CISERO Collaboration Platform Launched at 8ra Annual Summit

The CISERO Collaboration Platform was presented during the 8ra Annual Summit in Rotterdam and is now available to support the showcase of IPCEI-CIS members and provides tools for collaboration, a marketplace, a project directory, and a knowledge hub. It also includes PartnerLink, giving access to more than 300 curated clusters, companies, DIHs and ecosystems actively seeking IPCEI-CIS partnerships.

The CISERO platform is the shared working environment for this community. It serves project teams that need a common space to coordinate technical work; policymakers at European, national, and regional level who require evidence from real implementations to inform decisions on digital infrastructure; and the broader market — industry, SMEs, startups, research organisations, and civil society — that stands to benefit from and contribute to an open, sovereign European cloud-edge ecosystem. The platform is organised around three spaces:

• The IPCEI-CIS Space serves as the working environment for the core IPCEI-CIS community, supporting coordination across projects and partner organisations active in the cloud and edge ecosystem.  
• The Policymaker Space provides European, national, and regional public authorities with access to policy-relevant outputs from IPCEI-CIS, including reference architectures, datasets, use cases, and lessons learned.  
• The External Stakeholder Space is open to industry, SMEs, startups, research and technology organisations, researchers, and civil society with an interest in Europe’s cloud and edge infrastructure.

Registration is open to all eligible users. A step-by-step guide walks new users through account creation, company profile setup, adding projects, and listing products in the marketplace.

REGISTER HERE

Europe’s cloud market is dominated by a small number of providers from outside the European Union, leaving European industry with limited choice and significant exposure on data sovereignty, interoperability, and supply-chain continuity.  

Approved by the European Commission in December 2023, IPCEI-CIS is a key digital policy initiative that brings together 19 direct projects led by companies across 12 Member States, with around 120 industry and research partners directly engaged and a further 100 indirect partners — including large enterprises, SMEs, startups, and research organisations — involved across Europe.  

With 3.5 billion euro made available to participating projects, the initiative is developing the first EU-wide, interoperable Multi-Provider Cloud-Edge Continuum, prioritising digital sovereignty, interoperability, sustainability, and security.

The platform is presented at the CISERO Booth 5 at the 8ra Open Conference.