2022/2036(INI) eGovernment accelerating digital public services that support the functioning of the single market
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | IMCO |
SOKOL Tomislav ( EPP)
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MILLER Leszek ( S&D),
CHARANZOVÁ Dita ( Renew),
GEESE Alexandra ( Verts/ALE),
JORON Virginie ( ID),
JURZYCA Eugen ( ECR)
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| Committee Opinion | LIBE |
GRAPINI Maria ( S&D)
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Cornelia ERNST ( GUE/NGL),
Tom VANDENKENDELAERE ( PPE),
Vincenzo SOFO ( ECR)
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Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Subjects
Events
2023/04/18
EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
2023/04/18
EP - Decision by Parliament
Details
The European Parliament adopted by 557 votes to 50, with 36 abstentions, a resolution on eGovernment accelerating digital public services that support the functioning of the single market.
Efficient digitalisation of public administration increases the productivity and resilience of the public sector, enhances the quality of public services, enables lower costs and unlocks business potential, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which form the backbone of the single market. According to Members, public services should fully meet the needs of their users, be accessible online, including for persons with disabilities and elderly people, and benefit from easy-to-understand and easy-to-use tools with high security, privacy and data protection standards.
eGovernment in the digital single market
Parliament emphasises that in order to strengthen the single market, it is necessary to carry out a digital transformation that increases the availability of online public services. Digitalisation should be an integral and integrated part of all government policies and administrative procedures. eGovernment should be the primary way in which government services function , while ensuring that public services are fully accessible for all.
The Commission and the Member States are invited, inter alia , to:
- encourage cross-border collaboration between public administrations and identify, analyse and publish best practices in eGovernment from Member States and other countries ;
- pay particular attention to the protection of personal data of individuals, especially sensitive data such as medical data and electoral rolls, and ensure that the provision of digital public services fully respects the General Data Protection Regulation;
- ensure the necessary infrastructure for broadband internet access, including fibre to the home, in particular with a view to ensuring stable broadband internet connectivity and coverage, especially on islands and in rural areas;
- implement the Digital Education Action Plan, including by publishing good practices from individual Member States and other countries;
- properly measure results to deliver benefits to individuals are real in terms of e-medical records and cross-border healthcare provision;
- improve the European e-Justice strategy and action plan for the period 2019-2023;
- present recommendations to allow individuals to monitor administrative processes that involve them and to engage with stakeholders in the design and delivery of eGovernment services.
The role of eGovernment in stimulating business, especially SMEs
The resolution underlined the importance of removing remaining barriers in the single market and emphasised that improving access to finance will encourage the entry and growth of innovative companies and foster competition. Members believe that eGovernment could help to speed up this transition. They also noted the importance of cross-border online access to information , administrative procedures and assistance services for EU businesses and consumers. They emphasised the need to ensure interoperability to avoid fragmentation and allow a seamless provision of digital services throughout the EU internal market.
Members called for the complete digitalisation of land registers as soon as possible and for significant progress to be made in simplifying applications for building permits and in shortening the deadlines for issuing them in each stage of a building’s development. They also called on the Commission to encourage interconnection between all Member States’ business registers to facilitate transparency and the availability of up-to-date information and financial reporting on companies and beneficial owners.
Member States are encouraged to establish GovTech programmes to promote transparency, innovation and benefits for users.
E-procurement and electronic customs
Members considered that full access to public procurement data could significantly improve public probity, promote innovation and support single market objectives. They stressed that the interoperability of procurement systems and open data systems can be useful to simplify the tasks of contracting authorities when conducting procurement procedures and to make business participation easier while increasing the efficiency and accountability of public procurement.
The resolution stressed that electronic customs procedures play a crucial role in the digitalisation of public services and that they are therefore beneficial for businesses operating in the single market as well as for consumers.
Towards a new eGovernment strategy
Parliament welcomed the Commission’s initiative to create European data spaces in various sectors, including health, justice and public procurement. It considered it crucial for these data spaces to be interoperable so that consumers and entrepreneurs, especially SMEs, can achieve their full potential.
