{"id":63140,"date":"2021-03-15T11:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T00:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=63140"},"modified":"2021-03-15T10:30:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T23:30:41","slug":"why-europes-digital-decade-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Europe\u2019s \u2018digital decade\u2019 matters"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/figure>\n

On 9 March, the European Commission presented its vision for a European \u2018digital decade\u2019<\/a>. With policy targets for 2030 focusing on the four cardinal issues of skills, infrastructure and capacities, public services, and the digitalisation of business, the European Union aims to be at the forefront of today\u2019s digital revolution.<\/p>\n

To ensure that technology empowers citizens and businesses to build a more prosperous and inclusive society, we will need open and competitive markets. Enterprises of all sizes must have an equal opportunity to innovate and deliver their products and services to consumers.<\/p>\n

More broadly, digitalisation is now the key to building economic and societal resilience and exercising global influence. Our shared\u00a0 future is already taking shape in the digital domain. In a world marked by geopolitical competition for technological primacy, we must ensure that the EU\u2019s vision of digitalisation\u2014based on open societies, the rule of law and fundamental freedoms \u2013 proves its worth over that of authoritarian systems that use digital technologies as tools for surveillance and repression.<\/p>\n

By boosting its own capabilities, the EU can help shape the world\u2019s digital transformation for the better. The success of Europe\u2019s digital decade will require the EU to forge strong alliances and working relationships with like-minded countries, both bilaterally and multilaterally. After all, reaping the full benefits of technological innovation requires maintaining an open digital economy in which investments can flow freely. And whether we are deploying digital health solutions, fighting terrorism, mitigating climate change, protecting biodiversity or using technology to predict natural disasters and future pandemics, we will need much more international technological collaboration.<\/p>\n

But digitalisation carries serious risks, ranging from mass surveillance and cyberattacks on critical infrastructure to the spread of state-sponsored disinformation designed to polarise societies and undermine democracy. This means we must strike a balance between openness and our other core interests and values.<\/p>\n

Specifically, we should adhere to three overarching principles: a level playing field in digital markets, security in cyberspace, and freedom online (including protections for free speech and assembly, and against discrimination and violations of privacy).<\/p>\n

In keeping with our determination to strengthen the EU\u2019s bilateral relationships, set clearer standards and establish more resilient digital supply chains, we have already approached US President Joe Biden\u2019s administration with a proposal to create a joint trade and technology council.<\/p>\n

The EU is also seeking to form a global coalition around a shared vision of human-centric digitalisation. We must join with others who are willing to cooperate to provide effective democratic governance over technology and the digital economy. Any such coalition should be open to all who are ready to defend an open, decentralised model of the internet and the principles of fairness in digital markets, security in cyberspace and individual freedoms online.<\/p>\n

By working together, we can set standards for artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies on the basis of shared values, reaping the fruits of one another\u2019s innovations and building stronger protections against cyberattacks. A coalition of like-minded partners can ensure that the interdependence of our digital supply chains becomes a source of security and resilience rather than added risk.<\/p>\n

Equally important, the digital decade is our last chance to follow through on the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. We know that digital technology has the potential to facilitate inclusion and access to public services around the world. In Africa, the share of the population with internet access has increased<\/a> from 2% in 2005 to 40% in 2019, enabling more children to be educated and more women to secure employment. Until we close the global digital divide, however, we will not be realising the full potential of new technologies.<\/p>\n

To that end, the EU will soon propose an initiative combining financial resources and technical assistance to help its partners develop their own digital governance frameworks, including in areas such as cybersecurity and data protection. For example, a new digital connectivity fund could underpin these efforts; together with our partners, we will be exploring the feasibility of such ideas in the coming months.<\/p>\n

Finally, preserving a safe but open internet requires that we develop a more inclusive model of multilateralism, bringing together not just governments but also representatives of civil society, the private sector and academia. This model can then guide our actions within international organisations\u2014from the United Nations and the World Trade Organization to the International Telecommunication Union\u2014to ensure that international rules are fit for purpose.<\/p>\n

