European Commission AI Watch initiative: Artificial Intelligence uptake and the European Geosciences Community

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Nativi ◽  
Max Craglia
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
European Values ◽  
Key Driver ◽  
And Robotics ◽  
The Eu

<p>The European Commission (EC) puts forward a European approach to artificial intelligence and robotics. It deals with technological, ethical, legal and socio-economic aspects to boost EU's research and industrial capacity and to put AI at the service of European citizens and economy.</p><p>Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an area of strategic importance and a key driver of economic development. It can bring solutions to many societal challenges from treating diseases to minimising the environmental impact of farming. However, socio-economic, legal and ethical impacts have to be carefully addressed.</p><p>It is essential to join forces in the EU to stay at the forefront of this technological revolution, to ensure competitiveness and to shape the conditions for its development and use (ensuring respect of European values). In this framework, the EC and the Member States published a Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence”, COM(2018) 795, on the development of AI in the EU. The Coordinated Plan includes the recognition of common indicators to monitor AI uptake and development in the Union and the success rate of the strategies in place, with the support of the AI Watch instrument developed by the EC. Therefore, AI Watch is monitoring and assessing European AI landscapes from driving forces to technology developments, from research to market, from data ecosystems to applications. </p><p>The presentation will first introduce the main AI Watch methodology and tasks. Then, it will focus on the interest of AI Watch to monitor and understand what has been the AI impact on Geosciences research and innovation –see for example Climate Change studies. Finally, a proposal to connect EGU Community (in particular ESSI division) and AI Watch will be introduced.</p>

The Commission proposal for a legislative review of the European Standardisation Policy – What’s in it for civil society?

elni Review ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 112-116
Author(s):  
Ralf Lottes
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Decision Procedure ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Stakeholder Participation ◽  
Environmental Ngos ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Mixed Feelings ◽  
Standardization Process ◽  
Legislative Review ◽  
The Eu

On 1st June 2011 the European Commission has published its legislative package for the review of the EU-framework for standardisation consisting of a proposal for a regulation COM(2011) 315/2 and a Commission communication COM(2011) 311/2. While dealing with issues such as enhancing standards for ICT and services and making the standardization process quicker the proposed European Commission (EC) Regulation also tackles the issue of transparency and stakeholder participation (specifically of representatives of SMEs and “societal stakeholders” including environmental NGOs) explicitly calling on the “European standardisation bodies [to] ensure an appropriate representation” of those representatives. The EC Communication promotes the increased use of standards to “address key societal challenges” including climate change and resource efficiency – something the environmental community sees with mixed feelings. This article focuses on these two aspects. The communication published by the Commission is of immediate effect, although Parliament and Council usually comment it in a resolution or conclusions, respectively. It does not have a legally binding value but includes political action points for the EC (or other actors). The proposal for a regulation is undergoing a co-decision procedure and becomes directly applicable once it comes into force.

scholarly journals Building capacity for mainstreaming nature-based solutions into environmental policy and landscape planning

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario V Balzan ◽  
Judita Tomaskinova ◽  
Marcus Collier ◽  
Lynn Dicks ◽  
Davide Geneletti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Rapid Economic Growth ◽  
The Eu

Nature-based solutions (NBS) is a term often used to refer to adequate green infrastructure that provides multiple benefits to society whilst addressing societal challenges. They are defined as actions to protect, sustainably manage and restore natural or modified ecosystems that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits. Malta, the smallest member state of the EU, has been characterised by rapid economic growth and urbanisation and Maltese citizens had the highest rate of exposure to pollution, grime or other environmental problems, in the EU. The project ReNature aims to establish and implement a nature-based solutions research strategy for Malta with a vision to promote research and innovation and develop sustainable solutions whilst improving human well-being and tackling environmental challenges. Here, we introduce the opening of ReNature collection of research articles in the Open Access Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO) journal to publish unconventional research outputs and training materials. It will host key outputs relating to the sustainable use of biodiversity, biodiversity – ecosystem functioning, green infrastructure and ecosystem service assessments across rural-urban gradients, equitable access to the benefits derived from nature in cities and socio-environmental justice, payments for ecosystem services, and designing nature-based solutions.

CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON WORK AND OTHER CERTAIN LEGAL SOCIAL, TECHNOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

2021 ◽  
Vol specjalny (XXI) ◽  
pp. 113-127
Author(s):  
Andrzej Świątkowski
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
European Union ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Usa ◽  
European Values ◽  
Electronic Technologies ◽  
The Eu

The European Union is in the initial phase of managing the conditions for the growth of artificial intelligence. Assuming that the above-mentioned electronic technology of the future should be trustworthy, guarantee the safety of its users and develop under human leadership, the Union should be able to convince the Member States of the necessary need for all interested parties to apply modern electronic technologies in practice while respecting European values, principles and human rights. The above common goal, extremely important for the future of European societies, and a uniform unified strategy for achieving it, binds the EU Member States. The above statement applies to all EU Member States, including those with above-average ambitions to become European leaders in the use of artificial intelligence for economic and social development. Considering that the European Union is competing with the USA and China, it is justified to ask whether the strategy of the development and use of artificial intelligence intended by the European Union will enable the achievement of the above goal?

scholarly journals Kierunki polityki UE w zakresie opieki zdrowotnej związanej ze starzeniem się społeczeństwa

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 137-147
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Regiec
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Policy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
European Health ◽  
The Eu

EU health care policy objectives in connection with the society growing olderEuropean Union’s society is aging, which generates the increase in needs regarding health care and its financial repercussions. In order to meet economic needs increased by ageing population, the Health for Growth Programme was commenced. Moreover Horizon 2020, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, will focus on, amongst societal challenges, health, demographic change and well-being. One of the other milestones for European health care was entering into force the Directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare.

