Events

What SMEs should know about EU digital legislations
European Commission rolls out plan to boost circular and efficient products in the EU

On April 16, 2025, the European Commission (EC) adopted the 2025-2030 working plan for the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and Energy Labelling Regulation. The EC plan provides a list of products that […]

Harrie Bastiaansen shares his vision on the future of the digital transformation

On April 15, 2025, Visma SureSync published their (digital) magazine Data Sharing Report at their SureSync Lauch Event 2025. In this digital era, data sharing is a core for innovative- […]

May 8, 2025 – CoE-DSC Webinar: Assessing compatibility among cloud services in a marketplace

On May 8, 2025, CoE-DSC will organize a webinar: ‘Assessing compatibility among cloud services in the marketplace’. To enable federation among cloud services (whether PaaS, SaaS, or IaaS), it is […]

Retirement Jos de Groot – director of Digital Economy at Dutch ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate

On April 3, 2025, Jos de Groot retired as Director of Digital Economy at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate. Martijn Lucassen will take over from Jos de Groot. […]

Topsector ICT and RVO: tool for European Subsidy Instruments
Are you looking for European funding opportunities for innovative projects? The European Union offers various subsidy programs to stimulate innovation, research and cooperation. The tools Topsector ICT offers, provide insight into available calls, conditions and deadlines and the various events.
CoE-DSC releases Annual Report 2024

CoE-DSC published its Annual Report 2024 – Driver of digital and sovereign value creation in the Netherlands and Europe. DOWNLOAD THE ANNUAL REPORT 2024 (NL)  

European subsidies: an important driver for digital innovation
How can companies and knowledge institutions receive financial support at European level to innovate or collaborate on calls within Europe?
Slides of presentation on importance of Digital Product Passports at Hannover Messe

On April 1, 2025, Sjoerd Rongen (Coordinator Centre of Excellence for Digital Product Passports – CoE-DPP) gave a presentation at the Hannover Messe on the importance of Digital Product Passports […]

Press release BDI: New dates for training ‘BDI Fundamentals’

After previous, successful course days in 2024 and early this year, BDI has announced new dates in 2025 for the course ‘BDI Fundamentals’: Tuesday 13 May 2025 Thursday 18 September […]

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Focus on data spaces and data ecosystems: Gaia-X Hub Germany launches online learning offer

Press release Munich, March 31, 2025 – The Gaia-X Hub Germany has launched a free online campus on the data economy. Starting on 31 March 2025, interested parties can learn […]

Register now for the Gaia-X Market-X & Expo & Tech-X & Hackathon #8 – 13-14 May in Valencia, Spain
Market-X & Expo + Tech-X & Hackathon #8 is designed to bridge the gap between the business and tech worlds, creating a dynamic environment where innovation thrives. Over two action-packed days, attendees will immerse themselves in cutting-edge market trends and technological advancements.
Dutch minister of Economic Affairs and Climate visits CoE-DSC booth at Hannover Messe 2025
At the Hannover Messe, on March 31 2025, Peter Verkoulen (directeur CoE-DSC) and Sjoerd Rongen (coordinator - CoE-DPP) pitched the CoE-DSC (and CoE-DPP as part of that) to the Dutch minister of Economic Affairs and Climate, Dirk Beljaarts.
Unpacking Simpl: Slides Simpl-Open Roadmap Webinar – March 25, 2025
The Simpl-Open Roadmap Webinar on March 25,2025, was the first in the  Simpl Webinars series titled “Unpacking Simpl.” This webinar offered an in-depth presentation of the development roadmap.
Slides and recordings of Community Meeting March 25 – DSIC: the Future & Pillars of Interoperability
During our Community Meeting on the 25th of March 2025 we learned more about and provided input on DSIC’s future plans. We gained better insights into 3 major pillars propelling interoperability on the national level: standardization, funding and regulatory views.
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National initiative for Digital Product Passports in the Netherlands
The Dutch ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate, together with a number of other Dutch ministries, has taken the initiative to stimulate the developments of Digital Product Passports (DPPs) in the Netherlands. The ministry has made the financial resources available for this and the activities for the DPP are being accommodated at the Centre of Excellence for Data Sharing & Cloud (CoE-DSC).