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Internet

NGI Fediversity open call

Horizon Europe. Cascade funding. NGI Fediversity open call (2026-04F). Pilots for the Next Generation Internet (EITUM-BP26-28).

COP-PILOT Open Call 1

Horizon Europe. Cascade funding. COP-PILOT Open Call 1. Collaborative Open Platform for PILOTing services across emerging smart IoT and Edge computing environments.

Commission launches strategy to make Europe Quantum leader by 2030

Today, the European Commission has put forward the Quantum Strategy to make Europe a global leader in quantum by 2030. The Strategy will foster a resilient, sovereign quantum ecosystem that fuels startup growth and transforms breakthrough science into market-ready applications, while maintaining Europe's scientific leadership. Quantum technologies will revolutionise addressing complex challenges, from pharmaceutical breakthroughs […]
DNS4EU Project

DNS4EU secure-infrastructure project

DNS4EU is an initiative by the European Commission that aims to offer an alternative to the public DNS resolvers currently dominating the market. Supported by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), the European Union's DNS4EU secure-infrastructure project provides a protective, privacy-compliant, and resilient DNS service to strengthen the EU’s digital sovereignty and enhance digital […]
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Fediversity Project | Horizon Europe

Fediversity is a comprehensive effort to bring easy-to-use, hosted cloud services with service portability and personal freedom to everyone. We aim to provide high-quality, secure IT systems for everyday use. Without tracking, without exploitation, in a way that runs everywhere and scales effortlessly. One such “complex” deployment scenario is running state-of-the-art services for the Fediverse, […]
Open Web Search

OpenWebSearch.eu goes public

In September 2022 the project OpenWebSearch.eu has officially kicked-off: OpenWebSearch.EU is the first project the EU has funded to get tomorrow’s web search up and running. The project has its origins in concerns over the imbalance of the search engine market. Despite being a backbone of our digital economy, web search is dominated and limited […]

NGI Zero Commons Fund 

Horizon Europe. Cascade funding. NGI0 Commons Fund. Create, mature and grow internet commons. NGI Zero Commons Fund (2025-02Z).

VOXReality

Horizon Europe. Cascade funding. VOXReality Open Call. Voice driven interaction in XR spaces. Call for proposals HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-13.

An EU initiative on Web 4.0 and virtual worlds

An EU initiative on Web 4.0 and virtual worlds: a head start in the next technological transition

Spanish scheme to support roll out of broadband backhaul networks in rural areas

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €500 million Spanish scheme made available through the Recovery and Resilience Facility (‘RRF') to support the deployment of broadband backhaul infrastructure in rural areas. The measure is part of Spain's strategy to address the needs of citizens and business in the context of the […]

Prospero - Extended Theatre Media | Creative Europe

The evolution of online streaming platforms in the last few years, accelerated by the successive lockdowns linked to the Covid 19 pandemic, have brought to the forefront the question of theatre’s digital presence. This trend is the subject of many debates and discussions. Can online theatre still be considered theatre? Can it exist without its […]
WiFi4EU

WiFi4EU

The European Commission wishes to promote free Wi-Fi connectivity for citizens and visitors in public spaces such as parks, squares, public building, libraries, health centres, and museums everywhere in Europe through WiFi4EU. CALLS FOR PROPOSALS The call has an annual periodicity and is published on https://wifi4eu.ec.europa.eu/ LEGAL BASIS Regulation 2021/1153 of the European Parliament and […]