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Hervé Le Guyader

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How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

• Uncertainties• Certainties• 2 main challenges• Regions and Cities• EC: Vision and Instruments• Biggest challenge ahead?

• Uncertainties

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

• Certainties

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

• Certainties

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

• Two challenges

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

• Two challenges, two (make that one) risks

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

• Regions and Cities

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

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41 308 km²~3 M people

5 départements

2295 communes

• Regions and Cities

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

• Regions and Cities

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

The European Economic Recovery Plan has two key pillars, and one underlying principle:

• The first pillar is a major injection of purchasing power into the economy, to boost demandand stimulate confidence. The Commission is proposing that, as a matter of urgency,Member States and the EU agree to an immediate budgetary impulse amounting to € 200billion (1.5% of GDP), to boost demand in full respect of the Stability and Growth Pact.

• The second pillar rests on the need to direct short-term action to reinforce Europe'scompetitiveness in the long term. The Plan sets out a comprehensive programme to directaction to "smart" investment. Smart investment means investing in the right skills fortomorrow's needs; investing in energy efficiency to create jobs and save energy; investingin clean technologies to boost sectors like construction and automobiles in the low-carbonmarkets of the future; and investing in infrastructure and inter-connection to promoteefficiency and innovation.

• E.C. : Vision and Instruments

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

• E.C. : Vision and Instruments

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

… The internet has a huge potential to strengthen the single market by providing individuals andbusinesses with access, at their finger tips, to the entirety of the EU single market, by makingthem more informed market participants and by making prices more transparent. However,the level of eCommerce and eBusiness varies across Member States, and cross-bordertransactions are limited. 54 % of internet users in the EU now engage in eCommerce (orderingor buying) but only 22 % of those e-shoppers have ordered from other EU countries. The mainbarriers to buying online are the perceived lack of need, security, trust and privacy concerns,and lack of skills.

…Age and education are the two main factors influencing the way people use internet services.Their level of education significantly affects their chances of using most online services, butespecially the advanced services. Lack of education and skills are the primary sources ofdisadvantage among groups at risk of exclusion from the digital society, though equipmentcosts also play a role.

(EC Digital Competitiveness Report)

• E.C. : Vision and Instruments (eSkills)

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

• E.C. : Vision and Instruments (eSkills)

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

• E.C. : Vision and Instruments (eSkills)

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

• E.C. : Vision and Instruments

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

50 B€ 3,6 B€ 86 B€, out of 347 B€

• E.C. : Vision and Instruments

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

15,2 B€

• E.C. : Vision and Instruments

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

Cohesion Policy: investing in the real economy

“Directing action to smart investments: Under the present exceptional circumstances, the Member States and the Commission can examine possible changes to the objectives and priorities of the operational programmes to further increase focus on investments in areas of immediate growth potential and/or urgency. For example, investing in energy efficiency, clean technologies, environmental services,

infrastructure and interconnections, broadband networks, forecasting and matching of skills with future labour market needs, or opening up new finance for SMEs (i.e. research intensive and innovative SMEs). Within the existing programmes, Member States, working closely with the Commission, are invited to give immediate priority to such productivity-enhancing investments …

• E.C. : Vision and Instruments

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

• M.S. : Vision and Instruments

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

2,0 B€ broadband infrastructure

750 M€ digitization2,5 B€ services 700 M€ cloud

1050 M€ « other »

• Biggest challenge ahead ?

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

How Technology Enables European Regions to Realise their Objectives ?

Thanks for your attention!

Hervé LE GUYADER

herve.le-guyader@aquitaine.fr