The resolution underlined that digital public administration should be inclusive and by default easily and fully accessible for people with different needs, such as elderly people, people with disabilities or economically. It stressed the importance of the ‘digital by default’ principle, which means that public administrations should deliver services digitally. It also stressed that eGovernment should not lead to the exclusion of any user.
Faced with the development and use of artificial intelligence in eGovernment, that humans must continue to be central to decision-making and that they need to be able to override or reverse automated decisions.
Parliament called on the Commission to propose a new evidence-based long-term action plan for eGovernment with a quantified cost-benefit analysis, indicators and targets for delivering results for individuals and ensuring that modern public administration is fit for the digital age.
The new eGovernment strategy should aim to incorporate the ‘once-only’ principle (OOP), which will simplify contact with public authorities by enabling public entities to share data with each other so that information only needs to be entered once.
Documents
2023/04/17
EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
2023/03/14
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2023/03/14
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
2023/03/02
EP - Vote in committee
2022/12/01
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2022/11/09
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2022/10/05
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2022/06/15
EP - GRAPINI Maria (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in LIBE
2022/05/05
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2022/04/28
EP - SOKOL Tomislav (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in IMCO
Documents
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0105/2023
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0065/2023
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0065/2023
- Committee opinion: PE737.311
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE738.444
- Committee draft report: PE736.624
- Committee draft report: PE736.624
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE738.444
- Committee opinion: PE737.311
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0065/2023
Activities
- Heidi HAUTALA
- Edina TÓTH
Plenary Speeches (1)
Votes
Administration en ligne: accélérer la transition numérique des services publics qui étayent le fonctionnement du marché intérieur - A9-0065/2023 - Tomislav Sokol - Proposition de résolution #
2023/04/18 Outcome: +: 557, -: 50, 0: 36
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2022/2036(INI)
2022/11/09
IMCO
124 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) — having regard to the Tallinn Declaration on E-government from the ministerial meeting during the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU of 6 October 2017,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas citizens expect their interactions with the government to be as fast, efficient and seamless as those with other digital platforms such as the on-line purchasing platforms they use every day, according to the OECD; whereas each Member States should meet this expectation in a transparent and cost- effective way;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to create European data spaces in various sectors, including
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24 a. Stresses the need to improve assessment of the results, progress and impacts of open data policies; notes that from a government perspective, it remains critical to support investment to open up government data counting on a sound business case, to provide clear value propositions and present the potential benefits of facilitating open data use, and on ex-post assessments tools to show the realisation of such benefits; calls on the Commission to prepare and publish such in-depth assessment of progress and impacts;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 b (new) 24 b. Highlights that information security and privacy is a key challenge in promoting data sharing; Reminds the Expert Groups report findings about the limited trust currently existing between a given private company or civil-society organisation and the public-sector body as it comes to the storage, access and processing of data which further prevents those collaborations from happening; In this respect understands that data providers may not be comfortable to share their data in the absence of the information security and privacy; Calls on the Commission to firstly ensure significant improvement of security and privacy during the storage, access and processing of data in the public-sector before introducing new framework;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 c (new) 24 c. Calls on the Commission to follow the Expert Group report recommendations to carry out studies in order to obtain further empirical evidence, including of the macroeconomic and social benefits, of B2G data sharing for the public interest;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 d (new) 24 d. Highlights the existing positive examples in B2B and B2G data sharing; Calls on the Commission to test its goals using data-sharing pilots and sandboxes; Stresses that Commission should analyze efficiency and value for money of pilot projects the Union before financing any complex project related to the digital transformation, including data sharing;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 e (new) 24 e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the data- sharing culture, led by example and share their data in the visible, users friendly, transparent and easily automated process;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 f (new) 24 f. Reminds the protection of data ownership and that data-sharing does not imply that data should be shared for free;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Underlines that digital public administration should be inclusive and easily accessible for people with different needs, such as elderly people and people with disabilities; reminds Member States of their obligations under the Web Accessibility Act, while encouraging them to go beyond the minimums required by it; asks Member States to increase the rate of active testing of services for accessibility by third parties and associations;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Underlines that digital public administration should be inclusive and easily accessible for people with different needs, such as elderly people
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Underlines that digital public administration should be inclusive and easily a
Amendment 11 #
B a. whereas public services should also be fully accessible offline, for people who cannot or do not wish to use online services
