The 7 Pillars of the Digital Agenda for Europe 2020
The first of the levers used by Europe 2020, so-called flagship initiatives, is the Digital Agenda for Europe
2020, which targets to reboot Europe's economy and help Europe's citizens and businesses to get the
most out of digital technologies. The Digital Agenda for Europe is comprised of 7 pillars that allow meeting
the set targets for 2020.
1. Pillar I – Digital Single Market – enables the free flow of online services and entertainment across
national borders
2. Pillar II – Interoperability & Standards – allows seamless integration of devices, applications, data
and services that need to interact across borders
3. Pillar III – Trust & Security – increases the trust of web users in electronic services and online
transactions in order to boost consumption of ICT services
4. Pillar IV – Fast and ultra-fast Internet Access – targets investments for broadband infrastructure
in order to take advantage of new technologies and services
5. Pillar V – Research and Innovation – stimulates adequate funding for increasing the competitive
edge of innovation and research
6. Pillar VI – Enhancing digital literacy, skills and inclusion – bridges the digital divide for all
consumers in order to benefit equally and fully from the advantages of ICT services
7. Pillar VII – ICT-Enabled benefits for EU Society - focuses on ICT’s capability to reduce energy
consumption, support ageing citizens' lives, revolutionizes health services and deliver better public
services
Mapping the 4 action fields in Romania with the 7 pillars of Digital Agenda for Europe.
Each one of these field of actions is supported by operational objectives which will have specific targets
and will be described in full in the Digital Agenda for Romania Strategy. A summary of the fields of actions,
their operational objectives, their mapping with the Digital Agenda for Europe Pillars and their
implications in the current context is presented below.
Field of action
1. eGovernment,
Interoperability,
Cyber Security,
Cloud
Computing,
Open Data, Big
Data and Social
Media
Objective
Digital Agenda for
Europe Pillars
1.1. Increasing the
transparency of public
administration
acts
through
computerization
of
public services
II - Interoperability and
standards
I - A vibrant digital
single
market
VI - Enhancing digital
literacy, skills and
inclusion
1.2. Raising cyber
security networks and
systems
III - Trust and security
Europe 2020
DAE 2020
Target Support
Target Support
Employment rate
Population to buy online
R&D
Population to buy online
cross-border
Climate change and
energy
sustainability
Fighting
poverty
and social exclusion
Citizens
eGovernment
Returning
forms
using
completed
Key cross-border public
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