The Next Generation Internet (NGI) is a European Commission (EC) initiative that aims to shape the development and evolution of the Internet into an Internet of Trust. An Internet that responds to people’s fundamental needs, including trust, security, and inclusion, while reflecting the values and the norms all citizens enjoy in Europe.
After an initial EC investment in NGI research and innovation of more than €250m (2018-2020) that supported more than 1,000 Internet researchers and innovators involved in hundreds of projects, the EC announced renewed EU funding for NGI under Horizon Europe.
Horizon Europe Calls related to the Next Generation Internet, of relevance to the NGI community are listed under Pillar II, Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, Cluster 4, Digital, Industry and Space. This funding goes beyond financing: it includes mentoring and supports the innovators’ journey from an idea to a real business.
AN INTERNET OF TRUST FIT FOR THE DIGITAL AGE.
NGI innovations consider people’s privacy concerns first and foremost, for an Internet we can trust, laying the groundwork for a Europe fit for the Digital Age.
NGI supports the EC vision and avenues for Europe’s digital transformation by 2030 including secure and sustainable digital infrastructures, digital transformation of businesses and public services and digital skills. This is backed by the rules that the EU has set in the areas of data protection, cybersecurity and electronic identity.
RESILIENT. SUSTAINABLE. OPEN.
NGI fosters diversity and decentralisation and grows the potential for a sustainably open environment for our cultures and economies, celebrating our values, promoting creativity and respecting the environment.
NGI supports the upgrading of Internet infrastructure for better security and privacy. Projects also cover ways to increase network performances and make the Internet more energy-efficient.
Open-source software is at the heart of many NGI projects, which make an important contribution to the open source community.
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