Ep. 8: Discussing Estonia's X-Road and the Nordic Institute of Interoperability Solutions with Ville Sirviö

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