July 2021

Open Adoption Data

The European Commission launched the digital compass to “translate the European Union’s digital ambitions for the next decade into clear, concrete targets, setting out a European way for the digital decade.” In a hard-hitting commentary, Director of Research David Osimo looks at the European Commission’s plans and proposes ways to ensure that the digital compass is able to deliver change this time and won’t turn out to be just another strategy. Mr Osimo focuses on one recommendation that would make a crucial difference: the European Union should publish adoption data for all publicly funded digitalisation projects.

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