Digital identity, public services, procurement and the studios modernising government. Coverage from Continental Brief.
Teams at the e-Governance Academy continue EU-backed cybersecurity projects in Ukraine despite constant Russian attacks, air raid alerts lasting up to 20 hours daily, and the psychological toll of living in an active war zone.
The digital identity firm has consolidated fragmented eIDAS certifications across five bodies into a single Conformity Assessment Body partnership, simplifying oversight after a string of acquisitions.
A new white paper co-authored by Estonia's former government CTO outlines how states must adapt their cybersecurity strategy as AI makes cyberattacks faster, cheaper and more accessible to non-state actors.
Berlin has rolled out interim guidelines restricting under-13s from non-child-friendly platforms while preparing a tokenized age verification system as part of its EU digital identity wallet.
A consortium of major Dutch financial and telecom firms has unveiled MyCheck, an eiDAS 2.0-compliant digital identity wallet offered free to the government and users. The move reflects growing momentum across Europe to meet the 2026 deadline for national digital identity systems.
Kyiv's government has embraced open source software across key e-governance platforms, from the Diia citizen services app to the ProZorro procurement system, driven by sovereignty concerns and infrastructure resilience rather than a formal national policy.
The European Union is backing a three-year initiative to modernise Moldova's civil service, with the e-Governance Academy and Finland's HAUS institute leading efforts to strengthen governance ahead of EU accession talks.
CISO Campus, a professional development platform supported by the European Union, has begun delivering comprehensive cybersecurity training to Ukrainian specialists and is preparing to expand significantly by year's end.
The propulsion systems manufacturer is using Europe's flagship supercomputer to cut simulation times and scale up computational capacity for demanding maritime engineering projects.
The new system, ranked 31st globally, will serve as the computational engine for Greece's AI Factory and support research across healthcare, climate science and other domains across the continent.
The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking has elected Sinéad Ryan of Trinity College Dublin as Chair of its User Forum Coordination Group, with Maria Girone from CERN openlab continuing as Vice-Chair in a new co-leadership arrangement.