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good afternoon everyone welcome back to our second day of the info days now

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we're we will start with destination six of cluster 4 of the Horizon Europe

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program um this afternoon what awaits us we'll start as I said with destination

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six we'll cover 14 topics that will cover uh four objectives after each

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objective our amazing slido team will help us to gather your questions and uh

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to answer to them and then uh after we conclude destination six we would

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continue with the public procurement that it's AI for public good uh and the

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four public procurements um I can see that uh our

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speakers are already here so uh we can start

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um we'll start with the first objective on the virtual worlds and uh the four uh

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topics that we'll cover cover our human 14 human 15 human 16 and human 17 the

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first speaker it will be um Yugo can you please uh take the floor i

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will put the slides yes so good afternoon uh I'm Y Bhan from DJ connect

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G2 interactive technology digital for culture and education so uh I'm pleased to introduce

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the first topic which is called code technologies for virtual world and it

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will be a research and innovation action this research and innovation action is a

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joint effort from the virtual world partnership and the photonix partnership so was built together with the both

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communities uh we have an indicative budget of 43 million so and we are

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expecting project around five six million so roughly we will we will

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finance or we will grant up to seven project at at the maximum and uh we

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expect the technology readiness level starting at three and achieving at five

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at the end of the project so um for this uh for this uh call um the

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proposal I expected to contribute to developing core technologies for virtual worlds with a focus on better and more

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realistic and more performant multiodel interaction and immersion at application

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and components levels um the application should aim at

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increasing awareness acceptance adapt and adoption of virtual worlds

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application sector and the key word let's say will be transdisiplinarity across sections

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across sector sorry and research domains so as you can see uh we are expecting

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two outcome two main outcome and the proposers will have to focus on either

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area A or area B so for area A we are expecting a proposal regarding better

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and more realistic immersion through multimodel and interaction so here we

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are expecting improvement of a multimodel immersion experience combining extended reality with advanced

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and innovative technologies so in a nutshell what we are the scope will be to develop and

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demonstrate novel application for virtual world that combine several modalities and aim to provide a seamless

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and more realistic and immersive interactions to investigate also novel

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scientific approaches for to push the the limit of ex existing ones to improve

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the synchronization and integration of the different modalities and then also

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to focus on enhances use of multimodel technologies integrated at least two

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modalities within an extended reality application so we need two modalities

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and at least one application domain for the second part we uh it will be more

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let's say hardware related so we are expecting innovative innovative

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photonics technology for projection sensing and perception in virtual worlds here we

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need uh we are expecting to improve performance of micro displays or sensing devices serving virtual world by using

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innovative optics and photonics technologies also just in a nutshell we

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the scope will be to uh to further improve current and micro display

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uh regarding power consumption device efficiency resolution and dynamic range color gamut

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contrast and refresh rates for truly immersive experience uh for sensing device also to improve

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accuracy in diverse lightning condition and with the different eyes uh with different eyes

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uh physiology sorry um I think the we can also focus on the

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essential aspect the quality of integration both from a user and technological in

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perspective we want to focus on human perception and experience from subjective objective and functional p

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perspective and also to take into account EU values such as inclusivity

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privacy security safety of user and the protection of their personal data as

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well as diversity and of course we want to have reliable robust and interperable

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solution and I think with this uh it's uh it's done for me and I will give back

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the floor to Adelina thank you so much uh Yugo please stay for the questions at

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the end of the um objective and uh for people sending uh questions we'll share

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the slideo um QR code and when you write a question please specify for each topic

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it's your question and now we will continue with the human 15 and

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Adelina Adelina can you hear me Yes hello perfect thank you thank you so

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this is the second call that we have uh on virtual worlds and this time we have an

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innovation action that we are uh looking for and this uh innovation um uh action

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aims for better performance and hyperpersonalized and immersive experience with the help of Genai this

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time this this call is a joint effort from two partnerships the partnership on

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virtual worlds and the ADRA partnership and in this particular sense proposals

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should allocate tasks to um allow for cohesion activities with these two uh

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partnerships and also with uh the topic uh 17 the CSA that I will present uh

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later on so what we want to achieve with this goal we have two main outcomes in

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view here and the first one is a better immersion and significantly improved

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user experience and in order to to get to this outcome proposal are expected to

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contribute uh either by creating a safe and inclusive virtual spaces realisting

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environments or a creative and beyond uh reality uh environments or by developing dynamic

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storytelling and scenarios in order to afterward lead to some creative and

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personalized content or by creating personalized avatars to provide seamless

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and more realistic immersive uh interaction leading to unique uh experience so what you what you see here

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is that we uh want you to use the generic um the generative AI in order to

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to produce um more realistic and more innovative more creative experiences so

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this is let's say uh the the key um the key aspect as I said before we have two

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outcomes the second one is to achieve a safe and inclusive navigation in in the

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virtual worlds and uh here proposals can can contribute by using generative AI to

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develop small digital assistants and 3D chatbots uh in order to enhance uh

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education and training in order to remove uh different barriers like like

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the language barriers uh also for language uh disorders but also barriers

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uh for persons uh with disabilities uh also to offer sentiment analysis and

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behavioral decision uh support systems and to enable users to um adapt to

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interlocutors uh from various uh languages cultural uh

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backgrounds uh proposals uh should build on on results from previous fund

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deductions but also collaborate with existing relevant uh projects and uh

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initiatives now some information about figures let's say uh the indicative uh

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total budget of this topic is 20 million and we expect a project uh to have uh a

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contribution uh in the range of four to to 5 million uh millions and by doing

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the u the calculations so you would see that we would get to around uh five to

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to to six projects uh in point of TRL uh we expect uh the projects to start at

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the TRL 4 and get by the end of the of the projects to um

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TRL6 um also what I could mention is about the duration uh we expect uh

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duration of 36 uh months per per project to uh to be able to achieve uh let's say

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the expected outcomes of uh of this um topic uh and I think that was all for

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this topic thank you so much Delina will you again very later on yes yes i will

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go to to present the uh call for uh the 17 call that is uh coordination and and

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support action this is also um a joint call but this time uh between the

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virtual worlds partnership and the uh initiative on uh web 4 uh.0 zero uh as

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you can see from on on on the screen here we have a long list of of outcomes

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that we expect from uh from proposals um first of all it's about the

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strategic research innovation agenda for virtual words in Europe uh but you have

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also the strategic research innovation agenda for web 4.0 uh also they established and uh running

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a European virtual worlds uh partnership that supports the uh European virtual

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worlds and also the web 4.0 community uh also as outcome we have a strong and

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competitive uh ecosystem and here what you want is to include all European

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companies that play um a leading role in the adoption and um and acceptance and

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also in the development and and deployment of virtual worlds technologies uh as a whole we have also

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uh very reinforced links uh among the different initiatives um in in the

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virtual worlds a wide uh awareness and outreach

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list of of programs a higher adoption of virtual worlds uh technologies uh but

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also standardization methods for uh virtual world technologies that are also in support of um of the EU uh regulatory

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framework so this is let's say the what and now let's see how to to get to to

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this uh uh outcomes uh proposals um are expected to support the entire community

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in implementing the virtual worlds um uh partnership and the strategic uh

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research and innovation agenda for virtual worlds and ensure a close coordination at at all levels at

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regional national also uh the higher uh European level uh the support

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uh that should be given uh to the development of the research um and

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innovation agenda for web 4.0 in Europe and here we expect them also to propose

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an implementation agenda for the European um web 4.0 strategy for research and innovation to support also

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uh the emergence of a European ecosystem for web 4.0 Z uh to provide support uh

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for the partnership in order to um merge a strong and inclusive network that

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brings together stakeholders from all uh uh sectors from academia from industry

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uh but also public sectors and users um to promote the adoption of virtual

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world technologies and solution um in member states but also in associated

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countries uh to develop and implement uh different outreach programs that would

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lead to a better understanding of um a virtual world and a better awareness of

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uh of what it means for for the society and uh and economy um to identify

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potential ethical legal societal economical um aspects related to to

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virtual worlds and to identify also here um possible ways to tackle the the

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eventual issues that they um identify and regarding the standardization here

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we expect them to support the efforts in um in the uh aim to to promote the

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uptake of uh interoperable um open uh trustworthy and um ethical uh virtual

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world solutions uh again here also what I could say in point of figures uh we expect to have

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one uh project selected uh for a budget of 2.5 uh million euro

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uh and as I said before it's a coordination and and support um action

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thank you so muchina then um you will see any further questions but now we'll

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go back to human 16 uh with present

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presenter Horge I'm going to present the topic about driving the raping evolution of the internet towards open and

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interoperable 4 and virtual worlds now a little bit of background because I mean

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for those who have been following following our activities in the past related to next generation internet

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opensource and the communities that we have been supporting there have been some changes in this in in the new call

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in the work program 2025 so we are moving from what we have been doing

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doing in the past that it was more a bottomup approach where people could

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present their ideas and work we are going to have a continuity in terms of the support to open source we are going

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to have a continuity in terms of the support to to these communities but now there is a different focus we are

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focusing on the area of web 4.0 and virtual worlds okay so this is this is

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has to be a clear message so any proposal that come to us has to be put in the context on how the internet has

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to work in this new context of web 4.0 and virtual worlds based on this the

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expected outcomes of this call are related to having an early

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demonstrations on how the new architectural framework related to the internet protocols standards h

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applications will have to be developed open building on upon open-source

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internet building blocks in priority areas in the next slide I will I will talk more in detail about which are

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going to be the priority areas that we are going to focus but if we go back to the to the previous slide then I can

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then there are a few other expected outcomes

