08/05/2024
Key milestone in Ukraine-Romania-Moldova EU4Digital eCustoms pilot
The customs authorities of Ukraine, Moldova and Romania signed a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 29 April 2024, marking a key milestone in EU4Digital eCustoms activities and, ultimately, the smoother integration of Ukraine and Moldova in the European Union (EU) market. This agreement between the State Customs Service of Ukraine, the Romanian Customs Authority and the Customs Service of the Republic of Moldova sets the stage for collaborative testing of cross-border data exchange, as part of the EU4Digital Initiative objectives to facilitate trade and extend the benefits of the EU’s Digital Single Market to the Eastern partner countries.
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11/05/2024
Education in times of war: Device Coalition and UNICEF provide schoolchildren with 39,000 laptops
UNICEF has organised the delivery of almost 39,000 laptops in April 2024 to schoolchildren in Ukraine in cooperation with the Device Coalition.
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08/05/2024
Key milestone in Ukraine-Romania-Moldova EU4Digital eCustoms pilot
The customs authorities of Ukraine, Moldova and Romania signed a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 29 April 2024, marking a key milestone in EU4Digital eCustoms activities and, ultimately, the smoother integration of Ukraine and Moldova in the European Union (EU) market. This agreement between the State Customs Service of Ukraine, the Romanian Customs Authority and the Customs Service of the Republic of Moldova sets the stage for collaborative testing of cross-border data exchange, as part of the EU4Digital Initiative objectives to facilitate trade and extend the benefits of the EU’s Digital Single Market to the Eastern partner countries.
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08/05/2024
Moldova introduces EVOSign enhanced e-signature service
Moldova's new EVOSign electronic signature service, accessible via mobile phone, aims to strengthen the state's digital identification ecosystem.
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30/04/2024
EU4Digital hosts first training for Eastern Partnership innovation clusters
Around 85 representatives of 70 innovation clusters and emerging cluster management organisations from the Eastern Partnership (EaP) joined an EU4Digital Facility capacity-building and networking event on 18 April 2024. The EU4Digital ICT Innovation stream gathered participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine for the special training event, which is part of EU4Digital’s new innovation clusters activity announced earlier in April.
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30/04/2024
Ukraine helping to develop the European Digital Identity Wallet
Ukraine has joined a pilot of the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI). Along with 19 European Member States, Ukraine is part of the POTENTIAL consortium, which launched a pilot in May 2024 and must present national ‘wallets’ to the EU within 24 months, completing prototyping by April 2025. This is after the European Parliament voted to create a legislative framework for EU digital identification in February 2024.
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29/04/2024
Construction projects in Ukraine streamlined with electronic property registration
The Ukrainian Ministries of Digital Transformation and Justice have introduced electronic registration of property rights in construction projects, streamlining processes.
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27/04/2024
Ukraine’s IT product management programme freely available online
An adapted version of an intensive IT product management training programme for Ukrainian higher education teachers held in April 2024 is now freely available online.
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26/04/2024
Opportunity for ‘Brave’ women entrepreneurs in Ukraine
A programme that helps Ukrainian women start or develop an existing business is accepting applications until 28 April 2024. The new season of the accelerator programme ‘Vidvazhna 2: Scaling and digitalisation’ was launched in Kyiv on 26 March as a continuation of the project.
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25/04/2024
Azerbaijan’s Digital Code to accelerate digital transformation
A major milestone has been reached in Azerbaijan's journey toward digitalisation with the development of the ‘Digital Code’—a comprehensive framework aimed at standardising and accelerating the nation's digital transformation.
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25/04/2024
Online marriage via Ukraine’s ‘Diia’ state app approved
The Ukrainian government has approved a resolution enabling couples to marry online through the 'Diia' state app, a measure expected to particularly benefit those separated by the ongoing conflict
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24/04/2024
European Union strengthens Ukraine’s cyber resilience
By means of the European Peace Facility (EPF), the EU is bolstering the cybersecurity capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by funding a cyber laboratory and training facility.
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24/04/2024
Armenia launches pioneering high-tech bachelor degree course
The National Polytechnic University of Armenia has announced the world's first bachelor’s degree in ‘Blockchain and Web3 Technologies’. This groundbreaking educational initiative was launched in collaboration with the Ministry of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia and the Web3 Armenia Foundation. It is a significant advancement in Armenia’s educational programme for high technology.
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