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digital content for
society
5.5. Cross-border
cooperation for the
digital single market
Proportion of
3.5%
inhabitants who have
made an appointment
with a doctor on the
home page of a
medical treatment
institution or e-health
portal (of Internet
users)22
Investment in
Increase in
research and
investments in
innovation increases research and
development (of
GDP)
Proportion of
innovative
enterprises23 (of all
enterprises)
5%
10%
5.7. Trust and safety
5.1. ICT education
and e-skills
5.3. Modern and
efficient public
administration
5.4. E-services and
digital content for
society
0.8%
1.2%
1.5%
22%
25%
30%
5.7. Trust and safety
5.6. ICT research and
innovations
5.6. ICT research and
innovations
In addition to the aforementioned policy results and performance indicators the effect
caused by innovations is an important aspect in information society policy. The idea about the
effect caused on innovations in the business activity and conclusions on the achievement of the
indicator may be made by reviewing interconnections in several performance indicators, such as
the assessment of Latvia in the re-use index of the public sector information, company turnover
from selling on the Internet and the proportion of enterprises which use the Internet for
cooperation with State and local government institutions.
22
Survey of the Central Statistical Bureau on the use of ICT between inhabitants
An innovative enterprise is an enterprise which has implemented at least one innovation in the reporting period:
technological (of products and processes), marketing or organisational innovation
information_society_development_guidelines_2014_2020.docx; Information Society Development Guidelines
2014-2020
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