NGI Sargasso and the FIERCE Space project have joined forces to create a greener, human-centric and more digital Europe in the ecosystems of Next Generation Internet (NGI) and space data. Both EU-funded projects have signed a collaboration agreement to support each other on outreach activities through the projects’ main digital outlets and joint webinars or any other event of mutual interest.
FIERCE aims to support SMEs, startups and scale-ups to build their motivation and capacity to tap the potential of downstream space data in order to improve their circularity and sustainability, ultimately contributing to the EU efforts towards the green and digital transition.
FIERCE: Making Space for Green Solutions
FIERCE is a 3-year Coordination and Support Action, running from November 2024 to October 2027, funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2021-2027.
With a mission to accelerate Europe’s green and digital transition, FIERCE will:
- Mobilise €2.5 million in financial support for 70 SMEs, start-ups and scale-ups to fuel the development, demonstration and commercialization of green space-enabled solutions.
- Support 140 SMEs with specialized technical and business advisory to design business solutions and engage in process innovation using downstream space data in areas such as circularity, raw materials, environmental monitoring and corporate sustainability.
- Enable a series of local entrepreneurship initiatives driven by business support networks aimed at creating even more opportunities for space-enabled green innovation.
The project is coordinated by Q-PLAN International, and counts with six more partners: Novaspace, FundingBox, Europa Media, TechTour, EIT Raw Materials, and Draxis Research Ventures.
NGI Sargasso: Building Bridges Across Continents for the Future of the Internet
NGI Sargasso promotes the developing of a unique collaborative ecosystem to harvest Europe-United States and/or Europe-Canada technology breakthroughs that aim to revolutionize the Next Generation Internet (NGI) technologies, services and standards. We also aim to contribute to the evolution of the Internet according to a human-centric approach of the Internet commons, following to the NGI initiative values of openness, inclusivity and sustainability.
We have funded +50 projects of NGI Sargasso Innovators with a total budget of €4.8 million in the following topics:
- Trust.
- Data sovereignty.
- Digital identity.
- Internet architecture & renovation.
- Decentralized technology.
- Interoperability & standardization.
- New internet technology.