In 2021, the European Commission presented the Digital Decade, its vision for a sustainable and socially just digital Europe. It is regarded as the digital compass with which the EU is seeking to secure its digital sovereignty in the current decade and expand it globally.
The European Commission’s Digital Decade has four core areas:
- digital skills
- digital transformation of business
- digital public services
- digital infrastructure
The digital transformation of business and society
As a think tank, the Vodafone Institute sees the digital transformation as the most profound global transition of the 21st century. Social and political participation and economic growth in addition to the quality of life, work and communication are all directly linked to access to the digitally networked world.
In our field of focus Digital Economy, we address issues like
- the expansion of digital infrastructures
- the digital development of rural areas for society and for mid-sized companies and industry
- the democratisation of access to IT technologies for the entire economy and society
- promoting the innovation potential of the economic landscape of the EU
- the benefits of a data economy for economic growth and social advancement – from Big Data to AI