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so the the emergence of open and inter and interoperable web 4.0 zero and

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virtual worlds and based on the open source and based on the different

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technologies open standards open source digital common technologies that can h

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can be aligned to the EU values and regulatory framework then uh we also try

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to get new business opportunities and the emergence of new business and sustainability models for the data of

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this call we have 14.5 millions and The EU contribution per project is between

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one and three millions this means that we allow for relatively small projects but also a little bit larger and we are

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expecting a number of projects who are going to work in parallel throughout this call next slide so here I I'm going

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to talk about the five focus areas where we are where we were focused the call so

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a clear message here is that proposals should address one of these five topic

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areas so we are not expected proposals that are going to cover other different aspects that the ones that are is

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indicated in the call for proposals so to give an example we have the one about

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identity management identity management is is a is an area where we have been working for many years in the context of

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the internet this is fine but in the context of virtual worlds web 4.0 this

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may have a different approach okay what is the meaning of identity when you have AI agents avatars that are acting on

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your behalf how this has to be modified the technologies that we are using the

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approaches so that we can what is the concept of identity what happens with

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payments what happens when an avatar or an ai agent attacks on our behalf on

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social networks what is the responsibility so there is a new area that needs to be adapted and it's a

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research that need to be carried on on in order to transform what has been done in the past and this in the context of

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the policies that are being developed by the commissions in around the digital identity wallet and the EI trust service

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framework the second topic is about software supply chain security so this

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is relates to how to improve the security of the software supply chain and these address issues related to

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trustability of code collaborative trust models among contributors and users detections of anomalous behaviors etc to

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ensure that the software that we develop is secure and is not attacked the third

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area relates to open hardware so this is focusing both on open hardware chips but

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also on tools related to prototyping product and integration and all these in

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real life use cases related to virtual worlds and web 4.0 we are also looking for alternative

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solutions to centralized platforms okay so based on open source and that are

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offering credible alternative to user supporting the mergence of web 4.c zero and virtual worlds and

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finally we are focusing on demonstrators for virtual worlds making a use of

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existing open-source building blocks for ensuring trust interoperation interconnection transactions and access

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to resources in virtual worlds applications and services what is important to note here is that proposers

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have to clearly identify which of the five topics they are going to address in the proposal and in the evaluation in a

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selection process at least one proposal in each of the will be selected and so

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as far as they reach all the minimum thresholds that are necessary and to

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finalize it's important to note that we have included the possibility of having

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FSTP P contribution so a maximum of the total requested 15% of the total

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requested contribution could be allocated to FSTP third parties

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allocated selected through open calls and with this I finished the

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presentation yeah thank you so much uh Jorge now I

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will share with you uh the slide with um slido code please scan the QR code and

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do not forget to go to the allocated room for the destination 6 you can also

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go to the web page at slido.com and type

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the codes um so um slider team could you

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please share if we already have some questions uh we start with Yugo with you

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are the uh there specific use case domains that have priority is

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entertainment a domain of interest uh we we don't uh we don't uh

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we are not prescriptive regarding the domain so uh let's say proposers are uh

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feel free to to propose any application domain that you want and the

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entertainment I think is one of one of the domain that could be proposed but uh

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I I don't see any issue there okay thank you so much uh then uh now we

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have question to you Adelina the text states this is for human 15 the text

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states "List one of the following expected outcomes does this mean proposal addressing both will be

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preferred?" Okay thank you for the question no this is the the reply so

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since the the call text specifies that at least one of the expected outcomes should be um addressed if it's one or if

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it's both there is not uh a preference and no uh let's say uh extra points

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gained that because the proposal um addresses both uh outcomes okay very

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clear and now again back to you could you provide examples of what kind of

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tasks you expect in order to show cohesion activities with the two partnerships yeah so uh as you saw there

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are different um outcomes that we expect from the proposals and uh the respective

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uh proposal for the uh CSA uh could be could take any of these uh outcomes and

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have for example if it's about um awareness raising maybe have some um

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organize some events together with the with the partnership or in point of uh

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um strengthening of of the ecosystem so related to any of the outcomes uh that

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are expected from from the proposals to have uh synergies with the with the two

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um partnerships thank you so much Delina now we're going back to Ugo for you uh are the next two

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questions the first one it's on applications should be tested and anchored in real world environments and

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aimed at least one application domain this code is for developing core tech

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for virtual worlds what word environments are the code specifying could you give a few examples of

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application domains i think as we say previously this is uh

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this is let's say left left to to to uh to to the proposer to propose

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application domains there's no um there's no restriction per se on the

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domain application it could be health it could be automotive it could be let's

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say industry it could be u science there's no there's no restriction in

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this uh and for application domain concrete example um uh let's say

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if we um if we go for this kind of detail

0:25:03.400 --> 0:25:10.880
it's maybe it's to enter to to to uh to directly to the to the proposal so I

0:25:10.880 --> 0:25:18.279
would just give the name of few application domains such as health automotives industry

0:25:18.279 --> 0:25:27.039
um as I say science but um we don't have any specific uh application domain per

0:25:27.039 --> 0:25:32.320
okay thank you um I believe Adelina you already answered this question but uh

0:25:32.320 --> 0:25:38.559
yet we're going to read it should support a partnership which is already established correct it does not have to

0:25:38.559 --> 0:25:44.960
build the partnership itself yes and if I may I see there is a question afterwards so not the next time but the

0:25:44.960 --> 0:25:51.360
other one that is also on on the same topic so the partnership is not yet

0:25:51.360 --> 0:25:57.360
finalized let's say but we are in the last uh uh in the last uh line uh so for

0:25:57.360 --> 0:26:02.400
the moment we are expecting really soon to have the the association legally uh

0:26:02.400 --> 0:26:07.679
created and to have uh the partnership launched somewhere this uh this autumn

0:26:07.679 --> 0:26:14.000
but by the time the project is supposed to to start that means uh next year

0:26:14.000 --> 0:26:19.760
sometime next year the partnership will be uh completely in place so um it is

0:26:19.760 --> 0:26:27.799
not supposed to help to develop it from from start but it will be already in place at the moment of the Okay

0:26:27.799 --> 0:26:33.039
and uh is there official information available about the members that can be

0:26:33.039 --> 0:26:39.760
shared publicly yeah so as I said it's not yet uh completely uh finalized the

0:26:39.760 --> 0:26:46.080
process that is why the official information uh will be published uh the

0:26:46.080 --> 0:26:51.919
time that the memorandum of understanding is signed that is uh somewhere this this autumn we do not

0:26:51.919 --> 0:27:00.960
have a precise day of course uh yeah okay um thank you so much uh so now it's

0:27:00.960 --> 0:27:07.440
a question that it's for human But also they they mentioned human 17

0:27:07.440 --> 0:27:12.600
all proposals are expected to allocate task for cohesion activities with both

0:27:12.600 --> 0:27:19.520
partnerships including the CSA in horizon cluster for human 17 if we aim

0:27:19.520 --> 0:27:25.600
for area A does the proposal need to allocate task for photonix partnership

0:27:25.600 --> 0:27:33.520
how can we link to CSA human 17 here the the idea is to uh let's say it's to um

0:27:33.520 --> 0:27:39.600
to allocate task and effort for coision activity with this CSA so that means

0:27:39.600 --> 0:27:47.679
communication and also interaction with the CSA uh of course for area A um the

0:27:47.679 --> 0:27:55.600
link to the photonix partnership is not necessary I would say

0:27:55.600 --> 0:28:01.279
um for the the type B for the photonix one as it's photonix for virtual world

0:28:01.279 --> 0:28:06.640
serving virtual worlds maybe it's better also to have coision activities for both

0:28:06.640 --> 0:28:11.840
uh both both partnership the virtual world partnership and also a photonix

0:28:11.840 --> 0:28:18.000
partnership to a certain extent thank you so much yog now question to

0:28:18.000 --> 0:28:23.360
all of you is there space for emerging XR technologies such as voluometric

0:28:23.360 --> 0:28:29.679
video someone would like to take well maybe in

0:28:29.679 --> 0:28:37.840
my case in the case of 16 we are not focusing on the specific XR technologies so we are

0:28:37.840 --> 0:28:44.880
coming from the part of the internet so in our case we are not focusing on this specific technologies and we are just

0:28:44.880 --> 0:28:51.600
addressing the topics that are in our call so but we are different than my colleagues so it's up to them now to

0:28:51.600 --> 0:28:57.279
define well it depend depends on how uh this uh what would be the role of this

0:28:57.279 --> 0:29:03.440
company inside the the consortium because it's um it should be uh a consortium you know the uh the

0:29:03.440 --> 0:29:08.600
eligibility rules for creating a consortium for uh for this type of of um

0:29:08.600 --> 0:29:16.880
proposals so if they have a valid role in in the consortium in which they address uh a particular uh part of the

0:29:16.880 --> 0:29:22.480
of the tasks I would not say that it's not uh that it's uh not possible but

0:29:22.480 --> 0:29:27.919
it's maybe not the the main or the t the core tasks of the of the project the

0:29:27.919 --> 0:29:33.039
same goes also for 17 because it's about uh putting all the uh all the value

0:29:33.039 --> 0:29:38.880
chain all the ecosystem together uh so I would there I would see them also yeah

0:29:38.880 --> 0:29:47.120
somewhere okay thank you so much um then uh uh back to to you Adelina it's uh can

0:29:47.120 --> 0:29:52.840
this be a single agenda instead of two agendas one for virtual words and one for web

0:29:52.840 --> 0:29:58.159
4.0 um as after all web 4 includes also

0:29:58.159 --> 0:30:04.720
the virtual works i know yes but in the context as it's um uh explicitly

