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Digital Assembly – Toulouse

The Digital Assembly is an event in the European Digital Agenda co-hosted by the countries holding the presidency of the European Union and the European Commission in the first half of each year.

It is an opportunity for stakeholders in the European digital universe to discuss and share their experiences regarding progress on the digital single market and digital policies.

In detail, the event will feature:

1) An overview of the objectives and main elements of the Commission’s proposal for the 2030 Policy Programme “Path to the Digital Decade” - the Union’s first strategic governance tool to ensure coherence and synergies among all digital policy initiatives, actions, measures and investments in digital at national and at Union level.

2) A deep dive into Multi-Country Projects (MCPs) - a centerpiece of the proposal designed to pool investments needed to build European digital capacities at scale. We will discuss the Commission’s role as MCP accelerator, ideas for an initial list of projects, your experiences and best practices as well as eventual opportunities for your organization to participate. 

3) A peek into the ongoing consultation and negotiation process. We will discuss the main questions and suggestions raised so far. Your input in this context remains crucially important. This will also be an opportunity to address your questions about the proposed 2030 targets, the annual monitoring and cooperation cycle, and the mechanism to implement Multi-Country Projects to the penholders of the policy programme.

4) The new purpose and basic functioning of the Digital Decade Futurium community. After a more general explanation of the Commission’s Futurium platform, its purpose and how it works, the conversation will move towards a more detailed description of the Digital Decade Community. In particular, what are the different types of content you can find? How are the subgroups divided and what do they refer to? How can you contribute to the conversations? What is the value of joining and engaging in this community? This will also be an opportunity to share what they would like to see more of on Futurium in the future.