Workshop on "Monitoring progress in national initiatives on digitising industry & support to digital transformation"

06 Oktober 2020

In the core objectives of the Recovery and Resilience national plans member states have the opportunity to support and accelerate the twin green and digital transition. Building on the results of a recent analysis under the monitoring exercise of the progress of national initiatives on digitising industry, the webinar discussed current best practices and future actions needed to support the digital transition.

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The outbreak of the pandemic has deeply impacted the economic situation in the European Union. In the second quarter of 2020, GDP decreased by 11.4% compared with the previous quarter (Source: Eurostat, Information Release, 8 September 2020). Investments plummeted even more, by 15.4%. To avoid an enduring sluggish economic outlook for the coming years, investments and reforms, notably in relation to the digital transformation of the economy, are essential not only for the recovery but also for the resilience of European economies and societies. In the core objectives of the Recovery and Resilience national plans member states have the opportunity to support and accelerate the twin green and digital transition. In her speech of the State of the Union, President Ursula von der Leyen announced the ambition for a minimum level of 20% investments related to digital, and 37% to climate, in the frame of the Next Generation EU, recovery instrument

We must make this Europe's Digital Decade.

- President Ursula von der Leyen

The workshop

The workshop took stock of member states’ experiences and initiatives to promote digitalisation of the economy at scale. It also discussed how to replicate and transfer good practices and lessons learnt, in particular during the yearly monitoring of national initiatives for the digitalisation of industry. Not only are such exchanges essential to promote a broad digital transformation but they are also a source of possible actions for recovery and resilience as well as the preparation of national plans.

The input paper, as well as recently published Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 2021, guidance to member states in developing their national plans provided background information and kick-off the discussion during the workshop.

Country reports for 2020, an EU-level analysis as well all the presentations used during the workshop are available in the background documents.

Background documents

Input paper
EU Level Report (Note: The Country Reports for 2020 are based on 2019 data. EU averages are calculated for 28 Member States)
Country Reports

AT | BE | BG | CS | CY | DE | DA | EL | ES | ET | FI | FR | HR | HU | IT | IE | LU | LT | LV | MT | NL | PL | PT | RO | SK | SL | SV | UK (Note: The United Kingdom is still included in the 2020 EU Level Report as it is based on the data collected in 2019)