The opportunities that digital technologies offer are yet to be fully seized by Public Authorities. Complex problems such as migration, poverty, and climate change faced by today's society are increasing complexity for European governments.

The research project DECIDO links Public Administrations (PAs) to the data and compute infrastructure of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), piloting the access to and exploitation of a great wealth of additional resources. The creation of a bridge between PAs and EOSC aims, on the one hand, to widen the use of the European Cloud Infrastructure services and data by PAs, on the other to enable and encourage PAs in using appropriate infrastructures, services, data and methodologies to apply a more evidenced informed approach to policies. The project will also identify and assess the benefits and limitations in using current big data methodologies and compute infrastructures in policymaking. Engineering coordinates the project. This project has received funding from the European Horizon 2020 Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement n° 101004605