EU State of the Digital Decade 2026: MCPs and EDIC progress
Council of the EU
· June 17, 2026
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The European Commission publishes a progress report on multi-country projects (MCPs) and European Digital Infrastructure Consortia (EDICs) covering progress between May 2025 and May 2026.
- Main announcement: The European Commission reports the establishment and operationalisation of several EDICs (notably ALT-EDIC, LDT CitiVERSE EDIC, EUROPEUM-EDIC, Digital Commons EDIC, IMPACTS-EDIC) and the operational status of key IPCEIs and Joint Undertakings, including IPCEI-ME/CT, IPCEI-CIS, Tech4Cure, the Chips JU and EuroHPC JU, with timelines and handovers (e.g., EBSI fully transferred to EUROPEUM by Q1 2026; EBSI production phase scheduled Q2 2026).
- Background and details:Funding and scale figures are provided (e.g., Tech4Cure: up to EUR 403 million public unlocking EUR 826 million private; IPCEI-ME/CT: around EUR 7 billion public unlocking EUR 12 billion private). The report documents progress on EDIC applications (Genome EDIC application finalised Feb 2026; EDIC M&L formal application expected Q2–Q3 2026) and notes events such as the first annual EDIC gathering in November 2025 (minutes and recording available on the event webpage).