Apply AI Strategy aims to boost AI adoption in education and healthcare

Apply AI Strategy aims to boost AI adoption in education and healthcare

On 8 October 2025, the European Commission published two strategies to speed up AI uptake in European industry and science: the Apply AI Strategy and the AI in science Strategy.

The Apply AI Strategy aims to boost the adoption of AI across strategic sectors including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, energy, mobility, manufacturing, construction, agri-food, defence, communications and culture, as well as in the public sector.

• Regarding the healthcare sector, the Apply AI strategy underlines how AI can support clinical decisions, ease administrative burden on healthcare professionals, support administrative processes and improve patient outcomes. This is why the European Commission will: (i) establish European AI-powered advanced screening centres to accelerate the introduction of innovative tools for prevention and diagnosis; (ii) establish a European Network of Expertise on AI Deployment in Healthcare to consolidate guidelines and best practices.
• With regards to the public sector, the Strategy underlines how public administrations can benefit from the AI first policy not just by making their work more efficient, reducing administrative burden and cutting red tape. AI is to be seen as a strategic asset integrated into institutions and services. Nevertheless, it notes how, given the impact that AI can have on citizens, it is critical to assess and maintain security. To promote the uptake of AI solutions in the public sector, the European Commission will: (i) build an AI toolbox for public administrations; and (ii) accelerate the adoption of European generative AI solutions in public administrations, with a special focus on education, taking into account the potential risks in this area.

The Apply AI Strategy also proposes measures and actions tackling challenges to AI development and adoption in the EU. One of the measures included is, for instance, enabling an AI-ready workforce (more information available here).

Moreover, as part of the Apply AI Strategy, the European Commission has created the Apply AI Alliance, a new governance structure that serves as a coordination forum for stakeholders and policy makers on AI policy (including public and private sector, civil society, social partners within others.) It is possible to become a member here, a website in which the latest updates on AI policy are shared by the European Commission and stakeholders.

In order to delve into the different parts of the Apply AI Strategy, the European Commission is organising a series of webinars explaining how the European Commission aims to boost the uptake of AI in the sectors covered in the Apply AI Strategy (more information available here). The first webinar on 12 November, will provide an overview of the Strategy (more information available here).

More information about the Apply AI Strategy is available here. 

More information about the Apply AI Alliance is available here.