Funding to support scientific research and technological development projects to combat current and future pandemics through data science and AI, developed in partnership between the public administration and R&D institutions, and focused on supporting citizens and health care services and entities (duration of 24 to 36 months).
Developed within the National Digital Competencies Initiative e.2030 (Portugal INCoDe.2030), the total funding is €3 million, with a maximum of €240 000 per project.
Response Tag: Digital Transformation
Covid-19 Response
Two of the three main mobile operators in the Czech Republic are offering customers unlimited data…
Two of the largest mobile phone operators in the Czech Republic are offering free unlimited mobile data are to all of their customers. This will help people who now have to work from home as well as those who need to communicate with other people.
The offer also applies to Czech citizens currently residing in other EU countries so they can be in contact with their family and loved ones.
T-Mobile is also offering unlimited data to state institutions and companies with framework…
The Directorate-General for Health has launched a dedicated microsite that gathers all public health information regarding the outbreak of COVID-19.
The site has several guides and tools for health professionals, homeland security, schools, municipalities, touristic facilities and so on, daily updates with information on the outspread of the virus (number of infected people per municipality, number of deaths, numbers of cases by symptom, etc), and others such as approved laboratories for…
AMA developed tutorials regarding digital public services for citizens:
o Registration in the ePortugal;
o Digital Mobile Key – online registration;
o Digital Mobile Key – registration with user+password of the Tax Authority web portal;
o Digital signature with Digital Mobile Key.
Website and app congregating information on Government action regarding COVID-19. It presents information such as:
Rules of the State of Emergency;
Government support to companies;
Emergency and useful contacts;
Documentation and FAQs;
List of exceptional rules;
Civil society initiatives (e.g. apps, voluntary work);
Tools and guides to telework;
Communication materials to help citizens and companies access relevant information;
Epidemic status with a graphic…
A new social welfare payment for employees and the self-employed who have lost employment due to Covid 19. A simple, quick, online payment. [This is different to the Wage Subsidy scheme which is operated by the Revenue Commissioners and seeks to maintain the relationship between the employer and employee]
The communications regulator has approved plans to release extra radio spectrum to add capacity for mobile phone and broadband connectivity.
The regulator plans to release radio spectrum in the 700MHz and the 2.6GHz bands to allow mobile operators to meet increased voice and data traffic.
It also said it has liberalised the use of the existing 2.1GHz band so that it can be used for 4G connectivity and other technology, rather than just 3G.
Akkure, an Irish digital health start-up, has launched the ‘COVIDMedBot’, an online free personalised risk assessment and guideline tool for use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Akkure is based at NovaUCD, the Centre for New Ventures and Entrepreneurs at University College Dublin.
The Health Service Executive's Digital Academy is collaborating with medtech companies and start-ups to provide agile solutions to Covid-19 problems faced in clinical settings. Examples include pulse oximeters integrated with applications that can be remotely monitored for oxygen depletion in patients (thereby requiring hospital admission) and working with roboticists to develop sterilisation robots using UV wavelengths that can kill Covid19 but have sensory reaction when humans enter its…
A new online portal was built and developed in four days to allow General Practitioners and healthcare providers to treat people remotely to help protect patients and healthcare workers.