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Creators in the Digital Economy: Policy Initiatives to Support Recovery

State of the Sector Creative and cultural industries have been among the worst hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, as restrictions...

31 Mar 2021 Opinion
Creators in the Digital Economy: Policy Initiatives to Support Recovery
Decarbonising Public Transport in Hong Kong – Final report

Decarbonising Public Transport in Hong Kong – Final report

The attached report is the Final report of the Environmental Interest Group (EIG) of the Inter-Modal Transport Data-Sharing Programme. It...

30 Mar 2021 Opinion
Digital skills for the future webinar: Discussing the economic value of digital skills in Indonesia

Digital skills for the future webinar: Discussing the economic value of digital skills in Indonesia

On Thursday, March 18, Genevieve Lim, Engagement Manager at AlphaBeta, shared key findings from a new report launched with Google,...

19 Mar 2021 Opinion
Webinar Takeaways | Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: What Must Be Done to Drive the Future of Mobility?

Webinar Takeaways | Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: What Must Be Done to Drive the Future of Mobility?

Held on 10 March 2021, our “Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: What Must Be Done to Drive the Future of Mobility?”...

18 Mar 2021 Opinion
Access Alert: Australian Government Invites Input for its Digital Strategy

Access Alert: Australian Government Invites Input for its Digital Strategy

The Australian government is inviting input from interested stakeholders on the development of a strategy to ensure Australia is a...

17 Mar 2021 Opinion
Access Alert: European Commission Presents Europe’s Digital Decade

Access Alert: European Commission Presents Europe’s Digital Decade

This week, the European Commission proposed a European digital plan to reach the EU’s digital aspirations by 2030. The Europe’s Digital Decade revolves around four points: (i) creating digitally...

12 Mar 2021 Opinion
Access Alert: Saudi Arabia’s New Digital Government Authority

Access Alert: Saudi Arabia’s New Digital Government Authority

On March 10th, Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet headed by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al...

11 Mar 2021 Opinion
Forum Europe’s DSA Conference: Ins and Outs of the Commission’s Proposals

Forum Europe’s DSA Conference: Ins and Outs of the Commission’s Proposals

On 4 March, several distinguished speakers from the public and private sector, as well as academia, gathered for ForumEurope’s Second...

10 Mar 2021 Opinion
Access Alert: IADB to Launch Pan-American FinTech Regulatory Sandbox

Access Alert: IADB to Launch Pan-American FinTech Regulatory Sandbox

In April 2021, the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) is set to announce a proposal that would create the first-ever Fintech...

9 Mar 2021 Opinion
How Vehicular Communications Will Revolutionise Mobility

How Vehicular Communications Will Revolutionise Mobility

Imagine a beautiful world where the car stopping at a red light in front of you immediately starts moving when...

9 Mar 2021 Opinion
Health-Tech: The Road to Universal Health Coverage in Africa

Health-Tech: The Road to Universal Health Coverage in Africa

Two years ago, in 2019, Rwanda, who had effectively been increasing healthcare access in the country for almost two decades,...

8 Mar 2021 Opinion
Introducing the Digital Cooperation Organization: Towards a Common Digital Market in the Middle East?

Introducing the Digital Cooperation Organization: Towards a Common Digital Market in the Middle East?

In November 2020, senior government officials from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait and Pakistan announced the launch of the Digital...

8 Mar 2021 Opinion
Access Alert: Oman Opens Public Consultation on Data Centres and Cloud Computing

Access Alert: Oman Opens Public Consultation on Data Centres and Cloud Computing

Over the past few years, the Sultanate of Oman has proactively launched several digital transformation initiatives in a bid to...

5 Mar 2021 Opinion
Times Techies Webinar: Discussing the future of tech skills in India

Times Techies Webinar: Discussing the future of tech skills in India

On Wednesday, March 3, the Times of India hosted its weekly edition of the Times Techies Webinar on the “Top...

4 Mar 2021 Opinion
EURACTIV Virtual Conference: Humans and Machines Working Together

EURACTIV Virtual Conference: Humans and Machines Working Together

A period of rapid transformation is dawning, but what legal and ethical questions does this paradigm shift raise? On 25...

1 Mar 2021 Opinion
Access Alert: President Biden Signs Executive Order to Review Global Supply Chains in Key Industries

Access Alert: President Biden Signs Executive Order to Review Global Supply Chains in Key Industries

On 24 February 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order to review the global supply chains used by...

25 Feb 2021 Opinion
The European Commission Launches Process on Dataflows to the United Kingdom

The European Commission Launches Process on Dataflows to the United Kingdom

The European Commission has launched the process towards the adoption of two adequacy decisions for personal data transfers to the...

25 Feb 2021 Opinion
Sustainability Tracker

Sustainability Tracker

Welcome to the fourth issue of Sustainability Tracker – our monthly update on the most important policy developments tackling the...

18 Feb 2021 Opinion
EU ePrivacy Regulation: Objectives and Ramifications

EU ePrivacy Regulation: Objectives and Ramifications

The ePrivacy Regulation (formally known as Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the respect for private...

15 Feb 2021 Opinion
EU Lawmakers Expand Brussels Trade Retaliatory Powers Beyond Scope of WTO 

EU Lawmakers Expand Brussels Trade Retaliatory Powers Beyond Scope of WTO 

On 19 January, the European Parliament adopted new rules widening the scope of the EU’s powers to enforce countermeasures in...

12 Feb 2021 Opinion
The Governance of AI: the ‘Brussels Effect’ of a Pan-European Framework

The Governance of AI: the ‘Brussels Effect’ of a Pan-European Framework

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming our way of life and its applications are continuously expanding. The development of AI shows...

2 Feb 2021 Opinion