AWS Public Sector Blog
Tag: European Commission
European Commission transforms public procurement across Europe with AWS and NTT Data
To address fragmentation challenges, the European Commission launched the Public Procurement Data Space (PPDS), a pioneering initiative to consolidate, harmonize, and facilitate access to public procurement data across the European Union (EU). Amazon Web Services (AWS) and AWS Partner NTT DATA have been selected to implement this project, and you can read this post to learn more.
The Statistical Office of the European Union hosts fourth European Big Data Hackathon on AWS
Earlier this year, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), hosted the fourth edition of the European Big Data Hackathon on AWS. During this year’s event, participants were tasked with developing data analytics tools to build an early warning system using data from credit card transactions to alert of sudden changes in the economy relevant for EU policymakers. Learn how Eurostat leveraged the flexibility and scalability of AWS to allow 24 teams across Europe to compete and build a viable early warning system over four days.
Driving Innovation in Europe – AWS Public Sector Summit Brussels Recap
For the second year, AWS hosted our AWS Public Sector Summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, April 9. This year, we welcomed over 700 attendees from across the European Union. The Summit focused on key public sector themes across the region including training and workforce development, migration and transformation, data privacy and security, and machine learning and artificial intelligence.