The goal of the YouControl project is to help the Ukrainian and foreign public, government, and donors (including the EU) use their information, open data, modern technologies, and safe practices to manage public funds and foreign aid as efficiently as possible.

Transparency International's newly released Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2023 reveals a concerning picture of deteriorating anti-corruption efforts in Western Europe and the EU.

On 24 January 2024, on the heels of the political agreement reached in December 2023 on the EU AI Act - the world’s first comprehensive law on artificial intelligence - the Commission launched the AI innovation package to support AI innovation among startups and SMEs.

CEDAR will develop methods, tools, and guidelines to digitise, protect, and integrate data to address significant issues like corruption, aligning with the European Strategy for Data and the development of Common European Data Spaces (CEDS), and the European Data Act.