Getting Cozy, or How the European Commission Produces Legitimacy in the EU

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Hensell
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Collaborative Activity ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Original Insight ◽  
Research And Innovation Policy ◽  
Organized Interest ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Do So

Abstract International organizations increasingly resort to strategies of legitimation in order to justify their authority and policies. This article explores one such strategy of the European Commission that targets organized interest groups with the aim to build a legitimating constituency. The members of this constituency not only contribute expertise to a policy, but also benefit from that policy and, therefore, participate in the development and confirmation of a claim to the policy's legitimacy that is put forward by EU officials. As a consequence, the agents seeking legitimacy and the addressees granting it become closely associated and “get cozy” with each other. EU officials address their claim to legitimacy to a community of co-opted elites who are likely to confirm this claim and in whose own interests it is to do so. The result is legitimation as a collaborative activity with preordained outcomes. Taking the case of the European Commission's research and innovation policy, and building in part on an ethnographic practitioner's account, the article provides an original insight into how this legitimation strategy works in everyday EU policymaking.

scholarly journals Recent European Union (EU) initiatives to support national vaccination efforts

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
I de La Mata
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Joint Action ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Vaccine Preventable Diseases ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Background Vaccination is the main tool for primary prevention of disease and one of the most cost-effective public health measures available. Immunisation through vaccination is the best defence we have against serious, preventable, and sometimes deadly, contagious diseases. Thanks to widespread vaccination, smallpox has been eradicated, Europe made polio-free, and many other diseases almost eliminated. Methods This presentation provides an overview of recent European Union (EU) initiatives to support national vaccination efforts. Results The EU has launched a number of initiatives to strengthen national vaccination efforts. In December 2018 the European Council adopted a Recommendation to strengthen the EU cooperation on vaccine-preventable diseases. The initiative aims to tackle vaccine hesitancy, improve coordination on vaccine procurement, support research and innovation, and strengthen EU cooperation on vaccine-preventable diseases. EU countries are encouraged to develop and implement national vaccination plans with initiatives to improve coverage, and to introduce routine vaccination status checks. The European Commission is also reinforcing its support to national vaccination efforts to increase coverage, including through the preparation of a Joint Action on vaccination co-funded by the Health Programme. Launching in 2018, the Joint Action will address vaccine hesitancy and seek to increase vaccination coverage in the EU. It is coordinated by INSERM (France) and involves 23 countries (among them 20 EU countries). Conclusions Vaccination policy is a competence of national authorities, but the European Commission assists EU countries in coordinating their policies and programmes.

scholarly journals A Critical Take on the Policy Recommendations of the EU High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael VEALE
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Expert Group ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
Commission President ◽  
High Level ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
The Eu

The European Commission recently published the policy recommendations of its “High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence”: a heavily anticipated document, particularly in the context of the stated ambition of the new Commission President to regulate in that area. This article argues that these recommendations have significant deficits in a range of areas. It analyses a selection of the Group’s proposals in context of the governance of artificial intelligence more broadly, focusing on issues of framing, representation and expertise, and on the lack of acknowledgement of key issues of power and infrastructure underpinning modern information economies and practices of optimisation.

DIGITAL MARKETS ACT: A NEW PHILOSOPHY OF COMPETITION REGULATION IN THE EU

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (8) ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Oles ANDRIYCHUK ◽  
◽  
Viktor ANDRIYCHUK
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
General Adaptation ◽  
Harmonization Process ◽  
Eu Competition Policy ◽  
Main Components ◽  
The Eu

The EU competition policy is on the verge of significant reform. The main provisions of the reform are set out in the draft legislative document, the Digital Markets Act, initiated by the European Commission. However, its content goes beyond this Act. The project is subject to detailed and multilateral discussion in the EU. In view of the direct link between the economies of the EU and Ukraine and the prospects of Ukraine’s membership in the EU, there is an ongoing general adaptation of Ukrainian legislation and technical regulations to EU requirements and standards. Naturally, this reform will soon become part of the harmonization process. Given the complexity and multifaceted nature of this reform, not only its coverage of legislation, but also changes in the modality of relations between competition authorities and the largest players in the digital economy, it is advisable to initiate such a discussion today while the bill is under development. With this in mind, as well as the general novelty of this process, the three main components of the reform are analyzed. The external preconditions that prompted the European Commission to take such innovative (and rather controversial) legislative steps are considered, and the context and driving forces are described. The main procedural elements of the bill are highlighted, the original formula of selection among the subjects of the digital economy exclusively of its largest system participants and imposing on them a wide range of obligations to protect and encourage competition in the EU digital markets is shown. The material side of the new responsibilities envisaged by the reform is described, the importance of its adoption or at least an in-depth analysis for Ukraine is emphasized.

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