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(a)

fostering innovation and facilitating the development and roll-out of innovative digital interoperability solutions for public services;

(b)

facilitating cross-border cooperation between national regional and local competent authorities and synergies in public service delivery;

(c)

facilitating the development of an open European GovTech ecosystem, including cooperation with SMEs, research and educational institutions and start-ups;

(d)

enhancing authorities’ understanding of the opportunities or barriers to cross-border interoperability of innovative interoperability solutions, including legal barriers;

(e)

contributing to the development or update of Interoperable Europe solutions;

(f)

contributing to evidence-based regulatory learning;

(g)

improving legal certainty and contributing to the sharing of best practices through cooperation with the authorities involved in the interoperability regulatory sandbox with a view to ensuring compliance with this Regulation and, where appropriate, with other Union and national law.