The dependence of companies and end users on the digital environment is constantly increasing, which also puts pressure on the regulation of rules in the field of data security (GDPR, cyber security) or their transmission.

We fully agree that the European startup ecosystem needs to join forces as a community and step up to respond to the opportunities and challenges that await our continent.

Small businesses and entrepreneurs are the backbone of any economy. Countries like Slovakia can lose a lot if they delay the activities to support digitization.

In 2022, the European Union (EU) will face key decisions that will have a significant impact on the progress of the digital transformation, but also on the overall development of the economy. In particular, it should focus on the substance within the digital space.

The recovery and resilience plan is one of the greatest opportunities to transform your business and increase your competitiveness through external financing. The effective implementation of these challenges and projects will be key to its successful implementation.

Our Czech Ambassador for The League for Digital Boost Petr Očko is doing amazing enlightenment of our project and the digitalization theme.

We remain deeply engaged in the topic of Digital Services Act and therefore we along with our foreign partners signed the joint letter ahead of European parliament plenary vote.

We have been nominated as the member for the Slovak Republic Council of the Government for Competitiveness and Productivity.

We are proud that our organization has been nominated as the member for the issues related to the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Slovak Republic.

"Slovakian small businesses and enterprises seek talented professionals that are missing across all regions!"
SAPIE and Amcham organized a roundtable where companies discussed about digital transformation and its main concerns not only that companies face but also problems that the government should solve.

Executive Director Michal Kardoš was invited to RTVS to discuss the Digital Services Act, which the EP wants to change.

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.