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Piceci, Luigi, Anna Maria Mariani, and Francesco Peluso Cassese. "Train teachers in digital citizenship to facilitate a sustainable education system." Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete 21, no. 3 (December 31, 2021): 105–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/form-12114.
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The technological development of the last twenty years, starting in Europe from the increased availability of Internet resources to the concept of the digital citizen, has involved our society at all levels, affecting politics, businesses, families and all forms of education and teaching at each and every level. The COVID pandemic that began in 2020 has led to further acceleration, so much so that both the Digital Agenda for information technology in public administration 2020-2022 (AGID) and the Action Plan for Digital Education 2021-2027 focus on a strong digital component in everyday life. A psychoeducational protocol for digital skills in teachers is hereby provided, tested on a sample over the course of 8 weeks. In order to be able to assess initial and final competences, a questionnaire on digital competences has been developed and validated, based on DigComp 2.1.
Formare gli insegnanti alla cittadinanza digitale per facilitare un sistema educativo sostenibile.
Lo sviluppo tecnologico degli ultimi vent’anni, a partire in Europa dalla maggiore disponibilità di risorse Internet fino al concetto di cittadino digitale, ha coinvolto la nostra società a tutti i livelli, interessando la politica, le imprese, le famiglie e tutte le forme di istruzione e didattica ad ogni livello. La pandemia di COVID iniziata nel 2020 ha portato a un’ulteriore accelerazione, tanto che sia l’Agenda Digitale per le tecnologie dell’informazione nella pubblica amministrazione 2020-2022 (AGID) sia il Piano d’Azione per l’Educazione Digitale 2021-2027 si concentrano su una forte componente digitale nella vita di tutti i giorni. Viene fornito un protocollo psicoeducativo per le competenze digitali degli insegnanti, testato su un campione nel corso di 8 settimane. Per valutare le competenze iniziali e finali è stato sviluppato e validato un questionario sulle competenze digitali, basato su DigComp 2.1.
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Ledo-Andión, Margarita, Antía López-Gómez, and Enrique Castelló-Mayo. "The role of original version cinema into the European digital space." Comunicar 25, no. 51 (April 1, 2017): 73–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.3916/c51-2017-07.
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This paper reports the results derived from the research project, entitled “eDCINEMA: Towards the European Digital Space. The role of small cinemas in original version” (CSO2012-35784), which focused on the analysis of the role of movies in OV/OVS in achieving diversity of languages and cultures (as viewed from the European Digital Agenda) as well as Community policies on the promotion of small cinemas in the European digital space. The current study is based on a methodological triangulation, a transnational exchange of information between 62 European experts and a multistage organization, which included: a critical review of the scarce essay writing and profuse Community rules, in-depth interviews with international experts and a design and implementation of a prospective Delphi questionnaire. One of the most remarkable research results is summarized as an indicator of the conflict between the clearly demonstrated OV influences to make progress towards achieving the ideal of a real language diversity, and Community-wide application of packages of random measures, which often leads to lack of expected results. Consequently, the study suggests a strategic reorientation of the European Audiovisual Model toward further exploitation of its 24 languages, on the role of vernacular and not just as vehicular languages, and eventually as guarantors in the process of reliable access to cultural and scientific repertoires. El presente trabajo pormenoriza los resultados de la investigación «eDCinema: Hacia el espacio digital europeo, el papel de las cinematografías pequeñas en versión original» (CSO2012-35784), orientada al análisis del rol que el cine en VO/VOS desempeña en la consecución de la diversidad lingüística y cultural contemplada en la Agenda Digital Europea, así como del encaje normativo de las cinematografías de pequeñas dimensiones en el espacio digital europeo. La triangulación múltiple del proyecto pivota sobre un planteamiento pluridisciplinar, basado en un intercambio transnacional de conocimientos dimanantes de un panel de 62 expertos europeos, así como en un pautado polietápico que incluye: revisión crítica de la escasa literatura ensayística y de la profusa normativa comunitaria, realización de entrevistas en profundidad a expertos y diseño y aplicación de un cuestionario prospectivo Delphi. Entre los resultados del estudio destaca el hecho paradójico de que, frente a la contrastada relevancia del acceso a contenidos en VO como complemento indispensable de la cohesión cultural europea y de la consecución del ideal de diversidad lingüística, la UE continúa implementando paquetes de medidas de carácter aleatorio, fragmentario y contingente que, en general, abocan a una sistémica ausencia de resultados. Consecuentemente, se recomienda una reorientación estratégica del modelo audiovisual europeo a la explotación de sus 24 lenguas, en su condición vernácula y no sólo vehicular, como garantes del acceso fidedigno a vastos repertorios culturales o científicos.
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Kamolov, Sergey, and Igor Stepnov. "Sustainability through digitalization: European strategy." E3S Web of Conferences 208 (2020): 03048. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202020803048.
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The process of digitalization is quick, unstoppable and it is moving in unpredictable directions. Hence, governments and policymakers should shape a digital future that makes the most of the great opportunities that digital transformation offers, in order to improve people’s lives and boost economic growth for countries, while ensuring that nobody is left behind, i.e. secure sustainable development. The “Digital Agenda for Europe”, which was developed after the 2008-2009 economic crisis, served as a framework for ICT and digitalization to boost European economy and sustainable growth. We present the research how the European Digital Agenda is integrated with sustainable goals of “Europe 2020”.
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Armas Quintá, Francisco José, and José Carlos Macía Arce. "The Information Society in Europe: Policies to Stem the Digital Divide." Quaestiones Geographicae 32, no. 2 (June 1, 2013): 25–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2013-0011.
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Abstract A Digital Agenda for Europe is one of the seven flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 Strategy. The main objective of this initiative consists of promoting ICT, especially the Internet, as a strategic tool to improve business, healthcare services, transport and social activity in a better global standard-of-living context. The Europe 2020 Strategy recommends broadband access for all European citizens by 2013 and higher Internet speeds (30 Mbps or above) by 2020. Nevertheless, what is the real position in the European regional and urban context? This article attempts to describe and explain the current situation and trends in relation to the Europe 2020 Strategy initiative.
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Jiménez González, Aitor, and Ekaitz Cancela Rodríguez. "¿Es posible gobernar a las plataformas digitales? Análisis crítico de la Ley Europea de Servicios Digitales." Teknokultura. Revista de Cultura Digital y Movimientos Sociales Avance en línea (October 20, 2022): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.5209/tekn.82074.
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El siguiente texto presenta los hallazgos provisionales de una investigación en curso sobre regulación de plataformas digitales en el Sur de Europa. El artículo, situado en los debates de la regulación y gobierno de las plataformas, apunta a dos objetivos. En primer lugar, contribuir a los estudios de gobierno de las plataformas en los países periféricos de la Unión Europea; un enfoque que, al margen del ámbito laboral, apenas ha sido explorado en la literatura. Para ello analiza tanto el actual modelo de regulación del discurso online como los aportes y limitaciones de la nueva ley Europea de Servicios Digitales (2022). En segundo lugar, ofrecer una agenda progresista que permita imaginar la democratización del sector tecnológico.
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Salminen, Mirva, and Kamrul Hossain. "Digitalisation and human security dimensions in cybersecurity: an appraisal for the European High North." Polar Record 54, no. 2 (March 2018): 108–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247418000268.
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ABSTRACTOverarching digitalisation is producing significant socio-cultural, economic and policy changes in the European High North. These changes create new opportunities, but also challenges and concerns for people and communities living in the region. Digital development is guided by supranational, national and regional digital policies and is secured through national cybersecurity agendas. These frameworks concentrate on advancing overall economic growth and safeguarding critical information infrastructure and information security, but pay inadequate attention to the interests, needs and fears of people and communities experiencing digitalisation in everyday life. In order to generate a more comprehensive cybersecurity agenda, which focuses on human security and empowering people to influence the digital development, a research framework highlighting the actual ways people use, wish to use, or are unable to use information and communication technologies is needed. The focus of this article is therefore on regionally contextualised digital opportunities and threats as they may be experienced by local people and communities. It utilises insights of securitisation theory to grant people a say in the direction of digital development in their region. The aim is to introduce issues of human security to cybersecurity agendas, for a more comprehensive understanding of the societal changes that digitalisation generates.
