- Posted 01-Jul-2020
The Commission’s European Innovation Council awards €5 million to blockchain solutions for social innovations
The European Innovation Council (EIC) Prize on Blockchains for Social Good has awarded €5 million to six winners selected in a call to identify scalable, deployable and high-impact blockchain solutions for societal challenges.
- Posted 01-Jul-2020
€60 million for innovators awarded under EIT Crisis Response Initiative
Almost 1 500 innovators from 44 countries applied for the EIT’s EUR 60 million Crisis Response Initiative. The funds have now been unlocked by the EIT Governing Board to ensure critical support swiftly reaches entrepreneurs.
- Posted 29-Jun-2020
EU Cybersecurity: A newly-formed stakeholders group will work on the cybersecurity certification framework
The Commission and the European Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) have announced the creation of the Stakeholders Cybersecurity Certification Group (SCCG), which will advise them on strategic issues regarding cybersecurity certification, while at the same time it will assist the Commission in the preparation of the Union rolling work programme.
- Posted 29-Jun-2020
Commission launches public consultation on digital access to European cultural heritage
The Commission has opened a public consultation on the opportunities offered by digital technologies for the cultural heritage sector. Stakeholders and all interested people are invited to provide feedback on the Recommendation of 2011 on digitising cultural material and digital preservation. The aim of the consultation is to propose a more appropriate policy instrument to support the digital transformation of cultural heritage.
- Posted 29-Jun-2020
Commission publishes EU Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online continues to deliver results
The European Commission released the results of its fifth evaluation of the 2016 Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online. The results are overall positive with IT companies assessing 90% of flagged content within 24 hours and removing 71% of the content deemed to be illegal hate speech.