Digital Europe

programme

Le sinergie tra Horizon Europe e altri programmi europei

Firenze, 30 Ottobre 2019

Annalisa Bogliolo DG CNECT.D.1

DIGITAL IN MFF 2021-2027

More specifically to:

• Reinforce the EU’s digital capacities and our technology sovereignty(computing, data, cybersecurity, AI,..)

• Ensure their widest possible roll out and maximise their benefits

To all citizens and businesses including SMEs in all regions, in all sectors

• Prepare for, and lead the development of next generation technologies

• Build a world-leading connectivity infrastructure

• Support creators and ensure the widespread distribution of their works

Objective: ensure that Europe drives the digital

transformation of society and economy, bringing

benefits to all citizens and businesses

Cohesion Cohesion Cohesion Cohesion Cohesion

Agri. funds

Horizon

Europe

Digital

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Connecting

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Facility 2,0

Digital

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Horizon

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Digital

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Strategic capacities (Computing, data,..)

Research & Innovation Deployment

CommunicationInfrastructure,

Broadband, etc.Human capital

• Research

• InnovationHorizon Europe

• Strategic capacities ( Computing, data, testbeds,..)

• Advanced digital skills

• EU-Wide deploymentDigital Europe

•Broadband and 5G roll out•Connecting Communities

Connecting Europe Facilities

• Digital connectivity in white and grey areas

• Support to enterprises in line with Smart Specialisation

• Digital skills for all citizensCohesion

• Making use of Big Data for CAP monitoring

• Broadband rollout in rural areasAgriculture Funds

• Leverage private capital for investments in SME, research, digital, infrastructure, skills… InvestEU

Programmes are complementary

Funding programme focused on building the strategic digital capacities of the EU and

on facilitating the large scale deployment of digital technologies, to be used by

Europe's citizens and businesses

What? Why?Compete globally

• Other regions of the world invest huge amount of public

capital in advanced technologies. For example, the US and

China spend € 10-20 billion annually on AI alone

Achieve scale through collective co-investments

• Given the size of investments needed, scale required and

risks involved Europe needs to pool the resources together

Regain control over Europe’s value chains and ensure

Europe’s technological sovereignty

Better address Europe’s economic and societal challenges

• E.g. climate, health, mobility and public services

Ensure broad take-up of digital technologies across all

regions of EU

• In deploying latest technologies to offer best services to

citizens and business

Support SMEs to acquire/access latest technologies and

skills

• More than 400,000 EU vacancies in these fields

Digital Europe Programme

Where do we stand today?

Areas of public interest

Inadequate uptake of digital solutions

• Europe slow

in adopting and diffusing

digital innovations

• Adoption uneven

between Member States

• Solving the issue only at national level

likely lead to fragmented

approach due to different starting

points

• Public sector does not play its role of "first mover" in deploying latest

technologies to offer best services to citizens and business

Countries Size

of Danish companies

of Romanian companies

of computing companies

of metal products companies

of SMEs

of large enterprises

Highly digitised companies across Europe

53%

8%

56%

6%

20%

58%

Sector

European companies are not making the most

of all the opportunities digital has to offer

Where do we stand today?

Enterprises

Digital Europe Programme structure

Accelerating the best use of technologies

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Digital Innovation

Hubs

High-impact deployments

Widening best use of

digital technologies

High Performance Computing

Artificial Intelligence

Cybersecurity

Advanced Digital Skills

Building essential digital capacities

Advanced

Digital

Skills

Master courses

Short term

trainings

Job

placements

Platform for

Skills and Jobs

Artificial

Intelligence

EU-wide common

data spaces

Large Testing and

Experimentation

Facilities

Scaling up the

European AI

platform to access

tested AI

technologies

Cybersecurity

Deploy

competence

centres network

with MS

Cybersecurity

shield, quantum

communication

Certification

schemes

Cybersecurity

tools

High

Performance

Computing Procure exascale

machines

Upgrade existing

supercomputers,

Quantum computing

Make supercomputing

accessible throughout

Europe

Widen the use of

supercomputing

Application areas include, but are not limited

to, health, climate, environmental,

manufacturing, agriculture, energy,

financial and mobility

Accelerating the best use of technologies(i) Digital Innovation Hubs - EDIH

Help PA and SMEs locally in their digital transformation with easy access to technological know-how and testing facilities

• 50 % co-investmentwith Member States and Regions

• Structural Funds may be used for MS part

• Contribution can be in-kind or in-cash

• Can contribute to the delivery of ERFD PO1 Smart Europe even in the least digitised regions

Bringing the benefits of digital technologies to all SMEs and Public Administrations

