Comparative Analysis of European Practices in Digital Management of State Property
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Digitization of the public administration has brought the state property management to the focus of governance modernization and sustainable development. Although the body of academic knowledge is disseminated through national case studies, this study represents a comparative analysis of all the essentials to create a systematic analysis of performance outcomes and a new typology of EU digital state property management systems. A qualitative multi-method comparative study using documentary analysis of primary data- national digitalization plans, property management legislation, technical architecture documentation and official portals of property management to the general population in five strategically selected EU countries: Estonia, Denmark, Lithuania, Poland and Germany. It was discovered that three configurational models exist: Integrated Digital-Governance (Estonia), Centralized Mission-Specific (Denmark and Lithuania), and Fragmented/Asymmetric (Poland and Germany). According to the report, high institutional centralization and substantial technical interoperability regularly enhance transparency and efficiency. On the contrary, institutional fragmentation and lack of integration are very poor. The results indicate that strategic anchoring, facilitating governance structures, and unified technical architecture are important to the success of a digital asset management initiative. The paper demonstrates that digital property governance relates to the SDG 16 (effective, accountable institutions) and SDG 9 (resilient infrastructure and innovation) by connecting these settings to the sustainability objectives. The typology also offers policymakers diagnostic tools and a conceptual framework for digital asset management in governance changes driven by sustainability purposes.
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