Information and Communication Technologies in WP2020

Horizon 2020

Alessandro Barbagli

Head of Sector: ICT Committees & NCP

Research Strategy & Programme Coordination

DG CONNECT - European Commission

Horizon 2020After 5 years of implementation

Participation (June 2019)

over 24 500 grant agreements

with €42.8 billion EU contribution

€7.1 billion EU contribution went to SMEs

nearly 109 000 participations

€19 264 million risk finance for companies (primarily SMEs) under the EU finance for innovators scheme (InnovFin)

over 5 000 ERC Principal Investigators in host organisations with almost €8.8 billion EU contribution

over 45 000 fellows under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions with almost €4.3 billion EU contribution

Work Programme 2020 – Key Messages

The Work Programme 2020 will be the largest investment in

research and innovation under Horizon 2020 with a budget of

nearly €11 billion.

The Work Programme 2020 will support key EU policy

priorities, such as sustainability, plastics and AI, and

addressing main concerns of citizens and the three O's (Open

Science, Open Innovation, Open to the World)

The WP2020 shapes the future R&I landscape by preparing

the way for Horizon Europe

Excellent Science

Frontier Research (ERC)

Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Skills and career development (Marie Skłodowska-Curie)

Research Infrastructures

Societal Challenges

Health, demographic change and wellbeing

Food security, sustainable agriculture,and the bio-based economy

Secure, clean and efficient energy

Smart, green and integrated transport

Climate action, resource efficiency,and raw materials

Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies

Secure societies

Industrial Leadership

Leadership in enabling

and industrial technologies

ICT

Nanotech., Materials, Manuf. & Processing

Biotechnology

Space

Access to risk finance

Innovation in SMEs

ICT ICT

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ICT

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ICT in Industrial leadership

Excellent science

Industrial leadership

Societal challenges

Industrial Leadership - ICT

Call – Information and Communication technologies

• Artificial Intelligence and Technologies for Digitising European Industry and Economy

• European Data Infrastructures: HPC, Big data and Cloud technologies

• 5G

• Next Generation Internet (NGI)

• Cross-cutting activities

Call - Digitising and transforming European industry and services: digital innovation hubs and platforms

Call - Cybersecurity

Artificial Intelligence and Technologies for DigitisingEuropean Industry and Economy2020

• Cover wide range of ICT technologies including micro-electronics, cyberphysical systems, photonics and robotics. Systemic integration from smart integrated components to cyber-physical systems

• Complementary to the JU for Electronic Components and Systems (ECSEL JU)

• Organised in eight topics in 2020:

• ICT-46-2020: Robotics in Application Areas and Coordination & Support• ICT-47-2020: Research and Innovation boosting promising robotics applications• ICT-48-2020: Towards a vibrant European network of AI excellence centres• ICT-49-2020: Artificial Intelligence on demand platform• ICT-38-2020: Artificial intelligence for manufacturing• ICT-36-2020: Disruptive photonics technologies• ICT-37-2020: Advancing photonics technologies and application driven photonics

components and the innovation ecosystem• ICT-50-2020: Software Technologies

349,5M€

European Data Infrastructures2020

• Enable the creation of a world-class HPC/Big Data ecosystem

• Complementary to the work in the Excellent Science pillar under Research Infrastructures, FET and EuroHPC (on High Performance Computing)

• Develop competitive cloud solutions based on advanced platforms and services and cloud-based software and data application

• Organised in two topics in 2020:

• ICT-51-2020: Big Data technologies and extreme-scale analytics

• ICT-40-2020: Cloud Computing: towards a smart cloud computing continuum

51,5M€

5G 2020

• 5G cPPP targets validation of technologies and architectures in a system context and for multiple use cases

• 5G applied for Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM)

• 5G cPPP looking for Smart Connectivity beyond 5G

• Organised in four topics in 2020:

• ICT-52-2020: 5G PPP – Smart Connectivity beyond 5G• ICT-41-2020: 5G PPP – 5G innovations for verticals with third

party services• ICT-42-2020: 5G PPP – 5G core technologies innovation• ICT-53-2020: 5G PPP – 5G for Connected and Automated

Mobility (CAM)

183 M€

Next Generation Internet (NGI)2020

• Next generation technologies for the internet in 10-15 years based on European values such as openness, neutrality, cooperation, inclusion, transparency and protection of data and privacy.