Strong European network of DIH: one per region

DIH are the local interface to EU-wide digital expertise and capacities

Accelerating the best use of technologies(ii) Aiming for high-impact deployment

Deployments addressing climate and environment

Digital for Clean Planet

Clean, sustainable and smart Communities and Mobility

Agri-food

Deployments for modern public services

Digital transformation for better and sustainable Health and Care

Citizen-centric digital public services

Justice

Security

Digital Cultural Heritage

Technologies supporting deployment of digital services

Blockchain

Cloud Federation as a Service

Accelerating the best use of technologies(iii) Widening the best use of digital technologies

Building trust for the digital transformation

Language Technologies

Digital Transformation of Learning and Education

Research Development Deployment

H2020 ISA² CEF

PilotsDSI

Solutions

H-Europe

Mapping of ongoing programmes' activities

in the public service area

DEP

R&I projects

Synergies between Digital Europe and

shared management funds

• DEP & MSs / Regions (CP)

supporting the acceleration of

best use of these capacities

• MSs / Regions (CP) supporting further uptake and implementation of these capacities

• DEP & MSs / Regions

(supported by the Cohesion policy)

co-building the EU level essential

digital capacities

• EU level capacities (scope, know-how) supporting the CP goals;

• CP objectives – smart & innovative transformation 4. EU added

value working for the regions

1. Building the

capacities

2. Accelerating of their best

use

3. Further uptake in the

regions

Synergies between Digital Europe and

shared management: examples

DEP: development of these capacities

ERDF: technology transfer, diffusion of digital and other key enabling technologies, provision of key digital technologies such as AI or HPC (ERDF Policy objective 1, Specific objective 1.1: Enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies)

EU level digital

CAPACITIES in

supercomputing,

AI, cybersecurity

DEP: development of Master programmes, short-term specialised training courses, etc

ERDF: using the programmes to increase the S3-related skills in enterprises(ERDF Policy objective 1, Specific objective 1.4: Developing skills for smart specialization, industrial transition and entrepreneurship)

But also ESF for the more basic skills

Support for

advanced digital

SKILLS

Digital EuropeLarge data sets

AI tools

HPC for simulation

Digital EuropeReference site

hospitals

Skills

Digital Europehealth records in a

format for interchange

Horizon Europedigital solutions

for improved prevention, diagnosis, treatment

Horizon Europehealth and care

models

Connecting Europe Facility

5G Connectivity

CohesionAdaptation to local needs

Local take-up

An example of synergies among several programmes:

Health

digital transformation of the Health

sector is bringing:

• more personalised

medicine

• better prevention

• early detection

• faster and more precise

diagnostics and

therapies

• new health

and care models

Health and care of citizen improved and

less costly

ERDF angle: ICT uptake in SMEs, B2B, B2C, e-gov, e-inclusion, e-health, Innovation Hubs (ERDF Policy objective 1, Specific objective 1.2: Reaping the benefits of digitisation for

citizens, companies and governments)

European Digital Innovation Hubs provide technological expertise and

experimentation facilities to enable the digital transformation of the

industry and the public sector

• Typical participants:

• Research and Technology

Organisations, Technical Universities

• In collaboration with:

• Industry associations

• Clusters

• Enterprise Europe Network

• Accelerators/Incubators

• Innovation agencies

The most known example:

Digital Innovation Hubs

• Funding should be used for capacity building of a hub

• Grant, possibly through a lump sum for simplification

• Can cover investments in hardware and software, and people to

deliver services to stakeholders + some travel costs for cross-border

purposes

• 50 % co-funding with public funds from Member States and Regions,

ERDF may be used for MS part

• Contribution can be in-kind or in-cash

• DEP grant will be signed on the condition this contribution is

available

One grant for one hub, extendable up to 7 years

Geographically spread network of around 250 EDIHs.

SO1: High Performance Computing

SO2: ArtificialIntelligence

SO4: AdvancedDigital Skills

EDIH

Public administrations SMEs/Midcaps

European DIH Y Region B

Specialisation 2

Train the

TrainerRequest

specialised support

Networking,Transfer of

expertise

EDIH

EDIH

EDIH

EDIHEDIH

EDIH

EDIH

EDIHEDIH

European DIH Z Region C

Specialisation 3

European DIH X Region A

Specialisation 1

SO5: Deployment, best use of digital capacityand interoperability

SO3: Cybersecurity

and Trust

Supported by horizontal activities through a service contract• Guidance for

hubs• Community

building • Matchmaking• Impact

assessment

EDIH Role in Digital Europe ProgrammeEDIH Role in Digital Europe Programme

2 Step Selection Process for initial network

EC defines

criteria for EDIH

selection based

on

Input from

Member States

Basic Act

Financial

Regulation

Expression of

Interest by EC

directed to MSs

MS designate a

list of entities

that:

Fulfil the

criteria

Will get or

already got co-

investment

Based on open

and competitive

process

EC issues a restricted Call to

entities designated by MSs

Designated entities submit

proposals that are evaluated by the

Commission with the support of

external experts.