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25 a. At the same time, stresses the need for support to begiven to those citizens who are unable or unwilling to complete all government procedures online; asks all governments to ensure that services are available to help these citizens to complete administration tasks despite their limitations; underlines that eGovernment should not lead to the exclusion of citizens without digital skills;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25 a. Emphasises the ongoing importance of the ‘digital by default’ principle: public administrations should deliver services digitally as the preferred option while keeping other offline options open for those unable or unwilling to use digital services;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25 a. Highlights the importance of the development of digital public services that are environmentally friendly, sustainable by design, durable, repairable, and interoperable, both on a hardware and a software level;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 b (new) 25 b. Underlines that humans must continue to be central to decision-making; stresses the need for humans to be able to override or reverse automated decisions; notes the frustration of citizens went faced with unsolvable errors in data entry forms on government websites and therefore the inability to submit forms online;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 c (new) 25 c. Asks the Member States to ensure that their legal frameworks support and allow the use of digital solutions wherever possible, including the use of digital signatures and the submission of digital copies of documents instead of original physical documents;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Acknowledges that an analysis is needed of the implementation of the EU eGovernment Action Plan 2016 – 2020 in order to gain insight into its efficiency and results; calls on the Commission to report to Parliament on the implementation of the Plan;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Emphasises the importance of the continuity of European eGovernment policies; calls on the Commission to propose a new evidence-based long-term action plan for eGovernment
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27 a. Reminds that public administrations have a responsibility towards citizens to exercise care in their use of public spending in all areas, including digitalisation of public services and that maximising the effectiveness and efficiency of expenditure in digitalisation secures the greatest value from spending decisions and helps to avoid waste, errors, fraud and corruption; Stresses that it is therefore necessary to monitor and enhance the principles of good financial governance, plan, publish and monitor national and European spending on digitalisation;.
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27 a. Calls that long-term action plan for eGovernment should overcome a stereotype of a public sector that only engages with citizens when it needs something from them (e.g. “don’t call us, we’ll call you”), the action plan should deliver solutions about improving citizens’ user experience when they are interacting with governments, in line with the OECD policy paper on Open, Useful and Re- usable data (OURdata) Index: 2019;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas in line with Regulation (EU) 2021/241 on establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility, each Member States should dedicate 20 % of
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27 a. Emphasises that the largest number of interactions between citizens and governments is at the local and regional level; considers that especial focus and support should be given to local government who often do not have the skills or funding to fully adopt eGovernment solutions; stresses that this should be key part of any future e- government action plan;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) 27 b. Acknowledges that as collecting information is in principle more expensive and burdensome than sharing already collected information, new eGovernment strategy should aim to and incorporate the “once-only” principle, which in the context of the public sector means that citizens and businesses supply diverse data only once to a public administration;.
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) 27 b. Notes the problem of a lack of ICT experts within governments and the competition for trained employees with the private sector; asks the Commission to take this into account and to help seek potential ways to encourage ICT professionals to work for the public sector;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 c (new) 27 c. Welcomes the Commission´s work on the “JoinUp” platform and the European Interoperability Framework (EIF); believes that common tools, sharing of best practices and joint software projects between different administrative can cut costs and increase the speed of digitisation; underlines that the 2017 EIF v3 should be revised and a new EIF v4 proposed soon; welcomes the work on a European Interoperability Framework for Smart Cities and Communities (EIF4SCC);
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 d (new) 27 d. Stresses the need to measure the results of digitalisation also in comparison to the global scale in order to properly assess the progress delivered; calls on the Commission to regularly measure international indices under the eGovernment strategy and identify Unions strengths and weaknesses; considers mainly indicators such as OECD digital government Index, World Bank GovTech Maturity Index and United Nations E- Government Survey;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas it is estimated that around 42 % of Europeans lack basic digital skills, necessitating information campaigns and training for citizens to access public services online;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas it is estimated that around 42 % of Europeans lack basic digital skills with decreasing trend;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) E a. whereas over the past years, during the COVID-19 pandemic, European governments have set up digital modules to organize testing, vaccination and travel registration in a secure yet easy-to-use digital environment;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas accessible and interoperable data in public procurement will also help to fight fraud
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas accessible and interoperable data in public procurement will help
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas digital registration of businesses can encourage a proliferation of letterbox companies resulting in regulatory regime shopping, races to the bottom and social dumping, as well as veiling criminal behaviour such as corruption, fraud, money laundering and tax evasion;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 b (new) — having regard to the United Nations 2022 E-Government Study,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas the Covid 19 pandemic massively increased the use and acceptance of eGovernment services by the general public;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. Whereas the proportion of women employed in STEM in Europe remains alarmingly low.1a _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product s-eurostat-news/-/edn-20220211-2
