The praise in Hellas for the “very impressive digital transformation” he has achieved in recent years, said the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for preparing Europe for the digital age, Margete Vestagerwho congratulated our country for the Durability and Recovery Plan of 30 billion, of which 7 billion will be allocated to digital transformation.
It’s about strategic investments made in Hellas to strengthen activities and to strengthen small and medium-sized enterprises, including the improvement of digital skills, assisting in the transformation of the public sector. And as the competent Commissioner underlined, “I am glad that Greece is taking advantage of this opportunity, thanks to the Recovery and Durability Mechanismto implement digital transformation reforms in the public and private sector, and it is the companies that will be digitized “.
Mrs. Vestager spoke today (connected by Brussels with the Parliament of the Greeks) at the event of the parliamentary committees on European Affairs and Research and Technology, chaired by Dimitris Karidis, Vice President of the Committee on European Affairs, on “The shaping of our digital future, challenges and prospects”.
As she mentioned, in the last two years, the Greek digital transformation has been very impressive, and she expressed her belief that “what is done” is not only directed towards achieving a specific goal, but also guides our work, because this digital transformation serves people and puts man at the center of society. As an example, the Commissioner referred to the digital certificate of covid, noting that Greece was the Member State that “pushed” in this direction and expressed her joy “that it did and that it finally happened […] “Because this fold has allowed us to regain our freedom of movement in the European Union, in one of the most critical health situations we have experienced in recent centuries.”
“This fold for covid, is combined with the rules of data protection and this for me means that when we work together we are able to overcome difficulties and obstacles,” added Ms. Vestager. Citing also an example of how beneficial digital transformation is becoming in the health sector, he spoke of the “MyHealth app”, the app that gives patients access to medical histories and records. “The administration is becoming digital, so that it can serve and facilitate the lives of citizens, while also building trust.”
European Digital Identity
Regarding actions in the European Union, Ms. Vestager stressed that she is laying the foundations for a digital economy. He typically referred to the proposal for a European Digital Identity instead of a national one, which would be valid throughout Europe, so that Europeans could have access to online services and of course there would be selective disclosure of only their necessary personal data. There is also the possibility of creating a space where we can communicate, connect, but be protected from digital threats, as well as the regulation and regulation of artificial intelligence “which we can trust, because it respects our fundamental characteristics and at the same time it goes hand in hand with excellence, innovation and is beneficial for everyone “.
Objectives
THE responsible European CommissionerHe highlighted the goals to be achieved by 2030, which are related to skills, secure communication, business transformation and the digital transformation of public services.
“The target is 20 million by 2030, and all households to have Gigabit networks and 5G, 75% of EU businesses to use digital technologies such as data, artificial intelligence and Cloud services, and in eight years all “Public services (or at least the main ones) should be digitally accessible, so that they are available to the citizens”, he said specifically.
“The declaration we propose on digital principles and digital rights should be signed by the European Commission, Parliament and the Council and serve as a reference text for all of us and guarantee that we can achieve an open digital society or which will be inclusive. Everyone will belong to her. We must support solidarity, inclusion, freedom of choice online. “We need to encourage participation in the digital public space, to enhance the security and sustainability of our digital future,” he said.
To achieve all this, Ms Vestager emphasized the need to create a framework that would facilitate large-scale projects so that Member States could benefit from the technologies as well as private-public partnerships. To this end, the European Commission has launched 12 cross-border and multi-state projects, which will have to be funded with 700 billion euros, and through the Resilience and Recovery Mechanism will absorb at least 170 billion euros in digital priorities by 2026.
230 cm for digital education
“We have set impressive goals. We have set the bar for digital transformation: 80% of adults have acquired the most basic skills and by the ’30s we should have 20 million digital experts in the European Union working in their field and we want to involve women in the labor market. “If we do not all work together, we will not reach 20 million experts, only 12 million – and that is why I want to ask you to take part in this social dialogue, so that you can support this dialogue at the national level.” addressed to the national delegation.
Especially for our country, since he pointed out that, despite Greece making impressive efforts for its digitization, it remains in a lower position than its European partners and therefore informed that investment in Education and youth education is planned. , which will include digital skills. To this end, Ms. Vestager announced an investment of 230 million euros for digital equipment, so that it can be used by those who are trained.
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