In this episode, we discuss the role of the Nordic Institute of Interoperability Solutions (NIIS), and how it builds on Estonia's X-Road. Kate Wilson joins me in this episode to unpack data exchange, the key features and approach of X-Road, and NIIS's interesting governance model with Ville Sirviö.

Ville Sirviö is the CEO of the Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS), known for the X-Road® open-source software with hundreds of millions of end users worldwide. He is also a board member of the Gaia-X European Association for Data and Cloud. 

Recommended resources for the episode

030I_Ville Sirviö, CEO of the Nordic Institute for Interoperability – What is the future for cities? podcast (wtf4cities.com) 

https://x-road.global/xroad-as-a-digital-public-good

https://x-road.global/launching-citizenoriented-digital-services-in-colombia

https://x-road.global/first-steps-towards-interoperability-in-the-public-sector-of-el-salvador 

https://x-road.global/integrity-and-interoperability-the-perfect-match-for-argentinas-public-service

https://x-road.global/scaling-interoperability-across-states-for-national-digital-transformation-in-brazil

https://www.niis.org/blog/2020/3/30/x-road-implementation-models

https://www.niis.org/blog/2022/7/11/from-connectivity-between-databases-towards-an-ecosystem-of-ecosystems

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