Views: 53During the UN summit this September, the heads of state and government adopted the Pact for the Future, which will serve as a guiding global commitment –including 56 actions – to address pressing international issues, accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and revive multilateralism. The Pact’s optimal realisation will need serious reforms both […]
Category: Digital agenda
covering contemporary issues of digital transformation in the EU-27 member states within numerous socio-economic sectors
Challenging European priorities: alternative Commission’s features
Views: 85Recently the European Commission has published the EU’s political priorities and guidance for 2024-2029; they have shown the following min strategic priorities: green growth (so-called green deal), digitalisation, attracting investments, strengthening the EU’s role in the world, as well as protecting the rule of law and democracy. However, two independent reports prepared by Draghi […]
AI factories to facilitate continental collaborative framework
Views: 63The EU’s intention is to acquire “the best place in the world for trustworthy AI”, as the Commission has noted recently. Thus, the so-called AI factories will bring together vital ingredients for successful AI’s industry: i.e. computing power, data and talented researchers. The “factories” will assist the AI developers “train their large generative AI […]
Global Higher Education Sustainability Initiative
Views: 78The High-Level Political Forum on sustainable development, HLPF is the central global platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs and rethinking higher education for sustainable future. Recent US Project-2025 initiates some actions to facilitate educational reforms.
Contemporary digital currency issues: future perspectives
Views: 55Digital technologies and expanding financial markets have generated during last couple of years viable discussions around the world about new types of digital currencies, DC. The debates encompass complex issues of new types of assets, new financial service providers and various forms of regulation. Several interconnected issues have appeared to affect the DC’s development […]
Financial markets in Europe and the US: facing digital challenges
Views: 48Digitalisation in financial markets around the world is rapidly growing. With the closer attention to two political economies and two biggest financial markets, i.e. that of the European Union and the United States of America, the comparative analysis sheds light to perspective trends in banking sector and digitalisation of financial services.
CMU and financial market’s perspectives: infringement procedures
Views: 61The European Commission is planning to hold an EU-wide discussion on capital markets union issues, which will take place against the background of the capital markets union’s objectives, as well as the urgent regional problems in competitiveness and preservation of financial stability. The discussions will bring together market participants across the entire spectrum: e.g. […]
European AI regulation: world’s first law in digital transition
Views: 76The world’s first comprehensive regulation on artificial intelligence will enter into force in Europe by August 2026; some parts of it will be in the law already from February and August 2025. The AI Act is designed to ensure that AI models are developed and used in a trustworthy manner, with safeguards to protect […]
AI perspectives: pros and cons
Views: 59In numerous circumstances and occasions the AI performance is much better than that of humans. At the same time, there are many “issues” where AI is lagging behind. Although presently the generative AIs are widely used in numerous human activities, a couple of American researchers noted that “generative AI had a long way to […]
Digital trade: assisting the EU-wide growth and digital transition
Views: 61Digital trade accounts for about a quarter of all international trade; it has been growing at a faster pace than traditional trade. The EU is the world’s leader in both exports and imports of digitally deliverable services, which amounted to €1.3 trillion in 2022, or over half of the EU’s total trade in services. […]