A Call for EEA Member States to Join the Alliance for Language Technologies EDIC
date: 13/02/2024
On 7 February 2024, the European Commission officially set up the European Digital Infrastructure Consortium for the Alliance for Language Technologies (ALT-EDIC) with the Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/458.
The EDICs allow Member States to pool funding and other resources in a flexible and efficient way, to invest in transformative digital projects.
In particular, the mission of the ALT-EDIC is to develop a common European infrastructure in Language Technologies, focussing particularly on Large Language Models. It will seek to improve European competitiveness and uphold Europe's linguistic diversity and cultural richness by increasing the availability of European language data and supporting the creation and adaptation of Large Language Models.
Coordinated by France, the ALT-EDIC counts:
- Eleven Founding Member States: Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland and Slovenia;
- Six Observing Member States: Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Malta, Romania and Slovakia.
Spain and Belgium are currently in the application process to join the ALT-EDIC.
The ALT-EDIC remains open at any time to all interested EEA Member States.