LIVING-IN.EU: enacting digital transformation for 300 million Europeans

Nóirín Ni Earcain, from DG-CONNECT, provided the context the Living-in.eu initiative to enacting the digital transformation for 300 million Europeans. He put together the relevant actions related in the policy context: The European Green Deal, the 2030 Digital Compass (Skills, Public Services, Infrastructures and Business), the European Bauhaus, the European Data Strategy, and the Interoperable Europe initiative. He continued by providing the EU perspective for the Smart City Architecture, including the creation of a European Data Space.  As an example, Nóirin presented the digital Twin and the potential for the definition of an ecosystem of networked Local Digital Twins for small and large cities, with interoperable platforms, data and Digital Twin components. A number of these initiatives are funded by the Digital Europe Program. In the specific context of interoperability, and in the context of the new piece of legislation for the Interoperable Act, the MIMs, Academy and building blocks were identified. Focused now in the Living-in.eu initiative, the task of skill development was highlighted and the relevant link with the workshop was developed. For the specific case of AI, procurement and algorithm registration (examples on Helsinky and Amsterdam) was commented, and the minimum interoperable mechanism 5 (MIM5) was identified for implementation of FAIR interoperable AI. For further reading, the series on AI Watch was suggested. Before closing and for the specific topic on Data Spaces.