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Kachouie, Samaneh, and César Castilla. "Evolución y Perspectivas de la brecha digital en la Unión Europea." ComHumanitas: revista científica de comunicación 9, no. 2 (February 27, 2019): 101–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.31207/rch.v9i2.168.
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En la actualidad cada uno de los 28 miembros que componen la Unión Europea tienen diferentes indicadores en el Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), el cual es un índice compuesto que resume los indicadores más relevantes con respecto al rendimiento digital en Europa y hace un seguimiento de la evolución de los estados miembros de la UE en materia de competitividad digital. Para hacer frente a esta problemática, se ha creado la Agenda Digital de la Comisión Europea que pretende disminuir considerablemente la brecha digital que afecta a los comunitarios en pleno siglo XXI. El presente artículo tiene como objetivo principal analizar los indicadores del DESI en función al Producto Bruto Interno (PIB) de los 5 países con el mayor y menor PIB dentro de la Unión Europea en el periodo 2014-2018. De esta manera, se podrá determinar los logros en materia de reducción de brecha digital en estos países; así como sus perspectivas para los próximos cinco años identificando los factores más importantes que permitan reducir considerablemente este problema.
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Cifuentes-Faura, Javier. "Digital Agenda, New Technologies and Education for the Integration of Europe: an Economic Study." European Integration Studies 1, no. 15 (September 16, 2021): 55–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eis.1.15.28296.
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New technologies are a key factor for integration in Europe by enabling citizens to solve their daily problems and interact with people everywhere. The European Commission established the Digital Agenda for Europe with the aim of improving the speed of navigation, establishing a single market for telecommunications and achieving a digital single market. We highlight the importance of applying new technologies in the field of education, since teaching and learning through these means will contribute to increasing creativity and reasoning capacity, allowing for more interactive and participative learning. The Horizon Report and the new emerging technologies proposed by that report are analysed, and are aimed not only at facilitating learning, but also at enabling a more integrated Europe. It also presents some technological ideas to be developed in the educational field that will enhance the development and integration of the EU Member States. Furthermore, in order to analyse the influence of the use of the Internet and new technologies on other socio-economic variables, a regression analysis has been carried out. The objective is to study whether in any way the fact that citizens use the Internet affects variables such as Gross Domestic Product, unemployment or Human Development Index which may affect the integration of Europe.
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Badenoch, Alexander. "Harmonized Spaces, Dissonant Objects, Inventing Europe? Mobilizing Digital Heritage." Culture Unbound 3, no. 3 (October 25, 2011): 295–315. http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.113295.
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Technology, particularly digitization and the online availability of cultural heritage collections, provides new possibilities for creating new forms of ’European cultural heritage’. This essay analyzes the emerging sphere of European digital heritage as a project of technological harmonization. Drawing on Andrew Barry’s concepts of technological zones, it examines the various ways in which agency and European citizenship are being reconfigured around cultural heritage. It explores the “Europeanization” of digital heritage in three areas. In the first section, it analyzes the recent agenda for digital heritage of the European Union as a harmonizing project to create a smooth space of cultural heritage. In the next sections, the development of a harmonized virtual exhibit on the history of technology in Europe forms a case study to explore processes of harmonization at the level of the web platform, and in the aesthetics of digitized objects. It argues that rather than seeking to elide the points of unevenness and ’dissonance’ that emerge in harmonization processes, we should instead look for ways to embrace them as points of dialogue and discovery.
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Irimie, Rada Cristina. "Digital Revolution: Europe at the Lead of New Technologies." European Journal of Social Sciences Education and Research 2, no. 1 (December 30, 2014): 166. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejser.v2i1.p166-183.
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The pace and scope of changing technologies are constantly challenging social structures and the need for dexterous policy framework is becoming more and more indispensable. While technological evolution and market forces have driven the information and communication revolution, the European Union has played a significant role in creating an effective framework for the maintenance and development of this progress. In order to regulate the market and keep pace with the ICT (Information and Communications Technology) environment, the EU has introduced rules that ensure fair access to all EU citizens and stimulate competition for companies. The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) serves entirely this function, becoming a pan-European regulatory agency. Aside the regulatory role, EU's economic growth strategy involves a great number of policies and measures to capitalize on digital revolution. The Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE) targets not only on citizens, but businesses of Europe as well, to benefit from the technological revolution. The former and the new goals of the renewed agenda raise the bar of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Finally, to ensure the maximization of use of information technologies, EU has supported the expansion of e-business and online public services. E-government services have facilitated interaction between government, citizens and businesses, while it simplified all facets of operations of governmental organisations. This article is looking at EU's role in digital environments, examining the three initiatives as platforms of technological evolution in Europe. The three case studies used, the BEREC, DAE and e-Government initiatives, will provide an analysis of the services with a prospective evaluation of the technological strategies involved, while the qualitative and quantitative data in each case will help us analyse the quota and draw conclusions on the functionality and effectiveness of the services. We expect to evaluate the levels of digital growth and online adaptation of the Union and/or the need for further expansion. The study is discussing EU's technological competiveness and the analysis targets the policy initiatives taken towards this direction, while it provides multipolar, but useful information for EU citizens and businesses.
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Semenenko, I. S. "Memory Politics in the European Union: in Search for Common Landmarks." Izvestiya of Altai State University, no. 6(116) (December 18, 2020): 62–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.14258/izvasu(2020)6-10.
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The article evaluates the reasons behind the surge of interest in memory politics in EU countries in the last decade. The author analyses the current memory studies agenda, the mechanisms and instruments proposed for use at EU level to promote a common European identity, and the practices of representing a shared European past in public spaces that have emerged over the last few years (such as the permanent exhibition of House of European History in Brussels). The evaluation of new priorities on the memory politics agenda can help shed light on the difficulties and threats to further promote European solidarity based on a common memory, especially having in mind the drastic consequences of the 2020 pandemic crisis. One can foresee the advancement of national and regional models of memory politics to the frontline of identity politics in Europe. The research is based on the analysis of discourses reflecting the changing memory politics agenda aimed at consolidating a common European space where Russia is considered as the alien Other. Empirical data was collected by the author during her visits to European museums and memory sites representing the history and the current state of the European integration project. This was complemented by the analysis of digital library and archive resources and expert reports dedicated to memory politics and identity policies in the EU.
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Steidel, Alois G. "Gesundheitspolitik in der EU: Eine Digitale Agenda für Europa." kma - Klinik Management aktuell 22, no. 07/08 (July 2017): 42–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1594735.
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Europa steht vor einer Epoche von Krisen und Herausforderungen: Globalisierung, demografischer Wandel, Migration und Staatsverschuldung haben langfristige Folgen. Es ist an der Zeit, die Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion zu vollenden und die europäische Erzählung weiter zu denken.
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Stanimir, Agnieszka. "Digital Generation - Analysis of the Use of ICT by Young Poles." European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 1, no. 1 (April 30, 2015): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejis.v1i1.p44-53.
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In the Europe 2020 strategy in area of smart growth one of the flagship initiatives is Digital Agenda for Europe. Implementation of this initiative will lead to wide-availability of ICT solutions to society. Young people belonging to Generation Y most often treat the computer as a natural household equipment. Regular use of the Internet is very popular among them. They increasingly use mobile solutions in the field of ICT. The intelligent use of information technology possibilities will lead to sustainable economic growth. The purpose of the study was to cheque changes in the use of ICT among young Poles, and whether related behavioural patterns are similar in other countries of the European Union. The paper concludes with main reasons differencing generations in Poland due to the using the Internet.
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Didraga, Otniel. "Risk Management in Future Romanian E-Government 2.0 Projects." Studia Universitatis „Vasile Goldis” Arad – Economics Series 25, no. 3 (August 1, 2015): 11–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sues-2015-0018.
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Abstract E-government public services in Romania must follow unitary procedures considering the new requirements of the European Union from the Digital Agenda for Europe Strategy 2020. E-government 2.0 has to be implemented because of the cultural and behavioral transformations in the interaction between governments and users of e-services. E-government 2.0 projects use tools and techniques of social media to accomplish their goals. This article examines the possible risk categories and the risk management procedures needed to mitigate risks in future Romanian e-government projects, according to the strategic lines of development for the Digital Agenda. We propose a risk management plan for the e-government lines of action within the strategic lines of development that includes identifying, assessing, and mitigating the risks. New and modernized government services through e-government 2.0 projects that apply risk management will bring a significant improvement in how citizens and businesses relate to government and will increase the use of e-government services.
