Get funding for your digital education innovative idea

To help you turn your idea into reality, the European Digital Education Hub has prepared a list of available European funding opportunities. Make it happen with the European Digital Education Hub Turning ideas into real life solutions is one of the key missions of the European Digital Education Hub. To achieve this, the Hub hosts …

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EU must reinforce cybersecurity skills

A Eurobarometer survey indicates that not only is the cyber skills shortage increasing but there needs to be more cyber specialists as well as an increase in cybersecurity aware staff in every company across the EU. This tallies with a recent foresight report published by ENISA, the EU Agency for Cybersecurity  which noted that the cyber skills gap appears …

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Entry into force of Digital Identity Regulation

The rules on establishing a European Digital Identity entered into force on Monday 20th May 2024. The rules will pave the way for all EU citizens and residents to benefit from a personal European Digital Identity Wallet in 2026. The European Digital Identity Wallet will consist of a mobile app issued in each Member State. …

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Commission showcases a pan-European collection of emblematic 3D-digitised cultural heritage assets

The Commission has released a collection of 3D-digitised cultural heritage assets on Europeana, the common European data space for cultural heritage. The collection was showcased during a high-level event in Brussels in the presence of Commissioner Thierry Breton and EU Ministers of Culture. The collection results from the ‘Twin it! 3D for Europe’s culture’ campaign and includes …

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Digital Europe Programme open to Bosnia and Herzegovina

The European Commission has signed an association agreement for the Digital Europe Programme with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Firstly, Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market, will sign the agreement, followed shortly by the signature of Edin Forto, the Minister of Communication and Traffic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Following the signatures, and upon the completion of the related …

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Commission boosts awareness-raising of the risks of disinformation and information manipulation

The Commission launched a set of actions to raise awareness of the risks of disinformation and foreign information manipulation and interference, in the run-up to the European elections. Together with the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA), which brings together all 27 national independent regulatory bodies in the field of audiovisual services, it kicked …

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Commission calls on Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Poland, Portugal and Slovakia to designate and fully empower their Digital Services Coordinators under the Digital Services Act

The Commission sent a letter of formal notice to the six Member States. The European Commission decided to open infringement procedures by sending letters of formal notice to Cyprus (INFR(2024)2016), Czechia (INFR(2024)2039), (INFR(2024)2040), Poland (INFR(2024)2041), Portugal (INFR(2024)2038) and Slovakia (INFR(2024)2042) as these Member States have not yet designated their Digital Services Coordinators under the Digital Services Act, or …

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Measuring the impact of digital solutions on the climate

The European Green Digital Coalition has published new methodologies to measure the net impact of digital solutions on the climate. The European Green Digital Coalition (EGDC) has released science-based methodologies and guidance to measure the impact of digital solutions in reducing and avoiding greenhouse gas emissions across different sectors. This represents a milestone for Europe’s …

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The European Union and the United States strengthen their cooperation in the area of Future Network Systems

EU and US sign an Administrative Arrangement for research collaboration on 6G and other areas of mutual interest in Future Network Systems. The US National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) of the European Commission signed an administrative arrangement on support to collaborative Research and Innovation projects …

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Europe commits to semiconductor innovation with new testing facilities

The Public Authorities Board of the Chips Joint Undertaking selected the consortia that will implement four pilot lines for semiconductor technology. It is a major step in the implementation of the European Chips Act, in particular for its Chips for Europe Initiative. These pilot lines are pioneering, state-of-the-art facilities to test, experiment, and validate semiconductor …

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