Premiering: Next Generation Democracy team (EU Datathon)

It's Thursday! Watch 📽 #5 of 'The teams behind the apps' of #EUdatathon. Today's team is Next Generation Democracy who are making an app called the 'European Politician Future Readiness Index'.

Data visualisation of ICT sector key figures of the last 20 years - EU and beyond

  

This Tableau-based online data visualisation builds on Joint Research Centre 2020 PREDICT Key Facts Report: a detailed analysis of the state ICT R&D activities in the European Union and 12 further economies worldwide, including China, India, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom and the United States among others.

The EU Datathon team behind Integrity Watch

Meet the duo 'Integrity Watch' team. They propose an app that integrates EU datasets on public procurement into the existing Integrity Watch platform and enables citizens, civic society, academia and journalists to monitor the integrity of EU institutions.

Premiering: Episode 4 of 'The teams behind the apps' of #EUdatathon 2020

Meet the team from Elaboro behind the app called 'Spendingreen', preselected for this year's #EUdatathon. The application, says the team, will help users understand the impact of actions taken to care for the environment throughout Europe.

SELFIE tool updated as schools prepare to reopen

 

With schools preparing to reopen across the EU, the European Commission's educational assistance tool, SELFIE (Self-reflection on Effective Learning by Fostering the use of Innovative Educational Technologies) has been updated to help schools make the most of digital technologies for teaching and learning.

The #EUDatathon team behind #geoFluxus

Meet the team behind the apps, and find out more about:

- How we define which economic sectors, materials, and locations need to be tackled to achieve the highest reductions in emissions,

- How enterprises compare their emissions with those of their competitors.

And more on the #EUdatathon finalist team geoFluxus.

EU Datathon: Discover the teams behind the apps

Discover our #EUdatathon 🏆 teams this year in a 12-part video series every Thursday starting TODAY: ’The teams behind the apps’. Today we spotlight the team 👨‍💻👩‍💻👨‍💻👩‍💻 ’2Think’ that are creating an app called ’Citizen Journey’. Meet the team and discover their project. Action 🎬!

A recovery plan for Europe that strives for a green and digital economy

The ‘Next Generation EU’ instrument of €750 billion, proposed by the European Commission, aims for a recovery that is sustainable, even, inclusive and fair for all EU countries.

European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience

It is time to make lifelong learning a reality all across Europe and unlock a skills revolution, leaving nobody behind.

Youth Employment Support: A bridge to jobs for the next generation

Young people deserve all possible opportunities to thrive in the green and digital transitions.

The 2020-2 Connecting Europe Facility Telecom call for proposals is now open

The 2020-2 Connecting Europe Facility Telecom call for proposals has opened today. The call makes €36 million available to stimulate and support the deployment of European Digital Service Infrastructures in the areas of Business Register Interconnection System, Cybersecurity, eArchiving, eHealth, eProcurement, European Digital Media Observatory, European Platform for Digital Skills & Jobs and Public Open Data.

CONNECT University - Media literacy in the digital age

The digital age and our continual online presence has escalated the problem of disinformation, both in spread and in speed, and consequently in its influence.

In the EU, we have strong data protection

EU data protection rules empower citizens and are fit for the digital age.

Have your say on the future of digital education in Europe!

The European Commission has opened a public consultation on the upcoming new Digital Education Action Plan.

Stories from the regions: remote school in Poland

With the support of the Cohesion Policy funds, the Remote School initiative was launched on April 1st 2020 by Poland’s Ministry of Digitalisation in response to difficulties of continued school education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Progress made in all EU countries towards a digital economy and society

The Digital Economy and Society Index monitors Europe's overall digital performance and EU countries’ digital competitiveness.

WiFi4EU: Apply now!

The WiFi4EU initiative promotes free Wi-Fi access in public spaces such as parks, squares, libraries, health centres and museums across Europe. Register your municipality now!

121 proposals later, 12 finalists emerge!

121 proposals later (phew!), see our 12 finalists for #EUdatathon 2020 🏆. Thanks to all 121 teams that took part! Keep following the #EUdatathon conversation 👨‍💻 👩‍💻 and share your apps with us if they use #EUopendata.

We have 12 finalists for EU Datathon 2020!

Congratulations to the 12 teams preselected for EU Datathon 2020, the EU open data competition! Now the real work begins for them to build an application in time for the European Week of Regions and Cities in October.

Over €26.6 million EU investment to connect Europe digitally thanks to #CEFTelecom

55 projects in the areas of Cybersecurity, eHealth, eProcurement, European e-Justice, Public Open Data and European Platform for Digital Skills and Jobs have been selected to receive co-funding by the European Union.