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Ponomarenko, Viktorija. "The Applicability of Process-Orientation to Software Development Projects." International Journal of Information Technology Project Management 10, no. 2 (April 2019): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijitpm.2019040101.
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The progress in the digital single market (DSM) has been acknowledged as one of the 10 political priorities by the European Commission since 2015. It could contribute € 415 billion per year (GDP) to the economy of the 28 EU Member States and create hundreds of thousands of new jobs. Nowadays, the ICT sector and the European Digital Agenda have declared it as one of the seven pillars of the Europe 2020 strategy. In order to speed up the development of new information technology and its commercialisation, it is necessary to increase software quality aimed at accelerating and improving technology transfer, taking into account process quality management. The aim of this article is to give an overview of a new approach to producing an additional value of the software development projects to improve the technology transfer process.
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García Leiva, María Trinidad. "Políticas europeas de televisión digital terrestre. Antecedentes, caracterización y alternativas." Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, no. 61 (February 13, 2007): 35–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.4185/rlcs-200604.
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La TDT es uno de los soportes posibles para la transmisión de la señal televisiva digitalizada. Es justamente su pertenencia al mundo digital lo que la coloca, junto a otros nuevos desarrollos, en la agenda de la Unión Europea en torno del acceso de todos los ciudadanos a los bienes y servicios de la Sociedad de la Información (SI) y en la posición de candidata natural a sustituir a la universal televisión tradicional. A partir de 1993, se pondrá en marcha una nueva fase en la historia de las políticas audiovisuales europeas marcada por la preocupación en torno de la SI y la Convergencia. En su interior, surgirá un posicionamiento respecto de la televisión digital que acabará condicionando las políticas europeas respecto de la digitalización de las redes terrestres en un sentido polarizado y subordinado. Al estudio de dichas políticas de TDT se destina este artículo, que defiende la necesidad de su democratización para alcanzar una prestación del servicio de televisión hertziana de forma más eficiente, habilitando al mismo tiempo, una plataforma digital que pueda llegar a vehiculizar los servicios de la SI a toda la población.
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Bergstein, Lais Gomes. "A proteção do consumidor na União Europeia com a formação de um mercado único digital." Campos Neutrais - Revista Latino-Americana de Relações Internacionais 2, no. 2 (April 13, 2021): 26–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.14295/cn.v2i2.12318.
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O presente trabalho trata da política de defesa do consumidor na União Europeia, dos seus primórdios até a edição de uma agenda do consumidor para incentivar a confiança e o crescimento do mercado europeu. São analisadas as Diretivas sobre a proteção do consumidor, especialmente a relativa a determinados aspectos dos contratos de utilização periódica de bens, de aquisição de produtos de férias de longa duração, de revenda e de troca, os contratos de time-sharing. Apresentam-se as recentes propostas da Comissão Europeia sobre certos aspetos relativos aos contratos de fornecimento de conteúdos digitais e sobre alguns aspectos dos contratos de vendas online ou à distância de bens. Conclui-se pela conveniência de consolidação do conteúdo das duas propostas em um único documento e pela possibilidade de importação de algumas das regras para inserção no ordenamento jurídico brasileiro.
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FISCHLER, FRANZ. "Two forms of European cooperation: EU integration and Greater Europe." Public Administration 22, no. 1 (2020): 48–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.22394/2070-8378-2020-22-1-48-53.
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Globalization is the greatest factor in international development. It should be noted that globalization brings enormous opportunities, but also great risks. Often one goes with the other. However, expanding international cooperation and leveraging successful partner experiences can lead to unprecedented prosperity in the world. At the same time, the risk is increasing that, as a result of globalization, this prosperity will be distributed more and more unevenly and that a growing proportion of the world’s population will be disadvantaged. The same goes for increasing wealth when it is bought at the cost of shifting the main burden on future generations. So we need a shared, responsible globalization that includes all people. Such a thing can be successful only if cooperation between states is strengthened and responsibility is shared. The author analyzes the ambitious agenda proposed by the President of the European Commission, Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, which highlights such tasks as concluding a European "green" deal; developing an economy that works for people; creating a Europe that is equipped for the digital age; protecting what makes Europe Europe; strengthening Europe in the world; giving a new impetus to democracy in Europe. It is emphasized that the Commission wants to play a responsible leadership role throughout the world. The EU has the courage to put forward new initiatives for a strong, open and fair international trade agenda. The EU is still the world's largest exporter of manufactured goods and services, as well as the largest export market for 80 countries.
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Ciechanowska, Maria. "Program ramowy Horyzont Europa czynnikiem wspierającym transformację energetyczną kraju." Nafta-Gaz 76, no. 11 (November 2020): 870–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.18668/ng.2020.11.13.
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The article discusses the objectives of the Horizon Europe framework programme, conceived by the European Commission for 2021–2027, for the purposes of research and innovation. This programme is structured around three pillars, focusing on: creating the right conditions for researchers to acquire a high level of knowledge and skills, harnessing Europe’s intellectual capital, development of key technologies and innovative solutions in selected areas. The thematic groups of Horizon Europe have been presented, including: health, digital solutions, climate, energy, industry, bioeconomy. Attention has been paid to the organisation of international cooperation in the scope of research and innovation, where partnership has a special place in the upcoming programme perspective. The partnership is understood here as cooperation between research teams from EU Member States, the private sector, foundations or associations in undertaking and carrying out initiatives to support the development and implementation of the research agenda. The place of hydrogen technology in the development of various sectors of the economy was emphasised – from energy, road, rail, air, inland and sea transport, through heating and air conditioning, to the petrochemical, chemical and steel industries. The gas industry has a great role to play in the implementation of these technologies, having both the experience and the infrastructure to transport natural gas with the addition of hydrogen or to store hydrogen as an energy carrier. The benefits of implementing Horizon Europe have been presented. In addition to the chief benefits, related to the main objective of helping to make Europe a climate-neutral continent by 2050, attention has been paid to ensuring open access to publications and raw research results as well as to reinforcing international cooperation between research teams. The main assumptions and objectives of the Digital Europe programme have been presented, as well as the areas covered by funding (e.g. artificial intelligence, advanced digital skills, wide use of modern digital technologies in the entire economy). Both Horizon Europe and Digital Europe are compatible with the European Green Deal strategy of the EU.
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de Streel, Alexandre. "A European Agenda for Smart Consumer Protection Rules for Digital Services." Intereconomics 52, no. 4 (July 2017): 226–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10272-017-0679-2.
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Bitelli, G., C. Balletti, R. Brumana, L. Barazzetti, M. G. D'Urso, F. Rinaudo, and G. Tucci. "THE GAMHER RESEARCH PROJECT FOR METRIC DOCUMENTATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-2/W11 (May 4, 2019): 239–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-w11-239-2019.
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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> GAMHer (Geomatics data Acquisition and Management for landscape and built Heritage in a European perspective) is a three-year research project financed under the Italian PRIN 2015 framework (Progetti di Ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale). The project, started in February 2017 under the University of Bologna coordination, links other 5 Italian research groups mainly involved in Cultural Heritage (CH) documentation and data management: Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Torino, IUAV Venice, University of Florence, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio and University of Bergamo.</p><p>GAMHer aims at exploiting some research and practical challenges in those disciplines devoted to generate 3D models for objects related to both landscape and built heritage; primary focus is then on digital photogrammetry and 3D scanning. These techniques are more and more applied in different contexts, having as the main subjects monuments, buildings, natural and urban landscapes. Some critical points however remain for their implementation, also facing to the new European directives, strictly connected to the requirement of the Digital Agenda for Europe. A wider use of digital data has to be achieved, in Europe as well as internationally, and therefore an analysis of the current developments is significant, together with a critical assessment of their performances.</p>
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Durán Cuartero, Marta, Mª Paz Prendes Espinosa, and Isabel Gutiérrez Porlán. "Certificación de la Competencia Digital Docente: propuesta para el profesorado universitario." RIED. Revista Iberoamericana de Educación a Distancia 22, no. 1 (January 2, 2019): 187. http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/ried.22.1.22069.
