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#EUvsVirus: Calling all tech geeks - now is your chance to help tackle coronavirus!

DG FISMA is sending out a call to action to the European financial community to build digital finance solutions to help tackle the Coronavirus crisis. The best projects will be provided with follow-up support by the European Innovation Council. Help us find ways to:

date:  21/04/2020

  • support short-term identification and analysis of businesses’ financial shortfalls and needs, in particular for SMEs, through data analytics/open data
  • enable speedy application to public financial support by SMEs, self-employed, citizens
  • allow for quicker distribution of public financial support via digital money/transfers
  • ensure access to emergency Coronavirus health insurance
  • support the fight against Coronavirus such as the provision of medical equipment to local hospitals through crowdfunding
  • provide essential digital finance tools to the digitally excluded such as the elderly and homeless
  • Any other ideas!

When? 24, 25 and 26 April

Please help us spread the word: https://euvsvirus.org