Through it all, a common thread, woven from shared principles, will guide our efforts to achieve a more human-centric digital transformation that maximises the benefits of technology and minimises the risks it poses. In cyberspace as in the physical world, Europe will continue to stand up for core global values. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights established the dignity of the individual, the right to privacy and to non-discrimination, and the freedoms of speech and belief. It is our common duty to make sure that the digital revolution lives up to that promise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 9 March, the European Commission presented its vision for a European \u2018digital decade\u2019. With policy targets for 2030 focusing on the four cardinal issues of skills, infrastructure and capacities, public services, and the digitalisation …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1327,"featured_media":57101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[325,1025,692,332],"class_list":["post-63140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-europe","tag-european-union","tag-internet","tag-technology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhy Europe\u2019s \u2018digital decade\u2019 matters | The Strategist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Europe\u2019s \u2018digital decade\u2019 matters | The Strategist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On 9 March, the European Commission presented its vision for a European \u2018digital decade\u2019. With policy targets for 2030 focusing on the four cardinal issues of skills, infrastructure and capacities, public services, and the digitalisation ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Strategist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ASPI.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-15T00:00:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-14T23:30:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GettyImages-1201647480.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Margrethe Vestager\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ASPI_org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ASPI_org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Margrethe Vestager\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/\",\"name\":\"The Strategist\",\"description\":\"ASPI's analysis and commentary site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GettyImages-1201647480.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GettyImages-1201647480.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683,\"caption\":\"A man holding his mobile phone walks past a poster by Italian urban artist Salvatore Benintende aka \\\"TVBOY\\\" depecting Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa wearing a protective facemask and holding a mobile phone reading \\\"Mobile World Virus\\\" in a street of Barcelona on February 18, 2020, a week after the World Mobile Congress was cancelled due to fears stemming from the coronavirus that sparked an exodus of industry heavyweights. (Photo by PAU BARRENA \/ AFP) \/ RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by PAU BARRENA\/AFP via Getty Images)\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/\",\"name\":\"Why Europe\u2019s \u2018digital decade\u2019 matters | The Strategist\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-15T00:00:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-14T23:30:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#\/schema\/person\/6d45b05ed2e5adea354e01a918f9ed76\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why Europe\u2019s \u2018digital decade\u2019 matters\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#\/schema\/person\/6d45b05ed2e5adea354e01a918f9ed76\",\"name\":\"Margrethe Vestager\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1529f2a3ab07dfa8d718d83d98a4e85c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1529f2a3ab07dfa8d718d83d98a4e85c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Margrethe Vestager\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/author\/margrethe-vestager\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why Europe\u2019s \u2018digital decade\u2019 matters | The Strategist","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why Europe\u2019s \u2018digital decade\u2019 matters | The Strategist","og_description":"On 9 March, the European Commission presented its vision for a European \u2018digital decade\u2019. With policy targets for 2030 focusing on the four cardinal issues of skills, infrastructure and capacities, public services, and the digitalisation ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/","og_site_name":"The Strategist","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ASPI.org","article_published_time":"2021-03-15T00:00:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-03-14T23:30:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GettyImages-1201647480.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Margrethe Vestager","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ASPI_org","twitter_site":"@ASPI_org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Margrethe Vestager","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/","name":"The Strategist","description":"ASPI's analysis and commentary site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GettyImages-1201647480.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GettyImages-1201647480.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"caption":"A man holding his mobile phone walks past a poster by Italian urban artist Salvatore Benintende aka \"TVBOY\" depecting Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa wearing a protective facemask and holding a mobile phone reading \"Mobile World Virus\" in a street of Barcelona on February 18, 2020, a week after the World Mobile Congress was cancelled due to fears stemming from the coronavirus that sparked an exodus of industry heavyweights. (Photo by PAU BARRENA \/ AFP) \/ RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by PAU BARRENA\/AFP via Getty Images)"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/","url":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/","name":"Why Europe\u2019s \u2018digital decade\u2019 matters | The Strategist","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2021-03-15T00:00:30+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-14T23:30:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#\/schema\/person\/6d45b05ed2e5adea354e01a918f9ed76"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/why-europes-digital-decade-matters\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why Europe\u2019s \u2018digital decade\u2019 matters"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#\/schema\/person\/6d45b05ed2e5adea354e01a918f9ed76","name":"Margrethe Vestager","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1529f2a3ab07dfa8d718d83d98a4e85c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1529f2a3ab07dfa8d718d83d98a4e85c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Margrethe Vestager"},"url":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/author\/margrethe-vestager\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63140"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63147,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63140\/revisions\/63147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}