Cross-border Information Exchange and Digital Services Between Governments: Exploratory study

Abstract

The exploratory study forms an overall picture of the extent of current cross-border information ex-change and digital services across borders for Finland and other countries, and needs for future devel-opment. The study is based on the OECD Public Governance review: Estonia and Finland, Fostering Strategic Capacity across Governments and Digital Services across Borders, published in February 2015. In addition to other recommendations, the review includes four recommendations on enhancing cross-border cooperation in order to develop interoperable digital public services in four policy areas in particular: taxation, healthcare, social affairs and private sector development. Although the OECD recommendations related to cross-border information exchange services between Finland and Estonia in particular, the study also charted corresponding services between Finland and other neighbouring countries.