Virtual Worlds Partnership

Partnership Europe brings together industry and research in a Virtual Worlds Partnership to accelerate innovation, develop skills and advance immersive applications across sectors.
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- Funding research
- Propose an EU strategy for VW
- Support EU industrial ecosystem
- Empower EU talent growth
- Encourage adoption of global standards in line with EU vision & values
- Encourage public use of VW
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- Steering R&D Agenda (SRIA)
- Facilitate Public/Private dialogue
- Connect the Ecosystem
- Bring visibility to EU Players
The Virtual Worlds Association acts as a structured interface between the Virtual Worlds community and European public institutions. It supports the co-programmed Virtual Worlds Partnership under Horizon Europe, to represent the partners other than the Union.
Federate the European community working on Virtual Worlds technologies and applications.
Contribute to strategy, including the Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA).
Enable collaboration through projects, pilots and multi-partner initiatives.
Accelerate adoption, bridging research results to real-world markets and users.
Added value for tenders. Adoption of sovereign solutions.
Interoperability Standards. Open Ecosystem.
Shape Horizon Europe Calls. Promote consortiums (Large, SMEs & Academia).
VWA as policy-influence channel. Best Practice Exchange Citizen-centric Innovation.
The European Commission is launching a series of initiatives targeting citizens, universities, and businesses on virtual worlds.
The European Commission has voted and adopted an ambitious and robust strategy on virtual worlds to ensure an open, secure, trustworthy, fair and inclusive digital environment.
The Virtual Worlds Association acts as the European Commission's partner to turn its innovation and industry vision into reality. We bring together the full value chain and drive synergies around the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda.

Encouraging adoption of global standards for open and interoperable VW in line with the EU's vision and values.
Supporting a European industrial ecosystem to scale up excellence and address fragmentation.
Encourage societal progress and virtual public services to leverage the opportunities
Empowering people to foster awareness, access to trustworthy information and build a talent pool specialists.
