2026–2028
Growing EU regulatory requirements challenge European businesses’ competitiveness and innovation. Meanwhile, public authorities are spending a lot of time and resources to ensure oversight and compliance. While regulation is essential for safety, sustainability and trust, compliance is still often time-consuming, costly and heavily dependent on manual work. OIVA – Open Innovation for Verified Automation addresses this challenge by developing digital solutions that make regulatory compliance easier, faster and more reliable across sectors and borders.
OIVA is a 2-year EU co-funded project under the Digital Europe Programme, coordinated by the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra. Bringing together 20 organisations from six European countries, the project lays the foundation for digital and automated regulatory compliance across Europe. OIVA aims to reduce administrative burden, improve transparency and support better regulatory oversight. In the bigger picture, it also aims to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty, support cross-border interoperability and contribute to the growth of the European RegTech ecosystem.
The project develops and validates its solutions through three real-world pilots in vehicle recycling, digital building permits and financial reporting. In parallel, OIVA builds a broader technical foundation for these applications through digital infrastructure and tools, including data spaces, digital product passports, the EU Digital Identity Wallet and AI-powered compliance tools.
A central feature of OIVA is its commitment to openness and long-term impact. All key project results will be released as open source to encourage broad adoption, reuse and innovation beyond the project’s lifetime.
The project also introduces a Community of Practice for Automated Regulatory Compliance, a forum for all professionals interested in making compliance more digital, efficient and transparent. By connecting experts working on similar legal, technical and implementation challenges, the Community of Practice aims to support collaboration, inspire reuse of solutions, and strengthen the longer-term impact of OIVA beyond the project itself. Professionals and organisations interested in joining the Community of Practice will be able to find more information and register here.
Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research (CKIR) contributes to OIVA as a project partner by supporting communication and dissemination, helping turn project results into accessible insights, stakeholder dialogue, and wider visibility across Europe. CKIR is also involved in shaping the Community of Practice, with a focus on connecting research, innovation, and practical adoption through collaboration with public authorities, companies, and other European actors.
Project timeline: 2026–2028
CKIR’s contact person: Denisa Mäki
Co-funded by: European Union, Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)
