EU eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020 Accelerating the Digital Transformation of Government
The Commission this week launched a package of measures that will help European industry, SMEs, researchers and public authorities to take full advantage of new digital technologies.
"The industrial revolution of our time is digital," said Andrus Ansip, Vice-President for the Digital Single Market. "We need the right scale for technologies such as cloud computing, data-driven science and the internet of things to reach their full potential. As companies aim to scale up across the Single Market, public e-services should also meet today's needs: be digital, open and cross-border by design. The EU is the right scale for the digital times." Commissioner for Digital Economy & Society, Günther Oettinger, underlined that "Europe will only be able to maintain its leading role if the digitisation of its industry is successful and reached fast".
The measures will, among others, support and connect national initiatives to digitise industry, boost investment through strategic partnerships and strongly encourage the use of the opportunities offered by the EU Investment Plan and European Structural and Investment Funds. In total, they should mobilise more than €50 billion of public and private investment, including €500 million for a European network of digital innovation hubs where businesses can get advice and test digital innovations.
The industry package includes a European cloud initiative as well as the new eGovernemnt Action Plan which collected EU citizens' and businesses' needs and expectations from eGovernment services in the EU, and what public administrative bodies can or plan to deliver. The eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020, aims to modernise digital public services and make the EU a better place to live, work and invest, and foresees the adoption of the CEF building blocks.
The launch of the Action Plan follows a public consultation on the eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020.