Open Con­sul­ta­ti­on on future Euro­QCI Acti­vi­ties

The deve­lo­p­ment of infra­struc­tures for Quan­tum Key Dis­tri­bu­ti­on (QKD), as well as tech­no­lo­gi­cal advan­ces in the field of Quan­tum Com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons, posi­ti­on Euro­pe at the fore­front of the deve­lo­p­ment of cor­re­spon­ding com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on infra­struc­tures. Along­side num­e­rous EU pro­gram­mes and natio­nal initia­ti­ves, the Euro­QCI initia­ti­ve is one of the key fun­ding instru­ments in this area. Despi­te signi­fi­cant pro­gress, seve­ral chal­lenges remain that must be addres­sed befo­re the imple­men­ta­ti­on of QKD and Quan­tum Com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons can ful­ly achie­ve the objec­ti­ve set out in the Euro­QCI Decla­ra­ti­on: a cer­ti­fied secu­re, end-to-end Euro­pean Quan­tum Com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on Infra­struc­tu­re. The next steps are the­r­e­fo­re both cru­cial and com­plex: they requi­re tar­ge­ted efforts to address exis­ting bot­t­len­ecks and gaps in a rea­li­stic and prac­ti­cal man­ner.

To sup­port this pro­cess and gather as many tech­ni­cal con­tri­bu­ti­ons as pos­si­ble, the Euro­QCI team of the Euro­pean Com­mis­si­on has published an open con­sul­ta­ti­on con­sis­ting of six gui­ding ques­ti­ons. The sur­vey offers rese­ar­chers and experts the oppor­tu­ni­ty to con­tri­bu­te their know­ledge and per­spec­ti­ves, ther­eby hel­ping to shape the fur­ther deve­lo­p­ment of Euro­QCI. The feed­back recei­ved will feed into future Euro­QCI acti­vi­ties, which are expec­ted to be sup­port­ed by the Euro­pean Com­mis­si­on from 2027 onwards. Par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on is open until 24 June 2026. Click here for the sur­vey.

Source refe­rence: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Next-EuroQCI-Activities