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that in order to strengthen the single market, it is necessary to carry out a digital transformation that increases the availability of online public services, and open government data; Recalls that eGovernment should improve public service delivery, improve citizen engagement, enhance government openness, and provide a data-driven basis for stronger government accountability; recalls that eGovernment facilitates relationships with citizens, businesses, employees and governments, and calls for the establishment of a European digital identity;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that, in order to
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that in order to strengthen the single market, it is necessary to carry out a digital transformation that increases the availability of online public services; recalls that eGovernment facilitates relationships with citizens, businesses, employees
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Emphasises that in order to strengthen the single market, it is necessary to carry out a digital transformation that increases the availability of online public services; recalls that eGovernment facilitates relationships with citizens, businesses, employees and governments
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Recognises the added value that open source software can bring to eGovernment systems; underlines in particular its role in avoiding vendor lock- in effects; highlights the importance of open source in sharing and reusing IT solutions among public administrations in order to provide more transparent and cost-efficient digital services to individuals and businesses in Europe; recognises also the potential of open source for improving security by allowing vulnerabilities to be identified and fixed; demands that software developed for eGovernment services is made publicly available under an open-source software licence;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Emphasis that digital transformation should contribute to better law making in all sectors within the single market; mainly considering better data- based assessment of the current and planned regulations, more effective identification of regulatory gaps and unjustified barriers; calls on the Commission and Member States to take advantage of digitalisation and deliver better measurable indicators for the impacts and results of the projects, regulations, and investments;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Stresses that digitalisation should be an integral and integrated part of all government policies and administrative procedures; believes that eGovernment should be the primary way for the functioning of government services;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to continue encouraging cross-border collaboration among public administrations with ongoing rewards such as the “Sharing and reuse awards”,1a _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/isa2/awards_en/
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 a (new) — having regard to the Tallinn Ministerial Declaration on eGovernment of 06 October 2017,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Firmly believes that the further development of digital public services can significantly contribute to the reduction of administrative barriers for entrepreneurs, especially micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs); calls on the Member States to involve people outside the public sector in the governance and development process towards a digitally mature and a data-driven public sector; reminds that according to the OECD Recommendation of the Council on Open Government (2017), such stakeholder participation can build government accountability, expand citizens’ empowerment and influence on decisions, increase civic capacity, improve the evidence base for policy making, reduce implementation costs, and tap on wider networks and ecosystems for innovation in policy making and service delivery; calls on Member States to redouble their efforts to further digitalise public services;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Stresses that execution, implementation and monitoring of the strategies and plans need to be addressed as well in order to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of results; underlines to need to share best practices from EU and other developed countries also for this phase; Points out on the example of the New Zealand’s Better Business Cases, a methodology to enable smart investment decisions for public value, which involves the use of a business case to demonstrate that a proposed investment is strategically aligned, represents value for money and is achievable. Using it should allow decision-makers to invest with confidence, reduce the costs and time for developing business cases; calls on the Commission to promptly publish e-government best practices from the Members States and other countries;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Believes that digital government services should be continuously updated to the needs of citizens; underlines that accepting and applying user input and feedback should be standard part of the working of all administrations;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises that the provision of digital public services implies the use of personal data, and therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to pay special attention to the protection of citizens’ personal data, including in connection with data transfer agreements with third countries; calls on the Commission not to compromise the high level of personal-data protection to which Member State citizens are entitled; calls on the Commission to foster the development of sovereign European digital infrastructure guaranteeing that the rights of European users, and the security of their data, will be protected;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises that the provision of digital public services implies the use of personal data, and therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to pay special attention to the protection of citizens’ personal data, particularly sensitive data such as medical data and electoral records, stresses that the highest levels of data protection are necessary to encourage trust in institutions and digital public services and promote participation;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises that the provision of digital public services implies the use of personal data, and therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to pay special attention to the protection of
