Portugal rises in digital index but has progress ″slightly below″ the rest of the EU
Portugal rose one position in the Digitization of Economy and Society Index (IDES), now occupying 15th place among the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU), but registers the “slightly inferior” to the other countries.
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The information was disclosed about the European Commission by the Commission in the report in the report of Portugal to quinta-de-esupido a position in relation to 2021″.
In the document that appears by the executive of the general executive on the digital progress of the Member States, Brussels also points out that “the progress related to the countries of Portugal is, in a way, minimizing the ones of the counterparts, that there is room for the country to increase its exercises of digitization”.
Altogether, Portugal has a rating of 50.8, which compares with the EU average of 52.3, below the rest of the EU.
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Emphasizing that it has taken a series of measures to equip its population with skills, the “door of companies and to adopt measures from modern companies”, the European Commission highlights that, however, “the disparities between companies and companies” continue. regarding the adoption of information and communication technologies”.
Second, the country also has “good quality connectivity infrastructures, with room for expansion to expand 5G coverage”, such as fifth-generation mobile networks, and must work to resolve the “excessive dependence on an advanced e-government public”, which, in the institution’s view, “can, however, leave behind an excessive limit of people, taking into account Portugal’s digital skills deficit”.
The digital transition is one of Portugal’s strategic institutions, which is also expressed in the national Community Recovery and Resilience Plan (post-covid-19 crisis).
The digital dimension represents 22.1% of the overall amount of the Portuguese PRR, above the European target that requires action of at least 20% for digital measures, with Portugal having committed itself to initiatives in the area of education and digital skills , the digital transformation of companies and digitalization of the State.
In the report, it is also highlighted that, “following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the country facilitates access to the displaced Ukrainian services to administrative services and services, simplifying access to tax and administrative services, social security and the administrative service” National Health”.
It publishes every year the years carried out in the EU countries, it assesses the progress towards an economy and a digital society, based on data from the Eurostat national society and specialized collection methods in studies and specialized studies, helping Member States to the European identify the priority sectors than specific investment requirements.