Jems | Joint Electronic Monitoring System

The Joint Electronic Monitoring System, or Jems, is the harmonised monitoring and reporting software for Interreg developed by Interact. Interact offers Jems on a free-license basis. Programmes can take Jems ‘as is’ to customise the system for their needs by, e.g., building plug-ins in addition to the core system or using the source code as inspiration for their monitoring systems.

Jems is built with the support of a Core group that has been actively involved in the implementation of the project and supported the agile development process, which helped prioritise features and ensure the delivery timeline corresponded to programme needs.

52 license agreements have been signed to use Jems in 2021-2027, meaning it supports the e-monitoring of most Interreg programmes in the current period. 

To learn more about starting with Jems, check out our info sheet.

Programmes can still request a license or the source code and sign a license agreement. Please do so by contacting us at jems[at]interact.eu-net. Please refer to the document above to learn the exact steps. 

What we are working on

The development phase of Jems has ended in December 2024 after almost five years of development and with the delivery of the Jems 12th release. 

Starting with 2025, Jems is now in the maintenance phase, where Interact provides user support and ensures further quality management of the software, fixing any bugs that may appear and adding small improvements, if necessary.

However, the primary work now is to support the wider Jems community in understanding how to best use the system. Interact offers regular meetings, like User group meetings to ensure an exchange within the user community and help programmes coordinate the development of additional features through Plug-ins. 

Want to stay up to date

You can also access many resources through the dedicated Jems portal. If you are interested in closely following the development process, you might consider joining Sprint Review meetings that are organised every second week to demonstrate features developed throughout the sprint. 

To stay up to date with Jems, ask to join the Jems Community, or get your own license agreement, contact the team at Jems[at]interact-eu.net