Subject: FW: Invitation to collaborate on a proposal for the DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-GENAI-PA call
From: "info - MKM" <[email-masked]>
To: "Justiits- ja Digiministeerium" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 15:25:49 +0200

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From: Lella Luigi <[email-masked]>
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Subject: [DKIM katki]Invitation to collaborate on a proposal for the 
DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-GENAI-PA call

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Dear Sirs,

I am writing on behalf of the Municipality of Ancona to express our interest 
in forming a consortium for the upcoming DIGITAL-2026-AI-09-GENAI-PA call 
under the Digital Europe Programme, and to respectfully invite the Ministry 
of Economic Affairs and Communications (MKM) of Estonia to join the project, 
ideally also in a coordinating role.

The call supports the development, diffusion and adoption of trustworthy and 
strategic Artificial Intelligence solutions across Europe, with a specific 
focus on strengthening the capacity of public administrations to use 
Generative AI. It contributes directly to the “Apply AI” strategy by 
promoting shared data infrastructures, collaborative platforms and European 
communities of practice. As a Coordination and Support Action, it funds 
practical tools, guidelines, training activities, legal and technical 
support for procurement and implementation, as well as networking and policy 
dialogue for the creation of the GenAI4EU community. The total budget of 
€1,800,000 will be awarded to a single consortium.

Our proposal brings together several European partners that have already 
developed AI-based systems for public administrations, governance 
guidelines, impact assessments and training materials on AI adoption in 
government. At the Municipality of Ancona, we are progressively introducing 
GenAI to support internal processes and citizen-facing communication, and we 
have launched awareness and training initiatives for staff and residents. We 
have also published a CC BY 4.0 essay on AI awareness and literacy to 
support Italian public authorities.

We are very familiar with Estonia’s KRATT AI initiative, which we consider a 
reference model in Europe for interoperable AI-enabled public services, 
citizen-centric digital access and the reshaping of public-sector 
efficiency.

For these reasons, it would be an honour for us to have MKM as a project 
partner, and we would be particularly pleased if MKM could consider acting 
as the coordinating institution.

We would be glad to provide further information or arrange a short call at 
your convenience. We look forward to your kind feedback.

Kind regards,

L

   COMUNE DI ANCONA

  _____

Eng. EngD. Luigi Lella

Servizio Informatica, Innovazione e Transizione Digitale

Largo XXIV Maggio, 1 - 60123 - Ancona

Tel. 071-222 2730

Cell. 338 2023430