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European Data Protection Day – Discover four Horizon 2020 projects dealing with and improving data protection!

On 28 January 1981, the Council of Europe adopted Convention 108, the first legally binding international instrument on data protection. To commemorate this landmark development, the EU celebrates Data Protection Day every 28 January. HaDEA manages several projects funded under Horizon 2020 dealing with and improving data protection, one of them shared their success story in an interview. …

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Flash information on call results – Digital Europe Programme

The European Commission published the results of the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the following calls under the Digital Europe Programme: Cloud Data and Artificial Intelligence Accelerating best use of technologies Advanced Digital Skills The agency has now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the above-mentioned calls. Applicants have been informed about the evaluation …

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EU to invest more than €760 million in digital transition and cybersecurity

The Commission has adopted the amendment of the Digital Europe work programmes for 2024, assigning €762.7 million in funding for digital solutions to benefit citizens, public administrations, and businesses. Firstly, the amended main work programme with a 2024 budget of nearly €549 million will focus on deploying projects that use digital technologies such as data, cloud, and advanced …

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European Council adopts two recommendations on digital education and skills

The EU Council adopted two recommendations aiming to guide and support EU countries in providing high-quality, inclusive and accessible digital education and training, and in developing the digital skills of all European citizens. The two recommendations are a step towards achieving the targets of Europe’s Digital Decade – a vision for a human-centric, sustainable digital …

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Digital Europe Programme: New call for proposals

On 21 November, the European Commission opens the 5th round of DIGITAL Europe Programme call for proposals on Advanced Digital Skills. A total budget of €42 million is allocated to design and support: Specialised education programmes in key capacity areasand Advanced Digital Skills Analysis: these two calls will build on the experience of the first calls for Master’s in the …

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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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