• Organised in five topics:

• ICT-54-2020: Blockchain for the Next Generation Internet• ICT-55-2020: Interactive Technologies• ICT-56-2020: Next Generation Internet of Things• ICT-57-2020: An empowering, inclusive Next Generation Internet• ICT-44-2020: Next Generation Media

110 M€

Cross-cutting and international Cooperation activities2020

• Cross-cutting activities

• ICT-45-2020: Reinforcing European presence in international ICT standardisation: Standardisation Observatory and

Support Facility

• International Cooperation

• ICT-58-2020: International partnership building between European and African innovation hubs

15 M€

Enhancing the benefits from the Digital Single Market Strategy:

Foster uptake of digital technologies andinnovations & synergies with other keyenabling technologies through

• Cross-sectorial digital platforms andlarge scale pilots for co-creation with users(e.g. personalised health, ICT solutions foragriculture, automated driving, inclusivepublic services)

• Innovation hubs

Contributions from work programme parts ICT; Space; Industrial Technologies; Health; Food security and Bioeconomy; Energy; Transport; Societies

Focus Area 'Digitising and transforming European industry

and services' (DT)

€1.8 bn

Call - Digitising and transforming European industry and services: digital innovation hubs and platforms

2020

• Focus area implemented mainly through:

• Digital innovation hubs• Cross-sectorial and integrated digital platforms

• Organised in five topics in 2020:

• DT-ICT-03-2020: I4MS (phase 4) - uptake of digital game changers• DT-ICT-04-2020: Photonics Innovation Hubs• DT-ICT-05-2020: Big Data Innovation Hubs• DT-ICT-09-2020: Boost rural economies through cross-sector digital service

platforms• DT-ICT-12-2020: AI for the smart hospital of the future

190,5 M€

Focus Area 'Boosting the effectiveness of the Security

Union' (SU)

€1 bn

Assisting to implement the Security Union:

• Provide innovative security solutions with involvement of security practitioners

• Build a secure digital economy and infrastructures

• Understand phenomena such as violent radicalisation and develop effective policies

• React to and recover from natural and man-made disasters

Includes actions in 2020 addressing cybersecurity (ca. €116 million).

Contributions from work programme parts ICT; Space; Health; Energy; Societies; Security

Call Cybersecurity2020

• Focus area

• Combining contributions from LEIT-ICT, SC1 and SC7

• Grouping the main R&D&I activities in Cybersecurity, from enabling technologies to specific use cases

• Organised in one topic in 2020:

• SU-ICT-02-2020: Building blocks for resilience in evolving ICT systems

47 M€

Societal Challenges

1. Health, demographic change and wellbeing

2. Food security, sustainable agriculture, and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

3. Secure, clean and efficient energy

4. Smart, green and integrated transport

5. Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials

6. Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective societies

7. Secure societies – protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens

SC1 - Health, demographic change and wellbeing

• Digital transformation in Health and Care • SC1-DTH-02-2020: Personalised early risk prediction, prevention and intervention

based on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data technologies (€32M RIA)

• SC1-DTH-04-2020: International cooperation in smart living environments for ageing people (€8M RIA)

• SC1-DTH-06-2020: Accelerating the uptake of computer simulations for testing medicines and medical devices (€32M RIA)

• SC1-DTH-14-2020: Pre-commercial Procurement for Digital Health and Care Solutions (€9M PCP)

• SC1-HCC-06-2020: Coordination and Support to better data and secure cross-border digital infrastructures building on European capacities for genomics and personalised medicine (€4M CSA)

• SC1-HCC-07-2020: Support for European eHealth Interoperability roadmap for deployment (€3M CSA)

• SC1-HCC-08-2020: Scaling up innovation for active and healthy ageing (€2M CSA)

• SC1-HCC-09-2020: Supporting deployment of eHealth in low and lower middle income countries in Africa for better health outcomes (€2M CSA)

• Trusted digital solutions and Cybersecurity in Health and Care • DT-TDS-04-2020: AI for Genomics and Personalised Medicine (€35M RIA)

• DT-TDS-05-2020: AI for Health Imaging (€35M RIA)

