European tech SMEs and AI experts wishing to work closely with DIGITAL SME should consider joining. Launched in partnership with the European Institute of Technology (EIT) and its Community Artificial Intelligence, the Joint FG AI will function as a forum for AI SMEs and start-ups to share best practices, explore business opportunities, and influence AI decision-making.

The Focus Group on e-Health by DIGITAL SME will allow interested stakeholders to join a community network of SMEs, public or private healthcare providers, research institutions and public bodies. This collaboration will allow SMEs to develop or to provide their digital solutions to address the challenges in the healthcare system and benefit from a full range of services: information on funding opportunities, discussions on technology-specific topics, networking, and matchmaking.

Members are: - Digital enablers that provide technology solutions and services to drive ICT Sustainability. - They provide green & digital products and services: ICT hardware & software, but also vertical sectors: biofuels, digital fabrication, e-learning, agritech and many more. Activities & Benefits: - Visibility at European level. - Access to EU policymakers and thought-leaders, e.g. via the European Green Digital Coalition. - Develop DIGITAL SME’s positions on sustainability-related policy initiatives & contribute to sustainability frameworks (Digital with Purpose, European Green Digital Coalition). - Receive exclusive information about project & policy. - Connect with other “green enablers” and demand-side companies. - Contribute to shaping the methodologies of the European Green Digital Coalition (EGDC) via the Working Group 5: SME Inclusion (comprised of the members of the Focus Group ICT Sustainability)

Data is at the heart of every modern technology, and a key resource and driver for European ICT SMEs. As such, access to data, data sharing, security etc. are prominent topics not only for SMEs but for European policy makers. In 2022, the European Commission will publish a draft regulation around data and its usage in industry, referred as the “Data Act”, which will have implications on virtually all sectors applying data analysis or relying on data-sharing. Scope of the Task Force: -- Supporting SMEs in conversations with the regulators -- Raising awareness, and sharing knowledge around best practices and challenges around data -- Developing position papers & responses to public consultations -- Access to latest news on EU projects & funding in the area of data

DIGITAL SME’s Working Group Cybersecurity and Data Protection brings together cybersecurity practitioners and experts to promote the role of SMEs in achieving cybersecurity for European companies. Members are: - Digital enablers and innovators: SMEs that provide cybersecurity solutions to customers, taking traditional cybersecurity tools and advancing them to meet current and future threats. - ICT Clusters and Cybersecurity experts: SME representative groups that focus on cybersecurity for SMEs, both as consumers and providers. Activities and Benefits: - Creation of unified tools, resources and guides endorsed at European level - Formulating DIGITAL SME stances on forthcoming European legislation, implementation of agreed legislation and establishing cybersecurity best practices and certification schemes. - Promoting awareness of SME specific threats, vulnerabilities, tools and resources while reporting these perspectives to European stakeholders. - Establishing visibility at both European level and across national markets. - Fostering connections with other innovative cybersecurity SMEs. - Facilitating access to EU policy-makers and practitioners, including experts from ENISA and the European Commission. - Providing insight into the evolution of cybersecurity certification frameworks and standardisation, with opportunities for contributing to their schemes.

The Working Group Digitalisation (WG DG) brings together DIGITAL SME experts acquainted with experience, knowledge and interest in topics such as industrial transformation, (European) Digital Innovation Hubs, Internet of Things (IoT), building information modeling (BIM), big data, cloud computing, blockchain, smart cities, and others.

DIGITAL SME contributes to digital skills leadership by promoting policy with SMEs’ interests at the core. Through dedicated working groups, projects, events, and policy papers, DIGITAL SME raises awareness for SME-centred skills policy. Working alongside the European institutions to push forward this agenda, DIGITAL SME is directly involved in the Pact for Skills, as coordinator of the Large-Scale Partnership for the Digital Ecosystem, and in the management of the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform, ensuring open access to a wide range of information and resources related to digital skills and jobs.