Digital Europe Programme Amended for Innovative Digital Capacities
Summary
The European Commission has amended the Digital Europe Work Programme 2025-2027 to enhance innovative digital capacities across the EU. The update introduces new actions for digital infrastructure in schools, online safety applications, and AI testing facilities, among other enhancements.
What changed
The European Commission has amended the Digital Europe Work Programme 2025-2027, introducing several new actions and aligning existing ones with evolving digital priorities. Key changes include the establishment of digital infrastructure for schools, an online safety application to combat cyberbullying, and new work strands for multi-country European Digital Infrastructure Consortia to strengthen collaboration. The amendment also facilitates the implementation of Testing and Experimentation Facilities for AI and the deployment of the European Electronic Health Record Exchange Format, alongside aligning the Situational Awareness and Operational Centre (SAOC) with the European Democracy Shield.
These amendments aim to ensure the Digital Europe Programme continues to deliver on Europe's digital needs, fostering innovation and deployment of critical technologies. While this is an amendment to an existing programme and not a new regulation, it signals ongoing EU investment and strategic direction in areas like AI, cybersecurity, and digital health infrastructure. Regulated entities and stakeholders involved in these sectors should review the updated work programme for specific calls for proposals and funding opportunities, particularly concerning AI testing facilities and digital health services.
What to do next
- Review updated Digital Europe Work Programme 2025-2027 for new actions and funding opportunities.
- Assess alignment of current projects with new initiatives in AI, cybersecurity, and digital health.
- Identify potential participation in new calls for proposals related to digital infrastructure and safety applications.
Source document (simplified)
The Digital Europe Programme adapts to deliver for Europe’s evolving digital needs.
Today, the Digital Europe Work Programme 2025-2027 has been amended to keep pace with Europe’s digital priorities.
This amendment introduces a number of new actions such as digital infrastructure for schools or an online safety application to support the EU Action plan against cyberbullying.
The amendment also ensures the programme continues to deliver for Europe’s evolving digital needs. It includes a new call for Safer Internet Centres aiming to ensure wide geographical coverage across the EU and Associated countries and a new work strand for the action on multi-country European Digital Infrastructure Consortia to strengthen their collaboration.
Other changes aim to ensure the implementation of Testing and Experimentation Facilities for AI as well as for the deployment of the European Electronic Health Record Exchange Format and digital health services.
There is also an amendment concerning the previous topic on Situational Awareness and Operational Centre (SAOC) to align with the European Democracy Shield.
The amendment today follows the first DIGITAL amendment, adopted in October 2025, which reinforced the Commission’s ambitions on developing and deploying critical technologies in Europe.
Find more information about the Digital Europe Programme and its work programmes.
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1- Commission Implementing decision Download 2- Annex to the Commission Implementing decision Download
Last update
19 March 2026
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