0:30:04.720 --> 0:30:10.799
mentioned that there are two different um agendas uh also because we have a a

0:30:10.799 --> 0:30:17.600
virtual world's uh partnership and we have also a web 4.0 zero um initiative

0:30:17.600 --> 0:30:24.320
uh so it there are different let's say uh they have different structures uh so

0:30:24.320 --> 0:30:30.880
um I would say that it's um better to to have um to have different um different

0:30:30.880 --> 0:30:36.080
uh strategic research um agendas for virtual worlds and for the web for the

0:30:36.080 --> 0:30:43.200
maybe of course there are connections and you can have things in in in common for them and make references uh but I

0:30:43.200 --> 0:30:49.360
would uh I unities on having two two different ones thank you so much uh for

0:30:49.360 --> 0:30:54.880
you for the scope software supply chain security do you expect experts in cyber

0:30:54.880 --> 0:31:02.559
security to deal with the scope or what expertise would be required to deal with the scope well certainly we need experts

0:31:02.559 --> 0:31:09.039
in cyber security this is a this is a topic about security in the context of

0:31:09.039 --> 0:31:14.080
software supply chain so obviously cyber security is very wide they cover many

0:31:14.080 --> 0:31:19.679
different areas but focusing on the part of how of the security of the software

0:31:19.679 --> 0:31:25.399
supply chain certainly we need a consortium that demonstrates that they have a

0:31:25.399 --> 0:31:31.120
strong capacity strong knowledge and experience expertise in the area of

0:31:31.120 --> 0:31:37.760
cyber security thank you um now Ugo for you it's do you

0:31:37.760 --> 0:31:43.000
expect to have innovation on a global system or just different

0:31:43.000 --> 0:31:50.000
technobicks for human cattle 14 sorry area B we are expecting something which

0:31:50.000 --> 0:31:56.799
is not only a development of technology but also the integration of advanced

0:31:56.799 --> 0:32:02.480
innovative and high performance optic and photonix technology so it's not only

0:32:02.480 --> 0:32:08.960
a an assembly of different technobicks we want something integrated for this

0:32:08.960 --> 0:32:14.880
one mhm and then it's again for the same area do you expect solutions for

0:32:14.880 --> 0:32:22.880
application um AR glasses head-up display or immersive technologies in static room

0:32:22.880 --> 0:32:30.360
well the the area B is more let's say onics and photonics so I would say my my

0:32:30.360 --> 0:32:39.000
my primary let's say uh idea would to be focus on AR glasses head of

0:32:39.000 --> 0:32:45.279
display but um if uh if let's say the propos have the idea of immersive

0:32:45.279 --> 0:32:51.279
technology in static room as well they can also submit some u their ideas the

0:32:51.279 --> 0:32:56.559
proposals okay and then we'll jump again one question so we stay with you on the

0:32:56.559 --> 0:33:04.398
same area it's is technology validated in laboratory environment is

0:33:05.240 --> 0:33:10.320
acceptable and do you expect solutions for applica uh yes then you reply to the

0:33:10.320 --> 0:33:17.919
second one [Music] um uh for the the question I'm not sure

0:33:17.919 --> 0:33:25.279
I catch everything but uh um we we we are expecting let's say

0:33:25.279 --> 0:33:30.640
technology of course validated in laboratory environment but uh maybe also

0:33:30.640 --> 0:33:40.080
outdoor technologies [Music] um I I'm not sure I I uh okay maybe we

0:33:40.080 --> 0:33:46.799
can we can answer maybe a bit later by uh yeah in a written format we can

0:33:46.799 --> 0:33:53.840
answer it of course okay um and then uh um it has been answered

0:33:53.840 --> 0:33:59.600
this question on the human port in area B on the in the static room so we move

0:33:59.600 --> 0:34:05.519
herhead to no 17 was Delina it's me yes uh for you are there hard commitments

0:34:05.519 --> 0:34:11.000
expectations about the support to the virtual world partnership and if so will

0:34:11.000 --> 0:34:17.200
these to made public before the co- closes so that new parties may enter or

0:34:17.200 --> 0:34:24.878
is the idea that the current consortium will be drive the new consortium okay so there

0:34:24.879 --> 0:34:30.800
are no hard commitments no expectation expect except to have those um let's say

0:34:30.800 --> 0:34:36.720
cohesion um tasks that I mentioned uh before um regarding the current

0:34:36.720 --> 0:34:43.358
consortium I don't know which current consortium they they refer to but definitely it's an open call uh so there

0:34:43.359 --> 0:34:52.158
is no uh let's say uh no members uh that are um a close uh uh group to to

0:34:52.159 --> 0:34:57.440
participate what is really mentioned in the um in the text uh on the contrary is

0:34:57.440 --> 0:35:02.560
the fact that the DCSA should be prepared managed and coordinated by key

0:35:02.560 --> 0:35:08.160
stakeholders in the field so that is what I think the most important so to be

0:35:08.160 --> 0:35:16.000
uh key players in in uh in virtual worlds uh technologies okay thank you so much to all of you for

0:35:16.000 --> 0:35:21.240
giving additional details and now we can move to the next

0:35:21.240 --> 0:35:29.440
objective uh and uh this objective sits on AI generative AI data and robotics uh

0:35:29.440 --> 0:35:34.480
we have one topic under this objective and this topic it will be presented by

0:35:34.480 --> 0:35:41.440
chem ch the floor is yours thank you very much uh so I'm going to talk about

0:35:41.440 --> 0:35:49.520
the genu jai for you central hub uh this is a CSA uh and uh this coordination and

0:35:49.520 --> 0:35:55.119
support action uh aims to create a central nodes uh of the geni ecosystem

0:35:55.119 --> 0:36:02.240
in Europe connecting all key uh strategic players uh in the different uh sectors uh the

0:36:02.240 --> 0:36:11.040
GNI for you uh initiative has been announced beginning of 2024 and since then uh we have uh with other clusters

0:36:11.040 --> 0:36:16.560
uh of the horizon Europe uh and also from digital and EIC uh we have designed

0:36:16.560 --> 0:36:22.640
a number of calls that are about GNI4U uh and the role of this central hub of

0:36:22.640 --> 0:36:29.960
the CSA is to support all these initiatives that are under GI for

0:36:29.960 --> 0:36:36.079
initiatives uh the expected outcome of uh that call is the creation of the hub

0:36:36.079 --> 0:36:42.040
of the uh as a central node linking all uh

0:36:42.040 --> 0:36:48.800
geni4 projects aiming to uh support the take of geni solution across the different

0:36:48.800 --> 0:36:54.400
sectors identified uh for the initiatives and linking all project from

0:36:54.400 --> 0:37:01.839
the different clusters the CSA will also support the European Commission uh and the AI office uh within the European

0:37:01.839 --> 0:37:11.960
Commission to promote uh the ecosystem of trusty uh genative AI um systems

0:37:13.040 --> 0:37:20.880
the budget of the project will be uh 3 million uh and lumpsum funding will apply for

0:37:20.880 --> 0:37:26.079
that project the area of work uh of uh the

0:37:26.079 --> 0:37:33.920
CSA is uh to create this community of developers and users of uh geni solution

0:37:33.920 --> 0:37:38.960
and to make this community visible visibility also play a crucial role in

0:37:38.960 --> 0:37:47.359
the CSA uh it will uh also uh support uh

0:37:47.359 --> 0:37:52.640
um or uh facilitate the connection with the AI factories

0:37:52.640 --> 0:37:57.839
uh also uh with the data spaces

0:37:57.839 --> 0:38:04.720
uh and all initiatives of the EC being uh supported by Horizon Europe uh

0:38:04.720 --> 0:38:10.720
digital Europe program or others that are uh linking with GNAI

0:38:10.720 --> 0:38:16.880
uh models it will also serve as an observatory for generative AI uh

0:38:16.880 --> 0:38:22.520
conducting landscape analysis uh so landscape analysis means

0:38:22.520 --> 0:38:29.359
um all actors developers users but also market research patent use cases etc and

0:38:29.359 --> 0:38:35.760
disseminate the results of that uh landscape at least twice a year

0:38:35.760 --> 0:38:43.119
it will also coordinate with the AI on demand platform with the geni foru skills uh initiatives under digital euro

0:38:43.119 --> 0:38:49.040
program and also other uh ADRA funded actions uh and other uh national and

0:38:49.040 --> 0:38:54.359
European initiatives in the field of generative AI

0:38:55.400 --> 0:39:00.640
uh we want also DCSA to help uh for the

0:39:00.640 --> 0:39:09.119
different uh sectors bringing industrial uh actors uh into the initiatives

0:39:09.119 --> 0:39:17.359
uh as I mentioned this morning uh under destination for uh development of generative AI models requires uh

0:39:17.359 --> 0:39:23.599
availability of data that only uh industrial uh actors holds and they have

0:39:23.599 --> 0:39:32.960
to make this data available to make uh to to to allow the development of geni models so uh DCSA has a role in that by

0:39:32.960 --> 0:39:40.599
connecting these industrial actors with uh the initiatives in the different clusters

0:39:42.200 --> 0:39:49.599
uh it should also promote uh the reuse of um previous results or current results

0:39:49.599 --> 0:39:55.119
funded by uh any initiatives in the U or uh nationally

0:39:55.119 --> 0:40:00.320
uh and help uh to build uh let's say uh

0:40:00.320 --> 0:40:08.040
a community of skilled people uh in the field of generative AI uh in

