Politecnico di Milano

The HOME2 consortium, led by Politecnico di Milano, brings together actors representing European students, universities, NGOs, and the private rented sector. Building on more than 10 years of work on student housing and mobility, we welcome the opportunity to contribute to the preparation of the Affordable Housing Act.

When talking about preparedness and adaptation it is important to maintain a territorial and place-based approach, empowering local actors - who best know their context - to take action. Metropolitan cities and regions have been historically less considered as potential key actors that can have a role in aggregating local demands and providing services to ensure equitable adaptation across entire urban regions.

Over the past 5 years, the Quantum Computing & Communication Observatory of Politecnico di Milano has conducted studies to analyze the international research and market landscape in these technologies. For this comment, it leveraged the internal Center for Digital Regulation Strategy.

I strongly oppose the White Paper’s proposal to allow for a more extensive use of dual-use technologies within Horizon Europe funds and to remove restrictions on dual-use technologies within the Framework Programmes. Article 11 of the Italian Constitution provides: ‘Italy repeats war as a means of undermining the freedom of other peoples and as a means of settling international disputes’.

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This contribution addresses the suitability of current targets and monitoring frameworks within the EUs Digital Decade, emphasizing that while the Programme offers a robust strategic vision, its capacity to guide evidence-based policymaking depends on addressing gaps in sectoral completeness, methodological representativeness, and conceptual clarity.

Attached is a document produced by the Digital B2b Observatory of the Politecnico di Milano School of Management. The Digital B2b Observatory, founded in 2002, serves as a key reference point for the digital transformation of business processes in Italy, both internal and across supply chains. Its mission is to promote a more conscious and widespread digitization among companies and public institutions.