Call for local, regional and national leaders to take advantage of new EU broadband funding and support
The European Commission has just launched its «Connected Communities» initiative – an umbrella for several systems designed to connect towns, cities, local broadband partnerships and operators to the advice they need to access finance and develop tailored business models for bringing fast broadband to their community.
In its monthly package of infringement decisions, the European Commission is pursuing legal action against Member States for failing to comply properly with their obligations under EU law. These decisions covering many sectors aim to ensure proper application of EU law for the benefit of citizens and businesses.
EU-industry partnerships seek innovation boost with first EUR 1 billion for projects
Research partnerships between the EU, the private sector and Member States today presented their first calls for projects and partners under Horizon 2020, the EU’s EUR 80 billion research and innovation programme. Worth a total of EUR 1.13 billion in public funding, which will be complemented by a comparable amount from the private partners, the first round of funding will go into projects that will improve people’s lives as well as boost international competitiveness of Europe’s industry.
We can support a limited number of innovative local projects for deploying high speed broadband which can be later replicated across the European Union.
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