SC6 - Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies

• Governance for the Future • DT-GOVERNANCE-05-2018-2019-2020: New forms of delivering public goods and

inclusive public services (€20M RIA)

• DT-GOVERNANCE-12-2019-2020: Pilot on using the European cloud infrastructure for public administrations (€10M IA)

• DT-GOVERNANCE-22-2020: Citizen-centric public services in local and regional administrations (€1.5M CSA)

• Socioeconomic and Cultural Transformations in the Context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

• DT-TRANSFORMATIONS-02-2018-2019-2020: Transformative impact of disruptive technologies in public services (€11M RIA)

• DT-TRANSFORMATIONS-12-2018-2020: Curation of digital assets and advanced digitisation (€13.5M RIA)

• DT-TRANSFORMATIONS-20-2020: European Competence Centre for the preservation and conservation of Monuments and Site (€3M CSA)

• DT-TRANSFORMATIONS-21-2020: Mentoring scheme for schools: mainstreaming innovation by spreading the advanced ICT-based teaching practices to a wide circle of schools (€2M CSA)

• DT-TRANSFORMATIONS-23-2020: To set up a digital accessibility observatory as a forum to take stock of market and technological developments, monitor progress in digital accessibility and provide opportunities for exchange of best practices (€1.5M CSA)

SC7 - Secure societies - Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens

• Protecting the infrastructure of Europe and the people in the European smart cities

• SU-INFRA01-2018-2019-2020: Prevention, detection, response and mitigation of combined physical and cyber threats to critical infrastructure in Europe (€20.7M IA)

• Artificial Intelligence and security: providing a balanced assessment of opportunities and challenges for Law Enforcement in Europe

• SU-AI01-2020: Developing a research roadmap regarding Artificial Intelligence in support of Law Enforcement (€1.5M CSA)

• SU-AI02-2020: Secure and resilient Artificial Intelligence technologies, tools and solutions in support of Law Enforcement and citizen protection, cybersecurity operations and prevention and protection against adversarial Artificial Intelligence (€17M IA)

• SU-AI03-2020: 2020: Human factors, and ethical, societal, legal and organisationalaspects of using Artificial Intelligence in support of Law Enforcement (€1.5M CSA)

• Digital Security Call• SU-DS02-2020: Intelligent security and privacy management (€18M IA + €20M RIA)

• SU-DS03-2019-2020: Digital security and privacy for citizens and Small and Medium Enterprises and Micro Enterprises (€10.8M IA)

• SU-DS04-2018-2020: Cybersecurity in the Electrical Power and Energy System (EPES): an armour against cyber and privacy attacks and data breaches (€20M IA)

ICT Proposers’ Day Web site: presentations and recordings: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/ict-proposers-day

Guide to ICT in WP2020:https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=61592

While benefiting from world–class

research and strong industries…

Our knowledge and skills are our main

resources.

7% of the world's population

20% of global R&D

1/3 of all high-quality scientific publications

…Europe fails to transform

leadership in science into

leadership in innovation

and entrepreneurship

1.3%

EU business

R&D

investment

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Invest EU

Research, innovation & digitisation

DIGITAL IN THE NEXT MFF: OVERVIEW

Digital Europe

Capacities & roll out

1. High Performance Computing (HPC)

2. Artificial Intelligence (AI)

3. Cybersecurity

4. Advanced digital skills

5. Digital transformation and

interoperability

Digital in Horizon Europe

R&D&I

1. Digital under "global challenges" • Digital and industry cluster

• Digital in other clusters - health,

mobility, energy, environment,..

2. Open Innovation

3. Research Infra under Open Science

Connecting Europe

Facility - Digital

Connectivity

• 5G roll out

• BB 4EU, Connecting communities

• Synergies with Transport /Energy

Creative Europe

MEDIA

European Regional Development

Fund/ Cohesion Fund

Horizon Europe

is the Commission proposal for a € 100 billion research and innovation

funding programme for seven years (2021-2027)

to strengthen the EU's scientific and technological bases

to boost Europe's innovation capacity, competitiveness

and jobs

to deliver on citizens' priorities and sustain our socio-

economic model and values

Additional € 4.1 billion are proposed to be allocated for defence

research, in a separate proposal for a European Defence Fund

Added value through Horizon Europe:

