EU and US sign an Administrative Arrangement on Artificial Intelligence and computing to address global challenges for the public good in the fields of climate change, natural disasters, healthcare, energy and agriculture.

The energy agency of the Basque region (EVE) invites interested suppliers to submit offers for their pre-commercial procurement that aims to accelerate the development of air turbine technologies for the wave energy sector needs and in particular EVE's Mutriku Plant.

ADIF, the Spanish national railway company, invites interested suppliers to submit offers to their new pre-commercial procurement that aims to develop and test innovative trainsets that can automatically adapt to train tracks with varying widths.

To make the EU the place where AI excellence thrives from the lab to the market, the European Union is setting up world-class Testing and Experimentation Facilities (TEFs) for AI.

Following the first call for proposals of the Connecting Europe Facility Programme – Digital (CEF Digital), 15 projects were awarded EU funding to accelerate the deployment of 5G connectivity infrastructures along the main transport paths throughout Europe.

The latest study of the European Joint Research Centre (JRC) introduces the exploratory concept of ‘lonely places’ in Europe. As explained in this video interview, such places present a vulnerability in terms of insufficient local endowment, accessibility or connectivity.

The European Commission transmitted the evaluation report presenting the results of the final evaluation of the Active and Assisted Living research and development programme - AAL2 - to the European Parliament and the Council.

The Commission has completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the above-mentioned call and informed applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.

The OECD Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting brought together ministers, policy makers, business and civil society representatives from nearly 40 countries in Gran Canaria, Spain, on 14 and 15 December.