EU funded H2020 Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) project TIQUE has published a prior information notice (PIN). TIQUE aims to trigger new solutions to be developed and tested to improve treatment for patients with advanced heart failure and complex care needs through technology enabled integrated care solutions – thereby implementing a predictive, preventive, personalized and participatory model of health care services for patients with heart failure.
EU funded H2020 Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) project CAREMATRIX has just published a prior information notice, whereby it invites all interested market actors to participate in events that inform about the procurement objectives, process and the main contractual clauses. The events will take place online in November and December, and registration is open on the project’s website.
We are still far from having a full understanding of the dynamics through which information spreads across digital media. Social media have changed the way we access, produce and share information, transforming traditional mass media into a system of intertwined horizontal communication networks. The imagined free, equal worldwide network, promised at the dawn of the internet and social media age, has become a software-based cybersphere, driven by economic and geopolitical interests. This fact has significantly altered how contents are conveyed and spread,
exposing the media system to
This workshop explores how recent innovation can improve the vitality and sustainability of rural and remote communities - from health, education and digitalisation to mobility and agriculture.
Thanks to the European Regional Development Fund, Catalonia built a fibre backbone to connect over 400 government and local administration sites across the region. By offering the network’s extra capacity to the market, this ‘open network’ allows local operators to compete to use the infrastructure and deploy services to under-served rural areas. “We have generated an ecosystem of over 80 local operators to promote competence and competitiveness in these local areas with very high-quality services”, explains David Ferrer, Catalonian’s Secretary of Digital Policies, in this video interview.
In this video, Jouke Velstra, Director and Senior Consultant at Acacia Water, explains how the EU-funded ‘Farmers measure water’ project combines high-speed rural broadband and state-of-the-art sensors to help farmers and water authorities in the Netherlands to better manage water usage in the face of climate change. Through rapidly relaying data on soil moisture, temperature and salinity, farmers and water authorities work together to keep crops healthy, improve water and soil quality, and reduce water waste.
The 10th and final meeting of the Expert Group on Digital Cultural Heritage and Europeana (DCHE) took place as a virtual online meeting in the morning of 5 May 2021. The meeting presented and discussed policy, coordination and funding activities, as well as Member States' actions in response to COVID-19 and updates from Europeana..
Bavaria’s State aid scheme is bringing gigabit-capable infrastructure to businesses, households, hospitals, educational and public institutions, in more than 420 rural municipalities. The scheme aims to bring Bavaria’s overall high-speed broadband coverage to 99%, with gigabit access throughout Bavaria by 2025. For rural areas, State funding has improved coverage (of at least 30 Mbps) from 27% to over 92% in the last seven years, notes Bavarian State Minister for Finance and Regional Identity, Albert Füracker, in this video interview.
The European Commission has published the annual country reports from National Regulatory Authorities on compliance with the provisions on open internet for the fifth consecutive year.
Save the date to join online the second edition of the European Online Week of Active and Healthy Ageing. The event offers interactive workshops, discussions, plenary sessions, exhibitions and match-making activities, to share knowledge and showcase innovation at all levels in the active and healthy ageing sector.
