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Join the EU FACTOR photo contest: take a picture at #LaTuaEuropa and win

Take a photo at #LaTuaEuropa and win

Take a picture of what Europe represents for you, share it on your Instagram profile. Tag @eufactorproject and use the hashtag #LaTuaEuropa. 20 euro online vouchers and many other prizes.

CONTEST

#LaTuaEuropa is the photo contest of the EU FACTOR project – for a cohesive, sustainable and fair Europe.

What is Europe? What does it mean for its citizens? Where do you meet it in your daily life? Let us know with a photo. The ones that get the most likes will win a voucher in an online store.
The theme is free. You can portray a landscape, a significant place, a monument, a symbol, an object or people. The important thing is that they explain because that is Your Europe. Post the photo in your profile and tag it #LaTuaEuropa (archive photos are fine too).
Photos will be shared on the EU Factor Instagram page.
And if I don’t have Instagram? If my account is private? You can still participate by sending your photos to eufactor.project@gmail.com

The competition is open from 1 April to 15 May 2023. Participation is open to all. The 3 photos that will have obtained more “like” and the 10 photos selected by the EU Factor jury will be awarded.
Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 11 am at the Open Laboratory of the Cloisters of San Pietro di Reggio Emilia will be held the event of awards and presentation of photographs of the Photo Contest #LaTuaEuropa. The initiative is included in the program of events of the OFF Circuit of European Photography 2023 XVIII EDITION – “EUROPE MATTERS Visions of an uneasy identity”.

TELL US “YOUR IDEA OF EUROPE“

Again, the subject is free. If you want to take a cue you can consider the strategic objectives of European cohesion policy. How Europe has improved life around me in terms of sustainability, inclusion, digitalization, mobility, rights, work.
To participate post the photo on your Instagram profile, tag the @eufactorproject page and use the hashtag #LaTuaEuropa (do it, it’s crucial to be rewarded).

AWARDS

They win the three photos that they receive most like at the deadline of the contest (May 15). In addition to these, a commission of experts will select and mark 10 other photographs worthy of their unquestionable opinion, based on criteria of originality and quality.
We will announce the winners on the Instagram profile of the EU FACTOR @eufactorproject and warn them with a private message on their Instagram profile (or email in case of participation via email).
Each of the 13 selected photographs will receive a voucher of 20,00 euro that can be spent at the online store www.librerie.coop (or equivalent).
The winning photographs and other photos reported by the jury:
– will become a calendar that will be printed and given away in limited edition
– will be the protagonists of a special edition of the television strip “Pills of Cohesion” of the EU FACTOR project broadcast on TV channels of TR MEDIA
– will be presented in a dedicated event that will be organized within the OFF Circuit of the XVIII EDITION of European Photography in Reggio Emilia, international cultural festival dedicated to contemporary photography
– published in a local newspaper/web tv with the names of the authors
– will be used by the communication channels of the EU FACTOR project

Discover the guidelines.

Regolamento Contest fotografico_LaTuaEuropa_EUFACTOR

Data Act: new rules for a fairer data access and use

The volume of data generated by people and machines is increasing exponentially and it is becoming a key driver for innovation by businesses and public authorities (e.g. the creation of smart cities).

Recently the European Parliament adopted its negotiating position on a legislative proposal that aims to contribute to the development of new digital services, in particular in the field of artificial intelligence.

The Data Act sets out EU rules on the sharing of data generated by the use of related products or related services (e.g., ‘Internet of Things’ and industrial machinery) in order to ensure fairness of data sharing contracts.

MEPs approved measures to allow users to access the data they generate. According to the European Commission, 80% of industrial data is never used. In addition, it is intended to ensure that contractual arrangements are at the heart of business-to-business relations.

Under the proposal, companies will be able to decide what data can be shared, while the manufacturer can choose not to make certain data available “by choice”.

The text defines how public bodies will be able to access and use data held by the private sector, which is necessary in exceptional or emergency circumstances such as floods and fires.

In addition, MEPs strengthened provisions to protect trade secrets, to prevent greater access to data from being used by competitors to modify services or devices, as well as setting stricter conditions for data requests by companies to public administrations.

Finally, data legislation will facilitate the switching of cloud and other data processing services from one provider to another and introduce safeguards against illegal international data transfer by cloud services.

Read more about https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/it/headlines/society/20220331STO26411/aumento-della-condivisione-dei-dati-quali-bandnefici

 

The Open Laboratory of Modena, yesterday and today.

At the beginning of the ‘900, close to the historic center of Modena, stood the AMCM sector, home of the Municipal Electricity Companies (AEM) that managed the tram power network, to facilitate the extension to serve the new districts that would soon become part of the city perimeter.

The re-functionalization of the former AEM, which became the headquarters of the Open Laboratory of Modena, took place using the European resources of Axis 6 (sustainable, intelligent and attractive cities) that allowed to redevelop the spaces, set up and start the management of the Open Laboratory and support its integrated promotion at national and European level.

The first concrete projects for the regeneration of this building of industrial archeology are therefore born thanks to the European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020, which the Emilia-Romagna Region has also used to return to citizens, places destined to become centers of knowledge exchange for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.

The Open Laboratory is today a hub of research, innovation and experimentation for culture, entertainment, and creativity, as well as a meeting point and a workspace between professionals, start-ups and institutions, open to citizens, and a center of activities, events, workshops.

Go to the website https://laboratorioapertomodena.it

DARE: the project that transformed the Darsena of Ravenna

“Dare” in English means to take risks: specifically, the challenge was to renew the Darsena District of Ravenna, through an open and participatory digital transformation process, making it more attractive, greener, and safer.

DARE is a project funded by the European Community, focused on a process of Urban Regeneration that leverages the alliance between the public, private, non-profit sectors, and citizens. The Darsena of Ravenna, with its history, has become an open-air laboratory of regeneration and digital transition. The aim of the project, in fact, was the dissemination of a widespread digital culture to sensitize citizens of the changes in cities and push them to interact.

In 2019 the DARE project – “Digital Environment for Collaborative Alliances to Regenerate Urban Ecosystem in middle-sized cities” – was funded under the IV call of the UIA – Urban Innovative Actions program. Since then, many activities have been undertaken from the organization of webinars to digitalization courses aimed at citizens, from public calls to photo contests, up to on-site initiatives. The journey ended in recent days with a series of meetings and debates.

https://www.darsenaravenna.it/home-dare