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EPSA 2023-24 is supported by the European Commission
EPSA 2023-24 is supported by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM), through the Technical Support Instrument (TSI).
Since Romania’s accession to the European Union in 2007, the country’s water services sector has made significant strides, including substantial investments, sector consolidation, and progress towards a more sustainable water…
Romania
Environment and natural resourcesSustainable Growth and Business Environment
Context The Autonomous Region of the Azores, composed of nine islands, has always faced unique challenges of territorial cohesion, aggravated by significant technological fragmentation between public services. Despite sharing a…
Portugal
Digital GovernmentGovernance and Public Administration
Context For many years, Latvia’s justice sector faced a fundamental challenge: although legislation required continuous professional development for judges, prosecutors, and other justice officials, the training system itself was fragmented,…
Latvia
Digital GovernmentGovernance and Public Administration
Context The Escola + Inclusiva project aligns with EPSA Awards 2025–26 – Category III, Delivering User-Centric Services at Subnational Level, as an innovative model of coordinated local service delivery that…
Portugal
Labour Market, Education, Health and Social ServicesSchool education
First prize winner in category Innovation in Public Administration in EPSA 2023-24 Context In 2016, the Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) requested that an assessment was made of the challenges being faced…
Ireland
Effectiveness, efficiency and resilience of health care systemsPublic healthSchool education
Context In 1995, Austria joined the European Union. Within the first accession year, the Vienna Board of Education was invited by the City of Vienna to prepare and implement a…
Austria
Budget preparation and implementationDigital economy, research and innovationDigital education and skillsHuman resources managementJust transitionManagement and implementation of EU fundsPaymentsSchool educationSmall and medium-sized enterprises, social enterprises and other sectorsState governance and better policy makingVocational education and training and adult learning
Context Mapa a la Carta is a web application created by the National Geographic Institute of Spain (Instituto Geográfico Nacional – IGN). Launched in 2021, it represents a significant shift…
Spain
Competition and consumer policyEfficiency of the state organisation and service deliveryPublic accounting and statistics
Context As a major centre of international and European trade, Belgium handles hundreds of millions of tonnes of goods every year through its ports and airports. The port of Antwerp…
Context The Cyprus de minimis register system (DMRegister) is an initiative by the Cyprus Office of the Commissioner for State Aid Control (CYCSAC) to ensure all de minimis aid granted…
Cyprus
Access to financeBetter regulation, licensing and inspectionsBudget preparation and implementationDigital GovernmentEfficiency of the state organisation and service deliveryEthics and integrity (including procurement, transparency, anticorruption, anti-fraud, organised crime, internal control)Expenditure policyPublic accounting and statisticsPublic finances oversightSmall and medium-sized enterprises, social enterprises and other sectorsState governance and better policy making
Context The Green Tech Summer Graz is an initiative driven by the City of Graz’s Economic Department. Recognising the potential of students as climate action agents, the programme fosters a…
Austria
ClimateEnvironment and natural resourcesSustainable development
