Today (on 30 June 2023), Mihailo Jovanović, the Minister of Information and Telecommunications for the Government of the Republic of Serbia, signed an agreement for Serbia's participation in the Digital Europe program. Following the signatures and upon the completion of the related ratification processes, the association agreement will enter into force. Businesses, public administrations and other eligible organizations will be able to access the calls of the Digital Europe Programme, which has an overall budget of 7.5 billion euros in the 2021-2027 period.

Together with Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Albania officially joined the Digital Europe Programme today. Participants from these four countries will be able to take part in projects that deploy digital technologies across the EU in specific areas such as artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, advanced digital skills, etc.

Previously, in 2022, the Republic of Serbia became a member of the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), which brings together European Union members as well as private partners with the aim of developing a super-computing eco-system in Europe.