UfM Regional Platform on Digital Economy and Internet Access
Context and Objectives
The Fourth Industrial Revolution has brought about a deep and disruptive digital transformation that affects all aspects of social and economic life, and that offer the opportunity to unleash massive potential, should the massive digital divide in infrastructure and skills be tackled properly.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution has brought about a deep and disruptive digital transformation.
The UfM Regional Platform on Digital Economy and Internet Access [formerly known as the Euro-Mediterranean Digital Economy and Internet Access Expert Working Group (DEWoG)], has been foreseen by the Ministerial Declaration on Digital Economy (2014) and its objective is the implementation of the Declaration, in order to remove the regional barriers in the digital sector such as: e-trust services including e-signatures, e-health, connectivity for research and education institutions, harmonization of digital economy-related legal frameworks, in particular telecommunications or open data.
Policy Framework
The UfM Regional Platform on Digital Economy and Internet Access gathers representatives of the relevant ministries and agencies of UfM Member States, together with international institutions and organizations of the field.
