Online Access Act

Science City Darmstadt is one of 15 municipalities in Hesse that is being funded by the state government for a pioneering pilot project to digitalise municipal administrations.

The aim of this Intermunicipal Cooperation (IKZ) project is to work together with the county municipalities of Fischbachtal, Groß-Bieberau, Modautal, Ober-Ramstadt and Roßdorf to develop a standardised process for the implementation of the Online Access Act (OZG) suitable for small and large municipalities and to draw up corresponding guidelines. In addition, the municipalities want to support each other in the implementation process and foster an intensive exchange of experiences.

The project aims to achieve the full digitalization of administrative processes in municipalities, i.e., the consistent digital and seamless processing of processes from the electronic application in the “front office” (i.e., the citizen’s application) to processing in the “back office” (final processing in the administrative procedure). The participating municipalities aim to jointly develop suitable basic infrastructures, interfaces, and standardized processes for all municipalities.

Cluster 1, formed jointly with the five municipalities mentioned above to implement the OZG, is one of four clusters in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district. The participating municipalities coordinate with each other. The goal is for everyone to learn from each other and jointly find effective, forward-looking solutions that pave the way for all municipalities, small and large, into the OZG era.

The Online Access Act (OZG) obliges the federal, state and local authorities to make all administrative services available digitally by the end of 2022. The municipalities of Hesse have agreed on very close cooperation at the working level, which divides up the various tasks, tackles them in intermunicipal cooperation and thus leads to uniform standards and procedures throughout Hesse.

Find out which online services are already available here:

https://www.darmstadt.de/rathaus/online-dienste