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The European Commission puts a great emphasis on the twin transition to a green and digital economy as the way forward for Europe.

In many sectors, SMEs can use enabling technologies to redesign their operations and become green(er). Standards are fundamental for sustainable technology as they provide reliable, consistent building blocks that can be universally understood and adopted. These building blocks aid in promoting compatibility and interoperability and speed up time-to-market.

DIGITAL SME Working Group Cybersecurity and Data Protection, together with Cyberwatching.eu, is organising a workshop on the Cybersecurity Competence Centre Pilot Projects on 14 July, 9.00 – 11.00 CEST, to discuss opportunities for SMEs or Digital Innovation Hubs to be engaged in the pilots.

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In July 2020, the EU Court of Justice struck down the EU-US Privacy Shield, a major agreement governing the transfer of EU citizens’ data to the United States. The case (C-311/18), referred to as ‘Schrems II’, after the Austrian activist Max Schrems, who brought the case forward, assessed whether the mechanism used by Facebook Ireland to share European data with Facebook Inc (domiciled in the US) – Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) – was in violation of European citizens’ rights to privacy.

ECSO is excited to invite you to the 9th edition of ECSO's Cyber Investor Days on 15-16 June 2021. Spread over two days, the event is split between an investors workshop on 15 June and the online pitch sessions, B2B meetings and conversation with the scale-ups on 16 June.