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Enlargement and integration workshop “Digital transformation, data and AI in the Western Balkans”
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This report contains a set of extended abstracts presented at the workshop "Digital Transformation, Data and AI in the Western Balkans", that was held between 9 and 11 December 2021 in Skopje, North Macedonia. The workshop aim was to discuss Europe's ambition to become the world-leading region for developing and deploying cutting edge, ethical and secure AI, data and digital transformation services and to promote a human-centric approach in the global context. It concluded that this agenda is also important for the Western Balkan (WB) region, which can, in turn, adopt and benefit from these emerging technologies. The workshop objectives were: - Update participants on the EU's policy on digital transformation, data and Artificial Intelligence. - Discuss about the main factors that can help or hinder the introduction of digital transformation in Western Balkan countries. - Present the state-of-play, opportunities, trends and likely impacts of Digital transformation, Data and AI in the Western Balkans. - Discuss on the added value of the adoption of digital technologies and AI including the drivers, enablers, barriers, and risks and related mitigation actions, specific to the Western Balkans context. - Discuss regional differences in the attitudes towards digital technologies and AI. The workshop hosted 102 participants from 12 countries including EU Member States: Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia and Italy; candidate and potential candidate countries Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo (This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence), North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey; European neighbourhood policy countries associated to Horizon 2020: Moldova and Ukraine. During the three workshop days, participants discussed the state of play of digital transformation in the respective countries, the implementation of AI in education, society, public services, business, exchanged good practices, established partnerships, and ultimately learned from each other.
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- Corporate author(s): Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
- Personal author(s): Delipetrev, B ; Idrizi, B ; Chukaliev, O
- Themes: Information technology and telecommunications
- Subject: artificial intelligence , big data , blockchain , digital transformation , education , enlargement of the Union , European integration , Framework Programme for Research and Development , information security , public service , regulatory policy , research report , social impact , type of business , Western Balkans
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-76-53599-7 | DOI 10.2760/863985 | Catalogue number KJ-08-22-190-EN-N |
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