EU Initiatives

This section gives details on European Computing and Funding landscapes.

Background

The European Union (EU) official-site is a political and economic union of 27 member states on the continent of Europe.

The European Commission (EC) official-site is an executive body of the EU, which is divided into departments or ministries known as Directorates-General (DGs).

Directorates General

DG CONNECT

The Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) is a department with a mandate to ‘develop and implement policies to make Europe fit for the digital age’.

DG CONNECT is structured as shown here.

DG RTD

The Directorate General for Research and Innovation

Policies

Previous

• Innovation Union

Current

Open Science

DG RTD Position document

Open Science is a current priority for EU computing and funding - making access to EU supported research outputs more accessible to fellow researchers, industry and the general public.

Digital Strategies:

• European Data Act

• European Data Governance Act

• https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en

• Europe’s Digital Decade

• European Data Strategy: https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/european-data-strategy_en

Funding Mechanisms

EU project funding mechanisms are detailed here.

E-Infrastructure

E-infrastructures are collections of European compute resources to support Open Science.