0:40:08.040 --> 0:40:13.359
Europe And I think uh that's all for

0:40:13.359 --> 0:40:20.079
that topic okay thank you so much CH and the next objective is standardization and

0:40:20.079 --> 0:40:26.280
knowledge valorization in this uh objective we are going to cover seven

0:40:26.280 --> 0:40:33.599
topics and uh um you can see uh which topics are here we'll start with the

0:40:33.599 --> 0:40:40.640
first topic on horizon standardization booster presented by uh

0:40:40.640 --> 0:40:46.800
thank you very much Rosit and uh good afternoon to everybody um so my name is

0:40:46.800 --> 0:40:52.880
Eola I work in DG research and innovation in the unit for valorization

0:40:52.880 --> 0:40:58.960
policies and IPR so uh we start from human 60 so this

0:40:58.960 --> 0:41:06.960
is uh Horizon standardization booster uh this is a topic uh for a CSA uh the uh

0:41:06.960 --> 0:41:15.119
budget is €1.5 million um a brief um background to the

0:41:15.119 --> 0:41:22.720
topic uh uh standardization is uh an important channel for valorization of

0:41:22.720 --> 0:41:29.880
research results standards are of course also very important for ensuring safety

0:41:29.880 --> 0:41:35.280
functionality and interoperability of products as we have heard earlier in

0:41:35.280 --> 0:41:42.560
this uh session um the commission published two years ago a recommendation

0:41:42.560 --> 0:41:47.599
on a code of practice for standardization for knowledge powerization

0:41:47.599 --> 0:41:55.359
it calls for considering standardization early on in research and when planning

0:41:55.359 --> 0:42:02.240
uh research and innovation projects so the aim of this uh CSA uh is

0:42:02.240 --> 0:42:09.520
to create a mentoring scheme uh for standardization uh which will provide

0:42:09.520 --> 0:42:15.040
expert services to beneficiaries of publicly funded projects

0:42:15.040 --> 0:42:21.040
this uh service uh will be uh available for beneficiaries

0:42:21.040 --> 0:42:27.920
uh not only in ongoing uh and closed EU funded projects uh but also uh for

0:42:27.920 --> 0:42:35.359
research and innovation projects uh funded at national level um this action

0:42:35.359 --> 0:42:41.560
will uh build uh on the uh achievements u and results of the horizon

0:42:41.560 --> 0:42:48.160
standardization booster pilot uh which was running for 3 years uh and finished

0:42:48.160 --> 0:42:55.839
uh early this year um and this new action will uh assist the beneficiaries

0:42:55.839 --> 0:43:02.240
to valorize uh their project results either by creation of new standards or

0:43:02.240 --> 0:43:08.480
by revisioning of existing standards and this uh will be done by helping

0:43:08.480 --> 0:43:14.800
researchers uh for example to work with standardization bodies uh through

0:43:14.800 --> 0:43:21.280
technical committees or focus groups uh and by or or by drafting uh technical

0:43:21.280 --> 0:43:27.920
specifications uh and reports and uh the primary focus uh of

0:43:27.920 --> 0:43:33.440
this topic will be on technology domains uh identified in the commission

0:43:33.440 --> 0:43:40.480
recommendation on critical technology techology areas uh for example uh AI

0:43:40.480 --> 0:43:48.160
quantum biotechnology advanced connecting technologies robotics advanced materials etc you have the full

0:43:48.160 --> 0:43:54.240
list in the uh one of the uh references uh for which you have the link in the

0:43:54.240 --> 0:43:59.760
topic description so uh uh then another element here is

0:43:59.760 --> 0:44:06.240
that this action should also uh increase uh the use of the training academy uh

0:44:06.240 --> 0:44:14.079
which was created uh by the booster pilot um and and it's also to uh add new

0:44:14.079 --> 0:44:20.400
elements to the academy uh based on the user feedback and the expected outcomes

0:44:20.400 --> 0:44:26.319
uh include um as stated in the slide uh increased participation of researchers

0:44:26.319 --> 0:44:32.079
in standardization activities so basically uh reinforcing the link

0:44:32.079 --> 0:44:39.520
between research and standardization then uh uh increased development and adaptation of standards

0:44:39.520 --> 0:44:46.000
to meet a new industrial needs and uh finally increased update of new

0:44:46.000 --> 0:44:52.400
technologies through enhanced standardization activities uh let's then move to the

0:44:52.400 --> 0:44:58.319
next uh yeah thank you so much uh now we're going to go to the next topic also

0:44:58.319 --> 0:45:06.079
presented by you uh one back please so it's the uh 61 yes

0:45:06.079 --> 0:45:11.839
yes so yeah so uh human 61 so this is a

0:45:11.839 --> 0:45:18.079
standardization landscape analysis tool again a topic for the CSA

0:45:18.079 --> 0:45:23.839
um standardization is also uh very important for many EU policies uh such

0:45:23.839 --> 0:45:29.200
as the European Green Deal uh and the digital strategy

0:45:29.200 --> 0:45:35.640
um but um information about the existing standards and the ongoing

0:45:35.640 --> 0:45:42.000
standardization processes are uh very fragmented and and there is no uh

0:45:42.000 --> 0:45:48.000
centralized database or repository uh which then makes it challenging for

0:45:48.000 --> 0:45:55.200
researchers to access relevant standards and and this uh hinders uh their ability

0:45:55.200 --> 0:46:02.000
to integrate standardization uh into the research uh effectively

0:46:02.000 --> 0:46:07.119
so the objective of this uh action is to develop a standardization landscape

0:46:07.119 --> 0:46:14.440
analysis tool uh to support uh RNI actors in identifying existing

0:46:14.440 --> 0:46:21.920
standards um this tool uh will then help researchers to consider the existing

0:46:21.920 --> 0:46:27.160
standards as a key input uh when they plan their uh project

0:46:27.160 --> 0:46:33.839
activities and this tool should also uh include a mechanism to uh keep up with

0:46:33.839 --> 0:46:39.720
the the updates of standards automatically uh as far it is

0:46:39.720 --> 0:46:46.720
possible and um then um this uh this state-of-the-art information about the

0:46:46.720 --> 0:46:53.920
standards will uh help uh technology development and uh help RNI actors to

0:46:53.920 --> 0:47:02.319
comply uh with existing regulatory frameworks uh the expected outcomes um are uh to

0:47:02.319 --> 0:47:11.359
provide an information tool on the standardization landscape accessible for all RNI actors and by which you can

0:47:11.359 --> 0:47:16.680
search uh standardization deliverables at national European and international

0:47:16.680 --> 0:47:23.280
level and secondly to improve uh valorization mechanisms for uh ensuring

0:47:23.280 --> 0:47:28.640
uh the market relevance and scalability of RNI results and the budget for this

0:47:28.640 --> 0:47:35.680
topic is uh €1 million so back to you Rosita thank you so much uh O we're

0:47:35.680 --> 0:47:41.599
going to see you again uh very briefly now I'll give the floor to Lisa to

0:47:41.599 --> 0:47:48.880
present human 62 or artificial intelligence for knowledge uh Lisa

0:47:48.880 --> 0:47:54.880
thank you very much um my name is Lisa Vetsik and just as I work in DJ research

0:47:54.880 --> 0:48:00.400
and innovation in the unit working on valorization policies and intellectual

0:48:00.400 --> 0:48:06.160
property rights and I'm very happy to present um this topic on artificial

0:48:06.160 --> 0:48:11.440
intelligence for for knowledge valorization um which is a coordination and support

0:48:11.440 --> 0:48:16.960
action with a budget of 2 million and I would like to start by by briefly

0:48:16.960 --> 0:48:22.160
setting out the the context here as this topic is based on the motivation to

0:48:22.160 --> 0:48:27.680
address the innovation paradox so as we have excellent science in Europe yet we

0:48:27.680 --> 0:48:34.240
observe difficulties to translate the research results into innovation that yield

0:48:34.240 --> 0:48:39.520
um societal and economic benefit so what we would like to see here is to harness

0:48:39.520 --> 0:48:44.640
the potential of artif artificial intelligence in order to contribute to

0:48:44.640 --> 0:48:52.559
addressing that uh paradox and by supporting researchers and innovators and this shall be done by

0:48:52.559 --> 0:48:57.839
identifying relevant existing tools and instruments and test at least 100 use

0:48:57.839 --> 0:49:04.240
cases of AI for valorization from research to market and societal uptake

0:49:04.240 --> 0:49:09.839
such uh use cases can uh take many different forms as AI provides an array

0:49:09.839 --> 0:49:17.520
of application possibilities to support RNI actors um in order to identify opportunities

0:49:17.520 --> 0:49:23.440
for valorization and uh innovation and then guide them in creating value from

0:49:23.440 --> 0:49:29.599
research the description of the topic provides quite a few examples uh non-exhaustive

0:49:29.599 --> 0:49:35.200
of course but um for example with applications ranging from supporting uh

0:49:35.200 --> 0:49:42.400
matching with partners supporting uh feasibility assessment uh the management of intellectual asserts

0:49:42.400 --> 0:49:49.920
um research on the implementation conditions understanding and fitting to to markets and end users and uh there

0:49:49.920 --> 0:49:55.599
may be many more um and this uh action shall develop

0:49:55.599 --> 0:50:01.040
an AI powered valorization toolbox that can be used by researchers and

0:50:01.040 --> 0:50:08.960
innovators to make them aware of the opportunities for valorization in research and uh in order to then assist

0:50:08.960 --> 0:50:14.200
them in leveraging such opportunities to bring their research to the market and

0:50:14.200 --> 0:50:20.480
society and then uh abstracting from testing at least 100 use cases a

