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Catalonia Launches Overhauled Gencat Portal With Generative-AI Search

A service-first redesign centralizes procedures under official sources to speed up access, cutting upkeep through consolidation.

Overview

  • The portal now foregrounds an AI chatbot that delivers concise, structured answers on Generalitat competencies with links solely to government pages.
  • The homepage shifts to a services-first layout, placing institutional information below citizen tasks and life events.
  • The overhaul cost about €4.7 million for development, licenses and data migration, with projected annual savings of roughly €700,000 from consolidating sites.
  • A focus group of 20 citizen volunteers drawn from a 6,000-person pool tested the experience, in a process coordinated by digital secretary Albert Tort with support from Capgemini.
  • A second phase targeted for July introduces dedicated areas for businesses, local entities and professionals while migrating remaining sites and reducing total portals from 137 to 74.