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La medida y certificación de la competencia digital es un tema sobre el que se viene trabajando desde hace unos años pero que está cobrando una mayor importancia desde que se plantea su importancia en la Agenda Digital para Europa en el marco de la Estrategia Europa 2020 (Comisión Europea, 2014). En el caso del profesorado en general -y del profesorado universitario en particular-, la competencia digital es clave en el desempeño de su profesión, sobre la que se han realizado muchos trabajos y se han aplicado instrumentos que permiten su medida desde el punto de vista de la autopercepción, pero no para la certificación. Este artículo hace una revisión de las iniciativas y mecanismos que diferentes organismos y entidades han puesto en marcha para acreditar la competencia digital. Esta búsqueda es el resultado del estudio del estado del arte en el marco de una investigación cuyo objeto principal es diseñar una prueba de certificación de la competencia digital del profesorado universitario. Tras esta búsqueda se presentan los diferentes instrumentos de certificación entre los que solo dos de ellos se centran en la competencia digital docente, uno de ellos el elaborado por el INTEF (2017a) y otro que en estos momentos se encuentra en proceso de validación en el marco de nuestra investigación, siendo además este último el único instrumento existente en nuestro contexto destinado a certificar la competencia digital del profesorado universitario con las particularidades que conlleva este tipo de docente.
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Zaharia-Rădulescu, Adrian-Mihai, and Ioan Radu. "Cloud computing and public administration: approaches in several European countries." Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence 11, no. 1 (July 1, 2017): 739–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/picbe-2017-0078.
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Abstract The Digital Agenda for Europe 2020 has more objectives from increasing the participation of its citizens and consumers in the digital society to creating a fully interconnected society. These objectives can be supported through a high degree of digitization achieved at public administration level and an increased performance in delivering public services. Cloud computing is one of the ICT areas with a fast growth in the last years that presents a big promise for achieving the objectives of the Digital Agenda for Europe 2020. This paper aims to present what cloud computing is and how it can help the public administration to increase its performance. From Infrastructure as a Service continuing with Platform as a Service and moving up to Software as a Service each level of cloud computing is presented in here with its strong and weak points and how it is suitable for a given use case in public administration. The challenges and the risks of moving to cloud and the differences between public, private and hybrid cloud are also presented in the paper. The research done by the author is both theoretical and literature review and combines knowledge from different areas. An analysis and examples of cloud computing approach and implementation in several European Union countries are presented in this paper to facilitate the understanding of the subject. Cloud computing can help public administration to decrease costs, standardize services in different locations, integrate public resources and provide a higher transparency in the government act.
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González-Tosat, Clara, and Charo Sádaba-Chalezquer. "DNI’s DNA: Where Is Google’s Money in European Media?" Sustainability 13, no. 20 (October 16, 2021): 11457. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132011457.
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This paper aims to investigate Google’s role in European media sustainability. In order to understand the implication of this digital intermediary in the news industry, we have analysed all of the projects funded through Google’s DNI Fund from 2016 to 2020. After revising each report, we have classified the data available, including the full amount of money awarded, chronologically marking every new country added to the fund and all the media outlets involved in each project. We argue that Google’s role is truly beneficial for the medium and long-term sustainability of European media because it offers both financial support and a successful path for media companies to truly embrace its digital technology potential. However, it also has some added weight in terms of transparency (a key element in sustainability practice and standards) and press independence. Besides the existing correlations between the awarded countries and the changes that have affected media legislation in Europe, our findings show an alarming scarcity of information regarding both the continuity and the conditions of each funded project. Our proposed agenda for future research consists of an in-depth investigation of each beneficiary, which will entail several interviews as well as different case studies of all the participants in Europe.
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Besana, Flavio. "Proposals of European Citizens for Reviving the Future of Shrinking Areas." Quaestiones Geographicae 40, no. 4 (December 1, 2021): 15–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2021-0039.
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Abstract Shrinkage, depopulation and the related structural decline threaten development trajectories of more than a quarter of European territories from the present until 2050. In April 2021, the European Commission has launched the Conference on the Future of Europe to involve citizens and players beyond the traditional actors in shaping future policy agendas. The initiative consists of a wide-scale citizen engagement policy offering them a digital framework to actively contribute to the most relevant debates from April to December 2021. Given that shrinkage is a neglected theme in traditional policy arenas, this article examines the proposals of European citizens for reviving the future of shrinking areas. Through content analysis, the article highlights a limited relative presence of shrinkage in the Conference debate. Nevertheless, the results offer insights into the thematic concentration and the affinity of shrinkage with the most popular policy debates. The article also discusses the content of citizens’ ideas for the future of shrinking areas, thus offering concrete proposals that may fuel the definition of future policy agendas.
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Bitelli, G., C. Balletti, R. Brumana, L. Barazzetti, M. G. D’Urso, F. Rinaudo, and G. Tucci. "METRIC DOCUMENTATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE: RESEARCH DIRECTIONS FROM THE ITALIAN GAMHER PROJECT." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-2/W5 (August 18, 2017): 83–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-w5-83-2017.
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GAMHer is a collaborative project that aims at exploiting and validating Geomatics algorithms, methodologies and procedures in the framework of new European regulations, which require a more extensive and productive use of digital information, as requested by the Digital Agenda for Europe as one of the seven pillars of the Europe 2020 Strategy. To this aim, GAMHer focuses on the need of a certified accuracy for surveying and monitoring projects with photogrammetry and laser scanning technologies, especially when used in a multiscale approach for landscape and built heritage documentation, conservation, and management.<br><br> The approach used follows a multi-LoD (level of detail) transition that exploits GIS systems at the landscape scale, BIM technology and “point cloud based” 3d modelling for the scale of the building, and an innovative BIM/GIS integrated approach to foster innovation, promote users’ collaboration and encourage communication between users. The outcomes of GAMHer are not intended to be used only by a community of Geomatics specialists, but also by a heterogeneous user community that exploit images and laser scans in their professional activities.
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Graef, Inge, and Peggy Valcke. "Exploring new ways to ensure interoperability under the Digital Agenda." info 16, no. 1 (January 7, 2014): 7–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/info-09-2013-0050.
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Purpose – This article seeks to analyze the initiative of the European Commission that studied the feasibility of measures that would lead significant market players to license their interoperability information under the Digital Agenda. Design/methodology/approach – The significance of the abuse of dominance regime and the electronic communications framework in ensuring access to interoperability information in the ICT sector is studied by way of analyzing legislation and case law. Against the background of these two existing regulatory regimes, the proposals that the Commission made in its recently published Staff Working Document are evaluated. Findings – The Microsoft case illustrates that the abuse of dominance regime under European competition law is not very effective to remedy interoperability issues in a structural way. An ex ante regime will enable the ICT industry to reap the full benefits of interoperability on a broader scale. Since the Commission's initiative seems to target interoperability among software products, the electronic communications regime is not applicable. A new regulatory regime should therefore be established. As the desirability of a mandatory regime can be questioned, the adoption of soft law measures seems to be the preferred option. Originality/value – By putting the initiative of the Commission to examine measures that promote access to interoperability information under the Digital Agenda into its broader regulatory context, the article contributes to the discussion on the possible ways to ensure interoperability in the ICT sector.
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Hiltunen, Miikka. "Social Media Platforms within Internal Market Construction: Patterns of Reproduction in EU Platform Law." German Law Journal 23, no. 9 (December 2022): 1226–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/glj.2022.80.
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AbstractThe European Union’s new regulatory agenda targeting online platforms such as social media has been presented as a progressive watershed moment after a long period of regulatory restraint. The attempt to construct an internal market lends legal competence to the two centerpieces of this agenda—the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA). This Article analyzes the Union’s attempts to govern online platforms as a part of internal market construction. After examining the underlying aims of the internal market, the Article proceeds to analyze how those aims have been operationalized in existing EU electronic commerce law and more recently in the DSA and DMA proposals. The Article argues that the Union regulatory agenda is not particularly transformative. While the DSA and DMA introduce many novel regulatory mechanisms with an equalizing potential, they also remain faithfully committed to the aims and pre-existing mechanisms of internal market construction that have enabled the rise of platform corporations in the first place. Thus, the proposals risk reproducing and legitimizing various inequalities in the European digital economy. The article seeks to connect alternative visions of platforms with the re-imagination of internal market construction.
