Over recent years, the members of the European Council have, in a number of landmark declarations such as the Bratislava Declaration, pointed to the need to improve communication with citizens, as part of the process of building greater trust and confidence in the European Union and its institut...
The report on the state-of-play of digital public administration and interoperability across Europe aims at providing an overview of the main developments and achievements of European countries with regards to the digitalisation of the public sector in the period 2017-2020 and the measures imple...
This work aims at supporting policy initiatives to ensure the availability in the EU27 of an adequate education offer of advanced digital skills in the domains of artificial intelligence (AI), high performance computing (HPC), cybersecurity (CS) and data science (DS). The study investigates the ...
Digitalisation presents great opportunities for economic growth and improvements in working conditions. At the same time, it brings challenges such as new skill requirements – with potentially important distributional implications in the absence of commensurate policy action. To facilitate the d...
This survey follows the Digital Education Action Plan Communication’s call to provide more evidence regarding digitisation in education. By surveying head teachers, teachers, students and parents from EU28, Norway, Iceland and Turkey, this survey provides detailed information related to access, ...
With 360 million Europeans using the internet daily to work, study, shop or stay connected, Europe needs a quality Digital Single Market. The success of the Digital Single Market ultimately depends on the confidence and trust of Europeans. As the use of online platforms has reached unprecedented...
Drug disorders are complex social and health problems that affect millions of people in the EU. In the last two decades, we have witnessed an extraordinary growth in computer and mobile technologies available to the general public. Researchers in the field of drug addiction have started to explo...
The Lisbon strategy aims to make the EU “the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world” by 2010. It was relaunched in 2005 and refocused on the creation of growth and jobs. The objective of this study is to assess the contribution of broadband internet telecommunications ...
Facing today’s climate and environmental emergency, the Commission has committed in its Green Deal for the European Union to take action and to reach zero net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050, while maintaining its economy competitive, thus making the EU “carbon neutral”. The transition to ...
The EU has developed the European Digital Competence Framework — known as DigComp — and a related self-assessment tool. These resources provide people with the opportunity to assess their digital competence and identify gaps in their knowledge, skills and attitudes. Using DigComp will help citiz...
