Digital Economy
We want Europe to be a place that nurtures investment and entrepreneurship. We want to allow our businesses to flourish and to become global leaders in sectors of the future.
Entrepreneurs and small businesses in Europe are the lifeblood of our economy: they need to be able to start up, scale up, and take advantage of having a market of 510 million people at their fingertips.
Europe's businesses want us to offer them a secure environment, where they will be able to enjoy the benefits of the big data revolution, of cloud computing and cutting-edge technology -and they want to know how they can access finance and support.
Topics included in this chapter:
a.Startup Europe - aims to strengthen the business environment for web and ICT entrepreneurs so that their ideas and business can start and grow in the EU.
b.Future internet - if the Internet could wish for anything on its 40th birthday, it would probably ask to be more powerful, connected and intuitive – responding to our needs at home, work or on the go.
c.Data - harnessing the benefits of access to valuable data on a large scale, to create solutions to problems like health issues and transport challenges.
d.Cloud computing - working for better standards, safer contracts and more cloud in public and private sector.
e.Advisors - we regularly meet with web entrepreneurs and expert groups, like the Digital Champions and Leaders Club, to discuss new ways to promote a more inclusive digital society.
a.Startup Europe
Startup Europe contributes to the Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan.
Startup Europe's objectives are:
to reinforce the links between people, business and associations who build and scale up the startup ecosystem (e.g. the Web Investors Forum, the Accelerator Assembly, the Crowdfunding Network ...)
to inspire entrepreneurs and provide role models (e.g. the Leaders Club and their Startup Manifesto, the Startup Europe Roadshow)
to celebrate new and innovative startups (with Tech All Stars and Europioneers), help them to expand their business (Startup Europe Partnership, ACE Acceleration Programme), and give them access to funding under Horizon 2020.
ICT startups can access support services such as advice, networking and legal assistance, from EU funded projects on the Startup Europe Hub website. We are creating as well a Dynamic Mapping of the startups ecosystem. Have a look at some great success stories in Europe.
Startup Europe Partnership
The Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) will build bridges between Europe's startup, corporate, education institutions and investment communities to help EU startups raise funds and beat language barriers to reach maturity as global champions.
Under the umbrella of the Startup Europe initiative, SEP is the first open platform dedicated to support the growth and sustainability of European startups able to compete and raise funds internationally.
It is one of the six actions for web entrepreneurs defined in the Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan, and conceived to bring alive recommendations included in the Startup Manifesto.
Established by the European Commission in January 2014, Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) aims at accelerating early-stage companies to become global players and real job creators. By participating in the SEP program, global companies can help this process via business partnerships, and/or strategic and venture corporate investments, providing them with:
access to the best technologies and talents, through procurement of services or products,
corporate acquisition, or
“acqui-hiring”.
SEP is led by Mind the Bridge Foundation, a non-profit foundation based in Italy and in the United States, with the support of Nesta (the UK’s innovation foundation), and The Factory campus for startups and mature tech companies in Berlin.
Partners include Telefónica, Orange, BBVA Foundation, Telecom Italia, Unipol Group and Microsoft (SEP Corporate Member), with the institutional support of the European Investment Fund/European Investment Bank Group, Cambridge University, IE Business School and Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society.
b.Future internet
The Internet is called on to perform increasingly many tasks - from online banking to tsunami monitoring. If the Internet could wish for anything on its 40th birthday, it would probably ask to be more powerful, connected and intuitive – responding to our needs at home, work or on the go.
There was a time when connecting to the internet meant being tethered to a desk and chained down by cables. As wireless and mobile technology advance, users can not only surf the online world - but can also do it on the move, through a plethora of portable devices, including laptops, smart phones and tablets; with an increasing need for high-bandwidth, high-speed broadband that can cope with rich multimedia content.
Research projects funded by the European Commission are spearheading future networks which are fast, flexible and ever-responsive to demands from both humans and machines for access to content, apps and services relevant to the context and location of the user. This is how the future internet is evolving: as an internet of services, things and infrastructure. From smart appliances that talk to each other to clothes that monitor our health; from cars that cannot crash to mobile technologies and cloud platforms that run our businesses.
