On Monday 17 July, the European Commission published the second report on the implementation of the 2020 Berlin Declaration on eGovernment. While the Member States will have made progress by 2022, there is still work to be done on social participation and digital inclusion.
The report reveals that the €48 billion or so, from the recovery and resilience plan and the technical support instrument for digitising and transforming public services and administrations, have enabled Member States to put in place strategies and projects to promote fundamental rights and democratic values in the digital domain. Twenty-four Member States have done better than 2021 in this area.
The same number of Member States have introduced new initiatives, such as training, to increase the digital skills and competences of their citizens.
In addition, 18 Member States worked, in 2022, on the creation of “human-centred artificial intelligence systems for the public sector” (see EUROPE 13222/3). However, Member States have been less active in sharing best practices in this area, the report says.
Finally, the report highlights that Member States have regressed in terms of policies to strengthen citizen participation and social inclusion in 2022. No or very timid progress was noted in 2022 on the issues of promoting digital empowerment, resilience and sustainability.
See the report: https://aeur.eu/f/83p (Original version in French by Thomas Mangin)