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Efficient and compliant access to and use of data

Pays three European projects a combined EUR 46.5 million to build AI-driven compliance tools or secure data-management systems that support the EU's Data Union Strategy and Common European Data Spaces.

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Proposals have to pick one of two focus areas as their main declared area, even if the work touches both, because evaluation is scored against whichever one is named in the abstract and introduction. Area 1 centres on AI-driven regulatory compliance tooling -- automated rule-checking, rule-drafting assistance for policymakers, multilingual compliance chatbots, and systems that let one country's co…

The Commission wants proposals to focus on one of two areas: AI-driven regulatory compliance tools such as automated rule-checking, multilingual compliance chatbots and cross-border mutual-recognition systems, or secure data-management systems covering curation, metadata, labelling and privacy-preserving synthetic data generation. A proposal can touch both areas but must declare one as its main focus.

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Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.€46.5M

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