Project description
Steps to unify Europe’s digital future
Across Europe, rapidly evolving digital technologies face a persistent challenge: fragmented Information and Communication Technology (ICT) standardisation that slows innovation and hinders global competitiveness. With this in mind, the EU-funded StandICT.eu 2029 project will strengthen the European ICT standardisation ecosystem. Building on previous editions, it manages a EUR 4.2 million fellowship programme supporting over 300 experts, runs technical working groups to map gaps in standards, and fosters mentoring for researchers, SMEs, and standardisation bodies. Through close collaboration with key organisations, the project also provides foresight analysis and organises forums to ensure Europe stays at the forefront of ICT standards. Its comprehensive approach promises a more unified, agile digital future for Europe’s tech sector.
Objective
StandICT.eu 2029 builds on the success of the previous three editions [2023-26, 2020-23, & 2018-19], delivered by the original partners who designed the previous editions, considered in Europe as the “go-to project” on ICT Standards in Europe. Its principal goal is to strengthen its global reach in the EU ICT Standardisation Ecosystem, by: a) managing a neutral and efficient facility supporting a Fellowship Programme with € 4.2M funding in 36 months & 6 Open Calls; b) delivering ICT standardisation landscape & gap analysis via Technical Working Groups, empowering contributions from ICT standardisation experts. Timely standards updated in the EUOS EU Observatory for ICT Standardisation; c) delivering a mentoring & coaching programme for the next generation of ICT standardisation experts, SMEs & researchers with SDOs, EU & national funded R&I projects & engage directly with a subcontract signed with the ESOs: ETSI & CEN & CENELEC; d) Providing a forum for foresight analysis to guarantee high-level steering with an authoritative Foresight Committee Board FCB supported by funded fellows active in SDOs, early-warning signals in-synch with the MSP, ICT Rolling Plan & High-level Standardisation Forum; e) Organising and support standardisation meetings of SDOs, global fora & consortia so Europeans, and SMEs, may participate easily.
Consortium: Trust-IT Services (IT, coordinator), COMMpla (IT), Dublin City University (IE), Open Forum Europe (BE), AUSTRALO (ES), Digital SME Alliance (BE), Fraunhofer Institute for Systems & Innovation Research ISI (DE).
Outputs: Fellowship Programme, 1200+ proposals, 300+ European Experts Funded & 70+ External Evaluators; 4,000+ metadata of ICT Standards in the Observatory; 20+ Webinars, 3 Mentorship Events, Training Lectures, 2 Impact Events & Reports, Policy recommendations, 8 TWGs, 25+ MoUs, 1000+ participants in webinars. Sustainability strategy and an engaged, well represented multi-stakeholder ICT Standardisation Community.
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Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
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HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space
MAIN PROGRAMME
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HORIZON.2.4.2 - Key Digital Technologies
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Topic(s)
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Funding Scheme
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-03
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56124 Pisa
Italy
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