Reports and Studies about Building a European data economy

This study presents a roadmap of the emerging technologies impacting the global electronic value chain. It also identifies the main emerging Micro-Nano Electronics (MNE), Smart Systems and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) technologies and forecasts their economic impact in short and midterm on the different end-user segments. It assesses which of these technologies are the most critical technologies for the EU and are therefore suggested to be supported by the European Commission and the follow-up Joint Undertaking in the context of Horizon Europe.

The public consultation on the European strategy for data ran from 19 February to 31 May 2020. This summary report takes stock of the contributions and presents preliminary trends that emerge from them, focusing on quantitative aspects.

The study provides facts and figures and a series of quantitative stories on data-driven innovation to underpin a range of targeted policy measures addressing the EU data economy. With the help of the study results, it has become easier to get a factual assessment of the huge socio-economic potential linked to the common European data space.

Since March 2020 eTranslation, the secure automated translation service provided by the European Commission is open to all European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) free-of-charge. Before opening eTranslation to European SMEs, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT) in collaboration with the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) conducted a consultation to better understand the SME interests, needs, usage and use cases for automated translation and language technologie

A consultation workshop with language technology (LT) stakeholders took place on 10 and 11 February 2020 in Brussels. The workshop gathered 50 representatives of the European LT community, mainly developers and providers of LT software and services but also LT users from different sectors for 1,5 days of intense discussions and team work.

On the 3rd and 4th of October 2019, the European Commission hosted a stakeholder consultation to prepare for the Horizon Europe programme. Around 50 experts from major European research centres, universities and industries specialising in Web Accessibility and Language Technologies gathered in Luxembourg to share their views and identify trends and challenges that may inform future Research and Innovation actions of the European Commission.

On the 3rd and 4th of October 2019, the European Commission hosted a stakeholder consultation to prepare for the Horizon Europe programme. Around 50 experts from major European research centres, universities and industries specialising in Web Accessibility and Language Technologies gathered in Luxembourg to share their views and identify trends and challenges that may inform future Research and Innovation actions of the European Commission.

Cities and communities around the world are looking for ways to harness innovative services and to make the digital transformation impactful for the public administration and the citizens. The guide to SynchroniCity is now offering support to set the foundations for a sustainable digital transformation – validated by 21 cities across Europe in a 3-year project and adopted by more than 150 member cities of the Open and Agile Smart Cities (OASC) network.

The present working paper summarizes selected findings of the macro-economic simulations conducted as part of the study "Shaping the digital transformation in Europe", which assess the potential impact of disruptive digital technologies on the economy and society in the EU and its member states. The study is carried out by McKinsey & Company on behalf of the Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect).

Experts from all over Europe but also from the US came together on 14 and 15 November 2019 in Brussels for the workshop “Open Source beyond 2020 – Powering a digital Europe”. During twelve different sessions they outlined the challenges which, in their view, should be tackled in the future by the European Commission.