The study has been carried out to satisfy three main objectives: - Provide an up-to-date description of the state of web accessibility monitoring in the countries covered. This objective is satisfied through comprehensive data gathering from the countries covered and an empirical analysis of the...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is developing fast and the benefits of adopting AI are widely recognized. AI applications can contribute to better public services, e.g. by improving citizen-government interaction, enabling smarter analytical capabilities or improving efficiency across public-sector...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a driving force for the digitalisation and competitiveness of the EU economy. This Study aims to identify IoT-related deficiencies in various IoT-related EU regulatory areas, such as the functioning of IoT/M2M roaming provisions, numbering, security, spectrum and...

The 2014 Broadband Cost Reduction Directive (BCRD) seeks to support the deployment of high speed broadband by reducing costs associated with civil works and streamlining administrative procedures for network deployment. The BCRD is ripe for review in light of new EU objectives to foster Gigabit...

Over the past decades, ICT products have allowed our society to become smarter and more connected, offering new benefits to consumers while creating opportunities to businesses across the EU. Meanwhile, the pervasiveness of ICT products within the EU Single Market has brought forward unforeseen...

This Study, completed for the European Commission, DG CONNECT, supports the Impact Assessment of the European Commission's proposed Regulation on a European approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI). The study is divided into four main sections. Section 1 of the Study is dedicated to a...

This report presents the results and conclusions from a study on assessing and promoting e-accessibility. The main aims of the study were to take stock of the extent of e-accessibility across the EU27 countries and some third countries, as well as the policy efforts that have emerged in this...

This report presents the findings of a study launched following Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine on 24 February 2022, which led to a displacement of an unprecedented scale and forced over 8 million people - mostly women and children - to flee Ukraine and seek refuge and protection...

This report presents the findings of a study launched following Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine on 24 February 2022, which led to a displacement of an unprecedented scale and forced over 8 million people - mostly women and children - to flee Ukraine and seek refuge and protection...