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🦉 🔎 Meet E-GOV OWL: our new project aimed to overview and discuss digital transformation in Central Eastern Europe! 🔵 In this issue, we explore the digital transformation journeys of 11 EU Member States in Central Eastern Europe, highlighting the most important institutional and legislative changes over the recent year. Why did we launch this initiative? 👉 We believe in fast, brave digital transformation journeys that are focused on tangibly improving citizens’ lives while cutting red tape whenever possible. 👉 Digital transformation should not mean merely digitizing old and rigid bureaucracy. Instead, countries should seize digital transformation as an opportunity to simplify processes for both citizens and public service - offline and online. 👉 We support a rules-based international order and believe digital transformation should not compromise security by relying on high-risk vendors. 👉 Democratizing the digital agenda debate is important. We firmly believe that knowledge exchange should be more inclusive and accessible. 👉 Despite past successes, many Central Eastern European countries lag behind the European Union average in various digital transformation parameters—and learning from each other’s experiences is key. 👉CEE's digital transformation experience is easily applicable in other regions of the world. Therefore, good (and bad) practices in digital transformation should be shared freely. 🔴 Click the link in the comments to find the report & support us by subscribing to our newsletter!🔴

🎊 On 12 September 20224, the Dauphine Governance and Regulation Chair and Gaia-X Institute co-hosted the conference “Data-sharing in Europe: The Implementation Challenge.” The event explored the next steps in developing #dataecosystems in Europe following the enactment of the Digital Act and Digital Governance Acts. The conference featured four panels covering topics such as #datasharing economics, business models of data-sharing orchestrators, automated compliance challenges, and public policy insights. The conference highlighted the importance of collaboration among stakeholders to enhance data-sharing frameworks. 📽️ The video recording of the event is now available. Watch the full conference here: ↩️ https://lnkd.in/ey_edwXp https://lnkd.in/eDxHrkkh  Chaire Gouvernance et Régulation, Jakob Rehof Boris Otto (TU Dortmund University, Fraunhofer ISST), Hubert Tardieu, Pierre Gronlier (Gaia-X Association for Data and Cloud (AISBL)), Joelle Toledano (Conseil national du numérique (CNNum)), Yvo Volman (European Commission), Lucas Eustache (Chaire Gouvernance et Régulation), Oliver Ganser (Catena-X Sébastien PICARDAT (Agdatahub), Laure de La Raudiere (Arcep), Frederic Sutter (Airbus), Thierry DESFORGES (FNSEA), Mario Campolargo (Former Portuguese Secretary of state for Digitalisation and Administrative Modernization),Pierrick le Masne (Accor), Laurent Lafaye (Dawex - Data Exchange Technology ), Simonnin Catherine (Orange Business), Thorsten Fülling (SupplyOn), Antoine Kubiak (Microsoft), Sven Löffler (T-Systems International), Marie-Claude Charles (Groupe Caisse des Dépôts), Fondation Dauphine, Université Paris Dauphine - PSL, Eric Brousseau, Olga HEIN #governance #regulation #data #datasharing #europe

Yesterday, the European Commission announced that the Interoperable Europe Act has officially become part of the EU's legal order. ⚖️ This paves the way to a new European era where public administrations in the EU will fundamentally level-up their public sector interoperability. WESTPOLE will continue to contribute to this adventure by helping institutions and public bodies to boost interoperability through adequate organization, resources and process. ⚙️ As for tooling, we remain convinced that data virtualization is a key accelerator for federating data and technologies to provide citizens with understandable, trustable and accessible info. We will support DIGIT future data virtualization projects with Denodo. 💪

🚨 Open call alert! The European Data Space for Smart Communities project is launching Open Calls for Pilots to validate an EU-wide cross-sectorial data space in practice, and to advance its development and implementation to support policy priorities of cities and communities within the European Union. Why apply? You can expect to: 🔹 Be placed in a forefront of innovative #smartcity development in Europe 🔹 Enter into an expansive network of European cities, experts, and policymakers 🔹 Be recognized as leading examples of #sustainable and smart urban development; 🔹 Receive support and guidance in aligning with the DS4SSCC blueprint and integrating with broader European data ecosystems 🔹 Directly contribute to the shaping of #Europe's green and digital future. 🔗 You can find more information on application and eligibility here: https://ow.ly/qyoP50RHWzU

