Thursday, December 31, 2020

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Government Europa brings you the latest Smart Futures News from across the field of European Government Policy.

InvestEU programme

InvestEU programme to boost jobs, growth, investment

The European budgets and economic committees have approved the InvestEU programme, promoting EU investment, for the 2021-27 budget period. The InvestEU programme, designed to replace...
consumer awareness of smart cities

Consumer awareness of smart cities low in UK, study finds

New research into consumer awareness of smart cities has shown 68 per cent of UK residents do not know what a smart city is. The...
IoT in smart cities

IoT in smart cities: a technological overview

Todd Thibodeaux, president and chief executive at CompTIA, talks on the importance of the technology of IoT in smart cities. Today, many facets of cities...
coordinated plan on ai

Coordinated plan on AI to boost development in Europe

Aiming to promote the development of artificial intelligence (AI) in the EU, the European Commission has proposed a coordinated plan on AI. The plan comprises...
Moscow 2030 digital

Moscow 2030 digital strategy: a smart city on the rise

Moscow is becoming one of the most digitalised cities in the world and the people of Moscow see a lot of potential to go...
smart building technology

Smart building technology necessary for economic and environmental change

Government Europa speaks to Vivian Dorizas from BPIE about smart buildings, addressing how and why they are necessary for environmental and economic change. The Buildings...
joint declaration on distributed ledger technologies

Joint declaration on distributed ledger technologies signed by seven Member States

Seven southern European countries have signed a joint declaration on distributed ledger technologies, agreeing to collaborate in promoting the use of emerging technologies. Cyprus, France,...
collective consumer action

Collective consumer action mechanism for EU approved

The European Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) has approved new rules allowing groups of consumers harmed by illegal practices to take collective consumer action. In response...
DIGITALEUROPE programme

DIGITALEUROPE programme to fund digital and tech developments

The EU has announced the DIGITALEUROPE programme, a new funding initiative to support digital and technological developments across Europe. The DIGITALEUROPE programme, designed to encourage...
Brexit legal advice

UK government releases Brexit legal advice after contempt vote

The UK government has published the full text of their Brexit legal advice after being found in contempt of parliament yesterday. On Monday representatives of...

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