Public Sector

A government agency of a major European country was struggling with the increased complexity of the labor market data. Among the problems: the need to continuously integrate new data sources and accommodate demands of heterogeneous research projects.

The agency advises political actors at all levels and provides national labor market data to internal and external researchers.

The d-fine team helped the client design and implement a data management platform. Its innovative architecture allows the agency to easily integrate new sources and quickly respond to the changing demands of researchers. We further developed a data dictionary, an AI-based advanced analytics module, giving researchers access to semi- and unstructured data, such as documents and job advertisements.

Throughout the project we worked closely with both employees and senior executives at the agency, ensuring that everyone remained committed to the project and that no important requirement was overlooked.

Current European regulations in the areas of energy, transport and logistics focus on the development of data infrastructures and artificial intelligence applications. At a national level, important requirements for data strategy, AI strategy and IT strategy are specified. Their implementation poses new challenges for public authorities.

We are helping a major German government agency design a future-proof IT strategy. Among others, we consider questions on data processing: Where can we raise synergies through cooperation with other European countries? What services can be outsourced? Where is it appropriate to use a third-party software?

Our team works closely with the client’s employees at all levels to deliver a strategy tailored to the unique nature of the institution. This feeds into decision papers for consultations at the national and European level.

Increasing energy efficiency is a key success factor for the transition to clean energy and is a high priority for the European Commission. As a member of a pan-European consortium, we support the Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group (EEFIG). EEFIG’s current policy focus is on the European Green Deal. Its work is providing a significant contribution in accelerating private finance to energy efficiency.

For example, it aims to increase the attractiveness of investments by private investors in energy efficiency improvements for residential real estate. Our team supports EEFIG by analyzing risks of such investments in order to strengthen the risk awareness of financiers and investors.

A major German NGO delivering humanitarian aid projects worldwide asked d-fine to help improve its risk management framework to meet best-practice standards.

Our analysis found that the organization lacked uniform processes. We advised the client to unify and standardize the processes and create multiple lines of controls for key steps. Our support on the project includes setting up well-defined processes and risk mitigation measures.

The project will allow the client to achieve both better operational performance and high levels of transparency and accountability. Resulting in more satisfied employees, lower costs and secure program funding.