China aims for over 100 trusted data spaces by 2028. Including cross-border Data Spaces. A great opportunity for R&D and Pilots ! https://lnkd.in/dzQ3NVy6 International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) Reinhold E. Achatz Lars Nagel Thorsten Huelsmann FhG ISST Fraunhofer-Institut für Software und Systemtechnik Boris Otto Ernst Stöckl-Pukall Liang Chen Götz-Philip Brasche

Emma Fryer, Director of Public Policy, Europe at CyrusOne, shared her expert insights on the evolving landscape of the data center industry and the critical role public policy will play in shaping its future. 🌎 With data centers now designated as Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) in the UK, Emma highlighted how this recognition will lead to better coordination, increased investment, and stronger resilience in the sector. The conversation highlights: • Challenges the data center industry faces in today's fast-changing environment • The importance of policy alignment for sustainable growth • Emerging trends shaping the European market in 2025 and beyond We're proud to be at the forefront of these important conversations, ensuring our industry not only meets today's demands but builds a more resilient, sustainable future. 🎥Watch the full interview for more insights: https://lnkd.in/dJjK6h-A

I was surprised that some customers have 500-600 ms network delay from Southeast Asia to Europe storage data centers. And the speed is about a little over 1Mbps, which is literally unusable. It seems for Europe storage providers, an accelerated data transfer solution is a must, not an optional if Asian market is continuously growing in considering that Asian families are enjoying more family photos and videos, and Asian young men are getting more creative at media works, especially Southeast Asia. We will probably see a bigger boom of creative content in Southeast Asia in the following decade.

🌐 For all countries, getting the best out of data will depend on good relationships with other governments and technology companies, plus an ability to shape the emerging landscape of global rules and norms. In a new blog for the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, Claire Melamed writes that the upcoming reviews launched by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office offer a chance for the UK to work collaboratively to drive global policy and progress on data and technology. 🔗 Read it here: https://buff.ly/3BjfXwX

Common European Data Spaces are currently being developed in the EU across 14 sectors. To make this possible, standardisation and harmomisation are essential. Several initiatives, the CoE-DSC being one of them, aim to contribute to this. CEDAR EU also wants to contribute to Common European Data Spaces. CEDAR aims to create high-value datasets to enhance and combine the existing Common European Data Spaces (CEDS) and develop solutions for a more transparent public governance in Europe. CEDAR will identify, collect, fuse, harmonise, protect, and share new high-quality datasets. The project also aims to harmonise and standardise different public and private data sources into new unified datasets. Furthermore, it seeks to enable fair and secure data access to these datasets and integrate them with Common European Data Spaces available in Europe🔐 Read more at Innovation News Network: https://ow.ly/atgl50SSQl8 #data #datasharing #dataspace #publicgovernance

CEDAR will develop methods, tools, guidelines for automated #Digitalisation of data sources existing in public administration’s, in the framework of the fight against #corruption and fraudulent activities, with a view to align with the EU strategic priorities on digitalisation, economy and democracy. 🚀 3 Key Drivers to push CEDAR EU activity to further increase transparency and accountability of Public Governance in Europe: 1️⃣ The need for high-quality, high-value, analytics-ready, and open data for transparent #PublicGovernance; 2️⃣ The need for #DataManagement technologies that address complex and evolving needs of data and users; 3️⃣ The need for speeding up and promoting the use of innovative data-driven approaches for tackling challenges with great impact on the European economy, stability, prosperity, and #sovereignty. Stay in the loop and subscribe to our newsletter to receive all the latest updates, event news, and opportunities to be involved. You can Register now at the following link: 📬 https://lnkd.in/e2NQk7WG Do not forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel ⤵ 🎬 https://lnkd.in/dingfvMy Find out more on CEDAR EU 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dJcV4is6 Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH) | The Lisbon Council | EU Science, Research and Innovation | EU Digital & Tech | European Research Executive Agency (REA)