1. 4.28
survey summary
4.24
4.21
4.21
4.00
3.90
3.86
3.86
3.83
3.79
Improve the quality of digital skills
Promote global, industry-driven ICT standards
Simplify legislation for access to the Internal Market
Encourage investment in digital infrastructure
Harmonise conditions for access to spectrum
Digitally transform Europe’s existing businesses
Complete international trade agreements
Adapt copyright to the digital age
Ensure simple and workable consumer protection rules
Promote and cater for a data-driven economy
companies
23,270 which employ
7,5million
people
We asked our members to rate the impact (from low, 1 to very high, 5) of these
possible measures on achieving DIGITALEUROPE’s vision:
trillion
1,56
and generate
€
A European Union that nurtures and supports digital technology industries, and that prospers from
the jobs we provide, the innovation and economic benefits we deliver and the societal challenges we
address.
Our National Trade
Association members
represent:
*31 DIGITALEUROPE members responded
to this mini-survey in February 2015
90%
81% 81% 77%
74% 71%
65%
68%
68% 65%
Improve the quality of digital skills
Simplify legislation for
access to the Internal
Market
Encourage
investment in digital
infrastructure
Promote and cater
for a data-driven
economy
Promote global,
industry-driven ICT
standards
Digitally transform
Europe’s existing
businesses
Support digital
entrepreneurship
Adapt copyright to
the digital age
Complete
international trade
agreements
Employ the
innovation principle
Percentage of respondents
who thought these
measures would have “high”
or “very high impact”
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