Digital Europe programme: Funding digital transformation beyond 2020

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🗓️ 19 October 2018

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In the framework of the next long-term EU budget for 2021-2027, the Commission is proposing a new, €9.2 billion programme to build up digital capacity and infrastructure and support a digital single market. It will operate mainly through coordinated and strategic co-investments with the Member States in the areas of advanced computing and data, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity, their uptake and optimal use in the private and public sectors and boosting advanced digital skills. According to the Commission, the programme will help European societies and businesses to make the most of the ongoing digital transformation. The Commission sees the potential for efficiency gains in exploring complementarities and synergies with other planned programmes such as Horizon Europe, the Connecting Europe Facility and the European Regional Development and Cohesion Funds. In the European Parliament, the file has been allocated to the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE). The draft report was published on 13 July 2018 and the vote in committee is expected in December. First edition. The 'EU Legislation in Progress' briefings are updated at key stages throughout the legislative procedure.
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0:00.0	You're listening to European Parliamentary Research Service podcast on the new Digital Europe
0:06.0	Programme.
0:07.0	The European Commission has proposed a new 9.2 billion euro programme to build up digital capacity
0:14.0	and infrastructure and support a digital single market.
0:17.0	The idea is to align the next long-term EU budget for the year's 2021 to 27 with the new digital realities and allow European citizens and businesses to make the most of this transformation.
0:28.6	Want to know more? Stay with us.
0:30.6	Digital technologies and the internet in particular have transformed our world and highlighted the need to move
0:38.3	from 28 national digital markets to a single one.
0:41.3	This would not only create new opportunities for citizens and businesses, but it could also
0:46.3	deliver substantial gains for the EU economy.
0:49.3	According to a study by the European Parliamentary Research Service, completing the
0:53.3	digital single market could bring
0:54.8	an extra €415 billion annually. That's as much as 3% of the EU's GDP.
1:01.0	Well, that's definitely something to welcome. However, the extent to which Europeans will
1:05.0	benefit from this potential and how much economic growth will be created depends on what policy
1:10.2	choices and investments
1:11.8	the EU makes now.
1:13.6	Deeper integration of digital markets is one of the main priorities of the Juncker Commission.
1:18.2	So in order to secure enough support for the EU's digital transformation beyond 2020, it
1:23.2	has proposed a new funding program called Digital Europe with a financial envelope worth 9.2 billion
1:28.8	euros.
1:29.8	Now if it goes through, this will be the first ever funding program dedicated solely to
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