This topic has come to the attention of several stakeholders, such as entrepreneurs, especially the SME segment, media and platforms operating on targeted advertising revenues and, last but not least, end customers and internet users.

A new initiative called the League for Digital Boost is emerging in Central and Eastern Europe. This League is our initiative, has the ambition to create a broad coalition of actors in the field of digital economy.

At the event of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Slovak Republic and SAPIE, the essence of data transfer was discussed today, why it is important for entrepreneurs and how its regulation will affect business in the digital space.

The European Union in Slovakia is perceived mostly positively in most economic topics. It is our main business partner through the single market and thus provides various opportunities for expansion for Slovak companies.

Supporting the Startup ecosystem is one of the core initiatives of SAPIE. That is why we have joined forces with partners in other countries to prepare an Open Letter to the European Commission.

SAPIE joined forces with partner organizations dedicated to the protection of start-up and scale-up ecosystems and sent a letter to the European Parliament commenting on proposed changes in digital services.

At 11:00am, our director Michal Kardos will take part in a discussion at SME Connect on the topic "Exchange on the Digital Markets Act" at the regional level. The aim is to evaluate and assess in detail how each proposed amendment will shape the digital environment.

Our Executive director Michal Kardos moderated panel discussion Innovate Slovakia: Cooperation? What for? at the conference COINTT 2021-Cooperation Innovation Technology Transfer.

We were participating at the CEE Digital Summit Warsaw 2021 on 7th of October.
Our Executive Director Michal Kardos met also with the Minister for Digital Transformation of Slovenia, Mark Boris Andrijanič.

SIEA continues to support innovations and their application directly in companies. Innovation vouchers is targeted financial assistance for entrepreneurs to introduce technological innovation into the company.

CEE Digital Summit Warsaw 2021 is a meeting of the leaders of digitisation from across Central Eastern Europe. The Summit brings together the digital sector, tech companies, experts in the field and policymakers engaged in digital transformation from the region.

SAPIE participated at the excellent event organized by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic called the Export Forum 2021.

Innovations and digitization affect all aspects of life in the Danube Region, therefore they should be mirrored in all priority areas. This topic is highly cross-sectoral and creates a significant space for cooperation within the EUSDR.

Innovations and digitisation are one of the thematic priorities under the Slovak Presidency in the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR). This topic is following the concept of the European Union of green and digital transition which should finally lead to climate neutrality.

We are launching a new platform InnovateSlovakia.sk to empower the Slovak innovate and start-up scene and foster its innovative capacities.

Today, under our leadership, an online "roundtable" took place on the topic “the importance of digitalization of SME’s for economic recovery”.

Oznámenie výsledkov hlasovania per rollam z valného zhromaždenia, ktoré prebiehalo online a odsúhlasenie plánov na rok 2021.

EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel joined the General Assembly of the European Startup Network, where SAPIE is a member, for an interactive exchange of ideas about how to make Europe the startup continent.

SAPIE and other associations active in Europe prepared letter to support the digital economy theme between the USA and EU.

SAPIE and other trade associations representing online companies and platforms active in Europe and all around the world joined the forces in supporting the initiative of the European Commission to establish a new EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC).