UWV Abandons IT Project After Spending €55 Million on It

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Fifty-five million euros. That is how much public money, your money, the UWV has invested over five years in a computer system designed to help job seekers find employment. Now the benefits agency is pulling the plug itself, and all that money has gone up in smoke. It concerns the Mediation Service, or simply...

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The Dutch Social Security and Employment Agency (UWV) is definitively putting an end to the Mediation Service (BMS) project after five years. The ambitious ICT project, which was supposed to help thousands of job seekers find employment with the help of artificial intelligence, has failed. Officially, the damages amount to 55 million euros, but experts expect the final costs to turn out to be much higher.

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The Dutch unemployment benefits agency UWV is halting the development and implementation of a new digital system after five years. The Mediation Service (BMS) was intended to better connect employers and job seekers, but according to the UWV, the system does not meet expectations. The project cost approximately 55 million euros, according to the UWV. The benefits agency has tested BMS on a small scale and taken additional measures. Nevertheless…

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The Dutch benefits agency UWV is halting the further development and implementation of a new digital system. The agency has worked on the project for five years and spent a total of approximately 55 million euros on it. The system was intended to better connect employers and job seekers.