The 2017 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) shows that the EU is making progress but the gap between top digital players and lower-performing countries is still too wide. More efforts and investments are needed to make the most of the Digital Single Market.

We are delighted to announce that our latest White Paper on PPDR Apps is now available.

The mobile Application (Apps) ecosystem is one of the fastest growing markets in Europe and is considered an essential element within the European Commission’s Digital Single Market Strategy, which is primarily focused on providing a better access to goods and services across Europe. Therefore, a review of the role that Apps could play with relation to PPDR operations is long overdue. While the prospective users of PPDR Apps could be anticipated to most likely revolve around the citizen, rather than PPDR end-users, public safety organisations are nonetheless increasingly faced with requirements and offers for Apps to function with the smart-devices and terminals of the future PPDR broadband radio systems. Eventually, these new Apps should contribute to improve PPDR communications from all perspectives  (from citizen to PPDR-organisation, between PPDR-organisations and from PPDR-organisations to citizens) and ultimately save the lives of EU citizens.

The White Paper is available in full here.

Mission accomplished for the EU-funded flagship project taking the first step towards future procurement of interoperable next generation of broadband radio communication systems for public safety and security!

We are delighted to announce that we will be organizing a workshop on standardization to take place in the premises of the German Red Cross in Munich on 03 May 2017. 

Based on our last cluster event held on 28 February in Brussels at which were presented different approaches to the realization of a Common Information Space, it appeared clearly that there is a lot to be learned from the exchange of good practices as well as from projects individual experiences. Some projects have ended or are close to the end, therefore it would be beneficial for everyone to reflect on the work that has been done in order to better prepare for the future.

The workshop will be focused on standardization and more specifically, on the capacity of EU projects to generate standards. It will be emphasized that research projects have to put more efforts on standardization activities in order to bring innovation adapted to the fast-changing market. Current available solutions will be addressed.

 EU projects will discuss their personal experience with standardization bodies and explain the outcomes of their work while industrials, researchers, European bodies and national authorities will have the opportunity to exchange their point of views and discuss future perspectives.

If you wish to attend, please let us know via e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We look forward to welcoming you at the workshop!

Click here to download the preliminary agenda as well as the venue details.