Workstrands under this heading include:
1.Research into the Future Internet
2.Research into the Network Technologies of the future
3.Research into Cloud Computing
4.Work on the Internet of Things - a system to connect all kinds of devices to the network - not just computers, but everything from your car to your fridge;
5.Experimental platforms such as FIRE (Future Internet Research and Experimentation) as a testing ground for new ideas;
6.The Future Internet Public-Private Partnership – a programme to improve business processes by Future Internet technology and to increase competitiveness of European Future Internet technology;
7.The IPv6 protocol, which would expand the number of potential websites and avoid an "IP address crunch"
8.Forums in which to discuss and develop the Future Internet, including the Future Internet Assembly (FIA) and the Future Internet Forum (FIF)
c.Data
Data has become a key asset for the economy and our societies similar to the classic categories of human and financial resources. Whether it is geographical information, statistics, weather data, research data, transport data, energy consumption data, or health data, the need to make sense of "Big data" is leading to innovations in technology, development of new tools and new skills.
Big data refers to large amounts of data produced very quickly by a high number of diverse sources. Data can either be created by people or generated by machines, such as sensors gathering climate information, satellite imagery, digital pictures and videos, purchase transaction records, GPS signals, etc. It covers many sectors, from healthcare to transport and energy.
Generating value at the different stages of the data value chain will be at the centre of the future knowledge economy. Good use of data can bring opportunities also to more traditional sectors such as transport, health or manufacturing. Improved analytics and processing of data, especially Big Data, will make it possible to:
• transform Europe's service industries by generating a wide range of innovative information products and services;
• increase the productivity of all sectors of the economy through improved business intelligence;
• better address many of the challenges that face our societies;
• improve research and speed up innovation;
• achieve cost reductions through more personalised services
• increase efficiency in the public sector.
Relevant EU activities :
• The EU strategy on the data-driven economy.
• Funding research and innovation activities in the field of "Big Data" and "Open Data". More on current research funding opportunities.
• The policy on Open Data, in particular:
o Legislation on re-use of public sector information, such as the PSI Directive (Directive 2003/98/EC), the national implementing rules as well as rules on re-use of the Commission's own data;
o Non-legislative measures supporting the opening up of public sector information;
o Open Data Portals.
• Facilitating use and re-use of publications and data resulting from scientific research experiments funded at least partially from public funds – commonly referred to asOpen Access.
Digital Economy
We want Europe to be a place that nurtures investment and entrepreneurship. We want to allow our businesses to flourish and to become global leaders in sectors of the future.
Entrepreneurs and small businesses in Europe are the lifeblood of our economy: they need to be able to start up, scale up, and take advantage of having a market of 510 million people at their fingertips.
Europe's businesses want us to offer them a secure environment, where they will be able to enjoy the benefits of the big data revolution, of cloud computing and cutting-edge technology -and they want to know how they can access finance and support.
Topics included in this chapter:
a.Startup Europe - aims to strengthen the business environment for web and ICT entrepreneurs so that their ideas and business can start and grow in the EU.
b.Future internet - if the Internet could wish for anything on its 40th birthday, it would probably ask to be more powerful, connected and intuitive – responding to our needs at home, work or on the go.
c.Data - harnessing the benefits of access to valuable data on a large scale, to create solutions to problems like health issues and transport challenges.
d.Cloud computing - working for better standards, safer contracts and more cloud in public and private sector.
e.Advisors - we regularly meet with web entrepreneurs and expert groups, like the Digital Champions and Leaders Club, to discuss new ways to promote a more inclusive digital society.
a.Startup Europe
Startup Europe contributes to the Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan.
Startup Europe's objectives are:
to reinforce the links between people, business and associations who build and scale up the startup ecosystem (e.g. the Web Investors Forum, the Accelerator Assembly, the Crowdfunding Network ...)
to inspire entrepreneurs and provide role models (e.g. the Leaders Club and their Startup Manifesto, the Startup Europe Roadshow)
to celebrate new and innovative startups (with Tech All Stars and Europioneers), help them to expand their business (Startup Europe Partnership, ACE Acceleration Programme), and give them access to funding under Horizon 2020.
ICT startups can access support services such as advice, networking and legal assistance, from EU funded projects on the Startup Europe Hub website. We are creating as well a Dynamic Mapping of the startups ecosystem. Have a look at some great success stories in Europe.
Startup Europe Partnership
The Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) will build bridges between Europe's startup, corporate, education institutions and investment communities to help EU startups raise funds and beat language barriers to reach maturity as global champions.
