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The Estonian Presidency of the Council is organising the Ministerial eGovernment Conference to discuss how to boost e-governance development and cooperation in Europe. The concrete goal of the conference is to sign the Tallinn Declaration on eGovernment.

The Commission has just published results of the public consultation related to the review of Guidelines on market analysis and significant market power (SMP Guidelines).

Monitoring of water quality and aquatic ecosystems is crucial to protect fragile ecosystems. With EU funding, innovative sub-aquatic and bio-inspired robots have been designed to protect flora and fauna, and monitor the impact of industry and tourism in Venice's fragile underwater world.

The Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, in close cooperation with the Commission, organised in Tallinn on 5 October 2017 the second Eastern Partnership Ministerial Meeting on Digital Economy. During the meeting, the Ministers adopted a declaration on digital economy between the EU and the 6 Eastern Partnership countries. The declaration includes a commitment of all parties to deepen their cooperation in six areas: electronic communications and infrastructure, trust and security, eTrade, digital skills, ICT innovation, startup ecosystems and eHealth.

For the first time the Startups pitch was transformed into an art gallery where enthusiast discovered Startups and new European talents. Startups can benefit from a new showcase through art. This series of events was inaugurated in Brussels on 28 September 2017, along with the launch of Startup Europe News.

Have you detected recently illegal content online and asked the online platform hosting it to remove it? Are you a hosting service provider? The European Commission invites you to contribute to the study launched to monitor how effectively illegal content is taken down online and to inform the need for further intervention.

This conference will bring together experts in cybercrime and digital security, plus leaders in ICT and representatives from transport and railway companies. They will discuss the threats and set out a vision for safer, more secure digital communications and data networks in the transport industry.

The European Commission has launched a new Horizon Prize: "Seamless authentication for all". EUR 4 million is available for inventing secure, privacy-friendly and affordable authentication methods for smart objects available to everyone.

15 pre-commercial procurements (PCPs) have started in Lithuania following last year's first call of the government's PCP support program. The support program is co-financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds. A second call was launched this year to invite Lithuanian public procurers to submit fresh ideas for new PCP projects.

The first call of Flanders region's innovation procurement support program approved the support to 12 new Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) and Public Procurement of Innovation Solutions (PPI) projects. Because of the success of the first call, a second call is opened until 1 December 2017, and Flemish public procurers can submit again new ideas where innovation procurements can modernize the Flemish public sector.