Contracting Party: The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) (under the Framework Contract No. CDR/TL2/59/2017/1)
Period: 2021-2022
URL: Territorial foresight study in addressing the digital divide and promoting digital cohesion
Description:
This study, co-authored with Progress Consulting S.r.l., is centred around the inclusion of digital cohesion in the traditional concept of cohesion. Digital cohesion can be described as the state achieved through the closing of the digital divide and the attainment of even participation of all European citizens in the benefits of digital transformation.
Against this backdrop, it aims to investigate the potential evolution of digital cohesion in the future with a combination of approaches used in the foresight studies:
In addition to foresight considerations, action-oriented recommendations to European institutions, Member States and local and regional authorities (LRAs) have been provided. These recommendations aim at: addressing foreseeable risks and shortfalls of the current policies and providing strategies; considering the impact of the identified wild cards and the backcasting exercise; improving the monitoring and the measuring of the progress towards digital cohesion.