Digital News

New Horizon Europe Funding Boosts European Research in Data, Computing, and AI Technologies

A new set of calls has been launched worth over € 290 million from the 2023-2024 Horizon Europe Digital, Industry, and Space work programme. The European Union has announced a substantial funding of € 85 million to drive research in data and computing technologies, catalysing innovation in artificial intelligence (AI). One topic funds innovation in artificial intelligence (AI)-powered data operations resulting …

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European Year of Skills: Master in Artificial Intelligence for Public Services

Like industry, the public sector is increasingly facing a profound digital transformation, aimed to deliver public services to citizens and businesses that are of higher quality, easier to use, that can run faster and reach broader audiences. This ambition is boldly captured by the Digital Decade targets for the Digitalisation of public services, which the …

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New call for proposals under Digital Europe Programme opening on 21 November 2023

The call for proposals ‘DIGITAL-2023-SKILLS-05: Advanced Digital Skills’ under the Digital Europe Programme is now published on the Funding and Tenders portal, opening on 21 November 2023. HaDEA will manage the following topics, with a total budget of €42 million allocated: DIGITAL-2023-SKILLS-05-SPECIALEDU: Specialised education programmes in key capacity areas. €30 million. DIGITAL-2023-SKILLS-05-SPECIAL-PROGEDU: Specialised education programmes in key capacity areas – Advanced digital …

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Digital Innovations Meet Green Goals: Insights from the Energy Data Workshop

EU merges digital tech with green energy: Highlights from CINEA’s Energy Data Workshop aligned with the Digitalisation of Energy Plan and REPowerEU goals. The European Union is working to build a framework for an energy data space to support its green energy goals, blending digital advancements with efforts of massive integration of renewable energy sources …

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European Cyber Security Month: meet HaDEA’s projects enhancing cybersecurity of critical infrastructures

This year, we celebrate the 11th anniversary of the European Cyber Security Month (ECSM), a campaign to raise awareness of cybersecurity and remind us that cybersecurity concerns us all. This year’s ECSM focuses on social engineering – threats that attempt to exploit a human behaviour to gain access to information or services. Social engineering manipulates victims into making …

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Over €240 million to further support digital connectivity infrastructures

The Commission has opened a third set of calls for proposals worth over €240 million under the digital strand of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) to strengthen the deployment of ultra-fast, secure and sustainable digital infrastructures. The CEF Digital programme will contribute to the development of Gigabit and5G networks,as well as to boosting the capacity and resilience …

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Commission gathers views on G7 Guiding Principles on generative Artificial Intelligence

The Commission launched a stakeholder survey on draft International Guiding Principles for organisations developing advanced AI systems, which have been agreed by G7 ministers for stakeholder consultation. These principles are currently developed by G7 Members under the Hiroshima Artificial Intelligence process to set up guardrails on a global level. The eleven draft guiding principles, which  cover advanced AI …

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Call for applications for the European Commission’s Smart Energy Expert Group

The Commission is calling for applications with a view to selecting members of the group, whose mission is to accelerate the digitalisation of the energy system and contribute to the smart energy transition. The Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy (‘DG ENER’) and Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (‘DG CNECT’) have just launched a Call for …

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Hackathons – the focus of the European Digital Education Hub in October

Each month, the European Digital Education Hub selects a specific theme and plans activities for its members, like online discussions and dedicated working groups. What is a hackathon? A hackathon is a collaborative event, during which participants come together to develop innovative solutions to specific problems, typically related to technology, computer programming, or other digital …

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Launching the Digital for Development Hub for the Western Balkans

The European Union and its Member States have launched the Digital for Development (D4D) Hub for the EU Neighbouring Countries to step up their regional engagement in the digital field.  The objective of the D4D Hub in the EU Neighbouring Countries will be to increase the impact of the efforts of the EU and its …

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