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Petrushenko, Yuriy, Fedir Zhuravka, Vladyslav Shapoval, Lyudmila Khomutenko, and Olena Zhuravka. "Sustainable socio-economic development and Rainbow Europe Index." Problems and Perspectives in Management 19, no. 4 (December 21, 2021): 408–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.19(4).2021.33.
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The issues of recognizing the rights of the LGBTQ+ community around the world and developing appropriate anti-discrimination policies and laws are one of the main topics for discussion in the global agenda. This is due to the commitment of the world community to protect human rights and meet the needs of society. The paper aims to assess the relationship between socio-economic development indicators of some European countries and the Rainbow Europe Index. To find out how discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community affects various social and economic development indicators of some European countries, a data matrix was developed and the Spearman rank correlation coefficient was calculated. The obtained results confirmed a positive relationship between the Rainbow Europe Index and GDP per capita, the Human Development Index, the Corruption Index, and the Index of Happiness. Calculations have shown that the Rainbow Europe Index had a significant impact on these indicators. The study proved the dependence of indicators and demonstrated the need to provide freedoms and rights for LGBTQ+ affiliated members in Ukraine and other European countries. AcknowledgmentThis paper is published as a part of research projects “Convergence of economic and educational transformations in the digital society: modeling the impact on regional and national security” (No. 0121U109553) and “Reforming the lifelong learning system in Ukraine for the prevention of the labor emigration: a coopetition model of institutional partnership” (No. 0120U102001).
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Zimmermann, Daniel. "Digital single market - a new impetus on EU social policy?" Central and Eastern European eDem and eGov Days 338 (July 16, 2020): 265–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.24989/ocg.338.21.
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In July 2019 the new president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, presented her guidelines for the period of presidency 2019-2024. While most proposals perpetuate the current reform agenda, the focus on the social dimension of the single market is remarkable. Von der Leyen has not only announced the full implementation of the European Pillar on Social Rights, but also highlighted new investment in digital competences seen as a key to competitiveness and innovation of the European economy. This paper will discuss whether the dynamics of the digital single market could lead to a new impetus on EU social policy and on European funding of training programmes. Therefore, an overview of significant funding programmes promoting digital skills is given.
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Calzada, Igor, and Esteve Almirall. "Data ecosystems for protecting European citizens’ digital rights." Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy 14, no. 2 (April 21, 2020): 133–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tg-03-2020-0047.
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Purpose This paper aims to spark a debate by presenting the need for developing data ecosystems in Europe that meet the social and public good while committing to democratic and ethical standards; suggesting a taxonomy of data infrastructures and institutions to support this need; using the case study of Barcelona as the flagship city trailblazing a critical policy agenda of smart cities to show the limitations and contradictions of the current state of affairs; and ultimately, proposing a preliminary roadmap for institutional and governance empowerment that could enable effective data ecosystems in Europe. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on lessons learned in previous publications available in the sustainability (Calzada, 2018), regions (Calzada and Cowie, 2017; Calzada, 2019), Zenodo (Calzada and Almirall, 2019), RSA Journal (Calzada, 2019) and IJIS (Calzada, 2020) journals and ongoing and updated fieldwork about the Barcelona case study stemming from an intensive fieldwork action research that started in 2017. The methodology used in these publications was based on the mixed-method technique of triangulation via action research encompassing in-depth interviews, direct participation in policy events and desk research. The case study was identified as the most effective methodology. Findings This paper, drawing from lessons learned from the Barcelona case study, elucidates on the need to establish pan-European data infrastructures and institutions – collectively data ecosystems – to protect citizens’ digital rights in European cities and regions. The paper reveals three main priorities proposing a preliminary roadmap for local and regional governments, namely, advocacy, suggesting the need for city and regional networks; governance, requiring guidance and applied, neutral and non-partisan research in policy; and pan-European agencies, leading and mobilising data infrastructures and institutions at the European level. Research limitations/implications From the very beginning, this paper acknowledges its ambition, and thus its limitations and clarifies its attempt to provide just an overview rather than a deep research analysis. This paper presents several research limitations and implications regarding the scope. The paper starts by presenting the need for data ecosystems, then structures this need through two taxonomies, all illustrated through the Barcelona case study and finally, concludes with a roadmap consisting of three priorities. The paper uses previous published and ongoing fieldwork findings in Barcelona as a way to lead, and thus encourage the proliferation of more cases through Cities Coalition for Digital Rights (CCDR). Practical implications This paper presents practical implications for local and regional authorities of the CCDR network. As such, the main three priorities of the preliminary roadmap could help those European cities and regions already part of the CCDR network to establish and build operational data ecosystems by establishing a comprehensive pan-European policy from the bottom-up that aligns with the timely policy developments advocated by the European Commission. This paper can inspire policymakers by providing guidelines to better coordinate among a diverse set of cities and regions in Europe. Social implications The leading data governance models worldwide from China and the USA and the advent of Big Data are dramatically reshaping citizens’ relationship with data. Against this backdrop and directly influenced by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Europe has, perhaps, for the first time, spoken with its own voice by blending data and smart city research and policy formulations. Inquiries and emerging insights into the potential urban experiments on data ecosystems, consisting of data infrastructures and institutions operating in European cities and regions, become increasingly crucial. Thus, the main social implications are for those multi-stakeholder policy schemes already operating in European cities and regions. Originality/value In previous research, data ecosystems were not directly related to digital rights amidst the global digital geopolitical context and, more specifically, were not connected to the two taxonomies (on data infrastructures and institutions) that could be directly applied to a case study, like the one presented about Barcelona. Thus, this paper shows novelty and originality by also opening up (based on previous fieldwork action research) a way to take strategic action to establish a pan-European strategy among cities and regions through three specific priorities. This paper can ultimately support practice and lead to new research and policy avenues.
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Maruntelu, Liliana. "The importance of improving digital skills in modern language teaching." Scientific Bulletin of Naval Academy XIX, no. 1 (July 15, 2018): 136–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.21279/1454-864x-18-i1-021.
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The general framework and general policies for e-learning are legitimated by the strategic objectives of the European Union aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the human resource. Thus, in 2001, the European Employment Guidelines showed the need for member states to adopt coherent strategies for lifelong learning. The European Social Agenda also highlighted the importance of access to lifelong learning for any person, especially in the field of information and communication technologies. This paper is intended to prove that modern languages are among the advantaged disciplines of using ICT, by demonstrating that specific language competencies can interact with ICT key competences, resulting in modern teaching-learning-evaluation activities.
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Raffini, Luca, Pietro Paolo Giampellegrini, and Andrea Pirni. "Digital transformation and egovernment. For a research agenda on the Liguria Region." OBETS. Revista de Ciencias Sociales 14, no. 2 (December 22, 2019): 471. http://dx.doi.org/10.14198/obets2019.14.2.07.
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The contribution analysis the effects of digital transformation, provides a critical assessment of the policies on e-government in Europe and in Italy, and draft a research agenda focused on Liguria Region. The article moves from the need to conduct research aimed at analyzing the change in the relations between subject and institution in contemporary western societies. The article, focusing on official documents, explores the strategies of digital transformation adopted by the EU. Liguria is a case study of interest because, starting from the 2016-2018 Digital Strategic Program, has adopted a strong focus on the principles of Open Government and an explicit decision to invest in specific digital services for citizens and businesses.
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Malerba, Lorenzo, Abderrahim Al Mazouzi, Marjorie Bertolus, Marco Cologna, Pål Efsing, Adrian Jianu, Petri Kinnunen, Karl-Fredrik Nilsson, Madalina Rabung, and Mariano Tarantino. "Materials for Sustainable Nuclear Energy: A European Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for All Reactor Generations." Energies 15, no. 5 (March 2, 2022): 1845. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15051845.
