Fondazione per la Ricerca sulla Migrazione e Integrazione delle Tecnologie
Budget
€1,302,161
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
4
0.55 FTE
EU Grants
€287,041
Mission & Goals
FORMIT Foundation is a non-profit research and advisory body advancing public-interest innovation in digital governance, security and societal resilience. We bridge policy, research and technology to support societal development in a sustainable and EU-values-aligned way. Our remit spans applied research, ICT contract governance, process redesign, training and impact evaluation; we also run a Privacy & Data Breach Observatory. FORMIT leads and participates in EU and international initiatives: Horizon Europe projects (RESONANT; PEERS), NATO research groups, national programmes (INPS contract monitoring, AgID market research) and delivers university courses. We contribute to Living-in.EU’s LORDIMAS expert groups and we are contractors of the European Committee of the Regions and the European Commission’s DG CONNECT for socio-economic studies. FORMIT holds UN ECOSOC consultative status, is in Italy’s National Research Registry, and governs UNINT University in Rome.
EU Legislative Interests
• AI Act (Reg. 2024/1689) • Data Act (Reg. 2023/2854) • Data Governance Act (Reg. 2022/868 • Open Data Directive (Dir. 2019/1024) and Implementing Reg. 2023/138 on High-Value Datasets. • European Health Data Space (EHDS) • Platform governance, information integrity and media • Digital Services Act (Reg. 2022/2065) • Digital Markets Act (Reg. 2022/1925) • European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) • NIS2 (Dir. 2022/2555) • Cyber Resilience Act (Reg. 2024/2847) • Cyber Solidarity Act (Reg. 2025/38) • CER Directive (Dir. 2022/2557) • eIDAS 2.0 / European Digital Identity (Reg. 2024/1183) • Interoperable Europe Act (Reg. 2024/903) • Single Digital Gateway (Reg. 2018/1724) and Once-Only Technical System (OOTS) • Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030 (Reg. 2022/2484)
Communication Activities
FORMIT deliver contribution to the European Union policy debate primarily through its public website and project dissemination pages. These include studies and briefs produced with EU institutions and partners, which we make available online. In the context of a Framework contract for studies with the European Committee of the Regions we publish analyses on Artificial Intelligence and its societal uptake (including references to the AI Act) and on future digital cohesion scenarios that discuss AI governance needs. On data sharing/open data, our outputs cover practical challenges for local and regional authorities (formats, engagement, governance) and document PA practices on open data, APIs and interoperability that underpin reuse and high-value datasets (Open Data Directive / Implementing Reg. 2023/138). Our “Digital Cohesion” study also touches on data-space developments, including references to the European Health Data Space (EHDS). Through the Horizon Europe RESONANT project page, we disseminate research on foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) and information suppression. These communications inform local and regional debates that are relevant to the DSA/EMFA risk-mitigation and media-pluralism agenda. Our security/CBRN research area pages share results on the economics of security and critical information/communication systems that are related to the resilience objectives pursued by NIS2, CER and related EU files. Publications we co-authored document once-only data exchange and cross-border service enablers (relevant to the Single Digital Gateway and interoperability policies). Complementary evaluations of national digital-service programmes report on open data/API adoption and inter-administration data exchange. The national project MERIDIANA presents an indicator framework to assess regional digital maturity, with news and descriptions published on our site; these communications align measurement practice with the Digital Decade 2030 policy programme’s public-sector and skills objectives. In addition to EHDS-related references in our studies, FORMIT communicates on digital-health innovation through project pages such as ZOOMel (mobile support for melanoma diagnostics) and prior work on Linked Open Data for e-Health (Big4H), illustrating responsible reuse and interoperability in health contexts. Our Horizon Europe PEERS project page details work on pre-normative standardisation ecosystems, which we publicise to support communities engaging with CBRNe and emerging-technology standards. All items above are drawn from FORMIT’s website project and publications pages.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Our membership: United Nations ECOSOC – NGO in consultative status (granted 2004; renewed periodically). • NATO Science & Technology Organization (STO) research groups – participation in task groups on Human Digital Twin, CBRN situational awareness, societal attitudes to EDTs, autonomy/robotics for CBRN sensing (e.g., HFM-SET-353; MSG-HFM-240; SAS-203; SET-HFM-AVT-ET-144). • National and international security/cyber networks – ENISA working group on the economics of security; EP3R TF-TIS task force; OSN (Osservatorio per la Sicurezza Nazionale) working group; Prime Minister’s Study Group on secure cyberspace use. • National Research Registry (Anagrafe Nazionale delle Ricerche) – registered for over 20 years (code 000263_ART3).
Organisation Members
Our own members • Members: FORMIT is a non-profit foundation (ente morale). As a foundation, it has no individual or organisational members (not a membership association). • Affiliated / connected entities covered under Single Registration: o Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma (UNINT) – FORMIT acts as the governing entity of UNINT; collaboration includes higher-education programmes and labs (euro-project design). o Privacy & Data Breach Observatory – permanent observatory established by FORMIT (public reports and portal). o Europroject Hub – FORMIT’s training/mentoring programme on EU funds (courses, labs, advisory). o Former subsidiary: Formit Servizi S.p.A. has been merged by incorporation and no longer exists as a separate entity (skills integrated into FORMIT). This disclosure follows Heading 12 – Membership and affiliation guidance (Single Registration; relationships and links to other entities).
Additional Information
The amount represents the total income for the year 2024.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.