The Common European Data Space for Cultural Heritage is the European Union's flagship initiative to accelerate the digital transformation of Europe's cultural sector. Together with 13 other sectoral and interoperable data spaces, it is at the heart of Europe's ambitions for a thriving data-driven society, and its potential is becoming increasingly clear in its second year of implementation. Masu. In 2024, we at the Europeana Foundation aim to deliver on the opportunities that the data space offers and to ensure that it thrives for the benefit of all people across Europe, including professionals and the general public. I'm excited about it.
This year, we have ambitious plans to strengthen our efforts to build a sovereign, trusted, and open data space and lead in infrastructure and technology innovation. 3D and AI technologies will play an important role and we are excited to build on the work of Twin it! and work to expand 3D digitization in this area. 3D for European Culture Campaign. It will also focus on encouraging audiences to engage with and reuse Europe's shared cultural heritage in new and exciting ways. Working closely with our audiences and partners in Member States will be a key way to achieve this.
With Dataspace, we are entering a new chapter in our history, building on the achievements of the past 15 years. Although we have made significant progress in our first year, we are continuing to operate in a broader context in which a severe climate emergency and dire global conflicts threaten citizens and our colleagues around the world. We also recognize that the situation is difficult. We stand in solidarity with those affected and are committed to taking action to support them (for example, supporting the climate action community, the Ukraine Working Group's Digital Cultural Heritage, and Laptops for Ukraine・Through initiatives).
As a values- and mission-driven organization, we believe that digital cultural heritage, through the medium of data space, plays an important role in addressing these issues. Europe has expressed bold ambitions to overcome the changes across its current digital, environmental and social systems in a coordinated way. “Triple Transformation”And we firmly believe in and commit to a green and socially responsible digital transformation of our sector.