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises that the provision of digital public services implies the use of personal data, and therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to pay special attention to the protection of citizens’ personal data and act in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Underlines that due to the nature of the personal data held by governments and the potential harm to an individual if such data was misused or leaked online, digital public services must be subject to the highest security standards; believes that this should include the compartmentalising of sensitive data such as biometrics;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 a (new) — having regards to the OECD study The E-Leaders Handbook on the Governance of Digital Government;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Stresses that digital solutions and simplified and exceptional administrative processes and measures adopted during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis should be maintained; believes the continued ability to complete administrative procedures solely through digital means would continue the efficiencies developed and prevent the return to slower and sometimes more costly “traditional” procedures including practices and paperwork shown to be unnecessary during the crisis;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that connectivity and stable broadband internet coverage, especially on islands and in rural areas,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that broadband internet coverage, especially on islands and in rural areas, is of key importance for the development of eGovernment; calls on the Commission, therefore, to complete the necessary infrastructure for broadband internet access in cooperation with the Member States; highlights the high cybersecurity risks with regard to submarine cables in particular; calls on Member States to redouble their efforts to protect them;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that broadband internet coverage, especially on islands and in rural areas
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that broadband internet coverage, especially on islands and in rural areas, is of key importance for the development of eGovernment; calls on the Commission, therefore, to
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Points out that without improvements to digital skills and digital literacy, the European digital single market cannot be built; invites the Commission, therefore, to robustly implement the Digital Education Action Plan;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Points out that without improvements to digital skills and digital literacy, as well as an awareness of Member States' extreme dependence on third countries and the means to rectify that, the European digital single market cannot be built; invites the Commission, therefore, to robustly implement the Digital Education Action Plan;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Points out that without improvements to digital skills and digital literacy, especially for women, seniors, people with disabilities and economically disadvantaged communities, the European digital single market cannot be built; invites the Commission, therefore, to robustly implement the Digital Education Action Plan;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Reminds the efficiency of digital trainings provided by the employers in the form of learning-by-doing; points out that the non-formal learning in the workplace should deliver digital skills tailored to the market needs, therefore such learning should be equivalently recognised, promoted, assessed and measured;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Points out that EU students are behind the developed countries in terms of education outcomes. Calls on the Member States to measure and improve the students´ performance, particularly in maths and science; reminds that these deficits in the scientific education system risk making it harder for the next generation of Europeans to find well-paid and highly productive employment opportunities;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 26 b (new) — having regard to the Berlin Declaration on DigitalSociety and Value- based Digital government of 8 December 2020,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Reminds that the monitoring of the digitalisation, including eGovernment, should not be focused only on the direct deliverables (outputs) but primarily on the immediate effect on direct recipients (results) and long-term changes in society (impact); believes that measuring results and impact requires greater focus and Commission should dedicate sufficient expertise and resources to it given the massive public resources and the priority of this EU objective;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. Reminds that digitalization should not be the goal in itself, but rather the tool for the results to deliver for citizens; Points out that digitalisation should provide less bureaucracy and quicker, less financially demanding and more efficient public administration and if used in a good way, digitalisation has the potential to enhance the quality of education, health or public administration, but if implemented in a wrong way, it can harm public budgets;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the ambitious digital targets set out in the policy programme for 2030 entitled ‘The Road to the Digital Decade’;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Believes that e-health has untapped potential, and therefore welcomes the Commission’s intention to create a European health data space; emphasises, furthermore, that e-medical records are extremely useful for stimulating cross- border research and providing cross-border healthcare; urges the Commission and Member States to properly measure the results in order to deliver benefits to citizens and create a base for comparisons and best practices identification; believes that such measurable indicators should include targets for decrease in standardised preventable and treatable mortality rate, years of live expectancy at birth or costs of patient care;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Believes that e-health has untapped potential, and therefore welcomes the Commission’s intention to create a European health data space; emphasises, furthermore, that e-medical records are extremely useful for stimulating cross- border research
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Believes that e-health has untapped potential, and therefore welcomes the Commission’s intention to create a European health data space; emphasises, furthermore, that e-medical records are extremely useful for stimulating cross- border research and providing cross-border healthcare; believes it necessary to ensure that e-health services meet high safety standards, requiring human supervision;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Believes that e-health has untapped potential, and therefore welcomes the Commission’s intention to create a European health data
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Believes that e-health has untapped potential, and therefore welcomes the Commission’s intention to create a European health data space; emphasises, furthermore, that e-medical records
