Brussels to finally adopt ‘Made in Europe’ act after yet another rehash

Industrial Accelerator Act finally lands after suffering repeated delays and undergoing yet more revisions.

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Measuring what matters: one standard for greener healthcare 

Why ​h​​​armonised ​s​​​tandards ​a​​​re ​k​​​ey to Europe’s ​s​​ustainable ​h​​​ealth ​f​​​uture

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South Korea's Deputy Prime Minister Koo Yun-cheol announced new public procurement initiatives to accelerate AI innovation, including an AI-dedicated track and increased pilot purchases, aiming to boost domestic AI firms' global competitiveness.
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Koo Yun-cheol Visits AI Robotics Firm, Says 'Public Procurement Should Be a Catalyst for AI Innovation'

South Korea's Deputy Prime Minister Koo Yun-cheol announced new public procurement initiatives to accelerate AI innovation, including an AI-dedicated track and increased pilot purchases, aiming to boost domestic AI firms' global competitiveness.

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yesterday @davidallengreen set out six concerns about public procurement; today he follows that with six potential solutions, centred on but not exclusively about the transparency of procurement processes.... you might want to read the first post (and linked piece) in this two post thread before you read this one (unless you already read the first piece earlier, of course).

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https://emptycity.substack.com/p/six-proposals-for-improving-public

Six proposals for improving public procurement

Yesterday we saw what was wrong - here are suggestions for what could be put right

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New EU industry act keeps friends closer — and shuts out China

The Industrial Accelerator Act would include “trusted partners” in its Made in EU mandate, and further curb investment by China.

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Albania’s government faces legal spat with actor that AI minister was modeled on

Actor Anila Bisha is suing the prime minister, his government and a private company involved in the creation of Diella over likeness rights.

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Europe’s autonomy push exposes old fault lines

The renewed drive to reduce reliance on Washington is bringing up familiar disagreements ahead of an EU leaders’ summit on Thursday.

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It's quite amazing how much #Fosdem has scaled up #policy, #funding and #DigitalSovereignty topics this year. #PublicProcurement experts, #policy folks, and #officials mingling and learning from the #FOSS community.👏

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