Benefits for

Europe

Trans-national collaboration, exchange and

networksCritical mass

to address global

challenges

Competitive funding

promoting excellence

Visibility for leading

research and innovation

Transnational mobility

Creating new market

opportunities

Strengthened European R&I

landscape

Attracting the best talents

Budget: €100 billion* (2021-2027)

€25.8

€52.7

€13.5

€2.1 €2.4

€ billionIn current prices

Open Science

Global Challenges &Ind. Competitiveness

Open Innovation

Strengthening ERA

Euratom

* This envelope includes EUR 3.5 billion allocated under the InvestEU Fund.

European leadership on Digital:

• Competitive key digital technologies

• Develop and retain edge know-how

• Increase digital supply choice

• Develop strategic “value-chains”

• Digital transformation: early uptake at pan-European level

• Addressing Global Development Goals (Health, Climate, …)

Impact:

• Societal benefits through digital transformation

• Competitiveness of European Industry across sectors

• European and Global policy priorities: jobs, health, climate

Horizon Europe programme• Support the creation and diffusion of high-quality knowledge• Strengthen the impact of R&I in supporting EU policies• Foster all forms of innovation and strengthen market deployment

What? Why?

• Key Digital Technologies

• Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

• Next Generation Internet

• Advanced Computing and Big Data

• Cybersecurity

Digital-centric R&I Intervention Areas

Clusters in 'Global Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness'

Clusters Areas of intervention

Health * Health throughout the life course * Environmental and social health

determinants

* Non-communicable and rare diseases * Infectious diseases

* Tools, technologies and digital * Health care systems

solutions for health and care

Inclusive and

Secure

Societies

* Democracy * Cultural heritage

* Social and economic transformations * Disaster-resilient societies

* Protection and Security * Cybersecurity

Digital and

Industry* Manufacturing technologies * Key digital technologies

* Advanced materials * Artificial intelligence and robotics

* Space * Advanced computing and Big Data

* Circular industries * Next generation internet

Climate,

Energy and

Mobility

* Climate science and solutions * Energy supply

* Energy systems and grids * Buildings and industrial facilities in energy

* Communities and cities transition

* Industrial competitiveness in transport * Clean transport and mobility

* Smart mobility * Energy storage

Food and

Natural

Resources

* Environmental observation * Biodiversity and natural capital

* Agriculture, forestry and rural areas * Sea and oceans

* Food systems * Bio-based innovation systems

* Circular systems

A mission is a portfolio of actions intended to achieve a

bold and inspirational as well as measurable goal within a

set timeframe, with impact for science and technology,

society and citizens that goes beyond individual actions

Mission Chairs and Boards and Mission Chairs nominated,

to propose concrete missions to be supported in the next-

MFF. Concept and mission proposals by end 2019/early

2020.

Strong Digital Component in all areas in particular:

• Health/Cancer

• Climate-Neutral and Smart-Cities

• Adaptation to Climate change including societal

transformation

New process to select partnerships for next MFF.

Strong involvement of Member States and industrial

stakeholders, leading to more strategic alignment supporting

public-private investment for European competitiveness.

Selection of partnerships by end 2019/early 2020.

Proposals for “digital-centric” partnerships on:

• Key Digital Technologies

• High-Performance Computing

• Smart Networks and Services

• AI, data and robotics

• Photonics

• Cybersecurity

Partnerships Missions

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

strategic autonomy

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

Difficult for SMEs to acquire/access latest technologies and skills

• More than 400,000 EU vacancies in these fields

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

facilitating the wide deployment of digital technologies, to be used by Europe's citizens and businesses

Why?What?

Accelerating the best use of technologiesEuropean Digital Innovation Hubs

• Set up of the initial network (first year)

• First network enlargement (second year)

Preparatory steps for implementation

• Purpose of Orientations

• 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: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/have-your-say-future-investment-europes-digital-economy

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

• Preparation of the first Work Programme for 2020

The von der Leyen Commission 2019-2024The Political Guidelines: A Union that strives for more

#EUstrivesformore #vdLcommission

Digital Communication

Margrethe Vestager

Europe fit for the

Digital Age

Frans Timmermans

European Green Deal

Margaritis Schinas

Protecting our European Way

of Life

Josep Borrell

A Stronger Europe in the World

Valdis Dombrovskis

An Economy that Works for People

Věra Jourová

Values and Transparency

Dubravka Šuica

Democracyand

Demography

Phil Hogan

Trade

Mariya Gabriel

Innovation and Youth

Jutta Urpilainen

International Partnerships

Kadri Simson

Energy

VirginijusSinkevičius

Environment and Oceans

Stella Kyriakides

Health

Sylvie Goulard

Internal Market

Paolo Gentiloni

Economy

Didier Reynders

Justice

Ylva Johansson

Home Affairs

JanuszWojciechowski

Agriculture

László Trócsányi

Neighbourhood and

Enlargement

Helena Dalli

Equality

Nicolas Schmit

Jobs

Rovana Plumb

Transport

Janez Lenarčič

Crisis Management

Elisa Ferreira

Cohesion and Reforms

Johannes Hahn

Budget and Administration

Maroš Šefčovič

InterinstitutionalRelations

and Foresight

Ursula von der Leyen

President

A Commission founded on the six ambitions in the Political Guidelines

DIGITAL

Internal Market

PEOPLELEVEL-PLAYING

FIELDINDUSTRY

A Europe fit for the Digital Age

• Artificial Intelligence

• Digital Services Act

• Data • Standards

• Digital Education Action Plan

• Labour conditions for platform workers

• Human and ethical approach

• Digital taxation• Public

Procurement• Competition

• Research and Innovation

• Industrial Strategy

• SMEs Strategy • Defence and

Space

International Partnerships

Crisis Management

Health

Trade

Economy

Innovation and Youth

Neighbourhood and

Enlargement

Equality

Energy

Agriculture

Home Affairs

TransportJustice

Internal Market

Environment and Oceans

JobsCohesion and

Reforms

Protecting our European Way of Life

A Stronger Europe in the

World

Values and Transparency

Democracy and

Demography

InterinstitutionalRelations and

Foresight

Budget and Administratio

n

An Economy that Works for

People

European Green Deal

Margrethe Vestager

Europe fit for the

Digital Age

Thank you !

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-europe

#DigitalEurope

Overview of 2021-2022 orientations

• Building essential digital capacities

• World leading computing and data handling capacities

• Artificial Intelligence – exploiting the potential of data and putting AI to work

• Cybersecurity and trust – creating a cyber shield for europe

• Advanced digital skills – equipping ourselves for tomorrow’s challenges

• Accelerating the best use of technologies

• Digital Innovation Hubs

• Aiming for high-impact deployment

• Widening the best use of digital technologies

(1) Building essential digital capacities

• High Performance Computing Acquire exascale and new petascale machines while

upgrading existing supercomputers

Develop European access to supercomputers and federate

European HPC and data resources

Widen the use of HPC and applying it across sectors

• Artificial Intelligence Establish EU-wide common data spaces

Develop Large-scale Testing and Experimentation Facilities

Scale up the European AI platform

• Cybersecurity Key capacity building: the cybersecurity shield

Accelerate cybersecurity certification

Widen the deployment of cybersecurity tools

Support the NIS Directive implementation

(1) Building essential digital capacities (cont.)

• Advanced Digital Skills

Develop Master’s programmes or modules in key capacity

areas

Develop short term training courses in key capacity areas

Support job placements in key capacity areas

Maintaining and populating the platform for Skills and Jobs

(2) Accelerating the best use of technologies(i) European Digital Innovation Hubs

• Set up of the initial network (first year)

• First network enlargement (second year)

(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

Governance

• Expert Group:

• Objectives: to provide advice and expertise to the Commission in

the preparation of orientations prior to the drawing-up of the

annual or multiannual work programmes of the Digital Europe

programme and in the early preparation of the annual and

multiannual work programmes.

• Composition: Member States representatives

• 2nd meeting end of November

• Meetings in 2020 depend on the progress in MFF negotiations

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.

Autumn 2019Full inter-

institutional agreement

expected on the Digital

Europe programme.

Jan 2020First draft

work programmes

ready for consultation with Member

States

Q3 2020Work

programmes adoption

Q4 2020Publication of

first calls