Decision (EU) 2022/2481 establishing the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030

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to establish the 2030 Policy Programme ‘Path to the Digital Decade’. PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: digital skills, basic and advanced, are essential to reinforce the collective resilience of the EU’s society. Digital progress in the Member States has been very uneven in the last years. The trend shows that the countries progressing at a slow pace five years ago, have continued to progress slowly until now. The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy adopted the report by Martina DLABAJOVÁ (Renew, CZ) on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the 2030 Policy Programme ‘Path to the Digital Decade’. The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure be amended as follows: This Decision establishes a Policy Programme ‘Path to the Digital Decade’ and sets out a monitoring and cooperation mechanism for that programme consisting of measures to: (a) set a clear direction for the digital transformation of the Union and for delivery of the digital targets by 2030 based on measurable indicators; (b) structure and stimulate cooperation between the Union institutions and Member States; (c) ensure the consistency, comparability, transparency and completeness of the monitoring and reporting by the Union. The Union institutions and the Member States should cooperate to support and achieve the following general objectives: - promote a human-centred, inclusive, ethical, secure, open, transparent and interoperable digital environment where digital technologies and services respect and enhance Union principles, rights and values; - bridge the digital divides by promoting continuous opportunities for each individual, to develop basic and advanced digital skills and competencies as well as by fostering the development of horizontal high-performing digital education and training systems through vocational and professional training, reskilling, upskilling and lifelong learning; - ensure the Union’s digital, open strategic autonomy , in particular by a secure and accessible digital and data infrastructures, supporting the competitiveness and sustainability of the Union’s industry and economy, in particular of SMEs, and the resilience of the Union’s value chains; - reduce the geographical digital divide and giving access to digital technologies and data on open, accessible and fair terms, while ensuring the protection of fundamental rights including security; - develop a comprehensive and sustainable ecosystem of interoperable digital infrastructures where high performance, edge, cloud, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, data management and network connectivity work in convergence, to promote their uptake in the Union businesses, to create opportunities for growth and jobs through research, development and innovation; - promote the development of regulatory standards to ensure that Union…

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