Deadlines extended for the second calls under CEF Digital

The deadlines to apply for the second set of calls for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility Digital Programme worth €277 million have been extended to: 21 March 2023 – 17:00 CET (Brussels) for calls on: 5G coverage along transport corridors, 5G for smart communities, backbone networks for pan-European cloud federations, backbone connectivity for Digital Global Gateways, …

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European Data Protection Day: contributions from Horizon 2020 projects

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, EU institutions, agencies and bodies celebrate Data Protection Day every 28January. Globally known as Data Privacy Day, the objective is to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices. Discover some …

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Commission defines high-value datasets to be made available for re-use

Τhe Commission has published a list of high-value datasets that public sector bodies will have to make available for re-use, free of charge, within 16 months. Certain public sector data, such as meteorological or air quality data are particularly interesting for creators of value-added services and applications and have important benefits for society, the environment and the …

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Smart Networks and Services Call for Proposals 2023 is now open

The Smart Network and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) has launched its second Call for Proposals 2023. The second call for proposals of the SNS JU can be found on the EU Funding and Tenders Portal. With a deadline set for 25 April 2023, participants can now submit their proposals online. On 14 December 2022, the Smart Networks and Services …

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Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan: Launch of the European Cancer Imaging Initiative

The Commission is launching the European Cancer Imaging Initiative to support healthcare providers, research institutes and innovators in making the best use of innovative data-driven solutions for cancer treatment and care. The initiative, a flagship action under Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, will work towards creating a digital infrastructure linking up resources and databases of cancer imaging data across the EU, …

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220M€ investment in Testing and Experimentation Facilities to boost the uptake of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics in Europe

To make the EU the place where AI excellence thrives from the lab to the market, the European Union is setting up world-class Testing and Experimentation Facilities (TEFs) for AI. Together with Member States, the Commission is co-funding the TEFs to support AI developers to bring trustworthy AI to the market more efficiently, and facilitate …

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HiPEAC 2023 conference – meet HaDEA-managed projects working on digital services

The HiPEAC 2023 conference on cybersecurity, computer architecture, programming models, energy efficiency and machine learning is taking place 16-18 January 2023 in Toulouse, France. The conference is organised by HaDEA’s project HiPEAC and consists of parallel workshops, tutorials, special sessions, and an industry exhibition. Discover some of the Horizon 2020 projects in the domains of the Digital Services …

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38 projects selected for nearly €150 million of EU funding under first CEF Digital calls

The EU will provide a total amount of nearly €150 million in financial support to 38 projects to deploy safe, secure and sustainable high-performance 5G and digital backbone infrastructure. The projects have been selected among those submitted under calls for proposals under CEF Digital, the funding programme supporting European digital infrastructure. Under the first Call for Proposals …

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5G Coverage along Transport Corridors: first wave of projects selected for co-funding 5G corridor infrastructures

Following the first call for proposals of the Connecting Europe Facility Programme – Digital (CEF Digital), 15 projects were awarded EU funding to accelerate the deployment of 5G connectivity infrastructures along the main transport paths throughout Europe. 5G Corridors The resulting portfolio of projects  that will receive EU funding will pave the way for Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) …

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