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(BRUSSELS) – The EU Commission launched a set of calls Friday worth over EUR 176 million in the areas of artificial intelligence, data, cloud to edge infrastructure, deployment of digital public services and digital skills.
EUR 67.5 million is to be invested in projects which boost adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in Europe – including support for businesses and SMEs in preparation for compliance with the AI Act. Examples include an EU AI innovation accelerator, which will provide a range of services and tools to providers of AI systems, in particular to SMEs, to prepare for and facilitate compliance with the AI Act. Other investments include coordination at EU level for the AI regulatory sandboxes, and the establishment of Union Testing Facilities, to help Member States authorities in compliance verification of AI systems placed on the market.
74 million will be invested in data and data-related activities. This includes continued deployment of sectorial common data spaces, such as data space for skills, the Green Deal, agriculture, energy, manufacturing, and mobility.
Calls will also be launched to invest 4 million in advanced digital skills, with funding in the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform to help adults achieve basic digital skills, and a project on ‘girls and women in digital’ to feed better policy to achieve gender convergence in the ICT sector.
in respect of the digitisation of public services, this set of calls will contribute with 1 million to support a project on innovative and connected public administrations. This project will create a virtual environment where European public administrations can come together to test and develop interoperability solutions for access to digital public services, across EU borders.
The deadline for the calls is 29 May.
Further information: Digital Europe Programme – Funding & tender opportunities
Further calls for under the work programme for 2023-2024 will be published in the summer.
