5 early insights for using digital public goods for development

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Professor S. Rajagopalan, President, MOSIP & Keyzom Ngodup Massally, Head – Digital Public Goods, UNDP Digital public goods (DPGs) and digital public infrastructure (DPI) are an emerging agenda for digital cooperation. Current implementations of DPGs and DPI have […]

State aid: Commission approves €3 billion scheme under the Spanish Recovery and Resilience Plan to support research, development, innovation, environmental protection and energy efficiency in automotive value chain

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €3 billion Spanish scheme to support research, development and innovation (RD&I), as well as environmental protection and energy efficiency measures of companies in the value chain for electric and connected vehicles. The measure […]

Why we shouldn’t overstate the pandemic’s effect on productivity growth 

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Global Chief Economist, Boston Consulting Group & Paul Swartz, Director and Senior Economist, BCG Henderson Institute The secular growth of services has been a significant drag on aggregate productivity growth – but the shock of COVID […]

8 female CEOs on bridging the gender gap in tech

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Hannah Ransom, Community Specialist, Global Innovators, World Economic Forum The technology industry is booming – in the first quarter of 2021, global venture investments reached $125 billion (a 94% year on year increase). But if a rising tide […]

Final preparations for DCX and IFRA Expo 2019, in association with The European Sting

Sponsored content Hall 21 of the Messe Berlin exhibition centre will become the meeting place for publishers and content specialists worldwide on 8 and 9 October. The 49th IFRA World Publishing Expo, together with the DCX Digital Content Expo, will offer a comprehensive programme from the areas of digital content and publishing, with concrete solutions […]

State aid: Commission invites comments on simplified rules for State aid combined with EU support

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission is inviting Member States and other stakeholders to comment on its proposal to exempt from prior Commission scrutiny under EU State aid rules aid granted through national funds for projects supported under certain EU centrally managed programmes. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge […]