SEMGEM

An AI-powered search engine designed to simplify compliance with European tech legislation for local public administrations.

 

THE PROBLEM: Complexity in Accessing Public Sector Information

Civil servants often struggle to find accurate answers to complex legal and administrative questions.

  • Legislation at EU, national, and local levels is fragmented, inconsistently structured, and often not readily available in digital form.

  • Traditional search engines lack context-awareness and intent recognition, leading to inefficiency, frustration, and errors in decision-making.

  • There is a growing need for transparent, explainable, and trustworthy AI in the public sector – but most generative models lack domain specificity and legal reliability.

HOW WE SOLVE IT: AI-Powered Q&A for the Public Sector

  • Contextual Legal Question Answering
    Nalantis has developed an intelligent Q&A solution tailored for civil servants, combining Natural Language Understanding (NLU) with Large Language Models (LLMs).
    ➤ Answers are not only generated — they’re grounded in legal context.

  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
    By integrating EURLex legal content as a trusted knowledge source, our AI provides answers that include direct links to relevant legislation.
    ➤ The system doesn't guess — it retrieves and explains.

  • Interoperable & Evolvable Architecture
    Leveraging a flexible system design and standards like MetaLex, DoCO, and NormTexts, the solution adapts to evolving regulations and local governance needs.

  • Domain-Specific Prompt Engineering
    We apply tailored prompt design techniques to optimize the legal accuracy and reliability of responses.
    ➤ Built for traceability, clarity, and trust.

  • Real-World Testing with Municipalities
    In collaboration with V-ICT-OR and Serendipity, we have built and validated an intuitive browser-based interface tested by public servants in Flanders and the Netherlands.

  • Future-Proof, Plug-and-Play Integration
    The Q&A engine is embedded in a modular Digital Toolbox, making it easy for governments to scale, localize, and extend with additional regulations and features.

introducing SEmgem

  • SemGem helps ICT departments ensure compliance with technology standards and provides guidance on ICT projects.

  • SemGem provides precise legal interpretation and helps legal departments understand organisational responsibilities.

  • SemGem helps HR departments safeguard employee rights and develop fair and inclusive policies.

Co-funded by the EC 'SemCity' project

Co-funded by the national funding agencies of the Netherlands and Belgium, along with the European Commission and the Eurostars funding programme. SemGem was developed in the context of a project on legal semantic interoperability ‘SemCity’ project number 2684, between two partner organisations that researched and developed it.

CONSORTIUM PARTNERS

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