Revised EIC Investment Guidelines have been published, applicable to companies selected under the EIC Accelerator scheme in 2021 and 2022. The Investment Guidelines have been updated to provide more clarity to applicants and to reflect recent changes in the management…
Yannis Charalabidis, Project Coordinator for PROMETHEUS, edited and co-authored with distinguished scientists and friends the recently published “Scientific Foundations of Digital Governance and Transformation”. The book, as an important step for Digital Governance: Provides scientific systematization of knowledge regarding digital…
February 18, 2022 marks the launch of the 2022 edition of the EIT Digital Venture Program to support early-stage entrepreneurial teams in their journey to market. Entrepreneurial teams from the Baltics, Eastern Europe and Southern Europe (see complete list here)…
The Commission announced, March 1 2022, the results of the first call under the new Women TechEU pilot programme, supporting deep-tech start-ups led by women. The Women TechEU pilot is funded under the European Innovation Ecosystems work programme of Horizon…
The European Commission proposed two legislative initiatives to upgrade rules governing digital services in the EU: the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA). They form a single set of new rules applicable across the whole EU…
Technology Centres help SMEs cross the ‘Valley of Death’ and go from lab to market to develop and produce new ATI-based products. They help companies reduce the time-to-market for new innovation ideas. What are “Advanced Technologies for Industry (ATI)” Technology…
The European Commission published a toolkit on how to mitigate foreign interference in research and innovation. The publication outlines best practices to support EU Higher Education Institutions and Research Performing Organisations in safeguarding their fundamental values, including academic freedom, integrity…
The Commission is proposing to define a set of principles for a human-centred digital transformation. This European Declaration on Digital rights and principles would be a reference framework for people, and a guide for businesses and policy-makers. The declaration on…
In order to achieve a smooth transition to the digital and green economies and a strong recovery from the pandemic, Europe needs more people who are properly equipped to tackle new challenges. For example, women are often underrepresented or excluded…
The Commission has launched the first calls for proposals under the digital part of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF Digital) programme. With a planned budget of €258 million, the calls aim to improve digital connectivity infrastructures, in particular Gigabit and…
In December 2021, The Commission adopted the first Work Programme for the digital part of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF Digital), which defines the scope and objectives of the EU-supported actions needed to improve Europe’s digital connectivity infrastructures for 3…
The I3 Instrument is a new Cohesion Policy tool focusing on existing interregional partnerships that emerged around concrete smart specialisation strategies. Stronger strategic interregional cooperation and sustainable connections between regional ecosystems are vital to accelerate market uptake of research results…
