Marketplace for lifelong learning services – digital services, linked across the federal system – best practice for the provision of lifelong learning services

govdigital eG and FITKO are making their comprehensive in-house models available on the EfA marketplace. In this way, services can be passed on according to the ‘one for all’ (EfA) principle between the federal government and the Länder, as well as to and between local authorities. Commissioned by the IT Planning Council, the marketplace has, since 2022, provided a digital platform on which providers and end-users can exchange such online services in a standardised and legally compliant manner.

A marketplace with ‘stalls’ is therefore available. There is also already interest and demand from customers – namely various public authorities, local authorities and public IT service providers. What is still largely lacking are the products – the One-for-All services.

It is not so easy to get these EfA services onto the marketplace’s vendor stalls. Of just over 170 EfA services currently available in production, only 46 are currently available on the two marketplace stalls. FITKO and govdigital would like to expand their offering to stimulate exchange on the marketplace designated for this purpose by the IT Planning Council.

The federal states are each responsible for ensuring that local authorities and their IT service providers have the opportunity to access EfA services, make further use of them or even make them available themselves. However, the federal states have different structures and varying interpretations regarding the organisational framework for implementing EfA. Due to this diversity, countless discussions have taken place over recent weeks and months.

This webinar aims to provide a brief overview of the marketplace for ‘Einer-für-Alle’ services, introduce the two providers, FITKO and govdigital, and then use best-practice examples to demonstrate how federal states can make ‘Einer-für-Alle’ services available on the marketplace. Afterwards, there will be time for questions and discussion: how should further development proceed so that ‘One for All’ online services – and beyond – can be made available as widely as possible.

• What is the EfA marketplace?
• What advantages does the EfA marketplace offer?
• What roles do the providers FITKO and govdigital play on the marketplace?
• How do federal states list EfA services on the marketplace?
• How can previous obstacles be overcome in future – what would need to change so that services for online access can be exchanged more effectively?