White Papers & Policy Briefs

Mapping Cloud-Edge-IoT opportunities and challenges in Europe

While current data processing predominantly occurs in centralized facilities, with a minor portion handled by smart objects, a shift is anticipated, with a surge in data originating from smart devices. This evolution necessitates reconfiguring the infrastructure, emphasising computing capabilities at the cloud's "edge" closer to data sources.

Leveraging Open Source Technologies for Better Services in the European Software Ecosystem

On 10 October 2022, SWForum.eu collaborate with several EU-funded projects, namely: FASTEN, FogProtect, PolicyCLOUD and HSbooster.eu, to host a joint webinar on the use of open source technologies to improve services in the European software ecosystem. The webinar, titled “SWForum.eu Webinar: Leveraging open source technologies for Better Services in the European Software Ecosystem”, aimed to showcase the technical achievements of various projects, discuss the potential impact of open source software, and explore key challenges in this domain.

Governance Ethics for Evidence Based Policymaking

In this the Governance Ethics Track of the Evidence Based Policymaking in Europe Summit 2021, core ethical issues identified in the context of projects to develop policymakers’ ability to make key policy decisions based on objective criteria derived from real-world data were discussed - such as ensuring the relevance of collected and processed data, the management of potential biases within datasets or processing algorithms, and the transparency, explainability and security of the data analysis and visualisation process - as well as strategies implemented in each of the relevant projects to

Policy Prediction, the Future of Evidence-Based Policymaking?

Evidence-based policymaking (EBP) is not new, but its face is changing rapidly in the data- driven public sector, mainly due to the following factors:

Co-Creation and Stakeholder Engagement for Evidence Based Policymaking

We live in a digital world where shopping, working and even meeting our friends and partners are online but, despite the wealth of digital tools at our fingertips, participation in democratic processes is falling across Europe.

The “Stakeholder Engagement Track” of the Evidence Based Policymaking in Europe Summit 2021 explored how new technologies and tools can be used for engagement and innovative collaboration between policy makers and citizens creating ecosystems for a positive change.

5G PPP Trials Results 2022 - Key Performance Indicators measured in advanced 5G Trial Sites

This white paper is a natural conclusion of the Test, Measurement and KPIs Validation (TMV) Working Group work powered by 5G PPP, a joint initiative between the European Commission and European ICT industry (ICT manufacturers, telecommunications operators, service providers, SMEs and researcher Institutions). 

Cloud for Data Driven Policy Management

Policymaking has always revolved around the initiative to solve problems and since the start of more focused research on it, it contained many stages from problem identification and agenda setting to policy formulation, legitimization, implementation and evaluation. As policymaking evolved and societal challenges became more complex, policymakers tried to include more factors into the decision-making process and thus data driven policymaking became an important tool in this field.

OCRE's experience through researchers' eyes: Recommendations on how to improve access to cloud and EO services for the scientific community in Europe

In this policy brief, the OCRE project has summarized several of the challenges faced by researchers when exploring cloud solutions for their work and the benefits of applying for commercial cloud solutions and approaching EO data providers through OCRE. In particular, the winners of the OCRE funding calls have been interviewed to identify the needs of the research community for cloud and EO data and the related benefits, their experience with OCRE, the impact of facilitated access to cloud and EO data, and the remaining barriers at local and European level.

Future Standardisation Education - Reflections and Recommendations

This report entitled: “Future Standardisation Education Reflections and Recommendations“ is an outcome of the StandICT.eu online event which took place on the 18th January 2023, which organised this intense 3 hour workshop at a crucial time when the European Green Deal & the New Industrial Strategy for Europe as well as the geopolitical environment call for a strong European presence in international standardisation development.

Software Technologies and Standards: Enabling Interoperability and Innovation

On 21 February 2023, SWForum.eu organised its second webinar focussing on “Software Technologies and Standards: Enabling Interoperability and Innovation.” In this webinar, we invited four EU-funded projects namely: CHARITY, MEDINA, EUCloudEdgeIot and HSbooster.eu, represented by experts who provided an overview and key insights on how software technologies and standards are enabling interoperability and innovation in Europe.