Activities of Antanas GUOGA related to 2018/0227(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Establishing the Digital Europe programme for the period 2021-2027 (debate)
Amendments (31)
Amendment 71 #
(7a) On 10th April 2018 Member States expressed their support and a joint will to cooperate together on initiatives on artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technologies (e.g. blockchain) infrastructure services by signing cooperation agreements.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) A central role in the implementation of the Programme should be attributed to Digital Innovation Hubs, which should stimulate the broad adoption of advanced digital technologies by industry, by public organisations and academia. A network of Digital Innovation Hubs should ensure the widest geographical coverage across Europe59 . A first set of Digital Innovation Hubs will be selected based on Member States’ proposals and then the network will be enlarged through an open and competitive process. The Digital Innovation Hubs will serve as access points to latest digital capacities including high performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, as well as other existing innovative technologies such as Key Enabling Technologies, available also in fablabs or citylabs. They shall act as single-entry pointone- stop shops in accessing tested and validated technologies and promote open innovation and assistance to businesses especially SMEs and start-ups with regard to their business structure and access to finance. They will also provide support in the area of advanced digital skills. The network of Digital Innovation Hubs should also contribute to the participation of the outermost regions in the Digital Single Market. _________________ 59 As indicated in the Communication on Digitising European Industry (COM(2016) 180 final)
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The support to the Union’s intervention in this area was expressed by the Council60 and, by the European Parliament61 . Moreover, in 2017 nine Member States signed the EuroHPC Declaration62 , a multi-government agreement where they commit to collaborate with the Commission to build and deploy state-of-the-art HPC and data infrastructures in Europe that would be available across the Union for scientific communities, public and private partners and would boost the Union’s innovative potential. _________________ 60 61 62
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) For the high performance computing specific objective a joint undertaking is deemed the most suited implementation mechanism, in particular to coordinate national and Union strategies and investments in high performance computing infrastructure and research and development, pool resources from public and private funds, and safeguard the economic and strategic interests of the Union63 . Moreover, high performance computing competence centres in Member States will provide high performance computing services to industry, especially SMEs and start-ups, academia and public administrations. _________________ 63 Impact Assessment accompanying the document “Proposal for a Council Regulation on establishing the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking” (https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single- market/en/news/proposal-council- regulation-establishing-eurohpc-joint- undertaking-impact-assessment)
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The availability of large-scale data sets and testing and experimentation facilities and access to text and data mining are of major importance for the development of artificial intelligence.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) On 25 April 2018 the Commission committed to propose a European approach by developing draft Artificial Intelligence guidelines in cooperation with stakeholders within the AI alliance, a group of artificial intelligence experts, in order to boost AI-powered applications and businesses in Europe.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In September 2017, the Commission put forward a package of initiatives65 setting out a comprehensive Union approach to cybersecurity, with the aim of reinforcing Europe’s capacities to deal with cyber-attacks, to increase cyber resilience and threats and to strengthen technology and industrial capacity in this field. _________________ 65 https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single- market/en/policies/cybersecurity
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The European Council in its conclusions of 19 October 2017 stressed that to successfully build a Digital Europe, the Union needs in particular labour markets, life-long learning and innovation-driven training and education systems fit for the potential and challenges of the digital age and that there is a needit is crucial to invest in digital skills, in order to empower and enable all European citizens and businesses;
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The advanced digital technologies supported by this Programme, such as high performance computing, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence are now sufficiently mature to move beyond the research arena and be deployed, implemented and scaled- up at Union level. Just as the deployment of these technologies require a Union response so does the skills dimension. Training opportunities in advanced digital skills need to be scaled up, increased and made accessible throughout the EU. Failing this could impede the smooth deployment of advanced digital technologies, increase the shortage of a qualified workforce in Europe and hamper the overall competitiveness of Union’s economy. The actions supported by this programme are complementary to those supported by the ESF, ERDF and Horizon Europe programmes.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Modernising public administrations and services through digital means is crucial to reducing administrative burden on industry and on citizens in general by making their interactions with public authorities faster, more convenient and less costly, as well as by increasing the efficiency, transparency and the quality of the services provided to citizens and businesses. Since a number of services of public interest already have a Union dimension, the support to their implementation and deployment at Union level should ensure that citizens and businesses will benefit from the access to high quality digital services across Europe.