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POLICY PROPOSAL – 2023 No.4 - HOW DO WE BECOME A DIGITAL NATION?

22 May 2023

The proper digitalisation of the As a result of the rapid development of computer technology, corporate sphere (and the state services assisting the latter) the expansion in the range of electronic services, and the can help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) boost proliferation of applications based on big data and artificial their productivity, catch up to large corporations, enter intel. [...] in the way of developing the digital economy in Hungary, and authoritative projections12 suggest that the problem will The labour shortage in the IT worsen in the coming years.13 The labour shortage in the IT sector could surge to 25,000 persons within the next sector could surge to 25,000 year or two, which will increase the risk that there simply persons within the next year or won’t be sufficie. [...] Based on the above, in the medium term, the main Based on the experience of the countries that perform objective concerning internet access is to hold on to best in terms of the public’s use of the internet (Ireland, our favourable infrastructural position, continue the Denmark, Luxembourg, and Sweden), the share of those investments in the infrastructure, and increase take-up who do not use the i. [...] the co-payment provided by individual stakeholders should be determined based on the level of the individual’s need and We also need to support IT and digitalisation training the popularity of the given training (non-refundable grants that matches the needs of the labour market in vocational should be used in the case of disadvantaged participants in and adult education. [...] For example, the LET’S SCRAP THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS elimination of the telecommunications and utility tax may require that a part of the resources freed up in this AND PUBLIC UTILITY TAXES BY 2024! way must be used for this purpose! In the interest of accelerating the expansion of the digital infrastructure, we should phase out the telecommunications DIGITAL PUBLIC SERVICES – DIGITAL and public ut.
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36
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Hungary

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