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the Commission to collect and facilitate the exchange of technologies, experiences, lessons and best practices relevant to eGovernment during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly relating to accessibility and data protection, in order to build resilient institutions prepared for future crises;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Points out that the aim of e-justice is to improve and simplify access to information in the field of justice, as well as to support the digitalisation of cross- border judicial and extrajudicial procedures; notes, however, that during the coronavirus pandemic, consumers and entrepreneurs had limited access to courts; believes therefore that the European e- Justice Strategy and Action Plan 2019- 2023 must be upgraded with
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Emphasises that the electronic enforcement procedure can both significantly reduce the costs of
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Deems it necessary to link the
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Calls on the Commission to present recommendations to enable Members States to processes and means to allow individuals to monitor administrative processes that involve them and engage with stakeholders in the design and delivery of eGovernment services.
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10 b. Notes European citizens overwhelming use mobile devices today and many now lack of a fixed desktop or full size laptop; stresses that government websites and services should be fully compatible with mobile browsers and the limited screen size on most devices; equally notes the declining ownership of printers and asks governments to ensure that forms can be completed, signed and submitted without the need to print;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10 c. Notes that due to the lack of physical copies of government documents, the need for governments to provide a secure cloud storage of official documents and to ensure that all documents are maintained and not deleted unless by the citizen themselves; stresses the need for a legal way for families to access official documents for deceased family members, including property, tax, and other vital records.
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 2 The role of eGovernment in
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Underlines the importance of removing remaining barriers in the single market, improvement of the access to finance and set-up of the pro-competition reforms to encourage the entry and growth of innovative companies´; believes that eGovernment could help to speed up this transition; notes also the importance of cross-
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas further digitalisation of public administration should enable lower
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Underlines the importance of cross- border online access to information, administrative procedures and assistance services for EU businesses and consumers; emphasises in this respect the need to ensure interoperability by default for both hardware and software to avoid fragmentation and allow a seamless provision of digital services across the EU internal market;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Emphasises the role of eGovernment in issuing building permits; believes that significant progress should be made in shortening the deadlines for issuing building permits in each stage of the development, from building permit to final inspection;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Emphasises the role of eGovernment in issuing building permits; believes that significant progress should be made to make applying for a building permit simpler and in shortening the deadlines for issuing building permits;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission to encourage interconnection between all Member States’ business registers to facilitate transparency and the availability of up-to-date information
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Reminds that unprecedented investments to digitalisation, including eGoverment attract illicit behaviour; Calls on the Commission and the Member States for transparent and free access to public data, contracts, documents, databases, including free access to the business registers, financial statements of companies and beneficial ownership information which helps to fight corruption, including misuse of the EU resources;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Underlines the importance of creating and enforcing a comprehensive and coherent EU definition of genuine economic activity for businesses in order to prevent the proliferation of letterbox companies and to protect EU social and fiscal objectives from artificial corporate avoidance structures;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Emphasises the important role that GovTech plays in developing eGovernment innovations, highlights its main aspects: citizen-centric public services that are universally accessible, a whole-of-government approach to digital government transformation, and simple, efficient and transparent government systems; encourages Member States to establish GovTech programmes to
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Supports the greater automation of internal governmental services and between governments, regulators and private businesses; stresses the need for governments to create application programming interfaces allowing for the direct submission and collection of data via automated or other means;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15 b. Supports the creation of government sandboxes for testing new ways to engage with citizens and to seek innovations in eGovernment;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 c (new) 15 c. Encourages governments to be more data-driven and to use available data to better predict and adapt to citizens demands and needs;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas public services should
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16 a. Anticipates the launch of the Once-Only Principle (OOP) in 2023; points out that the OOP will simplify the contact with public authorities as it enables public entities to share citizen data with each other, so information only needs to be entered once; stresses that the OOP will reduce administrative burdens both for citizens and for businesses as already provided information can be reused and public authorities will be able to communicate with each other, thus facilitating more efficient procedures in general, but also cross-border;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Considers that full access to public procurement data could significantly improve public probity, promote innovation and support single market objectives, as well as improve transparency and accountability in public spending and increase value for money; regrets the extensive time to adopt final decisions in some Member States resulting in lower effectiveness of the procedures; calls on the Commission, in this respect, to consider including public procurement in the list of ‘high-value datasets’ under Open Data Directive (EU) 2019/1024, while respecting data protection requirements and the confidentiality of commercial secrets; Calls on the Commission to evaluate the efficiency of the public procurement rules as to their time- efficiency and to publish best practices in this regards;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Considers that full access to public procurement data could significantly improve public probity, promote innovation and support single market objectives, as well as improve transparency and accountability in public spending; calls on the Commission, in this respect, to consider including public procurement in the list of ‘high-value datasets’ under Open Data Directive (EU) 2019/1024, while respecting data protection requirements