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Interoperability of European public services concerns all levels of administration: Union, national, regional and local. Besides removing barriers to a functioning Single Market, interoperability facilitates successful implementation of policies and offers great potential to avoid cross-border electronic barriers, to cut red tape, further securing the emergence of new, or the consolidation of developing, common public services at Union level. In order to eliminate fragmentation of European services, to support fundamental freedoms and operational mutual recognition in the EU, a holistic cross- sector and cross-border approach to interoperability should be promoted in the manner that is the most effective, and the most responsive to end- users. This implies that interoperability is to be understood in a broad sense, spanning from technical to legal layers and encompassing policy elements in the field. Accordingly, the span of activities would go beyond the usual lifecycle of solutions to include all the interventions elements that would support the necessary framework conditions for sustained interoperability at large.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ‘Digital Innovation Hub’ means existing or new legal entity designated or selected in an open and competitive procedure in order to fulfil the tasks under the Programme, in particular providing businesses across the EU with access to technological expertise and experimentation facilities, such as equipment and software tools to enable the digital transformation of the industry as well as to consult on facilitating access to finance. The Digital Innovation Hubs shall act as one-stop shops where companies, especially SMEs and start-ups can get assistance on how to improve their business model as well as knowledge on EU funding programmes available.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) ‘small and medium-sized enterprises’ or ‘SMEs’ means small and medium-sized enterprises as defined in Article 2 of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC;
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Programme has the following general objective: to support the digital transformation of the European economy and society, to boost Europe’s innovative capacity and bring its benefits to European citizens and businesses. The Programme will:
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) deploy, coordinate at the Union level and operate an integrated world-class exascale77 supercomputing and data infrastructure in the Union that shall be accessible on a non-commercial basis to public and private users and for publicly funded research purposes; _________________ 77 Billions of billions of floating operations per second
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) strengthen possibilities of specific funding for industry and B2B application of AI in sectors where Europe already leads such as robotics, automotive, manufacturing, space and defence technologies, sanitary tools.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) encourage development of innovative business models using AI with a perspective to future needs of Europe’s economy.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support, together with Member States, the procurement of advanced cybersecurity equipment, tools and data infrastructures in full compliance with data protection legislation as well as exchange of best practices;
Amendment 128 #
(c) ensure a wide deployment of the latest cybersecurity solutions across the economy;, especially for SMEs and start- ups in order to ensure that companies have a basic level of security.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support the design and delivery of long-term, life-long learning and innovative driven approach based trainings and courses for students, teachers, IT professionals and the workforce;
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) support the design and delivery of short-term trainings and courses for entrepreneurs, smallSMEs and start up business leaders and the workforce;
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) support the uptake of advanced digital and related technologies, including in particular high performance computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and future emerging technologies by the Union industry, notably SMEespecially SMEs and start-ups;
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) support the design, testing, implementation and deployment of interoperable digital solutions for EU level public services delivered through a data- driven reusable solutions platform, fostering innovation and establishing common frameworks in order to unleash the full potential of the public administrations’ services by cutting red tape and increasing transparency for European citizens and businesses;
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) ensure a continuous capacity at the Union level to observe, analyse and adapt to fast-evolving digital trends, as well as sharing and mainstreaming best practices between Member States;
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The cooperation with third countries and organisations mentioned in paragraph 1 under Specific Objective 3.2, Artificial Intelligence, Specific Objective 3, Cybersecurity and Trust shall be subject to Article [12].
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) appropriate competences related to the functions of the Digital Innovation Hubs as defined in Article 2;
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The Commission shall adopt a decision on the selection of entities forming the initial network. These entities shall be selected by the CommissionMember States from candidate entities designated by Member States on the basis of the criteria mentioned in paragraph 2 and the following additional criteria:
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 6 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 6 – point a
(a) provide digital transformation services - including testing and experimentation facilities - targeted towards SMEs and midca, midcaps and start-ups, also in sectors that are slow in the uptake of digital and related technologies;
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) transfer expertise and know-how between regions, in particular by networking SMEs and midca, midcaps and start- ups established in one region with Digital Innovation Hubs established in other regions which are best suited to provide relevant services;
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 6 – point c
Article 16 – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) provide thematic services, including services related to artificial intelligence, high performance computing and cybersecurity and trust to the administrations, public sector organisations, SMEs and, midcaps and start- ups. Individual Digital Innovation Hubs may specialise in specific thematic services and do not need to provide all thematic services mentioned in this paragraph;
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The award criteria shall be defined in the work programmes and in the calls for proposals, taking into account at the minimum the following elements: