International Digital Strategy

Digital Partnership Network: New coordination structure connecting existing EU Digital Partnerships and Dialogues into an operational network for technical exchanges, joint projects, and high-level engagement among partner countries, the EU, and Member States.

New Digital Partnerships and Dialogues: Preparation of additional bilateral and regional digital partnerships in a Team Europe approach, prioritised on the basis of existing cooperation frameworks and EU strategic interests.

Digital Trade Agreement Network Expansion: Extension of the EU's bilateral digital trade agreement network beyond concluded agreements with Singapore and Korea, including in the context of ongoing FTA negotiations with India, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Malaysia.

New Pact for the Mediterranean: Digital Dimension — Deepening of EU digital cooperation with Southern Neighbourhood partners as part of the broader Mediterranean Pact, building on the 2021 Agenda for the Mediterranean.

• EU Tech Business Offer: Integrated modular package combining secure connectivity, Digital Public Infrastructure, AI, and software solutions for deployment in trusted partner countries; managed as a Tech Team Europe initiative involving EU companies, development finance institutions, and export credit agencies, with the D4D Hub and EU4Digital as facilitators.

Arctic Submarine Cable Initiative: EU support for new submarine cable routes in the Arctic region, using the Connecting Europe Facility to catalyse public and private investment.

BELLA Cable Extension: Extension of the first transatlantic optical fibre cable between the EU and Latin America/Caribbean across Central America and the Caribbean, supporting High-Performance Computing growth in the region.

MEDUSA Submarine Cable: Commission- and EIB-supported high-speed cable linking the northern and southern Mediterranean shores, extended to West Africa.

Blue-Raman Submarine Cable: Planned 11,700km secure cable connecting Europe to India via the Middle East and Eastern Africa along the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC).

Black Sea Digital Links: Investment in secure, high-capacity internet infrastructure linking Europe to the South Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Eastern Partnership region, subject to conditions on the ground.

Central Asia Secure Satellite Connectivity: Team Europe Initiative providing EU private-sector satellite connectivity to unserved and underserved areas in Central Asia.

IRIS² Sub-Saharan Africa Pilots: Early-stage pilot projects in Sub-Saharan Africa under the EU's secure satellite constellation programme ahead of full constellation deployment.

EU-ASEAN Copernicus Mirror Site Expansion: Extension of the Copernicus mirror site from the Philippines to additional ASEAN countries including Indonesia and Thailand, under the EU-ASEAN Sustainable Connectivity Team Europe Initiative.

EU-Japan/Korea/Canada Quantum R&I Projects: Joint research and innovation projects on quantum technologies with Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Canada.

EU-India Semiconductor Talent Exchange: Dedicated programme under the EU-India Trade and Technology Council to facilitate talent exchanges and build semiconductor skills among students and young professionals.

HPC Federation: Latin America and Caribbean — Partnership under the EU-LAC Digital Alliance to federate High-Performance Computing resources in Latin America and the Caribbean and integrate them with the European HPC ecosystem.

EU-African Union AI Governance Follow-Up: Implementation of commitments from the EU-AU Ministerial Meeting (May 2025) to develop regional AI innovation ecosystems and digital governance frameworks. [from Q2 2025]

AI Factories in Partner Countries: Deployment of AI Factory compute infrastructure in trusted partner countries, connected securely to the EU AI Factories ecosystem.

AI in CFSP/CSDP: Commission/Member State work to identify concrete areas where AI can support implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defence Policy.

EUDIS-Ukraine Collaboration: Exploration of enhanced defence innovation cooperation with Ukraine under the EU Defence Innovation Scheme (EUDIS).

HEDI Synergies: Exploration, with Norway and Ukraine, of new cooperation modalities to support the Hub for European Defence Innovation (HEDI).

CRA Mutual Recognition Agreements: Exploratory engagement with partner countries on mutual recognition of product cybersecurity requirements under the Cyber Resilience Act framework.

Global Cyber Resilience Capacity-Building: Global Gateway-anchored programme supporting critical infrastructure security and cyber ecosystem development in partner countries through regulatory frameworks, policy support, and cyber hygiene measures.

Cyber Attribution and Sanctions Strengthening: Reinforcement of EU capacity to attribute cyber-attacks to malicious state and non-state actors, with development of associated sanctions mechanisms.

• FIMI Attribution Expansion: Extension of EU attribution methodology from cyber-attacks to Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference incidents, building on existing cyber attribution tools.

EU Digital Identity Wallet: Partner Country Deployment — Development and export of trust services and digital identity solutions based on EUDI Wallet specifications as interoperable building blocks for the digital transformation of partner country public administrations and businesses.

EUDI Wallet Integration: Ukraine, Moldova, Western Balkans — Preparatory work for gradual integration of Ukraine, Moldova, and the Western Balkans into the EU Digital Identity Wallet ecosystem.

DPI Interoperability: India, Egypt, Uruguay, Brazil — Bilateral cooperation on e-signatures and Digital Public Infrastructure interoperability to generate cross-border benefits for businesses and citizens.

European Interoperability Framework: International Deployment — Promotion of an interoperability-by-default approach based on the EIF to facilitate seamless cross-border data exchange with partner countries.

eInvoicing Standard: International Promotion — Promotion of the EU eInvoicing standard and interoperable technical specifications with Japan, India, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and Malaysia.

Global Digital Compact: Implementation and Review — EU engagement in UN GDC follow-up and review processes to defend EU achievements and ensure coherence with existing global digital architecture, including the Internet Governance framework.

WSIS+20 Review: Team Europe coordination to secure a suitable multilateral outcome to the World Summit on the Information Society 20-year review negotiations.

Open Internet Stack: International Extension — Support for the international broadening of foundational internet protocols to address partner countries' connectivity, trust, and security needs.