0:50:20.480 --> 0:50:29.040
knowledge base shall be developed to deliver insights best practices principles uh guidance um to ensure uh

0:50:29.040 --> 0:50:35.040
responsible use of AI for for knowledge valization and all of this should

0:50:35.040 --> 0:50:40.400
support the multistakeholder collaboration as to reach and engage

0:50:40.400 --> 0:50:45.599
various actors that are key to to valorization such asmemes ease social

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enterprises NOS's local communities and others and uh just to summarize what we

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expect as an outcome and as stated here on the slide the action will contribute to more efficient and effective

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valorization of research results by market society and policy making powered

0:51:04.079 --> 0:51:10.359
by AI this is to tackle the innovation paradox in Europe by supporting RNI

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actors and um AI shall be used to deliver valorization road maps business

0:51:15.839 --> 0:51:20.960
plans partnerships get market uptake strategies in at least 100 tested use

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cases of research based innovative solutions addressing societal challenges

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and uh with that I would give back to thank you very much thank you so much uh Lisa um now uh there is yet another

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CSA it's back to you for human 64 uh thank you Ross it's a it's a human 63

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so we go uh back one slide please yes sorry I'm skipping yes it's 63 yeah so

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the title is uh value creation pilots for scaling up innovative solutions and

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and this is again a CSA topic um and the budget is €2 million e so this topic uh

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will focus on strengthening the EU capacity to respond to complex and

0:52:12.880 --> 0:52:18.800
urgent challenges through transdisciplinary research and the aim

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um of the the action here uh is to test the effectiveness of at least 10

0:52:26.119 --> 0:52:33.480
transdisciplinary valorization pilots uh to be ready uh for scale up across

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Europe and and these uh scale up uh pilots uh we use mature uh results from

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research and innovation and then create new value creation opportunities

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uh and promote transdisciplinary and cross sectoral collaboration

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um of many different stakeholders and these pilots will also

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uh provide new insights uh to the possibilities and challenges uh of

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transdisciplinary approaches to address complex challenges and to the skills uh

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resources resources and tools needed the scope of the topic includes also uh

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targeted trainings uh for cross-disciplinary projects uh with

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scale up potential uh and and also other uh methodological tools and guidelines

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uh and it uh may also include uh best practices uh in harnessing the power of

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uh cross-disciplinary and cross- sectoral collaboration uh to enhance

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value creation across industry academia and public sector uh and um the expected

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outcomes are uh to increase innovation capacity by drawing on uh transdisiplinary research and cross-

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sectoral collaboration to create economic and societal value

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secondly to promote twin uh transition by testing and preparing uh for scale up

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at at least in valorization pilots uh combining uh research results in a

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transdisciplinary mo mode uh building multistakeholder collaborations

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uh promoting industry academia co-creation and engaging uh with citizens uh for swifter and humanentric

0:54:34.000 --> 0:54:40.000
polarization ation and thirdly uh enabling more uh value creation uh to be

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uh retained in Europe by testing resource based solution with high potential uh for scale up uh thank you

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and back to you Ro thank you so much um now we're going to

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give the floor to Guiam who is going to present this time human

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64 the CSA guom can you hear me so good afternoon everyone um I'm G Milo working

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in the DG research innovation is a unit responsible for industrial research innovation and

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respons so we are launching a call for pilot initiative on technology infrastructures uh but first maybe let

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me recall what technology infrastructures as it is still in concept um techn infrastructure so we

0:55:23.280 --> 0:55:29.920
call them TI often are important tools for industry to lower the cost and risk arising during development testing

0:55:29.920 --> 0:55:36.800
prototyping validation and upscaling phases the aim is to bring technologies to TL and eventually reach application

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and market entry uh due to their function and importance for industry uh TIS are essential for the Europe

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technological sovereignty strategic autonomy and competitiveness they come in various form and can be sector

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specific or technology focused such as pilot lines testing facilities clean room demonstration sites living labs so

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more like uh the kind of technology infrastructure that you probably know already if they are hosted by uh usually

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by research organization or technology uh some companies can also have tis uh

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they usually hosted by public organization we are developing in the open commission for TIS uh therefore I

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will invite you to consult our dedicated technology infrastructure web page on the commission website there will be a direct link in the work program

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published and you will find there relevant background information and also a call for public consultation running

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until May 22nd so after this introduction about what are TIS uh what

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are the goal of our call is to develop some CSA so some uh some uh

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initiative of uh 0.5 to 1 million eur lump sum uh with a budget of 5 million

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so we expect like five to 10 project which will have uh to target to provide evidence and understanding of the land

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of tis so including uh their facilities and the services already offered uh

0:56:55.200 --> 0:57:02.640
focus on the user needs uh for TIS we really want to have uh to have this user needs focused in order to improve the

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ability of TI's uh facilities and their service to entrepreneurs the U with a particular look to SM and startup which

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often do not get access to TIS and we think they they should they should have um an increased opportunity of access to

0:57:16.319 --> 0:57:22.079
improve their facility to test upscale and develop new technologies our goal is to make clear

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in Europe stronger and more resilient with improved project services offer better to user needs and to strengthen

0:57:28.240 --> 0:57:33.839
the innovation development of the European industry like this it will contribute to validate European approach

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to infrastructures that we are currently developing as I said and to test different

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strategic experience so the the goal is really to to learn on um on how we can

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improve access and use of TIS in order to develop to further develop our strategy and propose more action in the

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further work program uh let me just briefly specify that um proposal should

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take into account uh the section criteria for pilot actions that were developed in the final report of the

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question group on technology infrastructures you will find this report again on the technical structure web page of the commission um and should

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take in account what was developed by uh by this expire group uh proposal should

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identify a specific technology area or industrial ecosystem in which they will implement the activities proposed for

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initiative so it will cover different static steps needed to leave and to lead and achieve the expected outcomes

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depending of different starting point depending of the proposed area and theatic uh which will be building on

0:58:35.520 --> 0:58:42.079
earlier analysis consultation so that means that some areas uh and eos system will have different level of preparness

0:58:42.079 --> 0:58:48.440
uh regarding tis and so it's normal that proposal will have transfer different challenges depending on the considered

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areas and let me insist again on the fact that this action should result in an in-depth understanding of user needs

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for tis in relevant in ecosystems the aim is to identify potential gaps in the

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offer uh from the point of view of users and how to increase their access and

0:59:05.599 --> 0:59:12.799
answer mismatch between supply and demand both in terms of facilities but also in services across with a specific

0:59:12.799 --> 0:59:18.160
focus again onmemes and startup as well as large companies but we uh we really

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want to have like a a wall a wall range of users to access TIS

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thank you thank you so much uh Gon um briefly u

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we're going to call you again for the next topic but now I'll give the floor

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uh to Diana who is going to present uh okay the only innovation action in

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this objective diana thank you very much my name is Diana i

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work in DGRTD in the unit uh dealing with AI in science and um industry

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5.0 so I would like to present um the call on system innovation experimentation for industry

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5.0 um uh first I would like to say a few words about concept industry 5.0 and

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what it means um it is a um a forwardlooking industrial paradigm that

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goes beyond uh efficiency and productivity it emphasizes the societal

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role um and the environmental impact of industry through the true uh through the

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three pillars of industry 5.0 which are human centricity environmental

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sustainability and resilience um industry 5.0 Zero prioritizes investment

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in skills um fostering talent diversity and empowerment um and thereby helping

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um industries in navigating the the green and digital transitions um industry 5.0 is um

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framework uh grounded in system thinking approach

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uh it aims to foster the economic and environmental resilience of companies

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and also of industrial e ecosystems in general and to contribute to enhancing

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the sustainable competitiveness um of EU industries um industry 5.0 Zero

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innovations such as um human centric uh technologies or learning organization

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models contribute to tackling the new emerging challenges uh linked to the ongoing green and digital transitions

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such as addressing the skills gap uh attracting best talent or accelerating

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uh uptake of clean technologies um the proposal should

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elaborate on an industry 5.0driven zero driven methodology framework via system

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innovation experimentation in different industrial ecosystems uh to support deployment of

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industry 5.0 zero innovations or methods at regional local ind uh industrial

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ecosystems level um the project should build on the results um of the existing

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Horizon Europe industry 5.0 uh uh projects um such as prospects 5.0

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bridges 5.0 sees mech AI radio 5.0 0 and also of

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the um so-called community of practice on industry 5.0 which we have launched

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in 2023 uh proposals should involve appropriate expertise in social sciences

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and humanities uh in particular in systems thinking or complexity science

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and their uh practical implementation as part of system innovation or

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transformation um initiatives uh so what we expect from the project um

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first uh we expect demonstrated successful incentives that could be a policy mix uh uh for systemic

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transformation towards industry 5.0 uh and for skills upgrading and boosting

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the competitiveness of EU industries second development and application of

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industry 5.0 zero enabling conditions processes and methods um for systemic

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transformation organizational learning capacities and revitalization of

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industries at regional local and local level and finally to provide evidence on

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the implementation of industry 5.0 zero innovations for better adaptation um of industries to new challenges linked to

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the twin transition um and organizational agility um and to

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contribute to tackling the skills gap attraction of best talent in uh regional industrial ecosystems the budget is 3

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million um the overall duration uh 36 months and with this I give the floor

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back to Rosita thank you so much Danna um now let's go back to Guom to conclude

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this long session with seven topics and um Giam could you present 66

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yes thank you and good afternoon again so uh for this action we want to develop

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an assessment of tech infrastructures needs in Ukraine it will be a CSA of one

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to 1.5 million euro for a project in form of lum so only one project and the

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expected outcomes are to develop a compressive understanding of the extreme landscape of TIS in Ukraine including

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its impacity and service of course assess the loss of capacities regarding this sector uh in order of the Eurosian

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aggression uh to have a understanding of specific user needs from industrial

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users both Ukrainian and also um other companies is working in Ukraine with

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again a focus on uh onmemes if possible and to develop an investment agenda for

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TIS in Ukraine which will address the gaps related to capacity loss due to the war and in view of future techn development capacity of industry in

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support of the construction process and it will need to identify techn centers in Ukraine that will be uh

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able to pilot such an integrated approach to the provision of TI facing services ukraine companies uh will be

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will be needed to strengthen the connection between research industry capacities and uh for technical transfer

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therefore lowering the risk for a investment which is which is of TI so we really want to develop TI in Ukraine

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focusing first on what was lost during the war and what could be uh rebuilt and

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to develop networks around the technology centers additional maybe things to to keep in mind is that your

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activities should engage with current authorities at national and regional level of course and as well organization

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within the arena ecosystem such as RTO's technical universities research institutes teach centers of course uh

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which are in such structures due to Ukraine of course it will also need to rely on so European initiative and

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things uh we do uh in Ukraine right now the activities proposed under this

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action should include so aggressive analyst of user needs or TIS both in public and private sector it should take

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into account uh strategic technologies and long-term development needs for the current economy and uh also an analysis

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of capacity gaps and mismatch between supply and demand for PI service a bit like the action 63 as well but in the UK

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in in Ukraine um this uh project uh will therefore develop an investment agenda

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uh for TI in Ukraine in use the postwar construction of the country so this is very important action uh for

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reconstructing Ukraine after the end of the war soon as Europe this action um

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should set uh should identify set of centers in Ukraine so what we decided in the last line that we par the

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establishment of network uh so there should be really a center organized network of ti services uh in technology

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in ecosystem and they should be able to support after action later thank you

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thank you so much uh gon with this we concluded this objective so now we're

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going to slide and identifying uh uh questions for our four speakers we start

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with uh human 62 uh could you clarify the requirement

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of at least 100 use cases how diverse or unique are these use cases expected to

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be um yes thank you for the for the

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question and I think what I can say on that is uh of course valorization activities and methods are very diverse

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and uh so we'll have to be uh 100 use cases it would only make sense if uh not

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all 100 use cases are on patent searching uh tools but that uh the use

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cases are complimementaryary to match the various uh pathways from from research to innovation

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thank you we continue with you Lisa ai for knowledge polarization what is meant concretely

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with the phrase AI powered valorization tools could you provide some examples

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where will the 100 use cases come from uh yeah quite a quite a similar question

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I would say um and uh yes what is meant with with this is AI tools and AI uses

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specific for valorization activities and that's why we provide some some examples for for inspiration that sense but there

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there's many more aspects to that be it the scouting research results with innovative potential identifying

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relevant partners for valorization scenario building for for feasibility

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developing an IP strategy or a business plan like uh the possibilities are almost uh endless I would say and uh

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where those cases are supposed to be coming from it is uh it is explained

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that the action shall identify relevant existing tools and instruments and test

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their application for the purpose of valorization okay thank you the last uh question to

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you for now it's um in terms of the eligibility the consortium composition

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um I know the official threshold of minimum three participants but I'm more interested in practical information so

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what is the expected size of the consortium uh this is uh not prescribed i would say

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it's up to the applicants to demonstrate how their compilation capacities are adequate to achieve the expected

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outcomes thank you so much now we're going to move to U topic 63 with O uh

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could you please give an example of a valorization pilot

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yes thank you very much for this question it's a well this is really I mean they could

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be various types uh but uh um let me try

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to come up with an example uh for example if you have um I mean you work

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on the mature results uh uh from uh from research uh projects so for example if

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you have uh created some uh sensor technology uh um uh and and AI tools uh

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which can uh monitor for example uh uh crop growth and and and soil uh um

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health uh then this uh uh in the scale up phase you could uh u use the these uh

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mature technologies and uh integrate them into a larger uh system then involving the um end

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users uh farmers uh also the tech companies uh uh

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um maybe environmental scientists uh uh and and perhaps some policy makers also

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um uh and and and then to optimize uh uh farming practices uh uh reducing waste

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uh um and also uh uh increasing the the the crop yields for example so uh so uh

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these uh very diverse uh stakeholders involved uh could then um uh create new

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opportunities like uh creating more sustainable uh farming methods and

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improving uh food security this could be one example thank you so much the next

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question is also uh relevant to the same topic value creation pilots for scaling

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up innovative solutions could you please explain the differences of the CSAs to the EAC programs from Pathfinder to step

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scale up well this is a this is a CSA so uh

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this is uh um these value value creation pilots are are not really for scale up

1:12:24.320 --> 1:12:31.760
itself but it is uh to prepare uh for it so u uh so uh this this is uh this is

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the uh the difference I would say okay thank you and then uh please

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elaborate on the type of stakeholders addressed as beneficiaries here for the human 63 topic

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well uh this is really calling for multistakeholder collaboration so uh

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uh again a diverse array of um u stakeholders

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um could be included uh um from uh u

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industry um policy makers uh uh um

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societal actors um so u uh and it also

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um an important uh um actor could be uh

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uh living labs and and uh um different um uh facilities supporting um uh

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industry academia collaborations thank you so much um here we're staying

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with you but we're moving to topic uh human 60 a report for a study by the EC

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from two years ago was just mentioned by the current speaker the name of the study was not given can he provide a

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link to the report mentioned um I suppose this is now uh referring to

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the uh commission recommendation on the code of practice uh for

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standardization u for knowledge valorization um I thought there is a link in the in

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the u topic description but uh if not we will uh provide it in writing okay so

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all questions answered uh all the answers will be provided also in writing

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um on the human 65 Diana this is a question for you i

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would like to know if only entities in regional innovation valleys are eligible to submit a project to this call

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um so the answer is very simple no um the the text of the call says the

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following proposal should elaborate on an industry 5.0driven methodology framework via

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system innovation experimentation in different industrial ecosystems

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um for example in European regional innovation valleys but also in other

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regions so this is not uh not restricted to entities in regional innovation

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valleys perfect thank you so much um then the last question is for topic uh

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61 should SDOS's be a beneficiary in the consortium would letters of support from

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SDOS's be enough

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uh yes i mean the the uh topic description uh uh calls for um uh

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involving uh uh SDOS uh in the project

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um it's in the last paragraph of the um topic description so I would say that

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there is a strong call for involving them uh and uh uh I would not

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uh take any uh firm position on whether uh these letters of support uh would be

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enough okay thank you now we're going to the

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topic 63 will organiza organizations from the social sector be eligible to

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this call

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um yes uh the the answer is is simple yes they should uh

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uh they they would be eligible to participate in

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the in the in this call in the project

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okay thank you so much um I believe uh there are no further questions now we

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can move to the last objective from the destination six

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uh which is on international cooperation this uh objective will cover two topics

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one on human 19 international cooperation in semiconductors that it's

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coordination and support action and the second topic it's on generative AI for

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Africa um Verer maybe if uh you can start now i'm uh with connect uh DG

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connect in the unit uh C3 and this is the unit in charge of micro electronics and

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photonics um this topic is a CSA uh and it should help us in policy development

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so uh it's uh as the title says about international cooperation few words to

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the rational so as uh many of you know uh the commission has uh passed uh

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launched the so-called European chips act um this the motivation for this

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activity was uh that chips in sloppy language so so the be it electronic ones

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or photonics ones can be in short supply over the time EU has become very

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dependent on other world regions uh on the design from United States and on the

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production and uh from from Asia so uh it would this is all about uh reducing

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dependencies and guaranteeing ensuring supply so then comes the notion of

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partnerships with other countries and uh this CSA is not the first one we have a

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running CSA but uh we get good results from the running one so we this is what motivates awaits us to call again and uh

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to have uh more activities on this what are the expected outcomes so

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uh we are after uh advice uh evidence-based advice to us and also to

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the member states on joint actions with uh potential partner countries and in

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the semiconductor world this is for example Japan or South Korea um Taiwan

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so Chinese Taipei Singapore United States Canada India potentially also

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others and they should help us uh in in in our EU policies

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um so the measures would be uh to strengthen EU's position industrial

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position in the global semiconductor value chain by doing some partnering

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actions it can be joint research so uh

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within the we have digital partnerships with Japan for example but also with South Korea we have

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a uh technology trade technology council a TTC with India and we have a

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partnership with Canada so we can use those partnerships to do joint actions

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um and in order to do that we need analysis so that's the fourth outcome uh

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we would need to have some factual elements to map the supply chains in such countries uh looking at the

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research part but also looking at the industrial part see what state-of-the-art is see what they can do

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what trends are who should supply uh who should who should suppose actually for the CSA um

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we think it's ideally um universities or and research institutes who are active

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in uh in the semiconductor world so I say it again we mean electronic chips

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but we also mean photonic chips also think tanks uh could be interested and

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uh companies who are active uh but also interested in international

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cooperation uh I won't say much about the scope so it's it's it's it's written

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down in the in the text um but I should mention in terms of what are interesting

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documents uh to read uh with this chips act uh we produced a so-called staff

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working document uh in 2022 so that's certainly interesting to understand the

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context and uh then I would uh point at the website of the project IOS so that's

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the running project on international cooperation in semiconductor area and they have public deliverables and one

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can see what they have done already um complimentarities with other

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actions is also important we have uh it's written in the context we have a chips diplomacy action uh it's an

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European Parliament project we have joint projects RIA research projects

