European Public Sector Award (EPSA) 2025-26

• 1st Prize: CH@World 2.0, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA, Switzerland
• 2nd Prize: Participatory Budget Platform / Development and implementation of a shared platform for participatory budget management, Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia
• 3rd Prize: Voucher based adult education scheme in Croatia, Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy, Croatia

• 1st Prize: Supporting Municipalities in Realising Temporary Housing for recognised refugees, De Thuisgevers (Municipality of Kampen), the Netherlands
• 2nd Prize: Baltic Energy Independence project – Baltic power systems Synchronisation with Continental Europe and Desynchronisation from the power system of Russia and Belarus, Ministry of Climate and Energy of the Republic of Latvia
• 3rd Prize: Copernicus Data Stores (CDS & ADS): Modernising Europe’s Open Climate and Atmosphere Data Platforms, European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecast

• 1st Prize: The Galician Strategy for Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions in Health of the Galician Health Service (SERGAS), Galician Health Service, Spain
• 2nd Prize: BärGPT, The Governing Mayor of Berlin – Senate Chancellery, Germany
• 3rd Prize: Suma CivicData Engine: A Subnational CivicData Engine for Fair Tariffs and User-Centred Public Services, Suma, Tax Management. Alicante Provincial Council, Spain

The following projects received Good Practice Certificates:

• IRIS: Integrated Regulatory Impact System – Advancing Digital Solutions for Evidence-Based Policy Making, Federal Chancellery – DG III – Civil Service and Administrative Innovation, Austria
• Equal Start: A new funding model to support access and meaningful participation in ECEC and School Age Childcare for children and their families who experience disadvantage, Department of Children, Disability and Equality, Ireland
• A user-centric digital transformation for INPS, Social Security and Welfare Administration of the Republic of Italy
• Government’s Digital Academy, Latvian School of Public Administration, Latvia
• Prozorro.Sale, Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine
• Nordic DigiGov Lab, Digital and Population Data Services Agency (Finland), The Norwegian Digitalisation Agency (Digdir – Norway), Agency for Digital Government (Sweden)
• Data Distribution and Governance Platform (DAGR), State Digital Development Agency of Latvia
• Luxchat4gov, Ministry for Digitalisation, Luxembourg
• Embedding Mental Wellbeing in Public Administration: Support Groups for Civil Servants, Human Resource Management Service, Serbia
• Public Services in Your Pocket – Hungary’s DÁP App, Digital Hungary Agency, Hungary

• compensation area 2.0 – from gravel pit to bird‘s paradise, ASFINAG Bau Management GmbH, Austria
• From Fragmented Administration to Data-Driven Governance – Post-Earthquake Reconstruction in Croatia, Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets of the Republic of Croatia
• “INVEAT PLAN”: High Technology Equipment Investment Plan in the National Health System, Ministry of Health of Spain
• DREAM RRMC Vienna – Construction of the BOKU River Lab, City of Vienna – European Affairs, Austria
• Development of the EuroVelo 11 Cycling Route, The Regional Roads Authority in Kraków, Poland
• Establishing indicators of sustainability culture for the improvement of citizens’ climate action and empowerment, Climate Change and Sustainability Office, Barcelona City Council, Spain

• Jems – Joint electronic monitoring system for Interreg programmes, City of Vienna, Municipal Department for European Affairs, Austria
• WIPP360 – An Evidence and Data-Driven Model to Detect and Motivate Elderly People at High Risk to Participate in Preventive Interventions, Municipality of Slagelse, Denmark
• opencouncil.chania.gr – Bringing city councils to citizens: democracy, transparency and participation enhanced with AI tools, Municipality of Chania, Greece
• Next Diba Service: Support for EU fundraising and fund management, Diputació de Barcelona, Spain
• Madrid, Digital Capital: Delivering Public Services for People through Data-Driven, Automation, AI and Interoperable Digital Government, Madrid City Council, Spain
• Mobile Public Service Hall, Public Service Hall operating under the Ministry of Justice of Georgia
• Voghera Digital, Municipality of Voghera, Italy
• More Inclusive School (Escola Mais Inclusiva – EMI), Municipality of Paredes, Portugal

For this 10th anniversary edition, projects from previous editions were also invited to update their initial project submissions, demonstrating a continuous commitment to the improvement of public service delivery.

From the 26 updates, the following organisations received a Special Recognition for their efforts towards public sector reform and innovation:

• Guichet.lu, Ministry for digitalisation, Luxembourg
• Justice 3.0, Federal Ministry of Justice, Austria
• Destination Barcelona: Multilevel governance for the competitiveness and the decentralisation of tourism offer in the province of Barcelona, Barcelona Provincial Council, Spain
• Digital Justice & Justice Folder, Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts, Spain
• One Stop Shop in Catalonia, Government of Catalonia, Ministry of Business and Labor. Business Management Office, Spain
• SEDIPUALB@ Public Digital Administrative Management Platform, Diputación de Albacete, Spain
• Decidim. Free open-source participatory democracy for cities and organisations, Barcelona City Council, Spain
• Units of Support for High Performance in Schools, Directorate-General of Education, Portugal
• Digital for Reconstruction Grants, USRC (Special Office for the Reconstruction of the municipalities of the “Seismic Crater”), Italy
• The public policy planning and evaluation area, Instituto Andaluz de Administración Pública. Junta de Andalucia, Spain
• “My City, My Future” to “Co-Create, Co-Manage”, Nilüfer Municipality, Türkiye
• Public Research Infrastructure Database: Research and Innovation through Open for Collaboration in Austria, Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research (BMFWF) (in German: Bundesministerium für Frauen, Wissenschaft und Forschung (BMFWF)) Austria
• IdroGEO – The Italian web platform on landslides and floods, Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research – ISPRA, Italy
• Digital sustainability: Contribution of technology to the green and digital transition in the city of Madrid, Madrid City Council / Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Spain
• Together for Better, a New Funding Model for the Early Learning and Childcare Sector, Department of Children Disability and Equality, Ireland