Proposal for an ESPON 2030 Programme Thematic Action Plan (TAP) on - ‘Smart connectivity’

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Proposal for an ESPON 2030 Programme Thematic Action Plan (TAP) on - ‘Smart connectivity’

20 Jan 2023

Thus, the Digital Single Market remains a priority in the post-2020 multiannual financial framework and will continue to be supported by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in terms of digital infrastructure (CEF Digital) and also by the Digital Europe Programme. [...] The challenges, trends and drivers behind Along the way, the Covid-19 pandemic has clearly accelerated the digitalisation efforts, and businesses and citizens will continue to capitalise on the momentum, as emphasised by the EIB, as - before - the pandemic, cutting-edge digital technologies were primarily used by the most innovative and modern firms, which is not the case anymore3. [...] (1) In the summer of 2022, the European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on establishing the Policy Programme “Path to the Digital Decade” which sets out a clear roadmap to achieve the ambitious targets of the Digital Compass (the monitoring vehicle of the Digital Decade), for instance - 100% online accessibility of key public services for the EU’s citizens and businesses” by 2030. [...] Nevertheless, if the path to the digital decade is to be achieved, all levels of government need to provide their input in establishing a digital strategy/roadmap, especially at the local level which is at the heart of public service delivery, in order to avoid any digital divides in the future. [...] Based on the work of the ESPON PROFECY on inner peripheries, a new JRC analysis still confirms that urban areas in the EU provide better opportunities in terms of accessibility to services compared to rural areas, people have to travel larger distances to reach a service area or facility.9 The lack of transport infrastructure remains one of the main drivers of peripheralisation, especially in term.

Authors

Andreea China

Pages
6
Published in
Luxembourg