Cluster 4
Digital, Industry & Space
Progress in digital and industrial technologies, including in space, shape all sectors of the economy and society. They transform the way industry develops, create new products and services and are central to any sustainable future.
Your NCP contacts for this programme
Mark Antonissen
mark.antonissen@vlaio.be
+32 2 432 43 05
Nico Deblauwe
nico.deblauwe@vlaio.be
+32 2 432 43 00
Ria De Breucker
Ria.debreucker@vlaio.be
+32 2 553 13 77
About this programme
This cluster will try to stimulate European growth in the key areas of digital, industry & space and make sure most of its future production (entire value chain) will be happening in the EU so the member states become less dependent of third countries. Increased sustainability of the delivered products is at the heart of these efforts.
As a result, actions under this cluster will support key enabling technologies that are strategically important for Europe’s industrial future. They have selected 6 focus areas or destinations that reflect these strategic domains:
- Climate neutral circular and digitized production
- Increased autonomy in key strategic value chains for resilient industry
- World leading data and computing technologies
- Digital and emerging technologies for competitiveness and fit for the Green Deal
- Open strategic autonomy in developing, deploying and using global space-based infrastructures, services, applications and data
- A human-centered and ethical development of digital and industrial technologies.
Areas of activity
- Manufacturing technologies
- Advanced materials
- Next generation internet
- Circular industries
- Space, including Earth Observation
- Emerging enabling technologies
- Key digital technologies, including quantum technologies
- Artificial Intelligence and robotics
- Advanced computing and Big Data
- Low-carbon and clean industry
- Emerging enabling technologies
Latest news
Digital, Industry & Space Semiconductors
Chips JU updated work programme
The Chips Joint Undertaking has published an update of its 2023-2027 Multiannual Work Programme, with significant updates to its strategic initiatives for 2025. The Chips JU manages calls for funding both under Horizon Europe and Digital Europe. An overview of the updates can be found on the Chips JU website, as is the work programme. read more
Culture and society Digital, Industry & Space New European Bauhaus
STARHAUS Open Calls on Open Innovation and Creativity
STARHAUS is an innovative project funded by Horizon Europe. This project aims to facilitate the widespread community adoption of sustainable customized fast moving consumer goods through a human-centered approach for a decentralized, localized and urban manufacturing. The STARHAUS project has recently launched two open calls via Cascade Fundi... read more
Security Digital, Industry & Space
Innovation Prize Open Call - GOBEYOND
The call is open to applications from academic institutions, innovation and technological centres and SMEs. The objective is to select the most innovative solution, which will be integrated into the GOBEYOND MR-IEWS (Multi-Risk Impact-based Early Warning System). The proposed solution should provide algorithms or developments to complement and im... read more
Digital, Industry & Space AI, data & cloud Deployment: Best use of technologies
Looking for Virtual World - Metaverse - Extended Reality Initiatives
The OpenVerse project aims at integrating knowledge, experts and actors around the creation of inclusive, open and ethically responsible European Virtual Worlds. This is done in alignment with the European Commission’s strategy on Web 4.0 and Virtual Worlds. As part its work, OpenVerse is conducting a landscaping exercise of initiatives... read more
Upcoming events
Health Digital, Industry & Space Climate, Energy, Mobility AI, data & cloud Deployment: Best use of technologies
Towards sustainability and healthy living with the use of AI and other digi...
Digital, Industry & Space Climate, Energy, Mobility EIC Digital Europe
Innovation Fund National Infoday 2025
Digital, Industry & Space Semiconductors
Chips - ECS Brokerage Event 2025
Digital, Industry & Space Defence EDF
SPACE 4 DEFENCE: European Defence Fund Industry & Matchmaking Day - Space4D...
Digital, Industry & Space AI, data & cloud
SAVE THE DATE - EU Open Data Days 2025
Work Programme & Calls
Partnerships
Partnerships unite the EC and private and/or public partners to work together in a specific domain. They offer often a good ecosystem to find collaborations.
Infosheets
Infosheets contain edited content on aspects related to this programme. They are reviewed at least yearly.
Related links
Related links are easy pointers towards external information. We curate the list, but are not liable for the destinations.
Documents
Documents contain additional information related to this programme, and are similar to related links.
Testimonial
Limecraft - Powerful workflows for video products
If you’ve never heard of Limecraft, you’re clearly not working in the media sector. Their SaaS platform provides integrated workflows for media management, scripted and unscripted TV, and subtitling and localisation. It is used by leading broadcasting companies – such as BBC, VRT, NPO… – and production firms of which De Mensen or Hotel Hungaria might ring a bell (at least if you are Belgian).
NCP Flanders went to Ghent to interview Maarten Verwaest, CEO and cofounder, about how he sees Horizon 2020. Limecraft is a partner in the MeMAD project, which is a collaborative RIA project submitted to an ICT call topic.
