Slovenia was among 20 EU member states that signed the European Declaration on Quantum Technologies, celebrated at the “Shaping Europe’s Quantum Future” conference in Brussels on March 22, 2024. The conference was co-organized by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, according to the European Commission.
First launched in December 2023, the declaration commits signatory states to collaborating on the development of a world-class quantum technology ecosystem across Europe. Signatories agreed to coordinate national and regional R&D programs, accelerate the transition of quantum research from laboratory to commercial applications, support a network of quantum competence clusters, and build pan-European quantum infrastructures for computing, communication, and sensing.
Other signatories included Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Slovakia, and Sweden. Additional member states have signed in subsequent months.