What can Europe learn from Ukraine's incredible digital transformation?

Hi, and a warm welcome to our weekly audience!

This week, our highlight has certainly been having our Director General Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl alongside Ukraine's VP Mykhailo Fedorov . Some impressions from the encounter at the European Parliament, here.

For more on the meeting & on what else we've been up to these past days, here's our #WeeklyDEbrief ??

Spotlight ??

• ???? Inspired by Ukraine again and again: Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl 's meeting with Mykhailo Fedorov and Margrethe Vestager left us again with the impression that Ukraine's digitalisation is: IMPRESSIVE. Our DG explains here why.
• ?? Summer Summit time: we are only 5?? days away from kicking off summer with big discussions on AI, data, single market & more.

?? This week, we've announced Spain's Secretary of State for Digitalisation & Artificial Intelligence, Carme Artigas , as yet another stellar speaker for our second biggest event of the year.

See who else is joining on 1 June, and REGISTER HERE

• ?? ATTENTION! The Data Act could put personal/sensitive data at risk: that's why we, together with several EU industry associations, are asking EU policymakers to narrow the scope of business-to-government data sharing.

• The next EU-US Trade and Technology Council is near: and that was one of the topics our team discussed with EVP Valdis Dombrovskis, but not only.

(Btw: click here to watch in full our recent online event on EU-US cooperation!)

Your to-do list ?

• Check out Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl 's thoughts on the Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group meeting in Athens. Hint: its success lies in private-public collaboration.
• ?? What are the next steps for digital resilience? First, working towards a reliable critical infrastructure. But there's more, so WATCH:

• ?? We have answers on how to close the digital skills gap: our Digital Deep Dive on skills happened this week. Did you miss it? Worry not! You can watch the full recording here.

Projects' corner ??

• ?? Help electronic devices reach Ukrainian schools: our #LaptopsForUkraine initiative is still accepting donations so if you have a spare laptop or smartphone lying around, check out the campaign!
• ?? Creating the link between agriculture and digital: interested in how the agricultural sector can become more sustainable? GreenDigitalCoalition has an exciting event for you happening on 13 June! Register here.
• ?? AI & software skills are the future: this week, our project's team met with ARISA and ESSA partners in Warsaw to discuss our skills strategies for the future. Go have a look at the amazing work they're doing!

???And that's a wrap! Join us again next week for more digital developments in Europe and beyond.

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