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As a result of the pandemic, the world has become a lot more digital in a short period of time. To keep society going, transforming our way of working and living had to become almost entirely digital. However, not everyone has equal access to digital technologies. In recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, stakeholders are wondering what the future of digital in Europe will look like, what the 2030 goals should be when thinking about digital transformation, and what the road is towards meeting those goals. At the two-day online event Digital 2021: Leading the Digital Decade, the European

On 23 and 24 June, the European Commission’s Research and Innovation Days will take place. This annual event connects policymakers to researchers, entrepreneurs, and citizens to discuss and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe. The year’s focus will be on the start of the Horizon Europe programme, the key funding programme of €95.5 bn for research and innovation. As Europe recovers from the pandemic, cooperation and a strong European research area is vital. The Research and Innovation Days are a unique opportunity to discuss the way forward towards a green, digital, and

The European Commission invites members of the public, organisations, and stakeholders in the digital and public health sector to a consultation on the European health data space (EHDS). The access to, and exchange of, health data is vital to ensure the availability and affordability of health care and to support the creation of innovative solutions that make use of digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI). However, collecting and re-using health data is often challenging as it involves personal data. For this public consultation, the Commission particularly calls upon

The European Union has committed to ambitious climate and energy targets. To support these goals, the European Commission has allocated 20% of the EU budget track climate action, as part of a greater ambition to mitigate global warming and climate change. One of the main contributors to tracking climate action is the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund. Together these funds have already delivered €52.5 bn in EU budget investment in climate action the 2014-2020 period. To monitor climate action and the supporting major investments across the EU, the European

On 17 May, the Publications Office of the EU hosted their fourth webinar in the EU Datathon 2021 series. Andre Berends and Petar Parushev presented the Safety Gate data that can be used for all challenges of the EU Datathon 2021. Safety Gate is the European rapid alert system for non-food products that pose a risk to the health and safety of consumers. Unsafe products are identified by the European Commission Market Surveillance Authorities (MSAs) which creates alerts on the Safety Gate portal. These alerts are also sent to the OECD Global Recalls portal and data.europa.eu. Consumers are in

On 14 May, the EU Datathon 2021 hosted their third webinar featuring Eugeniu Costechi who presented the Euro-COVID19 dataset for Natural Language Processing (NLP). This dataset can be used for tackling all challenges of the EU Datathon. Eugeniu talked about the SemCovid project, funded by the Publications Office of the European Union. The project publicly provides the open-source code and the data to establish a semantic mapping of the EU and its Member States in responding to the pandemic. In doing so, the project aims to answer: “How do the COVID-19 measures compare between Member States and

On 12 May, the EU Datathon 2021 hosted their second webinar. Per Nymand-Andersen from the European Central Bank presented this dataset, which addresses challenge 2: ‘An economy that works for the people’. The EU Datathon is an annual open data competition open to data enthusiasts worldwide. To enter the competition, participants are invited to send ideas for applications that use open datasets and address one of three thematic challenges, aligned with the priorities of the European Commission. Challenge 2: ‘An economy that works for the people’ The EU’s unique social market economy enables

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sports and Culture (DG EAC) and the Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT) have opened the call for applications for the expert group on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data in education and training. AI is one of the key technologies of the 21st century and has been a basis for discussion related to the economy and society, including the field of education. AI has enormous potential in the field of education, for instance through intelligent tutoring systems

On 14 April, ASEDIE presented the 9th edition of its report on the Spanish infomediary sector in collaboration with the Spanish National Statistics Institute. ASEDIE is a multisectoral information association that brings together infomediary companies from different sectors to publish data and promote its use and re-use to create value-adding products. This report is part of an annual series running since 2013 and aims to demonstrate the size of the Spanish infomediary sector by analysing public sector data collected through various administrations from the previous 2 years. Thus, the edition

On 6 May, the EU Datathon 2021 hosted their first webinar on the Natura 2000 dataset. The dataset was presented by Brian Mac Sharry from the European Environment Agency and can be used for Challenge 1: “A European Green Deal”. The EU Datathon is an annual open data competition open to data enthusiasts worldwide. To enter the competition, participants are invited to send ideas for applications that use open datasets and address one of three thematic challenges, aligned with the priorities of the European Commission. Selected teams will have 19 weeks to turn their ideas into functional apps and