Digital Europe Programme

Commission presents new funding worth €20 million and outlines progress in strengthening Europe’s security of submarine cables

Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen has presented new EU funding opportunities worth €20 million to protect Europe’s submarine cables. New funding under the Digital Europe Programme will support the creation of regional cable hubs and stress-testing the resilience of undersea cable infrastructures. In particular, the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre – the EU Central hub for managing cybersecurity funds – is …

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€204 million funding for projects boosting innovation in business digitalisation, digital skills, health, public and automotive sectors

The European Commission published calls for projects to award EU funds worth a total of just over €204 million to propel the deployment and take up of innovative digital technologies across Europe. The nine calls under the Digital Europe Programme focus on unlocking the potential of AI and big data, the completion of the Network of European Digital …

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Digital Europe Programme amended to accelerate the Commission’s digital ambitions

The European Commission has made the first amendment to the Digital Europe (DIGITAL) Work Programme 2025-2027 ensuring EU resources continue to support the Commission’s ambitions on developing and deploying critical technologies in Europe. In the final two years of the Work Programme, the amendment adjusts investment to the most recent political priorities of the Commission. Among …

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Digital Europe Programme: call for experts

The EU’s digital strategy has the ambition to foster Europe’s ‘Digital Decade’ with strengthening its digital sovereignty and set global standards for digital data, technology, and infrastructure. Under the Digital Europe Programme, HaDEA is funding projects that build the strategic digital capacities of the EU and facilitate a wide deployment of digital technologies. To evaluate project proposals submitted …

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Commission invests €140 million to deploy key digital technologies

The Commission has opened four new calls worth €140 million under the Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) to advance the roll out of Artificial Intelligence (AI), promote advanced digital skills, expand the network of European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs) and fight disinformation. Of these €140 million, €55 million is being made available to introduce generative AI …

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Commission to invest €1.3 billion in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and digital skills

The Commission will allocate €1.3 billion for the deployment of critical technologies that are strategically important for the future of Europe and the continent’s tech sovereignty through the Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) work programme for 2025 to 2027 adopted. The work programme focuses on the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its uptake by businesses and …

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Commission unveils new tool to help SMEs self-assess their digital maturity

The European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs) launched a Digital Maturity Assessment tool that will help SMEs to identify their strengths and weaknesses in the digital transformation of their business. The tool is open to all companies and freely available in 32 languages. Businesses can use this tool to evaluate their maturity across six key criteria: …

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Commission launches stakeholder consultation on the Digital Europe Programme

The Commission has launched a 12-week open stakeholder consultation on the Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL). The consultation seeks to gain insights into the needs of stakeholders related to the digital transformation, DIGITAL’s benefits and possible improvements.  As such, it will gather diverse perspectives from small and medium-sized enterprises to non-governmental organisations, academia, social partners, public authorities, …

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DeployEMDS, the common European mobility data space starts to become reality

The EU-funded project will support local implementation projects in 9 cities and regions, showing how data spaces can benefit urban mobility by enabling improved services and policymaking. DeployEMDS, a deployment action co-funded by the EU, started in November 2023. The project marks a key step forward in the European Union’s journey towards the creation of …

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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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