops, innovation seminars and other co-creation activities.
• Identification of the impact that emerging technologies have on the performance of the public sector through experimentation and validation.
• Facilitation of the digital transformation of the public sector and SMEs by utilising the components of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and other Digital Transformation Accelerator (DTA) tools.

Information Society has undertaken to bring together Public Bodies that need new digital solutions and market players or research community bodies that provide or that can design such solutions. The needs of Public Bodies will be linked to innovation solutions, with the aim of gradually integrating the solutions in the terms of pre-commercial procurements (PCP) that will function as a pilot. The ultimate goal is for the bodies to become familiar with the requirements and procedures of the Procurement of Innovative ICT Solutions for the Public Sector and to gradually transform the Public Sector into a major investor in digitally innovative products and services.

The project is funded by the European Commission’s “Digital Europe” Programme and the “Competitiveness” Operational Programme 2021-2027.