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with uh South Korea EU South Korea and um last but not least in the chips joint

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undertaking in this work program 25 in the running work program there's an

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action on EU Japan cooperation and the ones who propose here should uh

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coordinate with this uh upcoming CSA it's also a CSA are they expected they

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can be helpful so it's possible um are they eligible for funding no they are

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normally are they are not eligible for funding if the country is associated uh

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uh then they would but this is not the case i I think I hope this is clear

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enough yeah maybe um

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um if you want to give an examples about Japan the South Korea because there is a

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newly um associated agreement with South Korea yes and I can give an example for

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Canada where I'm sure so Canada is associated and then they can be funded yeah and uh for South Korea I I think

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it's into force yeah so the experts may want to check please yeah but uh it's

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the same situation for South Korea japan for example is not associated

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yes hello good afternoon everybody thank you for being here it's now in the afternoon i hope uh you still have

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some level of attention to pay attention to this initiative it's international cooperation it's called generative AI

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for Africa it's a new call uh it's a new topic uh we want to use this as part of

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international cooperation in the European Union supporting innovation clusters

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so basically the spectrum outcome is uh African societies uh and local

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innovation clusters basically we want to like to do some technological transfer based on

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existing AI models and algorithms based on AJ and AI that could be applied in

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African countries to address specific needs of our societies and I will

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explain later on what are these needs using these local innovation clusters as kind of enablers er and

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partners with European erh entities to together h train further the algorithms

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and to do the technological transfer and so basically the expecting outcome is as

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I said African societies and local innovation classes what we want here and it's very clear we want techn

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technological companies h in partnership with local companies in some locations

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in Africa that can harness the full potential of generi by tailoring solutions based on existing technologies

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developed in the European Union the primary focus is rural communities in Africa and women being an

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underrepresented group and uh what are these societal needs uh or areas where

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we need to let's say apply these technologies tailor these technologies to the specific needs in African

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countries is agriculture optimization healthcare infrastructure and urban planning digital skills uh and learning

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so uh in the text of the course you can uh propose uh one of several of these

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areas is in the text of the call and we aim to involve and support startups and

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innovation clusters and local networks in three to five locations

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uh in Africa the indicative budget is 5 million and uh per project we estimate

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between one and two million it's research and innovation action and uh

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TRL starting in four and achieve TRL six by the end of the project so this is in

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a nutshell what we are looking for so it's important that those uh willing to

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to make a proposal they check thoroughly what countries in Africa are entitled to

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funding the information is available through the FAQ and related information

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in Horizon Europe because there are some African countries that are under European Union sanction is just a few

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but be careful and please uh reach out to local innovation clusters local

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companies to create solid proposals so we can count on local players in Africa and we don't do things unilaterally in

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Europe the goal is international cooperation and go to this innovation

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clusters and to the technological transfer and to co-design existing solutions in the European Union looking

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at specific needs in this area in Africa that's it from my side thank you so much

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Miguel uh we have a few questions addressed uh for this topic uh now we're

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going to see them on the screen yeah the first question is what

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is the ideal consortium that you're looking for in terms of geographical coverage political policy stakeholder

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involvement and infrastructure

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good question thank you so much it's very interesting um geo geographical

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cover is in the text of the call basically we want to to to cover some locations in Africa so

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basically African countries the ideal consortion is a technological companies

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in Europe already applying a concrete solutions with certain level of maturity

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that's why we are aiming for this dial in in areas like agriculture optimization in partnership with local

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partners in Africa preferably startups innovation

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clusters there are few in Africa already where they are already starting to to

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embage or to work in in this set of technologies and they have maybe use

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cases in mind but here in Europe are we are more advanced and we have more technological capacity to team up with

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them and to co-design the the solutions they are exploring together in these areas this is more or less so European

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and African companies to do this technological transfer and uh it would

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be also good to have let's say uh organizations in the

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field erh that are already deploying uh

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designing solutions as part of human humanitarian cooperation and there are in the European Union certainly entities

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working in humanitarian cooperation and erh development of AI so it would be

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good to have this kind of three three uh type of entities uh technological

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companies with solutions on AI in these areas erh likewise mirroring startups of

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innovation classes in Africa is starting to do the same and also people that understand much better the ecosystem in

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Africa because it's a difficult continent in terms of the the political

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situation the geographical situation the societal situation is different to that one in Europe so also your organizations

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working in development of AI and international cooperation that can act as a bridge to bring together all

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these technological companies and to make sure that the local actors are involved so that the solutions can be

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applied later on to to the recipients uh society uh users citizens uh farmers

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whatever can I answer the question i I do believe you answered quite

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extensively thank you so much we're going to move to the next one uh

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um yes what type of involvement fostering and overall concrete results are you expecting from startups both

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from Africa and the EU i think I explained in the previous

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question the involvement of a startups is basically to h to bring their capacities their

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experience the technologies um further develop these technologies to

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specific use cases and specific needs in Africa so European and African startups

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could be ideal members of this uh consortia yeah how do you envision the ideal

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budget distribution between the EU and African countries are there any specific

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expectations in this regard or should we focus primarily on delivering the expected results and impact and allocate

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the budget accordingly yes I think here we are extremely flexible uh we are not expect 50/50

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equal contribution erh at the end of the day the the bulk of the work should be

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uh carried out by the European partners in terms of technological transfer bringing the right technologies provide

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providing consultancy services to similar uh startups or innovation hs in

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Africa so the bulk of the work maybe 7030 is a good but it's we don't

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preclude this what is important is the resource and the impact and then allocate the budget accordingly thank

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you can African partners receive funding for networking and local living labs via

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the project if yes how should they be integrated like direct member of the

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consortium subcontracting something else

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yes this networking probably will be needed as I said um not only African partners maybe also European partners

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that are already working in the field uh developing deploying basic infrastructures uh enabling AI like

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cloud services uh telecommunication networks and also specific use cases

1:31:42.000 --> 1:31:48.080
looking at governmental needs so either African European partners should really

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play a major role in my view it's the same I don't I can we cannot preclude this it could be direct members of the

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consortion or uh the be subcontractors total flexibility here yeah maybe uh please uh

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uh be aware of the restrictions for subcontracting and which task can be

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subcontracted so go of the general information and the eligibility of the

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costs uh the next question is would partners from any African country get

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funded for activities in disco or is this restricted for only associated countries i think this is information I

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gave earlier on uh there is a detailed uh PDF document explaining uh you need

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to look at the basis of Horizon Europe and which entities from which countries are eligible for this uh funding uh

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there are some sanctions uh in place in some African countries but my understanding is that for the other

1:32:50.239 --> 1:32:57.880
countries they are totally entitled to be to be funded there there maybe there are some uh

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restrictions in some specific uh elements but uh me I'm not an expert but I was looking at this information and is

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is totally uh available for everybody so read carefully the the eligibility criteria but in principle yes they are

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they are eligible many many entities established in African countries

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okay maybe Rashita you know more than me but this is the information I found out yeah but the general rule it's really go

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and uh uh see of all eligibility criterias in ter in terms of the

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participants and composition of the consortium eligibility costs and there

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uh it's already all settled um in terms of education is it targeting any

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educational level like uh university school or TV any preference what is TV by the way

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um not really sure but uh let's say whether it's technological vehicle

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no sorry type of upskilling or supporting professionals uh but let's

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focus on whether the you focus on specific educational level or

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I think the text of the call is very broad when it comes to digital skills when it comes to technological transfer

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certainly as we as we want local actors to uh in a way uh scale up this these

1:34:32.080 --> 1:34:38.960
technologies that could be co-designed with European partners or European partners transferring some technologies

1:34:38.960 --> 1:34:44.239
models and so on of course we need to count on

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startups as I said but probably uh relevant stakeholders for instance in

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the case of agriculture optimization maybe there are I don't know in Kenya h some

1:34:56.159 --> 1:35:03.360
startups of an innovation cluster in this topic agriculture optimization so it would be good also to envisit how to

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train the users of the the final users of the technologies that could be the the farmers themselves using drones to

1:35:10.639 --> 1:35:18.080
with artificial intelligence to to see the irrigation that is needed in some fields to optimize water consumption so

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here is training to to the companies to develop the solutions and to provide

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support to the end users but also to the end users as the end users

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mhm okay thank you so much now the next question is what regions partners or

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countries are you considering for Africa given its size and multicultural national nature

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i mean as we can aim for to make maybe three three projects

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uh it could be good to have between to have a bit of a geographical

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distribution it would be bet best if for instance the proposal for one one project the proposal of one

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proposal is addressing two uh two or three areas in Africa but it's a bus

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continent so of course we we we have to be realistic so some geographical v

1:36:16.480 --> 1:36:24.719
violence would be decide but at least per proposal there should be some uh two or three areas cover or one or two

1:36:24.719 --> 1:36:31.760
countries whatever is in the proposal we honestly we we cannot really now add

1:36:31.760 --> 1:36:38.320
further requirements to this so there are no uh prescriptive no no but ideally

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I mean at least if we are going to test uh technologies in in it would be good

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to have two locations to make sure that this could work and the is the initial

1:36:49.920 --> 1:36:55.679
scaling up so we can work together with into with two innovation clusters one in one country and another in another

1:36:55.679 --> 1:37:01.080
country much better because also the solution could be designed taking into account

1:37:01.080 --> 1:37:08.639
er let's say similar but at the same time more enrich requirements from do

1:37:08.639 --> 1:37:14.159
the two different types of countries um or regions let's say regions countries

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yeah okay thank you so much um you largely mentioned companies regarding

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development of solutions are research organizations allegible

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i think so we need to look at this TRL uh levels um and how far you can these

