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European organisations have taken the initiative to work towards digitalization of European cities
Digitalisation has become one of the major priorities of the European Union in recent years. Since 2008, the European Commission has designated the digital agenda into the portfolio of a commissioner. Since 2018, there is also a digital agenda of the Union that sets the vision for the digital transformation of the administration up to 2022.
The EU is not only its institutions. It is a unity of small parts, of regions and cities. A number of them have gathered to bring about their own digital transformation. The initiative is supported by the European Commission and the Committee of the Regions.
As we informed earlier, several organisations have taken the initiative together with the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU to prepare a Declaration on digital transformation. These are Eurocities, Open and Agile Smart Cities and the European Network of Living labs. The Declaration is still open for signature.
The advantages it offers for a sustainable digital transformation of cities, regions and communities include:
The organisations behind the Declaration understand the need for an approach that is directed at the citizens and the communities they live in. At the same time, they take into account the ethical and social side of this digital transformation and include it in the main measures envisaged under the Declaration. They are divided into 5 main groups:
Up to now, more than 60 representatives of institutions and authorities have signed the Declaration. More are expected to take part in the coming months.
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