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Digital Health
The European Genomic Data Infrastructure project releases Starter Kit to enable access across borders to genomic and phenotypic data

The European Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI) project has released a ‘Starter Kit’ based on the rare disease and cancer proof-of-concepts from the Beyond 1 Million Genomes (B1MG) project. GDI is …

Green Economy & Smart Energy, Research & Innovation Policy
Study on Gender Balance in the R&I Field to Improve the Role of Women in the Energy Transition

The energy sector and its effort to shift to renewable sources of supply play a major role in the European Green Deal from an environmental and economic perspective. About 1.6 …

Digital Health
Contact tracing apps during the COVID-19 pandemic – a model for the future?

To combat and exit the COVID-19 pandemic, countries worldwide have increasingly used digital technologies in support of public health measures for contact tracing. On behalf of the European Commission (EC), …

Digital Health
Wie steht es um die Freigabe von Gesundheitsdaten für die Forschung in Deutschland?

Seit dem 1. Januar 2021 ist die elektronische Patientenakte (ePA) für gesetzlich Krankenversicherte in Deutschland verfügbar. Die dort enthaltenen strukturierte Daten bergen ein enormes Potenzial, welches für die privat und …

Society & Inclusion
Recht und Digitalisierung – Kann Legal Tech zu einem gleichwertigen Zugang zum Recht für Menschen mit Behinderung beitragen?

Was ist Legal Tech? Unter dem Schlagwort „Legal Tech“ werden gemeinhin ganz unterschiedliche digitale Anwendungen im Bereich des Rechts zusammengefasst. Beispielsweise ist es heute möglich, etwaige Ersatzansprüche, z.B. gegen Bahnunternehmen …

Digital Health
Save the Date: iProcureSecurity PCP Offene Marktkonsultation für Deutschland und Österreich

Das Österreichische Rote Kreuz ist einer von neun Beschaffern im Rahmen des iProcureSecurity PCP-Projekts. Das Projekt zielt darauf ab, innovative Triage-Management-Systeme zu entwickeln, die die Resilienz und Interoperabilität der medizinischen …

Digital Health, General
empirica launches EC study on the use and impact of digital contact tracing and warning apps in Europe

The coronavirus does not stop at borders but tracing and warning apps can help identify and break the chain of infections. Today, most Member States have launched their own national …

General, Skills & Future of Work
European project recommends training the trainers for entrepreneurship

The project Peer-Learning Activities in Entrepreneurship Education and in Women’s Entrepreneurship, implemented 2018 to 2021, now published its final reports. The project, coordinated by empirica, organised six highly interactive workshops …

General, Skills & Future of Work
empirica launches online survey about the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform

Empirica has launched an online survey exploring the Europeans’ interests in digital skills and jobs, as well as user feedback on the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform. The questionnaire was …

Digital Health, eCare & Ageing, General
empirica supported the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra in researching the uptake of digital therapeutics in Europe

empirica participated in a study for Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund, aimed at understanding how digital therapeutics ca be used in European health systems. Digital therapeutics are evidence-based digital medical …

Green Economy & Smart Energy
procuRE Tender Released €7.68 million R&D funding to change renovations

The Horizon-project procuRE has released the R&D services tender (TED) calling for the development of breakthrough solutions to renovate existing buildings to be supplied with 100% renewable supply. The deadline …

Skills & Future of Work
European bioeconomy experts call for a shift towards sustainability

In a workshop about promoting education, training and skills across the bioeconomy, experts called for a cultural shift towards sustainability and circularity. They said that one of the main current …