EU4Digital DESI Accelerator event marks milestone moment
Date: 29/11/23
EU4Digital Facility has marked a significant milestone in its activities to accelerate the ability of Eastern partner countries to gather data in line with EU best practices and incorporate more accurate digital performance-related data in their national strategies. A regional event on 24 November 2023 provided an opportunity to close and reflect on the first phase of EU4Digital DESI Accelerator activities and start to prepare for the second.
DESI – the Digital Economy and Society Index – is used to track the evolution of human capital, integration of digital technology, digital public services and connectivity in the European Union. The EU4Digital DESI Accelerator, launched in May 2023, targets three of those four dimensions in the Eastern Partnership, excluding connectivity. These areas are useful indicators of the digital progress of economies and societies, making DESI highly relevant and important in the context of digital transformation. With the assistance of the DESI Accelerator, it is anticipated that the Eastern partner countries will establish full DESI indicator collection and related methodological changes.
The first part of the DESI Accelerator event included an overview of the current DESI state of play, DESI within the Digital Decade, and data collection sources for index measurement. Experts from EU4Digital shared their insights on the latest EU practices and changes in the methodology of DESI calculation. Outcomes of gap analysis on DESI implementation in Eastern partner countries followed; EU4Digital Facility presented the analysis of DESI measurement practices in Eastern partner countries and participants engaged in discussion about the gap analysis with the support of simultaneous translation.
More than 40 representatives of data collection institutions in Eastern partner countries took part in the event, reflecting upon their contributions and the results of the first stage of activities. The event also finalised the validation of outputs from a data collection exercise that targeted DESI collection practices in Eastern partner countries.
Along with the anticipated publication of an EU4Digital report, this regional event concluded the first stage of the DESI Accelerator activity.
The second phase of the DESI Accelerator will focus on capacity building. Methodological support and training sessions for data collection institutions will be provided and international best practices will be shared.
Further information
The DESI Accelerator is part of the activities of the EU4Digital Digital Skills thematic area. To find out more, visit our new ‘Explainers’ web content and view our recently published short video ‘This is Digital Skills’, available in our ‘Library’ – both part of the ‘Stay informed’ section of the EU4Digital website.
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