EU unveils Path to the Digital Decade policy programme
Main Message
The programme sets concrete targets for 2030 based on Europe’s Digital Compass across four areas: digital skills, digital infrastructure, digital business and digital public services, and asks the Commission and Member States to define and monitor Union-level and national trajectories. The Commission will publish an annual "State of the Digital Decade" report to compare measured progress with projected trajectories and to recommend further actions.
Why It Matters
The framework is designed to coordinate large-scale investments and close gaps in Europe’s digital capacities while developing pan-European capacities through multi-country projects to strengthen competitiveness and support the sustainability goals of the European Green Deal. Multi-country projects can pool Union and national funds and may combine programmes such as the Recovery and Resilience Facility, Digital Europe, Connecting Europe Facility, InvestEU, Horizon Europe and cohesion funds while remaining subject to State aid rules.
What Follows
Member States will submit strategic roadmaps, the Commission will assess and coordinate multi-country project proposals and may establish European Digital Infrastructure Consortia, and the annual report will feed into the European Semester.
Sources
Official Documents
- Policy Programme: Path to the Digital Decade - Questions and Answers* The EC publishes an overview of the Path to the Digital Decade policy programme, detailing targets, governance, reporting, funding, and the creation of multi-country projects including the European Digital Infrastructure Consortium, with annual State of the Digital Decade reporting and calls for expressions of interest to coordinate actions among Member States.
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