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17 b. Notes that contracting authorities using e-procurement reported savings between 5% and 20%; Believes that e- procurement can also lead to environmental benefits if relying on sustainable and energy-efficient digital infrastructure, processes and software; Calls on the Commission to properly assess the environmental benefits of e- procurement;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to create a European data space for public procurement as a cornerstone of the future public procurement data strategy; regrets the lack of any European ambition to foster the emergence of world-class data centres and sovereign clouds in the Member States; considers that improved publication of procurement data above and below EU thresholds as well as better quality and aligned data sources and formats will particularly help the Commission in this task;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18 a. Notes 12 public procurement indicators under the Single Market Scoreboard; calls on the Commission to regularly identify best practices in order to improve the overall score of the Member States, including in the e- procurement and digital innovations;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19 a. Underlines that the Commission estimates that e-Procurement is used in only 5-10% of procurement procedures carried out across the EU; Emphasizes that next to the setting the right technical infrastructure, tools and standards, transition towards a full e-procurement system needs requires investments in trainings and capacity buildings for public purchasers;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Recognises the importance of innovation procurement,
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Recognises the importance of innovation procurement, and encourages the Member States to integrate it into the general e-procurement framework; calls on the Member States to improve the interoperability of procurement systems, implement advanced technologies
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas public services should be fully accessible online, including for persons with disabilities
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20 a. Reminds that eGovernment systems must remain open to everyone; recalls that open standards ensure equal access to contracts for software providers, improved flexibility, sustainable costs and innovation for public authorities; calls, therefore, on the Commission and Members States to use open standards by default for software interoperability, data and document formats;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20 b. Emphasises the need for gender- responsive public procurement for digital public administration services to ensure the reduction of gender inequalities;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Notes that unsuccessful parties in public procurement tenders, including electronic tenders,
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21 a. Emphasises the role of open source in Europe’s digital sovereignty and in preventing vendor lock-in, by allowing sharing and reusing of IT solutions;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to monitor and make publicly available data on the use of open source technologies among public administrations;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Considers that electronic customs procedures play a crucial role in the digitalisation of public services and that they are therefore beneficial for businesses operating in the single market as well as for consumers; considers that electronic customs procedures can contribute to a well-functioning digital single market and to a more efficient exchange of data between the Member State authorities;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23 a. Urges the Commission to use gender-responsive public procurement wherever possible, and particularly in eGovernment procurement processes.1a _________________ 1a https://eige.europa.eu/gender- mainstreaming/toolkits/grpp/what-gender- responsive-public-procurement
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to create European data spaces in various sectors, including health, justice and public procurement; considers it crucial for these data spaces to be interoperable so that consumers and entrepreneurs, especially SMEs, can achieve their full potential; points out that the interoperability of data spaces should be the starting point for all future digitalisation strategies; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal bas
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that eGovernment has the potential to improve the quality and efficiency of public services, reflecting as it does the complex interplay between society and technology; strongly believes that eGovernment should be compliant with fundamental rights, in particular the rights to non-discrimination, privacy and data protection; its aim is increased political participation by EU citizens and greater administrative efficiency.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that in-person
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that in-person
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that in-person help should be
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that in-person help should be provided to EU citizens to help them access public services, especially persons with disabilities and elderly people, but also to mitigate low levels of digital literacy
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Notes that in 2022, only 54% of Europeans have basic digital skills; recalls that the automation of rights would facilitate significant improvements in administrative procedures for citizens and businesses.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Access to government or other essential services, shall not be restricted or hindered for natural persons not using eGovernment services.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Access to government or other essential services, shall not be restricted or hindered for natural persons not using eGovernment services.