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Nuclear energy is presently the single major low-carbon electricity source in Europe and is overall expected to maintain (perhaps eventually even increase) its current installed power from now to 2045. Long-term operation (LTO) is a reality in essentially all nuclear European countries, even when planning to phase out. New builds are planned. Moreover, several European countries, including non-nuclear or phasing out ones, have interests in next generation nuclear systems. In this framework, materials and material science play a crucial role towards safer, more efficient, more economical and overall more sustainable nuclear energy. This paper proposes a research agenda that combines modern digital technologies with materials science practices to pursue a change of paradigm that promotes innovation, equally serving the different nuclear energy interests and positions throughout Europe. This paper chooses to overview structural and fuel materials used in current generation reactors, as well as their wider spectrum for next generation reactors, summarising the relevant issues. Next, it describes the materials science approaches that are common to any nuclear materials (including classes that are not addressed here, such as concrete, polymers and functional materials), identifying for each of them a research agenda goal. It is concluded that among these goals are the development of structured materials qualification test-beds and materials acceleration platforms (MAPs) for materials that operate under harsh conditions. Another goal is the development of multi-parameter-based approaches for materials health monitoring based on different non-destructive examination and testing (NDE&T) techniques. Hybrid models that suitably combine physics-based and data-driven approaches for materials behaviour prediction can valuably support these developments, together with the creation and population of a centralised, “smart” database for nuclear materials.
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Knyazeva, Irina V., Aldash T. Aitzhanov, and Yelena S. Bychkova. "Methodological forks of antimonopoly regulation of digital markets: ideas and meanings of the digital agenda of Kazakhstan." Journal of Modern Competition 15, no. 2 (May 26, 2021): 5–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.37791/2687-0657-2021-15-2-5-18.
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The article continues the point of view of the experts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the issues of developing a set of measures and recommendations for regulating digital markets. Currently, among the professional community, lawyers and economists, the draft regulatory measures to the Entrepreneur Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (EC RK) – the main legislative act providing for antitrust regulation in the state- is widely discussed. The article describes the substantive provisions of legislative initiatives in the digital field of the Republic of Kazakhstan and recommendations for their improvement, as well as methodological barriers to digital regulation. The article reflects the issues of the digital agenda of the Eurasian Economic Union, as well as the latest decisions and regulatory documents submitted by both national (China, Japan, Germany, Great Britain) and international regulators. Particular attention is paid to certain provisions of the Digital Markets Act (Digital Markets Act-DMA), the draft of which the European Commission has proposed to the European Parliament for discussion at the end of 2020. The article reflects the content characteristics of the term “gatekeeper”, introduced for the first time, which reveals the priority characteristics of the behavior of the main digital platform for creating the most balanced regime of regulatory norms in the field of antitrust enforcement.
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D’Amico, Gaspare, Roberta Arbolino, Lei Shi, Tan Yigitcanlar, and Giuseppe Ioppolo. "Digital Technologies for Urban Metabolism Efficiency: Lessons from Urban Agenda Partnership on Circular Economy." Sustainability 13, no. 11 (May 27, 2021): 6043. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13116043.
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Digital technologies engaged in urban metabolism for efficiency provide policymakers, urban managers, and planners with useful instruments to collect, monitor, analyze, and evaluate the circularity of environmental, social, and economic resources to improve their effectiveness and quality. At present, the digital technology-based approach is strategic for circular cities engaged in the development of smart and sustainable actions in the fields of mobility, energy, environment, waste, telecommunications, and security. Through the ‘Circular Resource Efficiency Management Framework’ developed by the European Commission, this paper generates insights into the digitalization practices of the circularity of urban metabolism by analyzing the initiatives implemented by the municipalities of Kaunas, Flanders region, Porto, Prato, The Hague, and Oslo, which constitute the Partnership on Circular Economy (PCE) of the Urban Agenda of the European Union. The results of the analysis provide a wide range of practices such as real-time monitoring stations for water and energy consumption, digital cameras for controlling vehicle flows, web platforms for sharing goods and services, and tracking sensors for public transport, which aim to optimize the efficiency of the circularity of urban metabolic flows. This study increases the understanding and awareness of digital technologies in this paradigm shift.
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Asderaki, Foteini, and Olga Sideri. "Teaching EU Values in Schools through European programs during COVID-19 pandemic. The “Teachers4Europe: setting an Agora for Democratic Culture” Program." HAPSc Policy Briefs Series 1, no. 1 (June 30, 2020): 259. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/hapscpbs.24977.
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The establishment of the European Education Area is fundamental for the development of the European Union of Values. The importance of education is the basis of active citizenship and fundamental values that should lie at the heart of the EU as stated in the Paris Declaration 2015, the EU Leaders’ Agenda at the Social Summit for Fair Jobs and Growth in Gothenburg, 2017 and the new EU strategic agenda 2019-2014. In order to achieve this goal, special attention must be paid to human resources, especially teachers, who, as the main pillars of education, are the key-actors to promote European values. This policy brief outlines the importance of teaching EU values in a digital environment due to Covid-19 pandemic era. “Teachers4Europe setting an Agora for Democratic Culture” program establishes a European network of teachers. Teachers4Europe network challenge is to become the driving force for the promotion of the EU values even in times of social distancing. A prerequisite for promoting EU values lies in the continuous training of teachers and students on issues related to the EU, the reshaping of the curricula, the enhancement of digital skills and digital literacy to advance civic competences and the participation in European programs. The flexibility of European programs offers the opportunity to teachers and students to interact with their peers and stakeholders through e-conferences, e-schools and online lessons. Through this process, effective policy proposals and good practices would emerge, while at the same time alternative forms of education will be established in cases of global crisis as the Covid 19 pandemic.
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Požarnik, Matej, Tea Taras, Aleš Kranjec, and Lea Robič Mohar. "Mathematical Model of Analysis and Optimal Harmonisation of Data for Preparation of Broadband Infrastructure Development Project in the Republic of Croatia: Contribution to Achieving Objectives of the Digital Agenda for Europe." Business and Management Studies 2, no. 3 (August 19, 2016): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/bms.v2i3.1823.
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Next Generation Access projects of developing broadband infrastructure, co-financed by the EU, require preparation and implementation of complex preparatory actions that are crucial for their successful implementation. Their implementation within member states contributes directly to achieving goals, defined in the Digital agenda for Europe. Preparation work on projects requires complex analyses and processing of governmental data on potential users of the new network. A mathematical model was developed within this study. Also, the Optimal Data Harmonization algorithm was developed, which incorporates the pointed mathematical model. Large amounts of projects’ input data were also processed with the Optimal Data Harmonization algorithm. Research showed that data processing without Optimal Data Harmonization algorithm is the key reason for inadequate preparation of the project because of imprecise definition of numbers and geolocations of potential users. Without applying such model, projects don’t achieve the target coverage of broadband infrastructure of the next generation access and therefore don’t contribute to the Digital agenda for Europe goals. Processing data with Optimal Data Harmonization algorithm, which is a beyond the state-of-the-art model, ensures a high-level harmonisation of national data. With these results, one can provide optimal coverage of eligible potential beneficiaries in the project. Projects in which data were processed with the Optimal Data Harmonization algorithm contribute to reaching the Digital agenda for Europe goals. The study also recommends the establishment of national central database of geolocations of the potential beneficiaries, as it would standardize the input data in all future projects.
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Stančík, Juraj. "Targeting the Digital Agenda for Europe: a new approach for estimating ICT R&D expenditures." info 16, no. 1 (January 7, 2014): 45–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/info-09-2013-0048.
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Purpose – The main goal of this paper is to create a methodology for estimating public research and development (R&D) expenditures on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the European Union (EU). The study further applies this methodology on business expenditures on R&D (BERD) data across all sectors and estimate ICT BERD within each of them. Then the study assesses the evolution of these expenditures in the context of the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE) and its specific target to double them by 2020. Design/methodology/approach – The study assumes that the share of public ICT R&D expenditures in total public R&D expenditures is similar to the share of ICT R&D labour costs. The study bases its estimation on government budget appropriations or outlays on R&D (GBAORD). Findings – EU public ICT R&D expenditures grew steadily over the period 2004-2010 and in 2010 reached 5.9 billion. The study also estimates that the total EU ICT BERD in 2010 amounted to 15.8 billion. Regarding the DAE target about ICT R&D expenditures, the study shows that, in both public and private, the EU drops behind. Research limitations/implications – The study estimates that substantial ICT BERD can be found also in non-ICT sectors. Practical implications – The methodology allows for monitoring one of the DAE targets. Originality/value – The methodology currently represents the only way for measuring public ICT R&D expenditures in the EU.
