The Ethics Appraisal Scheme in Horizon Europe Programme

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THE ETHICS APPRAISAL SCHEME IN HORIZON EUROPE PROGRAMME

       

evolve much faster than the human systems to govern them. New institutions



    



In the case of AI, the issue is compounded by the slow pace of understand-

ing. Since the emergence of the Large Language Models (LLM), the European

Union has had to rework its legislation considerably. There is a debate as to

whether it should focus on LLMs or be more general. A balance needs to be

struck so that regulatory mechanisms, such as evaluation, are not so rigid that

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Ghuidhir (2023) states:

The evaluation of products, services or how an organisation is complying with leg-

islation is a key plank in effective regulatory regimes, but it is meaningless unless it

informs a decision. This can be approving a product or service for the market or enforc-



In reality, the problem is that the development of an emerging technol-

ogy cannot be separated from the environment in which it will be applied,

because the capacity to generate serious problems goes far beyond general

compliance with requirements. Thus, we will share the approach to ethical

validation of research and innovation projects in the European Union funded

by the Horizon Europe programme.

The European Commission published in 2020 the characteristics for the

funding programme of research and innovation from 2021 to 2027 named

Horizon Europe:

Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation.

It tackles climate change, helps to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

and boosts the EU’s competitiveness and growth.

The programme facilitates collaboration and strengthens the impact of research and

innovation in developing, supporting and implementing EU policies while tackling

global challenges. It supports the creation and better diffusion of excellent knowledge

and technologies. (European Commission, 2020)

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