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Recalls that the digitalisation of public services goes hand in hand with the guarantee of a stable and quality network coverage for all European citizens; calls on Member States to pay particular attention to the quality of networks in rural areas.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Takes note of the role of AI in eGovernment; is concerned that AI risks reinforcing existing discrimination, inequalities and social exclusion and misidentifying or incorrectly classifying individuals belonging to certain groups; calls for effective remedies to be put in place including human checks, while preventing discrimination due to automation and improving the quality and design of datasets; emphasizes that a greater diversity of coder profiles in the IT professions will allow for greater inclusiveness and better representation of individuals in the coded algorithms; points out that only 12% of AI researchers in the world are women.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that eGovernment has the potential to improve the quality and efficiency of public services;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for eGovernment services to be reliable and to have very high standards of security with human oversight in order to prevent data leaks, data security breaches, and unauthorised and unproportioned access to personal data; stresses that the trust of citizens in eGovernance will only work by ensuring the digital sovereignty of the European union to guarantee the security of data processing and storage.
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for eGovernment services to be reliable and to have very high standards of security with human oversight in order to prevent data leaks, data security breaches, and unauthorised and unproportioned access to personal data; calls for transparency regarding any breaches of data security, whilst taking into account national security and public order requirements;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for eGovernment services to be reliable and to have very high standards of security with human oversight in order to prevent data leaks, data security breaches, and unauthorised and unproportioned access to personal data, so as to guarantee that EU citizens retain control over personal data;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Emphasises the importance of the continuity of European eGovernment policies; calls on the Commission to consider all challenges with regard to data protection and discrimination when proposing a new long-term action plan for eGovernment and in the implementation of the European Digital Compass to ensure that modern public administration is fit for the digital age and that in 2030 all key public services will be available online in a secured, safe and non- discriminatory way;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that eGovernment has the potential to improve the quality
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Strongly believes that eGovernment should be compliant with fundamental rights, in particular the rights to non-discrimination, privacy and data protection; calls for rigorous oversight by data protection authorities and for proper training of public officials; Emphasizes that governments, which make use of personal data in fulfilling its eGovernment commitments, must set a good example by promoting a data protection culture within its various departments, in order to create trust amongst citizens to use eGovernment services and tools provided; calls, therefore, on public authorities to supporting their data protection officers properly, providing clear and complete information on its websites, and investing in well-secured ICT;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that there have been substantial technological transformations in public services with an increase in direct online communications with EU citizens and the use of new IT tools, in a bid to improve the quality and range of services for EU citizens; calls for rigorous oversight by data protection authorities and for proper training of public officials, as well as modernisation of public administration, which needs to focus on improving the efficiency, effectiveness and speed of services for EU citizens;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that there have been substantial technological transformations in public services with an increase in direct online communications with EU citizens and the use of new IT tools; calls
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Firmly believes that the European Digital Identity will be an excellent tool to facilitate eGovernement services in a secured and safe way for both internal and cross-border use; believes that the European Digital Identity Wallet, based on principles as data minimisation and purpose limitation, will allow citizens to rely on eGovernment services, with full protection of their fundamental rights and data protection; calls, therefore, on the Member States to encourage the uptake of the European Digital Identity and to raise awareness amongst their citizens;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that in-person help should be provided to EU citizens to help them access public services, making them more transparent, accountable and accessible, especially for persons with disabilities and elderly people, but also to mitigate low levels of digital literacy and poor internet coverage;
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