Italy announced plan for country’s digital growth by 2025, through digitization of services, supporting innovation, as well as inclusive development

Briefing

Italy announced plan for country's digital growth by 2025, through digitization of services, supporting innovation, as well as inclusive development

December 18, 2019

Briefing

  • National Innovation Plan – Italy’s Minister for Technological Innovation and Digitization, Paola Pisano, announced country’s national digital growth and innovation plan by 2025 in Rome, Italy on December 17, 2019
  • 20 Actions – Plan revealed 20 actions to address digitalization, technological innovation, and ethical and sustainable development
  • Digitization of Services – Enable digitization of public services and private sector, including launch of single app for all government services called IO
  • Promote Local Innovation – Strengthen Italian innovation through digital infrastructure, right to innovate for startups, as well as development of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, hubs and ecosystems
  • Inclusive and Ethical Development – Create training hub to solve digital divide, and lab called Ai Ethical Lab-El to establish principles for ethical use of AI
  • Technologies Supported – Include blockchain, AI, Internet of Things (IoT) and cryptocurrency

Accelerator

Market Disruption

Sector

Government (excluding military), Information Technology

Function

Customer Experience and Service, IT Infrastructure, Research and Development

Source

Original Publication Date

December 17, 2019

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