On 25 April 2013, Milanka Opačić, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Policy and Youth along with the Assistant Minister at the Ministry of Public Administration, Darko Parić, presented the eCitizens project.

According to an announcement made in late April 2013 on the website of the Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations, the latest release of the European Commission’s Internal Market Information System (IMI) has been launched.

The Spanish Open Data portal, datos.gob.es, has recently published its software code in the open source forge managed by CENATIC.

According to the Electronic Sophistication Index 2012, administered by the Department of Public Administration and Justice of the Basque Government, 35.1 % of the public procedures and processes can be made entirely over the Internet.

Since the beginning of March 2013, Kela – the national Social Insurance Institution – allows people throughout the country to book their appointments with the institution online.

On 19 February 2013 the director of Grums’ municipality, Ms Margaretha Rudner, launched the municipality’s electronic services on the common electronic services platform of Värmland county (in west-central Sweden).

The new portal of the City of Rome, Digit Roma (Digital Rome, in English), went live in the beginning of January 2013, allowing users to discover and access all the services offered within the capital.

As announced in mid-January 2013, the Podkarpacie Province Administration in Rzeszow (southwestern Poland) has saved nearly PLN 40 000 (approx.

The Spanish High Council for eGovernment, in its meeting held on 15 January 2013, announced that the Spanish Public Administrations Network (SARA) constitutes a strategic project and the basis for the Spanish Public Administration private cloud.

A significant change has been prepared for the 15th anniversary of the Golden Crest  , a popular contest  usually taking place at the beginning of each year among representatives of Czech cities and municipalities, which selects the best websites.

A press release was published on 16 October 2012, announcing the WeGov project's final results (finalised WeGov toolbox and field trials) as well as project's highlights (