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Digital Europe Advanced Digital Skills

Policy Brief: Digital Skills Agenda

The European Skills Agenda is a five-year plan to help individuals and businesses develop more and better skills, and to put them to use. It builds on actions set in the EU Skills Agenda (2016) and is linked to the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030, and to the European Industrial Strategy when it comes to the availability of digit...

Digital Europe

Policy Brief: STEP (in Digital Europe)

The Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) is an initiative designed to enhance the EU'sindustrial competitiveness and reinforce European sovereignty by focusing on the development andmanufacturing of critical technologies. STEP aims to bolster investments within three strategic sectors: Digital technologies and deep technology i...

Digital Europe Advanced Digital Skills

Policy Brief: Digital Education Action Plan

The Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) is an EU initiative promoting high-quality, inclusive, and accessible digital education. It encourages European cooperation to address digital education challenges, especially after COVID-19. It aligns with the EU’s digital transformation goals, supporting the Recovery and Resilienc...

Digital Europe

Policy Brief: Digital Decade Policy Programme

With its Digital Decade Policy Programme (DDPP), the EU aims to foster the digital transformation of the European Union and address remaining challenges for citizens, business and public administrations tomake use of digital technologies. The DDPP sets concrete targets and objectives to be achieved by 2030.These objectives are centered around...

Digital Europe AI Continent

Policy Brief: Data Governance Act

The Data Governance Act (DGA) is a regulatory framework adopted by the European Union to facilitate the reuse and sharing of data across sectors and member states, promoting a trustworthy and secure data-sharing environment. The DGA introduces mechanisms to encourage voluntary data-sharing by businesses and individuals while ensuring stro...

Digital Europe Cybersecurity

Policy Brief: Cybersecurity Strategy

The European Union has gradually adopted several initiatives to strengthen cybersecurity and protect itsdigital ecosystem. As part of the Digital Decade, the European Commission presented a new European Cybersecurity Strategy in December 2020. This strategy aims to build a powerful and resilient digital Europe by 2030. The strategy u...

Digital Europe Cybersecurity

Policy Brief: Cyber Resilience Act

The Cyber Resilience Act is an EU regulation designed to improve the cybersecurity of productswith digital elements throughout their lifecycle. It mandates that manufacturers integrate cybersecuritymeasures during the design phase and ensure ongoing security through regular updates and vulnerabilitymanagement. The Act aims to protect user...

Digital Europe Semiconductors

Policy Brief: Chips for Europe Initiative

The Chips for Europe Initiative (the “Initiative”) is established by Pillar I of the European Chips Act for theduration of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027. It aims to strengthen the EU's semiconductorecosystem, to boost competitiveness and achieve technological sovereignty.The implementation of the Initiative is desig...

Digital Europe Semiconductors

Policy Brief: EU Chips Act

The European Chips Act bolsters Europe’s competitiveness and resilience in semiconductor technologiesand applications and helps achieve both the digital and green transition. The European Chips Act puts in place a comprehensive set of measures to ensure the EU's security of supply, resilience and technological leadership in semicond...

Digital Europe AI Continent

Policy Brief: AI Innovation Package

The European Commission’s AI innovation package aims to bolster the development and adoption of trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI) across the EU. It supports AI start-ups and SMEs by facilitating access to supercomputing resources, providing financial aid, and creating a supportive ecosystem for innovation. Knowledge of underlying EU p...

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EITHOS - European Identity Theft Observatory System

The EITHOS project, funded under Horizon Europe Cluster 3 call “Online identity theft is countered”, aims to develop a “European Identity Theft Observatory System” (EITHOS). The system will provide easy access to information and intelligence about previous and current identity theft related trends to empower EU citizens, Law Enforcements Agencies (LEAs), and policy makers to further contribute to the prevention, detection, and investigation of crimes related to online identity theft. The Cyber and Data Security Lab (CDSL), part of the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) Research Group at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), is one of the 12 partners in the EITHOS consortium, contributing its vast expertise on legal aspects of data protection, cybersecurity and information security law and policy.