Monitoring the Progress of the EU i2010 Strategy through Benchmarking DG Information Society Eurostat Albrecht.Wirthmann@ec.europa.eu 7 April 2009 5th Regional Workshop on Information Society Measurement in Latin America and the Caribbean, Rio de Janeiro 6-8 April 2009
i2010 Strategy Renewed Lisbon Strategy of the European Union for economic growth and employment i2010 strategy as successor to eeurope 2005 Comprehensive strategy for the ICT and media sector Single European Information Space Innovation and Investment in ICT research Inclusive European information society i2010 benchmarking framework (April 2006) Benchmarking is an important dimension of i2010 Annual European Information Society progress report
Benchmarking Indicators built upon the e-europe 2005 core work, but with a broader scope (i.e. ICT research and e-business) and more emphasis on the impact of ICT use. the result of discussions with MS experts and Eurostat submitted to the i2010 High Level group annually monitored in the annual report
Mix of sources: Community surveys on ICT use by households and enterprises are still the main instrument (like in e-europe 2005) other official statistics (national regulators) ad hoc studies (e-government) surveys of telecom operators
First pillar: Completing the Single European Information Space Development of broadband Advanced Services Security Impact
Development of broadband Broadband coverage % of population covered (ad hoc study) Broadband take-up Multiform platform to the internet
Use of advanced services regular use of the internet use of specific internet services (including digital broadcasting services, online games and music, e- commerce, internet banking,.) Source: Community survey on ICT use by households Security special module of the Community survey on security. Impact of convergence weight of the ICT sector of terms of GDP contribution of the ICT sector to the growth of the economy Source: NA, SBS, Groningen database
Second pillar ICT research and e-business Research and innovation in the ICT producing sector ICT led innovation in the rest of the economy: uptake of ICT and ebusiness Impact of ICT adoption on enterprises
R&D in the ICT sector Investments in ICT research by the private and public sector as % of GDP as % total R&D investment Source: Community survey on innovation
Adoption of ICT by businesses 3 main areas: Connectivity and basic uptake e-commerce e-business core indicators complemented by specific modules 2007 e-skills, 2008 e-business, 2009 e-commerce, 2010 security Source: Community survey on ICT use in enterprises
Impact of ICT on businesses Investment in ICT by the whole economy: Eurostat pilot study Productivity University of Groningen database Micro data linking Employment and skills ICT user and ICT specialist skills (Source: LFS)
3rd pillar: e-inclusion, Public services and quality of life e-inclusion e-government
e-inclusion socio-economic factors in the Community survey on households. reasons for not having internet/broadband at home places for accessing internet (home, work, school) digital literacy Special module of the ICT Community survey in 2006 e-accessibility (forthcoming study) Source: community survey on ICT use by households
e-government (supply and use) availability of online public services by degree of sophistication (annual study to be revised in 2007) use of online public services by households and enterprises by purpose (Community surveys on ICT use) Ongoing work on the impact of egovernment
Post i2010 : the political Priorities The egovernment Vision Priorities presented by the Swedish Presidency Priority Priority 1 Priority Priority 2 Analysis Analysis presented presented in in the the Subgroup Subgroup of of 24 24 October October 2008 2008 Priority Priority 3 Block Block 1 1 Block Block 2 2 Block Block 3 3 Block Block 4 4 Block Block 5 5 Block Block 6 6 Block Block 7 7 Block Block 8 8 Block Block 9 9 Answers of of egovernment Subgroup to to the Questionnaire
Priority I egovernment supporting the single market Objective To facilitate citizen and business mobility on the single market in accordance with Community policies and legislation by providing and enabling delivery of cross-border e-services to citizens and businesses secure and efficient electronic cooperation between MS
Priority II Empowering Businesses and Citizens Objective To create a legitimate eunion taking into account the interests of its stakeholders and gaining high trust by providing and enabling transparent government and electronic access to public information electronic tools for participation in public decision making processes electronic user focused services designed for all, making use of available electronic tools to engage citizens and businesses (egov 2.0) new and innovative solutions to meet the needs of citizens and businesses
Priority III Administrative Efficiency and Effectiveness Objective To reduce administrative costs for citizens and businesses, use tax payers money in the most efficient way, and reduce carbon footprint by delivering cross-border eservices for citizens and businesses as efficiently as possible making use of ICT for organizational change and quality and skills development greening government, making the best direct and indirect use of ICT to reduce the carbon footprint
Post i2010 : the political Priorities The egovernment Vision Priorities presented by the Swedish Presidency Priority Priority 1 Priority Priority 2 Analysis Analysis presented presented in in the the Subgroup Subgroup of of 24 24 October October 2008 2008 Priority Priority 3 Block Block 1 1 Block Block 2 2 Block Block 3 3 Block Block 4 4 Block Block 5 5 Block Block 6 6 Block Block 7 7 Block Block 8 8 Block Block 9 9 Answers of of egovernment Subgroup to to the Questionnaire
Blocks for future Priorities User centricity Enabling Services Benchmarking Participation Innovation Organisational Change Key Applications Interoperability/ Harmonisation Inclusion? Include green government as a 10 th building block?
Challenges: Revision of i2010 benchmarking framework Capturing impact of ICT at pan EU level International comparisons http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/eeurope/i2010/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/tl/policy/index_en.htm