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The European Commission awarded prizes to Europe's most promising innovations that have emerged from EU-funded research and innovation projects.

Every day, more and more organisations are taking action to reduce the digital skills gap in Europe. The Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition has brought together 170 organisations who are taking specific actions towards increasing and equipping the digital skills of Europeans.

On 19 October, the Commission adopted its 2022 Work Programme, setting out the next steps in its bold and transformative agenda towards a post-COVID-19 Europe that is greener, fairer, more digital and more resilient. This Commission Work Programme contains 42 new policy initiatives across all six headline ambitions of President von der Leyen's Political Guidelines, building on her 2021 State of the Union speech. It also reflects the lessons learnt from the unprecedented crisis caused by the pandemic, while paying particular attention to our young generation thanks to the proposed European Year

The below case examples demonstrate the impacts on buyers and suppliers of public procurements of innovative solutions that were implemented across Europe.

The EU Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) published a quiz that focuses on the second theme of the European Cybersecurity Month (ECSM): “Cyber First Aid”. Players go through mock adventures with IT, testing their skills on everyday online actions, such as replying to an email, which could have hidden traps. After completing the quiz, players will learn about the risks and the traps to avoid. The aim of this game is to increase cyber hygiene among players, encouraging them to stay vigilant and #ThinkB4UClick.

The Commission has launched a public consultation on the rules on compensation for damage caused by defective products. A specific focus will be on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in products and services.

As part of the EU Flagship Quantum Technologies, researchers at the Institute for Experimental Physics of the University of Innsbruck, Austria, have built a prototype for a compact quantum computer.

The European Research Executive Agency (REA) manages numerous EU-funded Horizon 2020 projects that will help citizens, businesses, and other organisations feel safe and secure online.

The Commission launched this week an online consultation platform on the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC), allowing stakeholders to share their views and provide common proposals on the work ahead.

The Commission has launched a second call for proposals for the media ownership monitoring system, a project co-funded by the EU. This call will complement the coverage of the first ongoing pilot project and provide a country-based database on media ownership in the remaining 12 Member States not covered by the first edition.