Miguel González-Sancho

Comision Europea DG Communication Networks, Content and Technology

Foro#einclusion13 Barcelona, 21.11.2013

Political Framework: Europe 2020

• Europe 2020: seven flagships

o Digital Agenda for Europeo Youth on the move o Innovation Union o An industrial policy for the globalisation erao New skills for jobs o European Platform against poverty o Resource efficient Europe

The DAE virtuous cycle

What is the Digital Agenda?101 specific actions, including 31 legal proposals

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Interoperability &

standards

A vibrant digital single market

Trust & Security

Research & innovation

Using ICT to help society

Enhancing digital literacy, skills & inclusion

Fast & ultra-fast Internet access

Basic Broadband virtually everywhere – Fast broadband >30 Mbps reaches 54% of EU

Internet access increasingly going mobile - 36% of EU citizens use portable devices

50% have no or low computer skills – 40% of companies have difficulties recruiting IT specialists

1,000,000 ICT vacancies by 2015

eCommerce growing steadily, but not cross-border

Digital Agenda 2013 Scoreboard

99,9%

An open & inclusive process

Coordination with authorities in Member

States

Open data from the scoreboard

Digital Agenda Assembly

Online engagement

Computer skills

Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2013

Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2013

Grand Coalition 5 Policy Clusters

• "the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs should be strengthened to address skills mismatches…";

• "a higher degree of integration of digital skills in education … should be ensured"

• "part of the European Structural and Investment Funds (2014-2020) should be used for ICT education…",

=> Digital skills training needs to be a priority, therefore => Digital skills training needs priority access to funding => Your continued support needed for national programming

of funding

October 2013 European Council conclusions

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Some relevant EU activities Various relevant EU policies: digital, social, regional, education and culture, entreprise, internal

market, citizenship

Youth and employment agenda Youth Employment Initiaitve, Youth garantee

European Social Fund Social inclusion, equal opportunities, youth employment, priority concentration, social

innovation Employment and social innovation programme

Analytical activities, dissemination and mutual learning, support to actors, mobility of individuals, micro-finance

Horizon2020/ ICT research Call for proposals on "Young generation in an innovative, inclusive and sustainable Europe" Call for proposals on "New forms of innovation"

blogs.ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

@DigitalAgendaEU

DigitalAgenda

ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

Gracias