CEO of EIT Digital, Willem Jonker, spoke to Innovation News Network about a recent policy perspective report which has outlined how Europe can achieve digital sovereignty.
EIT Digital aims at global impact through European innovation fuelled by entrepreneurial talent and digital technology. It strengthens Europe’s position in the digital world by delivering breakthrough digital innovations to the market and breeding entrepreneurial talent for economic growth and improved quality of life. EIT Digital helps business and entrepreneurs to be at the frontier of digital innovation by providing them with technology, talent, and growth support.
In a new policy perspective report, EIT Digital has provided an overview of policy motivations, trends, instruments, and the roles of various actors in defining the perception of and perspectives for Europe’s digital sovereignty. The report’s conclusion calls on Europe to better connect makers (industry) and shapers (authorities) to create the right policy instruments for a sovereign European digital reality with innovation and regulation that respect European values and rights while creating equal economic opportunity for all actors.
The Innovation News Network spoke to EIT Digital’s CEO, Willem Jonker, about this report and the issue of digital sovereignty more generally, alongside some of the organisation’s other activities, such as the EIT Digital Challenge 2020.
EIT Digital has recently released a report about digital sovereignty, within which you highlight four scenarios for the future of digital sovereignty in Europe. Could you tell us more about what this includes and what it is designed to achieve?
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