Under the umbrella of the Startup Europe initiative, SEP is the first open platform dedicated to support the growth and sustainability of European startups able to compete and raise funds internationally.
It is one of the six actions for web entrepreneurs defined in the Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan, and conceived to bring alive recommendations included in the Startup Manifesto.
Established by the European Commission in January 2014, Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) aims at accelerating early-stage companies to become global players and real job creators. By participating in the SEP program, global companies can help this process via business partnerships, and/or strategic and venture corporate investments, providing them with:
access to the best technologies and talents, through procurement of services or products,
corporate acquisition, or
“acqui-hiring”.
SEP is led by Mind the Bridge Foundation, a non-profit foundation based in Italy and in the United States, with the support of Nesta (the UK’s innovation foundation), and The Factory campus for startups and mature tech companies in Berlin.
Partners include Telefónica, Orange, BBVA Foundation, Telecom Italia, Unipol Group and Microsoft (SEP Corporate Member), with the institutional support of the European Investment Fund/European Investment Bank Group, Cambridge University, IE Business School and Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society.
b.Future internet
The Internet is called on to perform increasingly many tasks - from online banking to tsunami monitoring. If the Internet could wish for anything on its 40th birthday, it would probably ask to be more powerful, connected and intuitive – responding to our needs at home, work or on the go.
There was a time when connecting to the internet meant being tethered to a desk and chained down by cables. As wireless and mobile technology advance, users can not only surf the online world - but can also do it on the move, through a plethora of portable devices, including laptops, smart phones and tablets; with an increasing need for high-bandwidth, high-speed broadband that can cope with rich multimedia content.
Research projects funded by the European Commission are spearheading future networks which are fast, flexible and ever-responsive to demands from both humans and machines for access to content, apps and services relevant to the context and location of the user. This is how the future internet is evolving: as an internet of services, things and infrastructure. From smart appliances that talk to each other to clothes that monitor our health; from cars that cannot crash to mobile technologies and cloud platforms that run our businesses.
Workstrands under this heading include:
1.Research into the Future Internet
2.Research into the Network Technologies of the future
3.Research into Cloud Computing
4.Work on the Internet of Things - a system to connect all kinds of devices to the network - not just computers, but everything from your car to your fridge;
5.Experimental platforms such as FIRE (Future Internet Research and Experimentation) as a testing ground for new ideas;
6.The Future Internet Public-Private Partnership – a programme to improve business processes by Future Internet technology and to increase competitiveness of European Future Internet technology;
7.The IPv6 protocol, which would expand the number of potential websites and avoid an "IP address crunch"
8.Forums in which to discuss and develop the Future Internet, including the Future Internet Assembly (FIA) and the Future Internet Forum (FIF)
c.Data
Data has become a key asset for the economy and our societies similar to the classic categories of human and financial resources. Whether it is geographical information, statistics, weather data, research data, transport data, energy consumption data, or health data, the need to make sense of "Big data" is leading to innovations in technology, development of new tools and new skills.
Big data refers to large amounts of data produced very quickly by a high number of diverse sources. Data can either be created by people or generated by machines, such as sensors gathering climate information, satellite imagery, digital pictures and videos, purchase transaction records, GPS signals, etc. It covers many sectors, from healthcare to transport and energy.
Generating value at the different stages of the data value chain will be at the centre of the future knowledge economy. Good use of data can bring opportunities also to more traditional sectors such as transport, health or manufacturing. Improved analytics and processing of data, especially Big Data, will make it possible to:
• transform Europe's service industries by generating a wide range of innovative information products and services;
• increase the productivity of all sectors of the economy through improved business intelligence;
• better address many of the challenges that face our societies;
• improve research and speed up innovation;
• achieve cost reductions through more personalised services
• increase efficiency in the public sector.
Relevant EU activities :
• The EU strategy on the data-driven economy.
• Funding research and innovation activities in the field of "Big Data" and "Open Data". More on current research funding opportunities.
• The policy on Open Data, in particular:
o Legislation on re-use of public sector information, such as the PSI Directive (Directive 2003/98/EC), the national implementing rules as well as rules on re-use of the Commission's own data;
o Non-legislative measures supporting the opening up of public sector information;
o Open Data Portals.
• Facilitating use and re-use of publications and data resulting from scientific research experiments funded at least partially from public funds – commonly referred to asOpen Access.
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