Municipalities for Joint Development of e-Services — Sambruk

Download the English brochure on Sambruk. (pdf, 700 kB)

Background and vision

Sambruk was instigated on the idea that all Swedish
municipalities have identical missions, responsibilities and
challenges to undertake in order to serve their citizens. The
vast majority of municipalities are also too small to handle the
daunting task of revamping internal business processes and
establishing new e-service offerings to various stake holders.

The overall purpose of Sambruk is to create a foundation
for an effective development programme, comprising both
the technical and functional aspects of e-services, as well as
the need for re-engineering of the municipalities´ internal
business processes. Similarities and differences between
service offerings of different municipalities are analysed and
accounted for in the collaborative development environment.
This approach results in both enhanced services locally and
overall benefits on a national scale.

Sambruk is also a strong bargaining and purchasing power
towards IT vendors, compared to a singular municipality. A
collaborative approach throughout the analysis, specification
and procurement phases will ensure a better result from both
economical and functional aspects.

Our vision is that all e-services will be built on a common
technical platform, with a standardised exchange of
information between e-services and related back-office
systems. An open IT-architecture, comprising modularized
software will result in a more cost effective IT environment.