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Today we hosted the third AKN4EU Technical Workshop! 3️⃣   #AKN4EU (Akoma Ntoso for European Union) provides a common, machine-readable XML format that streamlines the drafting, translation and exchange of EU legal documents. It plays a key role in advancing digitalisation, legal simplification and the future European Legal Data Space. At the workshop we brought together technical coordinators and experts from several EU institutions and some of our teams. In her opening address, our Director-General Hilde Hardeman underlined the strong interinstitutional collaboration driving the success of AKN4EU, a standard that lies at the core of how EU institutions draft, exchange, and publish legislation: ‘Across the institutions, AKN4EU is a driver of digitalisation, legal and administrative simplification, and transparency, and represents a cornerstone of the EU Publications Office’s strategic objective to build a European Legal Data Space.’ ⚖️ The workshop celebrated the recent adoption of AKN4EU version 5.0, which incorporates Akoma Ntoso 3.1 and extends coverage to the Commission’s Autonomous Acts and EESC documents (documents of the European Economic and Social Committee). 👏 We also prepared the ground for version 5.1, which will further expand the standard’s interinstitutional scope. Congratulations and thanks to the many colleagues in the EU institutions for their efforts in moving this initiative forward. Thanks also to our Legislative Formats team and technical experts for their commitment and expertise in advancing this collaborative effort. 🤝 Developed under the coordination of the Interinstitutional Metadata and Formats Committee (IMFC), AKN4EU helps us work in a way that is future-proof, harnessing AI. It also underpins initiatives such as the Commission’s Acquis Management Programme. Learn more about AKN4EU and how it supports transparency, interoperability and civic participation across the EU. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ekuCuZEM 🔎