On 2 July 2024, the European Commission released the second report on the State of the Digital Decade. The report analyses the collective progress made by the EU towards achieving Europe's digital transition until 2030.
The report includes the specific Digital Decade Country Reports that have a closer look at each Member State's individual achievements over the last year. The Digital Decade Country Reports contain country specific recommendations that should guide each Member State in its digital transformation until 2030.
The Commission's overall analysis shows that, in the current scenario, the collective efforts of Member States will fall short of the EU's level of ambition and thus calls Member States for strengthened action to achieve the 2030 goals in digital infrastructure, digital transformation of businesses, digital skills and digitalisation of public services.
Luxembourg's indicators: connectivity infrastructure and high share of ICT specialists as key strengths
In the 2024's report, Luxembourg is praised by the Commission as bringing "a very strong contribution to the EU's Digital Decade objectives and targets". Luxembourg's active collaboration at EU level is furthermore pointed out.
Regarding technological leadership and competitiveness, Luxembourg can rely on a strong connectivity infrastructure with very high level of coverage in VHCN (94.7%) and 5G (99.6%) compared to the EU average. Luxembourg's connectivity infrastructure constitutes one of its key strengths. However, the adoption of advanced technologies such as cloud, AI and data analytics by businesses, especially by small ones, remains a challenge for Luxembourg. The basic level of digital intensity of Luxembourgish SMEs (57.8%) follows the EU trend.
Regarding protecting and empowering EU people and society, Luxembourg can count on a very large number of ICT specialists in employment (8.0%) compared to the EU average. However, the percentage of the population in Luxembourg having at least basic digital skills (60.1%), while still above the EU average, is at risk of not meeting the 2030 target. When it comes to the number of online public services for both citizens (94.8) and businesses (96.7), Luxembourg scores very high compared to the EU averages and is already close to the 2030 EU targets. Although all citizens in Luxembourg have access to their electronic health record by default, there remains room for improvement when it comes to the availability of electronic medical data where Luxembourg (76.1) still scores slightly below the EU average.
Regarding the twin transition, the Commission acknowledges Luxembourg's efforts to contribute to the general objectives related to energy efficiency of the digital sector and the use of digital technologies for energy efficiency and sustainability of products and processes.
Member States now have time to review and adjust their national roadmaps, considering the Commission recommendations, to align with the ambition of the Digital Decade Policy Programme.
Concrete action at national level to achieve our objectives
On the national level, the implementation of the Digital Decade Policy Programme is coordinated by the Department of Media, Connectivity and Digital Policy and is executed through an interministerial effort, supervised by the interministerial committee on digital policy.
The revision of the Digital Decade national strategic roadmap for Luxembourg until 2030 has been launched in June 2024 and includes a public stakeholder consultation on the current version of the national strategic roadmap for Luxembourg which is open for contributions until 23 July 2024. The consultation can be accessed at https://www.zesumme-vereinfachen.lu/en-GB/projects/stakeholder-consultation-digital-decade.
Luxembourg appreciates the ambition of the country specific recommendations and will consider these in the ongoing revision of the national roadmap.
You can access the entire 2024 Report on the State of the Digital Decade on the website of the European Commission. For the Luxembourg 2024 Digital Decade Country Report, please refer to this source.
Released by the Department of Media, Connectivity and Digital Policy