EC selects taking utmost account

of opinion of MS from those

proposals exceeding the pre-defined

quality threshold balancing

regional coverage

technology coverage

sector coverage

[Endorsement by MS committee]

For an ideal outcome, we need coordination during:

• The programming phase –

creating the programming documents (smart

specialisation strategies, partnership agreements,

operational programmes) having synergies in mind

• The implementation phase

Keep good contact between authorities implementing

the programmes.

Synergies with Cohesion: what to do?

Co-legislative state of play for Digital

Europe

Key steps:

• 6 June 2018 – Commission proposal for Digital Europe

• 13 February 2019 – preliminary political agreement at trilogue

• 13 March 2019 – Coreper endorsement

• 17 April 2019 – first reading vote in the European Parliament

Next steps:

• Autumn 2019 → ? – final agreement

• After overall budget agreement in Council, individual budget negotiations

• 2021 – Start of 2021-2027 MFF

Preparatory steps for implementation

• Draft Orientations – published in July 2019

• To define priorities for the first years of the next MFF

• Guide the preparation of the work programmes

• Laying the foundations for the remainder of the programme

• High-impact projects for capacity building or wider diffusion and uptake

• Stakeholder consultation

• Targeted consultation: 25 June – 25 October 2019

• Digital Excellence Forum @ ICT Proposers’ Day 2019: 19-20 September 2019

• Preparation of the first Work Programme for 2020

Indicative timeline

6 June 2019Commission proposal for

Digital Europe

Spring 2019Agreement

confirmed by the European

Parliament and the Council, excluding

budget-related issues.

25 July – 25 October 2019Stakeholder

consultation on Digital Europe.

Q1First draft work programmes

ready for consultation with Member

States

Q3 2020Work

programme ready

Q4 2020Publication of

first calls

Autumn 2019 – Summer 2020

MFF agreement including the

Digital Europe programme

Thank you !

#DigitalEurope

(2) Accelerating the best use of technologies(ii) Aiming for high-impact deployment

Deployments addressing climate and environment

Digital for Clean Planet Common and open environment data space

Energy efficient ICT

Carbon neutral ICT

Industrial pilots

Building trust for green digital products and services.

Clean, sustainable and smart communities and mobility Deployment of open cross-sectorial urban Digital Platforms and cross-border Mobility

as a Service solutions

Deployment of innovative smart city and smart mobility applications by SMEs and

start-ups

Establish world-reference testing and experimentation facilities (TEF) for smart cities

and smart mobility

Agri-food Develop/scale up large-scale reference experimentation and testing facilities

Ensure the link/collaboration between the network of specific agri-food hubs and the

network of European DIH

(2) Accelerating the best use of technologies(ii) Aiming for high-impact deployment

Deployments for modern public services (1)

Digital transformation for better and sustainable Health and Care

Interconnect repositories of different kinds of health and care data.

Deploy and expand eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure (eHDSI) and the

European EHR exchange format to improve the interoperability of health data

and information systems.

Maintain and expand the European Reference Network on rare, low

prevalence and complex diseases (ERNs)

Establish testing and experimentation platforms and reference centres for

health and care and identify DIH specialized in health and care.

Support Advanced Digital Skills for Health and Care professionals

(2) Accelerating the best use of technologies(ii) Aiming for high-impact deployment

Deployments for modern public services (continued)

Citizen-centric digital public services

Deployment of the Digital Transformation platform supporting the

full integration of selected existing CEF Telecom programme

Building Blocks, selected ISA2 actions and the European Data

Portal unified in the Digital Transformation Platform ecosystem

ensuring continuity.

Roll out of the once-only principle (OOP) infrastructure (under the

Single Digital Gateway Regulation and through implementation of

eCard for students and digital Know-Your-Customer for banking.

Implementation of the interoperability incubator for testing innovative

gov-tech services.

(2) Accelerating the best use of technologies(ii) Aiming for high-impact deployment

Deployments for modern public services (continued)

Justice Continue and expandestablished digital service infrastructures: the

Online Dispute Resolution system, the Business Registers Interconnection

Systems, and the eJustice portal.

Security Security data space and platform for training and testing

Industrial pilots

Digital Cultural heritage Europeana, the EU digital platform for cultural heritage

Supporting Digital Transformation of Cultural Heritage Institutions

(2) Accelerating the best use of technologies(ii) Aiming for high-impact deployment

Technologies supporting deployment of digital services

Blockchain

Deployment and enhancement of European Blockchain Services Infrastructure

and services of public interest (and possible integration in EBSI)

Cloud Federation as a Service

Deployment of a federation of pan-European clouds services of public and

economic nature.

(2) Accelerating the best use of technologies(iii) Widening the best use of digital technologies

Building trust for the digital transformation.

Safer internet for kids

Platform for combating disinformation

Language Technologies

Establishing industrial standards and access to relevant datasets

Support the EU language technology industry in developing and

deploying latest AI-based technologies in all EU languages

Digital Transformation of Learning and Education.

Supporting the digital transformation of schools