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Sierra Caballero, Francisco. "Ciudadanía digital y sociedad de la información en la Unión Europea. Un análisis crítico." Andamios, Revista de Investigación Social 9, no. 19 (August 29, 2012): 259. http://dx.doi.org/10.29092/uacm.v9i19.395.
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La noción de Sociedad del Conocimiento define, en nuestro tiempo, un nuevo marco lógico de mediación social que incide directamente en el proceso general de desarrollo. Desde hace una década, la Unión Europea (UE) viene proponiendo, por ello, impulsar a escala local nuevas formas de gobernanza basadas en las nuevas tecnologías de la información. En el presente artículo, se analizan algunas experiencias comunitarias y se discute la visión estratégica de la Agenda de Lisboa, a fin de explorar los límites que, hoy por hoy, determinan los procesos de apropiación social de las nuevas tecnologías, así como el discurso público sobre eGobierno implementado por la Comisión Europea a partir de los resultados obtenidos en el último lustro.
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De Raeve, Paul, Patricia M. Davidson, Franklin A. Shaffer, Eric Pol, Amit Kumar Pandey, and Elizabeth Adams. "Leveraging the trust of nurses to advance a digital agenda in Europe: a critical review of health policy literature." Open Research Europe 1 (March 26, 2021): 26. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.13231.1.
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This article is a critical and integrative review of health policy literature examining artificial intelligence (AI) and its implications for healthcare systems and the frontline nursing workforce. A key focus is on co-creation as essential for the deployment and adoption of AI. Our review hinges on the European Commission’s White Paper on Artificial Intelligence from 2020, which provides a useful roadmap. The value of health data spaces and electronic health records (EHRs) is considered; and the role of advanced nurse practitioners in harnessing the potential of AI tools in their practice is articulated. Finally, this paper examines “trust” as a precondition for the successful deployment and adoption of AI in Europe. AI applications in healthcare can enhance safety and quality, and mitigate against common risks and challenges, once the necessary level of trust is achieved among all stakeholders. Such an approach can enable effective preventative care across healthcare settings, particularly community and primary care. However, the acceptance of AI tools in healthcare is dependent on the robustness, validity and reliability of data collected and donated from EHRs (Smart4Health & InteropEHRate). Nurse stakeholders have a key role to play in this regard, since trust can only be fostered through engaging frontline end-users in the co-design of EHRs and new AI tools. Nurses hold an intimate understanding of the direct benefits of such technology, such as releasing valuable nursing time for essential patient care, and empowering patients and their family members as recipients of nursing care. This article brings together insights from a unique group of stakeholders to explore the interaction between AI, the co-creation of data spaces and EHRs, and the role of the frontline nursing workforce. We identify the pre-conditions needed for successful deployment of AI and offer insights regarding the importance of co-creating the future European Health Data Space.
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De Raeve, Paul, Patricia M. Davidson, Franklin A. Shaffer, Eric Pol, Amit Kumar Pandey, and Elizabeth Adams. "Leveraging the trust of nurses to advance a digital agenda in Europe: a critical review of health policy literature." Open Research Europe 1 (May 13, 2021): 26. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.13231.2.
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This article is a critical and integrative review of health policy literature examining artificial intelligence (AI) and its implications for healthcare systems and the frontline nursing workforce. A key focus is on co-creation as essential for the deployment and adoption of AI. Our review hinges on the European Commission’s White Paper on Artificial Intelligence from 2020, which provides a useful roadmap. The value of health data spaces and electronic health records (EHRs) is considered; and the role of advanced nurse practitioners in harnessing the potential of AI tools in their practice is articulated. Finally, this paper examines “trust” as a precondition for the successful deployment and adoption of AI in Europe. AI applications in healthcare can enhance safety and quality, and mitigate against common risks and challenges, once the necessary level of trust is achieved among all stakeholders. Such an approach can enable effective preventative care across healthcare settings, particularly community and primary care. However, the acceptance of AI tools in healthcare is dependent on the robustness, validity and reliability of data collected and donated from EHRs. Nurse stakeholders have a key role to play in this regard, since trust can only be fostered through engaging frontline end-users in the co-design of EHRs and new AI tools. Nurses hold an intimate understanding of the direct benefits of such technology, such as releasing valuable nursing time for essential patient care, and empowering patients and their family members as recipients of nursing care. This article brings together insights from a unique group of stakeholders to explore the interaction between AI, the co-creation of data spaces and EHRs, and the role of the frontline nursing workforce. We identify the pre-conditions needed for successful deployment of AI and offer insights regarding the importance of co-creating the future European Health Data Space.
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Нrytsenko, Andrii, and Tetiana Burlai. "The impact of digitalization on social development." Ekonomìčna teorìâ 2020, no. 3 (October 20, 2020): 24–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/etet2020.03.024.
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The article shows the place of digitalization in the natural transition from the industrial-market to the information-network economy. The authors clarify the structure of relations that determine the mechanism of interaction of technical and technological processes of digitalization and socio-economic relations, and note the complexity of the reflexive interaction of the technical, technological and socio-economic components of societal development. The objective foundations and modern features of the processes of dissemination of information, communication and digital technologies, manifested at the societal level, are revealed. The dualistic nature of digitalization development is revealed: the introduction of the latest technologies not only opens up additional opportunities for business, governments and people, but also generates significant problems, challenges and risks, forming the so-called "digital gap". It is emphasized that in the social dimension, the most characteristic of such gaps is the difference in opportunities for access to digital technologies, which potentially leads to unfair distribution of benefits and increased inequality in society. The main social risks caused by the processes of digitalization at the micro and macro levels are identified. The dynamics of digitalization processes and their impact on social development in a global and national context are comprehensively characterized. Shown various national management strategies, formulated as responses to the challenges of digital development and with a focus on minimizing the social risks associated with them. The modern approaches of the European Union to regulating the impact of digitalization on social development and employment are revealed, including those related to the adoption in 2010 of the Digital Agenda for Europe, the construction of the European Digital Single Market and the implementation of the European Gigabit Society Strategy until 2025. Proposed a few corrections in the mechanisms of Ukraine’s national policy regarding the anticipation and regulation of the social consequences of digitalization, in particular, in the context of the Strategy for the digital transformation of the social sphere of Ukraine presented in September 2020.
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Martínez Bravo, María Cristina, Charo Sádaba Chalezquer, and Javier Serrano-Puche. "Meta-marco de la alfabetización digital: análisis comparado de marcos de competencias del Siglo XXI." Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, no. 79 (July 9, 2021): 76–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.4185/rlcs-2021-1508.
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Introducción: Ante una inminente era digital marcada por la globalización y la innovación tecnológica, diferentes organismos plantearon la importancia de innovar la educación con las denominadas competencias del siglo XXI. La necesidad de nuevas habilidades para participar de la cultura digital es destacada en diferentes propuestas, donde la competencia digital es clave y fundamental para vivir, trabajar y participar en la sociedad del conocimiento. Metodología: Este trabajo tiene por objetivo generar una propuesta integrada de la alfabetización digital mediante un análisis comparado de la competencia digital en ocho marcos de competencias del siglo XXI (ATCS, enGauge, Naep, Nets, OCDE, P21, Unesco, Unión Europea), los cuales son estudiados en tres grandes bloques temáticos: a) definición, b) objetivos y visión y c) competencias y habilidades. Resultados: La alfabetización digital abarca un enfoque holístico, nutrido por diferentes alfabetizaciones, desde el cual se construye un meta-marco con nueve competencias: tres competencias directas, 1)información y datos, 2) comunicación y colaboración y 3) técnica; cinco competencias transversales, 4) resolución de problemas, 5) ciudadanía global y conciencia multicultural, 6) interpersonal, 7) pensamiento de futuro, 8) pensamiento creativo y 9) pensamiento crítico; y 53 habilidades digitales cognitivas, críticas, técnicas, sociales, emocionales y proyectivas. Conclusiones: La alfabetización digital multidimensional consolida la perspectiva tecnosocial para el empoderamiento y apropiación tecnológica, que supera el uso operativo de las herramientas y promueve el uso amplio, significativo e innovador de la tecnología para la construcción de una sociedad equitativa, el empleo digno, la participación social, entre otros propósitos conectados con la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible.
