A programme that helps Ukrainian women start or develop an existing business is accepting applications until 28 April 2024. The new season of the accelerator programme ‘Vidvazhna 2: Scaling and digitalisation’ was launched in Kyiv on 26 March as a continuation of the project.

Ukraine and the Palantir company have signed a partnership agreement to improve demining processes with an AI-enhanced platform based on the analysis of large-scale databases.

The EU-funded project ‘Seeds of Bravery’ (UASEEDs) is launching five new programmes to support Ukrainian tech startups and SMEs offering innovative solutions, services or products.

EU4Digital Facility supported the European Commission in organising a Digital and ICT sector session during the ‘EU-Moldova Private Sector Mobilisation Mission’ launch event in Chisinau on 10 April 2024. The launch event served as a platform to inform participants about various financial instruments provided by the European Union, intended to encourage investment and support the advancement of private sector businesses in Moldova.

Armenia's Minister of High-Tech Industry met with the Ambassador of Belgium on 9 April to discuss key activities and ongoing initiatives, including further development of the high-tech and IT sectors in Armenia.

Ukraine’s ‘Diia’ state app is now available worldwide as open source code. Governments and IT professionals can use the code in support of digitalising their own government services.

Are you an executive manager of an organisation that manages an innovation cluster in an Eastern partner country or coordinates collaborative initiatives between businesses and academia with a sectoral or technological focus? If you’re from a cluster or potential cluster, EU4Digital invites you to participate in a free-of-charge certified online training and assessment. The deadline for registration is 17 April 2024.

EU4Digital Facility has launched a new framework for activities to support innovation clusters in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) region. These coalitions of start-ups, small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), research and knowledge dissemination organisations, not-for-profits and other related economic actors stimulate innovation, share knowledge and support collaboration, contributing to technological and economic development. EU4Digital’s new innovation cluster activities are part of the ICT Innovation thematic area, which connects EaP and EU start-up ecosystems in line with the Facility’s wider goals to harmonise the regions’ digital markets.

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