The Procurement Workshop of the “Support Services for EU Smart Communities” project is taking place on Tuesday 27th May from 10:30 to 12:30!

Een digitale trainingssessie 

Op 2 april organiseerde de Smart Region Office samen met de Brussels en Waalse collega’s een Slimme Regio partnerdag. Op deze halve dag ging het over digitale transformatie bij het lokaal bestuur en de regionale overheid, vanuit een Europees perspectief.

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The European Commission is organising an online Brokerage Event to facilitate participation in the upcoming calls related to Virtual Worlds under the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2025. The adoption of the work programme and the launch of the first calls for proposals are expected by mid-May 2025. 

This event will provide:

Save the date!

On 22 May 2025 at 11.00-16.00 CEST, the ECON Commission of the European Committee of the Regions will organise the first Digital Participatory Forum in synergy with a DG Connect info day on a new funding programme for GenAI projects in public administration.

The European Commission recently launched an initiative to increase digitalisation awareness and readiness of EU communities, which aims to support all cities and regions that are in their digital transformation process, providing resources, best practices and training for the development of digitalisation strategies.

Focus of the webinar

Procurement of digital solutions, services and applications is essential for public administrations as it enables them to leverage technology to improve public services, enhance efficiency, and address complex societal challenges. By fostering innovation through procurement, cities and governments can facilitate their smart, sustainable and human-centred transformation.

In May 2024, the EU agreed on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum that is set to govern the EU's approach to managing migration and aims to set up a common European asylum system. According to the New Pact, technology plays a central role in implementing migration policies, especially when it comes to the control of border and migration movements. Technological solutions aim to enhance control and reduce irregular immigration.

Context

As recently emerged in a series of interviews with Living-in.EU signatories published by Eurocities, to ensure participation of local and regional authorities in European funding programmes, more direct and innovative sources of funding are needed.