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🇬🇧 Since Brexit, the UK has been actively strengthening commercial ties with with Indo-Pacific countries and stepping up its Indo-Pacific security role. With the Labour Party now in power, questions loom about the future direction and affordability of these commitments amid the given the ongoing war in Europe that is soaking up UK resources, writes Dr. Samir Puri, Associate Fellow at Chatham House’s UK in the World programme, in a recently published EAI Background Brief. On the economic front, the UK still has significant progress to be made in the Indo-Pacific, he noted. While the UK’s bilateral trade with Singapore is growing, and efforts are underway to increase its bilateral trade with Japan, recent trade statistics highlight the need for stronger trading relationships with a wider range of Indo-Pacific countries, especially South Korea and India. For more insights from the latest tranche of reports under the EAI's Background Briefs series of policy-oriented research papers, click here: https://lnkd.in/gCg_vhsr.

The EC announced the opening of a new public call under the Digital Europe Programme aimed at piloting the implementation of the EU Digital Identity Wallet and its ecosystem by public and private sector service providers validating technical references, standards, components, and solutions. Planned opening date: 14 May 2024 Deadline date: 24 September 2024 Important note: Bosnia and Herzegovina is on the list of eligible countries for participation in the public call. For more information about the public call, planned objectives and eligibility criteria follow the link: https://lnkd.in/dSNG6Ssr #EUDigitalIdentityWallet #DigitalEurope

Montenegro moves closer to joining SEPA, enhancing financial integration with Europe https://lnkd.in/eijGUhCs

📣 NEWSFLASH - On 26 July 2024, the European Supervisory Authorities released the final report on draft regulatory technical standards to specify the elements which a financial entity needs to determine and assess when subcontracting ICT services supporting critical or important functions (“RTS”) complementing the regulatory obligations under Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on Digital Operational Resilience ("DORA") for the financial sector. Click on the link to read the full article with insights, including the next steps and practical impact, from Partners Sophie Dupin, Anaïs Sohler, and Senior Associate Iren Butrakova: https://lnkd.in/eGcCZaiy #ElvingerHossPrussen

Counting the days to implementation of the EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act (the one with with the cute acronym DORA)...its long arm will impact UK firms. The Briefing Note below outlines DORA overall and looks at what it implies for UK ICT service provider firms whose EU customers are in-scope... message me if I can help! Penny Sanders

A MUST-HAVE INVESTOR RESOURCE A very cool guy told me of this; He was a member of the team of the Agencija za privredne registre (fondly known as the APR), the very, very good Serbian official agency that originally dealt with company data registration. However, as they did it so well, people decided that they should be exploited, and they are now also in charge of registration of Pledges, Financial Leasing, Factoring – you name it, they register it (and close to my heart – Construction Permits). A real success story, with only minor problems (honestly, their policy on registering co-signing is really undefendable, but I digress…). The only relatively major downside is that the data is really only available in Serbian. But, thankfully, there is another resource, available to foreign investors, which contains the company information in English - BIFIDEX (https://lnkd.in/da5iBMHz). What is even nicer, is the fact that it currently covers not only Serbia, but also Montenegro, Albania and Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina). The number of entities and entrepreneurs involved is close to two million. So, this is a regional resource, quite useful for investors. And who knows, judging from the experience of the APR, it is a safe bet to assume that the number of countries/territories will expand in the future. A heartfelt thanks to Nemanja Mitrovic for spearheading the effort to set this up, and, more importantly, for telling me about it :) Good things are happening here – you should really consider to #investinSerbia. #musthave #serbia #APR #BIFIDEX #companies #KSEL #KSELadvokati

Are you prepared for the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)? The deadline for this new regulation is January 17th. Learn more about the core aspects of the regulation, key recommendations and steps to take now: http://ms.spr.ly/6041lyfGl

👀 The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have released a second set of policy products to support the implementation of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). This package includes: 1. Four final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) 2. One set of Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) 3. Two guidelines These documents aim to enhance the digital operational resilience of the EU financial sector by focusing on: 1. Improving the reporting framework for ICT-related incidents, including clearer reporting guidelines and templates 2. Establishing standards for threat-led penetration testing 3. Introducing requirements for the design of the oversight framework The overall goal is to ensure continuous and uninterrupted provision of financial services to customers while maintaining the safety of their data. 🔗 If you want to know more of how North House can help: check out the link in comments!

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Montenegro moves closer to joining SEPA, enhancing financial integration with Europe https://lnkd.in/evxuATCH