Alongside its 6 priorities, the Netherlands Digitalisation Strategy (NDS) includes 3 targeted interventions. These actions aim to remove obstacles to the NDS’s success. Through these interventions, central government, provinces, municipalities, water authorities and public service providers aim to accelerate the change the NDS priorities seek to achieve.
Intervention standards, collective solutions, and building blocks approach
- We are introducing a more robust strategy to establish, implement, and enforce (digital) standards, including support for their implementation. All government organisations must adopt standards mandated by (European) law. We help these agencies implement these standards, highlight best practices, ensure transparency in compliance, and facilitate discussions when standards are not met. Compliance is now mandatory, although adoption speed may vary.
- Furthermore, we will require the use of particular collective solutions and building blocks to prevent duplicated efforts. We will support their implementation to ensure active use. This approach goes beyond voluntary adoption, with the government functioning as 1 cohesive entity under a common architecture to promote recognisable and reusable solutions. We may grant exemptions when other priorities, such as national security or defence, take precedence.
Intervention IT sourcing & pooling procurement power
- We are developing a government-wide IT sourcing strategy and pooling our procurement power. This enables us to make risk-based, responsible, and consistent decisions on what we procure and with whom we contract. By doing so, we improve the continuity of IT services, strengthen strategic autonomy, enhance resilience, and promote the efficient use of IT services.
Intervention legislation
- Finally, we collaborate to enforce digital legislation and resolve legal obstacles. Numerous sector-specific laws govern public-sector data management, and organisations must comply quickly with (European) regulations. This requires clarity, expertise, and shared legal knowledge. Our approach supports the EU’s ‘Competitiveness Compass’, which emphasises simplifying legislation.
