Europe aims to empower businesses and people in a human-centred, sustainable and more prosperous digital future.
Translated in International Sign
On 9 March 2021, the Commission presented a vision and avenues for Europe’s digital transformation by 2030. This Digital Compass for the EU’s digital decade evolves around four cardinal points:
Government, Skills, Business, Infrastructure
Skills
ICT Specialists: 20 million + Gender convergence
Basic Digital Skills: min 80% of population
Digital transformation of businesses
Tech up-take: 75% of EU companies using Cloud/AI/Big Data
Innovators: grow scale ups & finance to double EU Unicorns
Late adopters: more than 90% of SMEs reach at least a basic level of digital intensity
Secure and sustainable digital infrastructures
Connectivity: Gigabit for everyone, 5G everywhere
Cutting edge Semiconductors: double EU share in global production
Data – Edge & Cloud: 10,000 climate neutral highly secure edge nodes
Computing: first computer with quantum acceleration
Digitalisation of public services
Key Public Services: 100% online
e-Health: 100% of citizens having access to medical records
Digital Identity: 80% citizens using digital ID
The Commission will pursue the EUʼs digital ambitions for 2030 through concrete terms:
- targets and projected trajectories
- a robust joint governance framework to monitor progress and address insufficiencies
- multi-country projects combining investments from the EU, Member States and the private sector