1:37:33.040 --> 1:37:39.360
research organizations can uh bring maturity let's say this topic is

1:37:39.360 --> 1:37:45.920
research innovation so how far this research organizations can deliver something that is mature enough this is

1:37:45.920 --> 1:37:54.000
in a way h the limitation that uh for as long as we are not only prototyping h

1:37:54.000 --> 1:37:59.119
but also developing something that could work at the end of the day that should

1:37:59.119 --> 1:38:05.040
be okay okay thank you so much

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um the proposal for EU Africa can it address two domains yes okay um does the

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code target only generative AI or also other types of AI and other models no

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generative AI I'm afraid does the this call also asking to evolve the digital

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innovation hubs or more on the living labs how about African tech hub

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yes uh it's very broad i think we can cover uh I think these

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are more or less similar concept i understand there could be some uh fine

1:38:49.440 --> 1:38:56.560
grain details the difference but both uh both concepts are really b valuable and

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I think it could be added could bring added value on the previous question of course it's not black or white is

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preferably is generative AI but if in the models algorithms that are suggested

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there are something that is not purely generative AI is also valid but there should be a heavy weight of generative

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AI because this is the concept behind we want to transfer

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okay it's uh clear it's not exclusive it's not exclusive but it's a must

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generative is a must from that on there could be other type of AIS in the the

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proposals but the as a must is inative um I don't know whether verner it's

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still here uh because the next question it's on the semiconductor ctor if he is

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not here the question will be answered in written format later

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on no I think uh he left uh okay thank you so much with this we conclude

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destination six uh thank you for the numerous uh questions on uh the CSA

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generative fire for Africa hello everyone we're back with the next

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session which is on the public procurement AI for public goods and uh Miguel from

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Dig Connect will uh provide more information on the four uh public

1:40:26.480 --> 1:40:32.719
procurements uh Miguel the floor it's yours uh here I

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will present a more topics on AI for public good uh

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related to uh procurement this is purely procurement this is part of the AI

1:40:46.040 --> 1:40:54.000
office portfolio of projects or solutions aiming to uh develop a game uh

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practical applications of technologies based on AI in in areas that are uh

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fundamental for society that's why we call it AI for public good um the first one is to develop a AI

1:41:08.880 --> 1:41:14.880
power uh solutions for cancer imaging uh for

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two type of diagnosis breast and prostate cancer the expected outcome is to train

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test enhance and optimize existing AI models models that have been already

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developed in the EU or they are in in in the making

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models and algorithms for breast and prostate cancer diagnosis using image and uh to provide uh these

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models as open AI or open models that can be uh offered to EU researchers as

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well as stakeholders from other parts of the of the world in particular low to middle inome countries so it's

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not necessarily Africa it could be Africa it could be some countries in Central

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America and plan and initiate the steps towards the regulatory approval of the algorithms for use in real life

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scenarios the algorithms are also to be tested and

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initially verified in clinical trials in some low income countries getting data

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from uh h from these local countries potentially in Africa for instance in

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some clinical areas in a in centers in Africa is we expect the publication of

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the procurement in coming coming weeks actually coming days hopefully so uh now

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second quarter of 2025 and the budget is to 4 million euros from Horizon Europe

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so that's it do I continue or do we stop here and we take questions on this particular

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now you cover all four procurement and then we have questions okay then I go to

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the next one the next one is uh innovative AI powered solutions for

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emergency response and crisis management here the spectrum outcome is

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to develop a multi-hazard platform to significantly enhance emergency response

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capabilities during natural disasters with initial scope on wildfires so the

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platform will be integrated with existing capabilities and systems that we have in the European Union covering

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the entire the entire planet and used already in the EU but even beyond in the

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EU for instance by the union civil protection mechanism like the global Wi-Fi information system and as part of

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this procurement the platform and the wildfire capabilities for crisis

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management will be deployed in several countries in Latin America mainly in Central America the Caribbean and

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Colombia and the solution should support the EU as part of the union the union civil protection

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mechanism and u this is a part of an agreement with

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the joint research center and DG echo humanitarian organization so is the

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colleagues of the of the joint research center that uh they are handling this

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procurement and they will hire experts to to develop the solution

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uh that is basically to model the behavior of a file using AI to predict

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how a fire is going to evolve and to make informed decisions on the number of resources that have to be

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uh brought to the to the field to put up the fire the next one please

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the next one is urban reconstruction and here is again a

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public procurement the goal will be launched in coming days is uh €2 million

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euros and is to design and develop a local digital twin for reconstruction that is a vual v virtual replica of a

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city or local community relying on algorithms on AI

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algorithms to offer simulation and predictive services on reconstruction it

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can be used by urban planners to make informed decisions on what kind of uh

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reconstruction scenarios can be set up and the and quantify precisely the cost of rebuilding one area partially or

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totally devastated after a natural or humanmade

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disaster the goal is to test these algorithms one is for assessing the

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level of disability of damage in buildings and the other algorithm is to

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assess precisely uh reconstruction cost one the preferred scenario or the

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scenarios set up by one planners are selected this should be tested in cities

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in Europe and potentially as well in Ukraine and initial stages of deployment

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uh should be conducted in order to scale up the

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solution and productive solution in Ukraine later on this is totally beyond

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the scope of Horizon Europe but some initial stages should be contemplated

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and the last initiative is uh applying AI for electric electric

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grid optimization erh open call also coming in coming days

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3 million euro h and uh goal is to develop train and optimize a comprehensive set of AI based tools to h

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make the electric grid in urban areas more flexible more autonomous

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er and to be able to cope with pickoff demands and pick

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off supplier laboratory simulations are to be envisaged to validate the proposed

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data exchange mechanisms and simulate complex systems electric grid as you know especially those living in Iberia

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two weeks ago how complex it can be h and the testing and validation of the

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tools in real world conditions across very various EU locations but also with this international angle that initial

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deployment or initial testing moreover should be conducted in third countries

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with a specific needs like some countries in South America where the state of the electric grid is sometimes

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is not the best one and applying AI could optimize the the current

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connections that's it from my side

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thank you so much uh now let's see whether there are any questions related to the public

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procurement we'll just wait for a second uh to

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Okay yes sorry I forgot uh please scan the uh slide code or enter uh with hash

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horizon at slido and the first question it's already in for the first procure

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procurement they don't have the typical three country consortium requirements right how does this Horizon Europe

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cluster 4 public procurement code topic differs from RIA research and innovation action and

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innovation action so one is grant another is procurement and Miguel for

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you yes we are we are going for procurement because here we are procuring a solutions that we want to

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use as part of our international cooperation especially towards low income countries so basically we want to

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have a consortia composed of uh scientists uh technological partners

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companies that they can bring this capacity and develop the solution we want to keep the IPRs this is something

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the commission is procuring to give as open source open solutions to the

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international community and there are different initiatives and there is seven Italy France and so on and so forth

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that's why we cannot use a grant-based instrument because we need to retain the full ownership in order to transform and

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to give this as opensource and open AI thank you very very clear answer uh so

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far there are no other questions so thank you so much for your availability Miguel my pleasure thank you uh wait

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there is another one for the public procurement if the EC the actual procurer so I assume is

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the EC the actual procurer if so will be choosing the countries who will be acting as the solution testers

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yes the procurer is the AI office uh did you connect and in the text of the open

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procurement you will have all the details uh I cannot comment because this

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is still in the making as soon as the text of the call is published you will have all the information and uh uh

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consorcia can just uh make an offer based on the requirements uh established

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in the in the open tender okay uh maybe uh for a second uh we may

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have one more questions so uh please for people with questions

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scand or join join at slido.com hash

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horizon yeah should partners in third world countries be public or private

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it depends on the nature of the of the solution um for instance in healthcare

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uh this kind of cancer diagnosis through imaging

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uh if the consortio is proposing a clinical trials

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uh clinical testing in some clinical centers uh in African countries I

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mean it could happen in private uh hospitals but what we do here is more

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open and is for the good of society so we want to avoid uh the so-called vendor

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lock in so it should be we preferably prefer to go for public organizations that they can scale up later on the

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solutions uh for the public good so I would say public entities in the case of

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electric grid it depends on the topic in the case of electricity you need to to to operate with a private companies but

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the in the text of the call you will see the requirements and maybe will be much easier to to figure out by yourself the

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best is I I don't think there is a simple answer but preferably we we we

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want things that can be uh beneficial for society so it cannot be uh purely

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given to private entities and these private entities they profit from these uh models and that's it it must be

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ambition for scaling up and make it extensive to the whole of society so case of healthcare preferably public

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health public hospitals and and reconstruction is urban is urban

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reconstruction you need to do it in urban areas with the major with the cities with urban planners certainly mhm

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okay then um about the AI solution for urban reconstruction can a private

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company in construction industry participate or apply

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yes uh I think it's the basis of procurement on what is entire what is

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eligible what is not eligible uh for as long as uh in the offer the

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the requirements and the let's say all the goals

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are are fulfilled and is there is a clear explanation on what is the role

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this private company can play certainly we are we we we are reaching out to private sector not only public sector

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private sector they they have expertise on reconstruction they have technologies

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GIS platforms the consideration of public private is more where you want to test

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it and certainly um the recipient of the solution and the

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testing it should be done in in cities so the recipient should be a certainly

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public entities but the the consortion could be a a public private entities is

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it's up to the consortion for as long as they comply with the requirements and it's crystal clearly clear what is the

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what are the task of each member uh it should be fine

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okay thank you so much uh for this information um so just to wrap up uh in

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the next few days weeks uh the terms of reference and the public procurement

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will be published