Miguel Gonzalez-SanchoDirectorate-General for Information Society European Commission

[Portugal, Coimbra, 13.12.2011]

Digital Agenda: 7 pillars

Digital Agenda and e-communities

• EC-supported experimentation – Living labs, collaborative environments, smart cities…

• But e-communities self-driven + faster than policy– E-communities become mainstream in last 2-3 years– Bottom-up innovation, socio-economic dynamism

• Role for public authorities (EU, national, local)?– Laissez faire?

Role of public authorities• WHY - Public service missions & goals remain

– Competitiveness, Cohesion, Sustainability…

– Digital dimension affects design and delivery of those missions

– Range of instruments: Policy/ ‘soft power’, legal, funding

• WHAT – Set enabling conditions for e-individuals > e-communities > e-society – Legal enablement and certainty

– Single market dimension, break down fragmenting barriers

– Strategic actions for cohesion (no one behind) + innovation (some ahead)

Some EU actions for e-communities• Internet broadband: for all + quality +

affordable + open– Law (open access, pro- investment) + funding – Roaming (also for data)– Net neutrality

• Information availability and exploitation – Public service information, open data – Data interoperability (e.g. in health)

Some EU actions for e-communities• Access to essential facilities and resources

– E-services of public interest: e-Gov, e-Health, culture…– Cloud computing – e-ID, e-payments, e-invoicing….

• Protect users – Privacy framework– Security and safety, e.g. child safety

• Public policy design, implementation and monitoring– EU e-Gov action plan– Digital Agenda

An open & inclusive process

Coordination with authorities in Member

States

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Digital Agenda Assembly

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Miguel Gonzalez-SanchoDirectorate-General for Information Society European Commission

[Portugal, Lisboa, 14.12.2011]

Social challenges for EU sustainability

• Which are the social challenges?– Not purely economic or scientific. Narrower than societal

• What role of digital technology?– As a cause– As (part of) the solution

Europe 2020: 3 interlinked priorities

1.) Smart growth: developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation

2.) Sustainable growth: promoting a more efficient, greener and more competitive economy

3.) Inclusive growth: fostering a high-employment economy delivering social and territorial cohesion

Europe 2020: 5 EU headline targetsBy 2020:

• 75 % employment rate (% of population aged 20-64 years)

• 3% investment in R&D (% of EU’s GDP)

• “20/20/20” climate/energy targets met (incl. 30% emissions reduction if right conditions)o greenhouse gas emissions 20% (or even 30%, if the conditions are right) lower

than 1990 o 20% of energy from renewables o 20% increase in energy efficiency

• Improving education levels (by reducing school drop-out rates and increasing the share of the population having completed tertiary or equivalent education)o Reducing school drop-out rates below 10% o at least 40% of 30-34–year-olds completing third level education

• Promoting social inclusion (*), in particular through the reduction of povertyo at least 20 million fewer people in or at risk of poverty and social exclusion

Smart Growth Sustainable Growth

Inclusive Growth

Innovation« Innovation Union »

Climate, energy and mobility« Resource

efficient Europe »

Employment and skills

« An agenda for new skills and jobs

»Education

« Youth on the move »

Competitiveness« An industrial policy for the

globalisation era »

Fighting poverty« European platform

against poverty »

Digital society« A digital agenda

for Europe »

Europe 2020: 7 flagship initiatives underpin the targets

The Digital Agenda?101 specific actions, including 31 legal proposals

••• 14

Interoperability &

standards

A vibrant digital single market

Trust & Security

Research & innovation

Using ICT to help society

Enhancing digital literacy, skills & inclusion

Fast & ultra-fast Internet access

Social aspects in DAE pillars 6 and 7

Pillar 6: digital literacy, skills and inclusion • E-accessibility • E-competences

Pillar 7: ICT-enabled benefits for EU society • ICT for environment • Healthcare and independent living• Cultural diversity and creative content• E-Government• Intelligent transport

Horizon 2020 – Objectives and structure

Creating Industrial Leadership and Competitive Frameworks

Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies

ICTNanotech., Materials, Manuf. and

Processing BiotechnologySpace

Access to risk finance Innovation in SMEs

Excellence in the Science Base Frontier research (ERC) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Skills and career development (Marie Curie) Research infrastructures

Shared objectives and principles

Common rules, toolkit of funding schemes

Europe 2020 priorities

European Research Area

Simplified access

International cooperation

Dissemination & knowledge tranfer

Tackling Societal Challenges Health, demographic change and wellbeing Food security and the bio-based economy Secure, clean and efficient energy Smart, green and integrated transport Supply of raw materials Resource efficiency and climate action Inclusive, innovative and secure societies

Tackling societal challenges

– Health, demographic change & wellbeing;– Food security, sustainable agriculture & bio-

based economy;– Secure, clean &efficient energy;– Smart, green and integrated transport;– Climate action and resource efficiency

including raw materials;– Inclusive, innovative and secure societies

Social challenges and ICT? • Unemployment, precarity, poverty

– Cause: ICT as enabler of modern economy • Financial transactions (fast and global)• Jobs flexibility and delocalisation

– Response: digital single market as growth source: • Stimulate e-commerce > upcoming EC package• ICT-enabled entrepreneurship and competitiveness >

EC pro-SMEs measures

Social challenges and ICT? (2)• (Insufficient/ inappropriate) education,

competences– Cause: ICT as enabler of knowledge society

• Financial transactions (fast and global)

– Response: digital single market as growth source: • Stimulate e-commerce > upcoming EC package• ICT-enabled entrepreneurship and competitiveness >

EC pro-SMEs measures

Thank you for your attention!

An open & inclusive process

Coordination with authorities in Member

States

Open data from the scoreboard

Digital Agenda Assembly

Online engagement

blogs.ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

@DigitalAgendaEU

DigitalAgenda

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