The Commission adopted the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to allow for measuring progress made in achieving the 2030 Digital Decade targets, and issued guidance on how Member States should structure their national roadmaps, to reach the digital targets. European Commission Each indicator will measure how the EU is doing in achieving the targets on digital …
The wait is over! The winners of the European Digital Skills Awards 2023 have been announced: 6 projects from around Europe bring back the trophy for best practices in the 5 awards categories. During the EDSA23 awards ceremony, June Lowery-Kingston, Deputy Director and Head of Unit at DG CNECT, European Commission, handed out the awards to …
The Commission signed association agreements for the Digital Europe Programme with Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania and Serbia, on the margins of the Regulatory Dialogue with the Western Balkans. European Commission Following the signatures, and upon the completion of the related ratification processes, the association agreements will enter into force. Businesses, public administrations and other eligible …
On 27 June 2023 the European Commission along with Member States and 128 partners from research, industry, and public organisations launched €220 million worth of investment in four sectoral Testing and Experimentation Facilities (TEFs) for AI, at an event in Copenhagen. The European Commission co-funds the TEFs with €110 million over five years under the …
The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) announced last week the signature of six hosting agreements for the upcoming European quantum computers with Italy, Poland, Spain, France, Germany, and the Czech Republic. The signing ceremony, which took place at the EuroHPC JU premises in Luxembourg, was attended by representatives from the hosting organisations …
The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, on the European Data Act, proposed by the Commission in February 2022. The Internet of Things (IoT) revolution fuels exponential growth with projected data volume set to skyrocket in the coming years. A significant amount of industrial data …
The EIC Accelerator cut-off closed on 21 June 2023 with 648 full proposals submitted. This marks an increase compared to the previous cut-offs in January and March 2023 (respectively 476 and 551 full proposals submitted). This also follows the switch in the application platform that took place on 2 June 2023. Applicants come from 34 …
The European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Innovation Council (EIC) haven taken a further step to deepen their cooperation by jointly supporting the development of breakthrough technologies and the innovation ecosystem in Europe. EPO President António Campinos and Jean-David Malo, Director of the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), in charge of …
More than one hundred projects funded by the European Research Council (ERC) since 2007 have addressed the need for sustainable and future-proof food production and consumption, according to a report published by the ERC. The document maps ERC-funded research, all driven by scientific curiosity, in ten key areas of the EU’s Food 2030 research and …
The European Commission has just launched the ‘Twin it! 3D for Europe’s culture’ campaign and invited the 27 EU Ministries of Culture to select and submit one 3D digitised cultural heritage asset to the common European data space for cultural heritage, deployed by the Europeana initiative. The aim is to accelerate the use and re-use …