Joint Research CentreThe European Commission’s science and knowledge service
Early results API strategies survey
APIs4DGov ProjectJRC.B6, Digital Economy unit
Monica Posada
Lorenzino Vaccari
Robin Smith
Dimitrios Mavridis
APIs in the context of goverment
• API is a connector that enables machine to machine communication
• API solutions can facilitate government interactions:
internal (G2G)
external (G2G, G2C, C2G, G2B, B2G, B2B)
• API solutions’ purpose, scope and accessibility come by design.
GovAPI
Source: Gartner (December 2017)
GovAPI opportunities and challenges
• OpportunitiesAPIs means to encapsulate access to data
- Only specific data available for specific purposes
- Accessibility control
APIs means to expose functionality- Government digital services
APIs enable usability monitoring - User centricity implications
- Quality of Service monitoring
• Challenges (EU level)The Tower of Babel:
- Multi-stakeholder
- Multi-level cooperation
- Ecosystem mindset
Motivation of the Survey on API Strategies
To understand goals, challenges and opportunities of API strategies in government:
• Long term:- Digital by default- API economy
• Medium term:- Capacity building
- Organizational arrangements
• Short term:- Implementation - Operations
Motivation of the Survey on API Strategies
To identify policy requirements and instruments at EU level
LEGAL - Legal acts- amendments to current regulations
ORGANIZATIONAL - Setup of new agencies or bodies- Setup of new profiles in existing bodies (CDOs, CTOs, CIOs )- Setup of committees
FINANCIAL - Budgetary lines for service provision through APIs- Funding mechanisms
TECHNICAL - Programs to upgrade skills of civil servants- Assessment frameworks - Guidelines & recommendation
API STRATEGIES SURVEYSAMPLE DESCRIPTION
API strategies on Gov APIs survey - early results
Workshop 17-18th October 2018 Ispra (IT)
APIs4DGov strategies survey analysis: early results
Survey: sample description
• 130 questions• separated analysis for experimented and foreseen
• 15 samples:• 10 national, 4 local and 1 international
• 1 PPT, 2 Consortium of Private and public stakeholders
• Ongoing API strategies:• apply to the whole organization in at least 40% of cases
• are related to other ICT strategies at least in 30% of cases
• Only 1 organization did impact analysis
• Oldest from 2014, 5 planned to be launched in 2018
APIs4DGov strategies survey analysis: early results
Survey: sample description
• Oldest from 2014,
• 5 planned for 2018
• No durationdeclared
STRATEGY GOALS&
FINANCIAL ASPECTS
API strategies on Gov APIs survey - early results
Workshop 17-18th October 2018 Ispra (IT)
APIs4DGov strategies survey analysis: early results
API strategy - goals
• Define Legal and institutional requirements
• Facilitate connection with external actors
• Improve data exchange in specific sector• Agriculture, mobility
• Optimizing usability of data
• Define technical portfolio of APIs
• Assessment of best practices (patterns and security)
• Implementation strategies, processes, implementation approaches
APIs4DGov strategies survey analysis: early results
API strategy - financial aspects
• How’s your strategy financed?• Mostly dedicated budget
• Also co-financing models • multi-sector,
• horizontal strategies eGov, ICT modernization.
• Budget: • the range of strategy budget is wide:
• As the range of level of government, sector and strategy level
• The budget both for internal and external purposes
APIs4DGov strategies survey analysis: early results
API strategy - government business models
Current financial models
• Link with Platform economics:Platform price structrure: - Subscription fee - Providers charge on their own BMs
• SLAs
DRIVERS & ENABLERS,RISKS & BARRIERS OF API ADOPTION
API strategies on Gov APIs survey - early results
Workshop 17-18th October 2018 Ispra (IT)
APIs4DGov strategies survey analysis: early results
API adoption drivers & enablers
APIs4DGov strategies survey analysis: early results
API adoption risks & barriers
IMPACTS OF API ADOPTION
API strategies on Gov APIs survey - early results
Workshop 17-18th October 2018 Ispra (IT)
APIs4DGov strategies survey analysis: early results
Impacts of API adoption
APIs4DGov strategies survey analysis: early results
Impacts of API adoption: economic
APIs4DGov strategies survey analysis: early results
Impacts of API adoption: social
APIs4DGov strategies survey analysis: early results
Impacts of API adoption: organizational
APIs4DGov strategies survey analysis: early results
Impacts of API adoption: technical
API STRATEGYEU VISION
API strategies on Gov APIs survey - early results
Workshop 17-18th October 2018 Ispra (IT)
APIs4DGov strategies survey analysis: early results
EU vision – EC support to API strategies
APIs4DGov strategies survey analysis: early results
EU vision – APIs in public administration
Needs for policy intervention?• Sectors
• Stakeholders
• API economics
• EU barriers & risks
RELEVANTIMPLEMENTATION ASPECTS
API strategies on Gov APIs survey - early results
Workshop 17-18th October 2018 Ispra (IT)
APIs4DGov strategies survey analysis: early results
API strategies - implementation aspects
• Accessibility• Who can access what through GovAPIs
• Security • Risks analysis
• What cyber-security measures
• Standards• API standards: generic vs application based
• Discoverability
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