The Digital Decade policy programme 2030 has entered into force. The European Parliament, Member States and the European Commission have jointly set concrete objectives and targets in four key areas in this strategic vision for the development of the digital economy.

To mark the end of its first year, the EU4Digital: Connecting Research and Education Communities (EaPConnect) project is highlighting some of the women whose expertise in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) contributes to its partners’ success.

Digital infrastructure and services from EaPConnect partner AzScienceNet are vital to Azerbaijan’s research collaboration with CERN, which helps the country develop its fundamental science capabilities.

Thanks to EaPConnect equipment and partner expertise, a research and education digital services crisis caused by the ongoing war was resolved.

Twenty-five schools in Moldova will be digitalised with the financial support of the European Union through the Digital School initiative.

The National Science Library of Georgia and GRENA collaborated on the Digital Repository of Georgian Scientific Works, available in ESOC and NI4OS.

Achievements and plans of EU4Digital projects were reviewed in the 2022 EU4Digital Initiative Steering Committee meeting on 25 October, which marked the kick-off of the EU4Digital Facility Phase II.

More than 200 scientists, policy makers, research managers and computing and network experts met in Baku for EaPConnect’s EaPEC 2022 conference on 28-29 September.

To mark the re-launch of the EU4Digital Facility, the EU4Digital Initiative is organising the Eastern Partnership Digital Conference on 24 October, and the EU4Digital Phase II Kick-off and Steering Committee meeting on 25 October 2022.

The EU4Digital Phase II Kick-off and Steering Committee meeting on 25 October 2022 will review EU4Digital Initiative impacts and mark the launch of the second phase EU4Digital Facility.

This hybrid event brings high-level perspectives and debate on European policy for digital transition and development in the Eastern Neighbourhood.

The 5th Eastern Partnership E-Infrastructures Conference, EaPEC 2022, is organised by the EU-funded EaPConnect project and will be held on 28-29 September 2022, hosted in Baku by AzScienceNet from IIT of ANAS, the research and education network of Azerbaijan.