CIO-associations launch ‘A Perspective on tomorrow’s digital world’

On Thursday February 22nd, 2024, we published our joint Manifesto called “A Perspective on tomorrow’s digital world”. In it we highlight four priorities that the European institutions must address in their next mandate (after the European Parliament elections of June) to reach the digital ambitions set during the current mandate and to ensure our strategic independence based on our values in the digital world.

We built this contribution on the following three questions: What is the desired impact of digital technology in Europe? How can the EU achieve leadership in this area? What are the necessary conditions for an industrial vision of the digital future? 

To guide Europe’s digital transformation, while empowering businesses and people in a human-centred, sustainable, and more prosperous digital future, we believe that Europe should develop a comprehensive vision based on 4 pillars: Competence, Diligence, Vigilance and Governance. 

We consider this comprehensive approach to be one of the key issues for European competitiveness. In this perspective, we compiled a list of 23 key policy proposals with the purpose of providing an inspiring European vision. More detail in the Manifesto itself.