New digital transformation strategy to guide Moldova in European integration

After multiple rounds of public consultations, the 2023-2027 Strategy for Digital Transformation of the Republic of Moldova is ready for approval. EU4Digital experts, alongside a wide range of stakeholders, international donors, associations, public and private institutions, engaged i…

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eFTI Regulation awareness raising and Digital Transport Corridors activity kick-off session

This awareness-raising session will focus on what eFTI – electronic Freight Transport Information – will mean for the future of logistics in the EU and what the benefits and opportunities are for the Eastern Partner countries. How many trees could be saved if freight transport information were excha…

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The National Science Library of Georgia at the forefront of Open Science

Georgian scientific works and research profiles are now more visible, accessible and re-usable for the entire European scientific community. This is thanks to collaboration between the National Science Library of Georgia and GRENA, a partner in EU4Digital: Connecting Research and Education Comm…

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EU to invest €4.5 billion in digital transformation for 2023-2024

To deliver on the European Union’s goals for digital transformation, more than €4.5 billion will be available in the 2023-24 Horizon Europe work programme. This is more than 33% of the total work programme budget of around €13.5 billion, which will support researchers and innovators in Eur…

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Selling Armenian socks to Germany: EU4Digital bringing EU markets closer through eCommerce support

The Armenian “Zeal Socks” brand has launched itself on the German eBay online marketplace in a simple and fast way – an opportunity provided to the company by an eCommerce pilot launched by the EU4Digital initiative, funded by the European Union. What has the pilot achieved, and what does its expans…

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Just one click for the European market – how the EU supports eCommerce in Georgia

It all began with three young mums. Established in autumn 2016, children’s clothing company RKO started out as a small enterprise, but its founders had big plans for its development, and soon after it was established, the brand took its first steps in the international market.  “Every year…

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Click for trade: EU4Digital helping Azerbaijan to set up for eCommerce

eCommerce allows both manufacturers and consumers to save time and cut costs, facilitating the cross-border exchange of goods, increasing the range of available products, and ensuring faster delivery thanks to simplified transport procedures.  The European Union has defined eCommerce rules and…

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Ready to roam: EU4Digital campaign looks ahead to Eastern Partnership roaming agreement

Roaming prices between the Eastern partner countries are forecast to fall by almost 90% in the next five years under a Regional Roaming Agreement supported by the EU4Digital Initiative, expected to be signed later this year and to come into force in 2022. The planned agreement is built on the Europe…

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EU4Digital guide for building and boosting growth of ICT entrepreneurial ecosystems in Eastern partner countries

EU4Digital has developed a framework to build and enhance the growth of the ICT entrepreneurial ecosystems in the six Eastern partner countries, by delivering a guide that provides a maturity assessment of each country, as well as country-level recommendations for developing the ecosystem. Unde…

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Embracing a career in IT: how support for ICT Innovation is reversing the brain drain in Moldova and setting an example in the region

Information technology has become increasingly present in the Republic of Moldova in recent years, with IT in one form or another penetrating all areas of life. As both public and business have adopted innovations, so external partners have also contributed to the digital transformation in the count…

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How women can change the field of innovation in Georgia

Natia Ninikelashvili receives us at the Farmers’ Association on Ateni Street, Tbilisi. She is not a farmer, but for the past five years her life has revolved around Guda cheese from Tusheti and traditional Kakhetian wine or churchkhelas. Because Nina…

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EU4Digital holds regional training on setting up National Coalitions for Digital Skills and Jobs

The EU4Digital Facility organised a virtual training on the establishment and management of National Coalitions for Digital Skills and Jobs on 13 July 2020.  The objective of the training was to introduce participants to best EU practices for the establishment and management of National Co…

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