#ConnectingEurope

Hello,

Welcome to the latest edition of the CEF Building Blocks Bulletin.

Yesterday, European Commission President von der Leyen stated that “the European budget will be the mothership of Europe’s recovery”, referencing Europe’s current collective response of €3 trillion – the most impressive crisis response in the world.

But closer to home, all of us want to help our economy and society resist the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Next week's #EUvsVirus hackathon is a chance for us all to do just that. This hackathon will address around 20 imminent coronavirus challenges to be quickly tackled across the EU (such as fast production of equipment, scaling up production capabilities, knowledge and solutions transfer from one country to another).

Tomorrow is the legal deadline for the adoption of eInvoicing at the sub-central level. We would would like to thank all those who have - and are - building innovative, cross-border eInvoicing projects and so contributed to the creation of a European Digital Single market.

Do you have a story to tell us about how you are Connecting Europe? Just reply to this email!

Kind regards,

The CEF Digital team

Success Stories / Policy

Join #EUvsVirus Hackathon

The #EUvsVirus Hackathon will take place on 24, 25 and 26 April and address approximately 20 imminent coronavirus challenges.

eInvoicing reaches Europe's regional and local levels

Tomorrow is the deadline for implementing eInvoicing at the sub-central level. The Commission would like to thank all the stakeholders who actively participated in the adoption of eInvoicing and the implementation of the standard in European public procurement.

€4m in 2020 CEF funding for multilingual online services - including SMEs

The Commission is committed to protecting linguistic diversity, while making the EU more integrated and connected. The CEF eTranslation Building Block is making this possible in a way previously unimaginable.

Technical update

Change Requests to the European standard on eInvoicing through CEN

Requests for Change to the European standard should be addressed directly through the procedure set out by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN).

Events

CEF Context Broker Webinar for Smart Cities, 23/04

Learn how Context Broker manages real-time data and benefits Smart Cities. We’ll also present 3 applications that fully comply with EU standards – and think about how to address COVID-19.

CEF eArchiving Webinar: Preserving digital geospatial records, 23/04

This interactive, live webinar is a chance for you to learn about geospatial data and its role in organisations.

Recording: 2020-1 CEF Telecom call Virtual Info Day

Don't panic if you missed INEA's virtual info day on the current CEF call for proposals. The videos are online. This call offers support for eTranslation (€4 million), Blockchain (€3 million), eDelivery (€0.9 million) and eID & eSignature (€3 million).

View the recordings