Benefits for EGDC Supporting Partners:

• • Visibility. Organisations that fulfil the conditions to become Supporting partners, will have the ‘’EGDC Supporting Partner” status on the EGDC website;
  • News & Content. Among the EGDC external parties, the Supporting Partners are those that are entitled to receive first the EGDC updates & news, and that will get an early-bird access to selected EGDC content. Supporting Partners can be involved in the EGDC’s workstreams (see the ‘’Commitments’’ section above) by the EGDC Secretariat;
  • Events & workshops. Upon agreement of the EGDC Secretariat, Supporting Partners might receive exclusive invitations to EGDC events, workshops, etc.

Commitments of the EGDC Supporting Partners:

• • share the general purpose of the EGDC, which is to support and facilitate the twin digital and green transitions;
  • recognise the importance of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and – more specifically – declare that they are engaged in activities/programs to fight against the climate emergency;
  • collaborate with the EGDC EP Pilot Consortium Partners and EGDC Members, and contribute in activities in which their participation is deemed mutually beneficial and relevant (see expected contributions below);
  • share resources relevant to the work of the EGDC – namely in terms of time of their experts and data – free of charge;
  • ensure that any data shared with the EGDC is in appropriate formats, so as to ensure that relevant confidentiality, antitrust, and data protection laws are respected.

The expected contributions from Supporting Partners include but are not limited to: 

• sharing technical expertise and contributing to the development of  guidelines via participation in the EGDC Working Groups
• sharing relevant data, e.g. by submitting case studies for the case study calculators and the development of the methodologies
• supporting the communication and dissemination activities around the EGDC, e.g. by engaging with the EGDC channels, sharing its results and events.
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