Digital transition is a key to Europe’s future prosperity and resilience. As part of the next long-term EU budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework, the Commission has proposed the Digital Europe programme, the EU’s programme to accelerate the recovery and drive the digital transformation of Europe.
To ensure the development beyond 2020 of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), the open and trusted environment for accessing and managing research data and related services, the EOSC interim Governance has been working to establish a European Partnership under the Horizon Europe programme. The draft EOSC European partnership proposal has now been published.
According to the World Health Organisation, over 422 million people have diabetes. Many regulate their condition by administering insulin several times a day, either by injection or insulin pump. An EU-funded project, PEPPER, offers hope to such people. PEPPER’s team of computer scientists, engineers, clinicians and industry leaders is exploring how unobtrusive wearable technology, together with artificial intelligence and mathematical modelling, can offer freedom from daily decision-making.
The Commission has launched a public consultation on the Digital Services Act, a landmark package announced by President von der Leyen in her political guidelines and in the Commission's Communication “Shaping Europe's Digital Future” of 19 February.
In this interview, Piotr Całbecki (PL/EPP), President of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region, answers five questions related to water management in the context of the COVID-19 and unabated global warming.