Organised by the Living-in.EU Financial subgroup, this online webinar will offer the opportunity to present the implementing mechanisms of the European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDICs) on behalf of the European Commission. It will showcase some use cases from the national and local level as well as presenting best practices on combining the RRF funds and national funds in the France Relance Programme.  

The webinar will occur on Monday, 11 September 2023, from 11:00 - 12:30. It will be open to both Living-in.EU signatories and non-signatories.

You can register through this link.

According to the 2030 Policy Programme “Path to the Digital Decade”, multi-country projects involving several Member States could allow for large-scale interventions in areas necessary for the achievement of digital targets. The EDICs could play a central role in accelerating the deployment of multi-country projects. They will be established in various digital areas. For instance, the EDIC on Networked Local Digital Twins towards the Citiverse was launched on 15 June 2023 at the Digital Assembly in Stockholm.  

EDICs should be able to attract and combine various sources of Union and Member States’ funding, offering the opportunity to foster collaboration among various levels of governance and representing an important tool for local and regional authorities to develop the EU Digital Decade Strategic Roadmap.
 

Agenda

11:00 -11:05  Welcome & Introducing the chair of the finance subgroup (Gabriela Ruseva, Eurocities and Arnis Gulbis, Riga Digital Agency) 

11:05 – 11:25 Presentation and overview of the EDICs, EDIC on Networked Local Digital Twins towards the Citiverse (European Commission) 

11:25-11:35 National Perspective on the EDICs (TBD) 

11:35-11:50 Local Perspective on the EDICs (TBD)  

11:50 – 12:00 The France Relance Plan, Alexandre Chaffotte 

12:00 – 12:25 Discussion on the expectations of the EDICs  

12:25 – 12:30 Conclusions