Specific Objective 5

Deployment: accelerating best use of technologies

About this programme

About the programme

The roll-out and best use of digital capacities focuses on priority areas such as the Green Deal, support to SMEs and public authorities in their digital transformation and will also provide resources to those activities started in previous programmes, for which the continuations of funding is essential not to disrupt the services provided.

Areas of activities include:

The deployment and enhancement of the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI) set up in the context of CEF Telecommunications Programme (2014-2020), deployment of use cases as well as a regulatory sandbox for Blockchain standardisation.
The deployment of public services, including the digitalisation of governments and public administrations, focusing on preparing a European Identity and Trust Ecosystem, leveraging public procurement for digitalisation and innovation, enhancing the interoperability of public services, and the digital transformation of justice.
Confidence in digital transformation, including initiatives to make the internet a safer environment for children, addressing disinformation in the media, and accelerating energy transition.

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Marie Timmermann

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2024-12-09 Digital, Industry & Space AI, data & cloud Deployment: Best use of technologies

Looking for Virtual World - Metaverse - Extended Reality Initiatives

The OpenVerse project aims at integrating knowledge, experts and actors around the creation of inclusive, open and ethically responsible European Virtual Worlds. This is done in alignment with the European Commission’s strategy on Web 4.0 and Virtual Worlds. As part its work, OpenVerse is conducting a landscaping exercise of initiatives... read more

2024-11-28 Deployment: Best use of technologies

Applications open: third cohort of the European Blockchain Sandbox

The European Blockchain Sandbox has opened its third round of calls for innovative use cases involving Distributed Ledger Technologies. Public entities and private sector companies in the European Economic Area, including start up and scale-ups, can now apply for the third cohort of the European Blockchain Sandbox with innovative use case proj... read more

2024-11-20 Deployment: Best use of technologies

Procurement: Better Internet for Kids (BIK) Platform – EU Coordination

The European Commission (DG CONNECT) has launched the following procurement procedure: Better Internet for Kids (BIK) Platform – EU Coordination (EC-CNECT/LUX/2024/OP/0097) The EU-funded Better Internet for Kids portal (at https://better-internet-for-kids.europa.eu) and the associated coordination tasks are the main subject of th... read more

2024-11-04 Digital, Industry & Space Cybersecurity Deployment: Best use of technologies

CEF-Digital calls are now open

€ 323 million is available for co-funding the deployment of digital connectivity infrastructures. 5G Large scale pilots (large scale 5G stand-alone infrastructure), with a budget of €105 million. Backbone connectivity for Digital Global Gateways (mainly submarine and terrestrial cables), with €128 million for studies and works.... read more

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Digital, Industry & Space AI, data & cloud Deployment: Best use of technologies

BDTI Pilot Showcase: Presenting data-driven solutions in action

JAN

Wed

The BDTI Project Showcase is an online event that aims to spotlight innovative data-driven pilot projects in the public sector. This showcase will feature presentations from project managers who have leveraged the Big Data Test Infrastructure (BDTI) to tackle key challenges and deliver impactful results. Attendees will gain insights into how data s... read more

Health Digital, Industry & Space Climate, Energy, Mobility AI, data & cloud Deployment: Best use of technologies

Towards sustainability and healthy living with the use of AI and other digi...

FEB

Tue

The Lithuanian RDI Liaison Office in Brussels (LINO) and Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) are organising an event to explore how research, AI, and digital technologies can address global challenges in sustainability and health. Highlights include discussions on AI-driven innovations, tools for early disease detection, and technologie... read more

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Testimonial

Avia-GIS - Software Technologies for a Healthier World

Avia-GIS is a Belgian innovative SME established in 2001. They have built research and public authority trust over the past 19 years and developed a unique, disruptive software suite - VECMAP® - that supports society to overcome one of its important health threats, the spreading of Pests of Public Health importance.

With the help of a Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Phase 2 project, they will be able to add Integrated Pest Management functionalities and go to the market. With the grant, that was an essential component of their second investment round, Avia-GIS aims at raising its revenue from the current 2 M€ to 14.2 M€ in 2024, and increase the headcount from 15 to 58.

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