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Branca, Teresa Annunziata, Barbara Fornai, Valentina Colla, Maria Maddalena Murri, Eliana Streppa, and Antonius Johannes Schröder. "Current and future aspects of the digital transformation in the European Steel Industry." Matériaux & Techniques 108, no. 5-6 (2020): 508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/mattech/2021010.
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The technological transformation in the European steel industry is driven by digitalization, which has the potential to strongly contribute to improving production efficiency and sustainability. The present paper describes part of the work developed in the early stage of the project entitled “Blueprint ‘New Skills Agenda Steel’: Industry-driven sustainable European Steel Skills Agenda and Strategy (ESSA)”, which is funded by the Erasmus Plus Programme of the European Union. The project aims at achieving an industry driven, sustainable and coordinated blueprint for addressing the economic, digital and technological developments, as well as increasing energy efficiency and environmental demands through continuously update of qualification, knowledge and skill profiles of the workforce. On the one hand, main aspects of the current state of the technological transformation in the steel sector are described through the analysis of the main recent innovation projects and developments. On the other hand, survey results from a dedicated questionnaire addressed to the European steel companies are analyzed, providing an overview on the (planned) technological transformation affecting the steel sector. The existing levels of plant automation and the possible adoption of the new paradigm of Industry 4.0 are discussed, by also considering the possible impact on the workforce. Main results are that the steel industry foresees an implementation of almost all Industry 4.0 technologies not only for competitive but also environmental improvement. Because this is foreseen in an incremental way upskilling of the existing workforce is a precondition, not only because of recruitment difficulties on the employment market but also because the existing qualification and experience of the workplace is necessary to unfold the full potential of digital and green transformation.
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Zenner, Kai. "The European Parliament’s role in EU digital governance: Aspiration and reality." European View 20, no. 2 (October 2021): 131–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17816858211061840.
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Despite its enhanced legislative powers, the European Parliament still struggles to be recognised as an authoritative and reliable political actor. Its current role in EU digital governance serves as a good example to illustrate both the aspirations of the parliamentarians as well as their actual impact. Confronted with a horizontal policy issue that affects all sectors of the analogue and digital world parliamentary working methods have proven to be unfit for purpose. The European Parliament has so far been unable to assume leadership to guide the EU through the digital transformation process. Yet, its aspirations are not pulled out of thin air. Intellectual freedom, swift decision-making channels, and an open and pragmatic debating culture make it, in fact, predestined to define an overarching and balanced digital agenda for the EU. Before this is achievable, however, it is necessary to execute comprehensive internal reforms to overcome a list of structural, financial, political and external deficits.
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Trültzsch-Wijnen, Christine W., Anca Velicu, and Vilmante Liubiniene. "Robotics for children." Medijske studije 12, no. 24 (January 28, 2022): 3–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.20901/ms.12.24.1.
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This article explores the issue of introducing children between six and ten years of age to robotics and investigates the use of robots in schools and in extracurricular activities. The central questions are 1) whether and how the introduction of robotics is addressed in political strategies and educational policies (RQ1), and 2) what the main actors in the introduction of robots in educational settings are (RQ2). Therefore, a pilot study in three European countries (Austria, Lithuania, Romania) was conducted, which included an analysis of national policy strategies, as well as interviews with three stakeholders per country. The article illustrates the specificities of the investigated countries presented as case studies and discusses them in a comparative way. The findings show that the investigated countries’ educational policies aim at mirroring the Digital Agenda for Europe and that two opposite approaches to implementation of robotics (bottom-up vs. top-down) can be identified.
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Kotsev, Alexander, Marco Minghini, Robert Tomas, Vlado Cetl, and Michael Lutz. "From Spatial Data Infrastructures to Data Spaces—A Technological Perspective on the Evolution of European SDIs." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 9, no. 3 (March 16, 2020): 176. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9030176.
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The availability of timely, accessible and well documented data plays a central role in the process of digital transformation in our societies and businesses. Considering this, the European Commission has established an ambitious agenda that aims to leverage on the favourable technological and political context and build a society that is empowered by data-driven innovation. Within this context, geospatial data remains critically important for many businesses and public services. The process of establishing Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) in response to the legal provisions of the European Union INSPIRE Directive has a long history. While INSPIRE focuses mainly on ’unlocking’ data from the public sector, there is need to address emerging technological trends, and consider the role of other actors such as the private sector and citizen science initiatives. The objective of this paper, given those bounding conditions is twofold. Firstly, we position SDI-related developments in Europe within the broader context of the current political and technological scenery. In doing so, we pay particular attention to relevant technological developments and emerging trends that we see as enablers for the evolution of European SDIs. Secondly, we propose a high level concept of a pan-European (geo)data space with a 10-year horizon in mind. We do this by considering today’s technology while trying to adopt an evolutionary approach with developments that are incremental to contemporary SDIs.
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Dečman, Mitja. "The Analysis of E-Government Services Adoption and Use in Slovenian Information Society between 2014 and 2017." Central European Public Administration Review 16, no. 2 (November 20, 2018): 193–215. http://dx.doi.org/10.17573/cepar.2018.2.10.
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With the increasing role of information and communication technology (ICT) in the society, ICT’s role is gaining importance in the aspect of provision and use of the public sector services for the citizens. Especially in the European Union different activities have been conducted through the years to promote ICT use in the society. It has been mainly based on the Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE), which underlines the key role of ICT in the efforts to achieve its strategic objectives. Slovenia as an EU member state follows these directions but positions itself among less successful states in the EU. The well-known European Digital Economy and Society Index ranks Slovenia to the lower half of member states indicating possibilities for improvement. Although much can be said and done about the service-providers side this paper focuses on the users’ side and especially on their digital inequality. The lack of studies in the area of digital inequality and online government services adoption and use is the main motivation for this research. The research uses the data provided by Slovenian annual survey Use of Information and Communication Technology in Households and by Individuals of the last four years. The analysis of this data, presented in the paper, exhibits that changes for the better are detected in Slovenian society, but the situation in public-sector services is not optima. The results demonstrate the existence of digital inequality considering the income level of households and education level of individual users. The synthesis of the data demonstrates that the Slovenian government and its ministries should consider adding tangible actions to the already set strategies if the country wants to catch up with the leading countries of the EU and achieve goals, set by the DAE.
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Nativi, Stefano, Paolo Mazzetti, and Max Craglia. "Digital Ecosystems for Developing Digital Twins of the Earth: The Destination Earth Case." Remote Sensing 13, no. 11 (May 28, 2021): 2119. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13112119.
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This manuscript discusses the key characteristics of the Digital Ecosystems (DEs) model, which, we argue, is particularly appropriate for connecting and orchestrating the many heterogeneous and autonomous online systems, infrastructures, and platforms that constitute the bedrock of a digitally transformed society. Big Data and AI systems have enabled the implementation of the Digital Twin paradigm (introduced first in the manufacturing sector) in all the sectors of society. DEs promise to be a flexible and operative framework that allow the development of local, national, and international Digital Twins. In particular, the “Digital Twins of the Earth” may generate the actionable intelligence that is necessary to address global change challenges, facilitate the European Green transition, and contribute to realizing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda. The case of the Destination Earth initiative and system is discussed in the manuscript as an example to address the broader DE concepts. In respect to the more traditional data and information infrastructural philosophy, DE solutions present important advantages as to flexibility and viability. However, designing and implementing an effective collaborative DE is far more difficult than a traditional digital system. DEs require the definition and the governance of a metasystemic level, which is not necessary for a traditional information system. The manuscript discusses the principles, patterns, and architectural viewpoints characterizing a thriving DE supporting the generation and operation of “Digital Twins of the Earth”. The conclusions present a set of conditions, best practices, and base capabilities for building a knowledge framework, which makes use of the Digital Twin paradigm and the DE approach to support decision makers with the SDG agenda implementation.