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eDelivery pilot showcase – event highlights process of the eInvoice exchange between Ukraine and Poland

The EU4Digital Facility showcased its eDelivery pilot for the cross-border exchange of invoice data between Ukraine and Poland during a virtual event held on 9 December. The virtual showcase, held back to back with the 9 th eTrade Network Workshop, gathered more than 50 participants from Eastern...

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EU4Digital Initiative posted news 16 December 2020
EU4Digital to support high-tech start-ups through design of EaP DISC Capital Venture Fund and Guidebook for ICT Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Capacity Building

The EU4Digital Facility is working on the design of the EaP DISC (Digital Innovation and Scale-up Initiative) Capital Venture Fund to support high-tech start-ups in the Eastern partner countries. The EaP DISC Capital design and action plan have been initiated, based on the results of the earlier...

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EU4Digital Initiative posted news 16 December 2020
EU4Digital publishes recommendations on measurement and forecasting of digital skills gaps in Eastern partner countries

The EU4Digital Facility has published the ‘ Methodology for Measuring and Forecasting Digital Skills Gaps in Eastern partner countries ’. The Methodology contains a summary of current Eastern partner country digital skills gaps measurement and forecasting practices, and recommendations for the...

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EU4Digital Initiative posted news 16 December 2020
Regional Roaming Agreement: how roaming prices can fall in Eastern partner countries by almost 90%

Roaming prices in the Eastern partner countries are expected to fall by almost 90% by 2026, under a Regional Roaming Agreement currently being finalised with the support of EU4Digital. In February 2019, during the Third Eastern Partnership Ministerial Meeting on the Digital Economy, the six Eastern...

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EU4Digital Initiative posted news 16 December 2020
EU4Digital launches feasibility study on international roaming area between Eastern partner countries and the EU

The EU4Digital Facility has launched a feasibility study on establishing a common international roaming space between the Eastern partner countries and the EU Member States, to build on the expected signing of the Regional Roaming Agreement (RRA) among Eastern partner countries, which is also being...

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EU4Digital Initiative posted news 16 December 2020
EU4Digital Initiative Steering Committee Week: bridging distances through digital connections

The EU4Digital Steering Committee week kicked off on 5 October 2020, for a first day of online meetings that highlighted the EU’s digital policy agenda, and how it might be extended to the Eastern Partnership (EaP). Senior European Commission officials stressed the EU’s support for digital...

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EU4Digital Initiative posted news 16 December 2020
Introducing a new way of interoperable, secure and trusted electronic data exchange via eDelivery solution

What does information exchange without a digital delivery solution look like? Currently, when a company wants to send an invoice to an overseas partner, the invoice is issued in paper form due to the lack of standardisation. It means that the document is physically printed, signed and sent. In some...

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EU4Digital Initiative posted news 16 December 2020
EaPConnect kicks off second phase at EU4Digital Steering Committee

Past achievements and future goals of the EU-funded ‘EU4Digital: Connecting Research and Education Communities’ project, known as EaPConnect, were presented at a high-level meeting organised by the EU4Digital Facility on 5 October 2020, officially kicking off the second five-year phase of the...

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EU4Digital Initiative posted news 16 December 2020
Digital trust: the key role of EU4Digital in a pandemic and post-pandemic society

Pandemics have a profound effect on societies’ long-term development and on the human way of life. While the current COVID-19 pandemic is not the first in recent history, it is the first in the age of the digital economy, where most of our business models and value generation enterprises rely in...

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EU4Digital Initiative posted news 16 December 2020
EU4Digital campaign focuses on women in ICT

With the launch of a new activity to support women mentorship programmes in the tech sector in the Eastern partner countries, EU4Digital has carried out a campaign highlighting the project’s support for ICT Innovation, with a focus on the importance of promoting women in tech. The campaign, which...

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EU4Digital Initiative posted news 16 December 2020