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integral role. Connectivity will become the Small Business Act for Europe
new ‘lifeblood’ of our society, and the impact
of new technologies will induce a paradigm
shift in existing industries and trigger the
emergence of new industries and ecosystems,
where the nature of ICT as cross-sectoral and
pervasive infrastructure means that policies
need to go beyond traditional models.
European level – Digital transformation and
its impact on industries, markets and societies
are long-standing issues for the European
Commission and national governments.
At the European level, this has led to a wide
range of comprehensive policy initiatives,
aiming at keeping Europe at the forefront of
the digital transformation era.
Digital technologies as enablers for
competitiveness, entrepreneurship
and innovation are highlighted in the
Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan,
encouraging the digital transformation of
Europe. Initiatives like European Innovation
Partnerships and Public-Private Partnerships
are examples of initiatives aiming at addressing
not only their targeted areas, but identifying
any need for developing European policies
going forward.
At the top of the European agenda are
industrial policies for the globalization era,
where a digital agenda for Europe is a key
component building an innovation union:
EU 2020 flagship initiatives 3
Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan
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Technology Trends
Technology is the driving factor of the digital
transformation leading to fundamental
changes in societies and economies. ICT
standards have been available on a horizontal
level and function as enablers for new
innovative technology integration toward
highly innovative vertical systems. In addition,
specific vertical standardization activities
contribute to promoting and facilitating
3. http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/europe-2020-in-a-nutshell/flagship-initiatives
4. http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/promoting-entrepreneurship/action-plan
5. http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/business-friendly-environment/small-business-act
6. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32012R1025&from=HR
8 7. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52015DC0192&from=EN
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Among policies and initiatives specifically
framing ETSI activities as a European
standardization organization are:
Regulation (EU) 1025/2012 on European
Standardization (2012), setting basic
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principles for the European standardization
system including transparency and
inclusiveness, and identifying the
framework for ICT standardization that to a
large extent defines the role of ETSI
The Digital Single Market strategy for
Europe (2015), with its 16 specific action
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programmes, addressing a number of
areas of strategic operation interest to ETSI
Upgrading the Single Market (2015), with
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its ambition amongst other actions to
modernize the European Standardization
System
Cybersecurity Strategy of the European
Union (2013), providing an overall
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strategic framework for the EU initiatives
on cybersecurity, identifying relations to
on-going ICT standardization work in order
to serve the needs of industry vertical
sectors and critical economic sectors
The Radio Equipment Directive (RED)
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(2014), being at the core domain of ETSI
activities
Network Information Security (NIS)
Directive (2015), outlining security needs
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and links to standards
All these are areas to support the enabling
of the digital transformation and hence the
development of a Digital Single Market.
the adoption of new technologies and their
market penetration. Such activities include, for
instance, specific process standards, reference
architectures and architecture frameworks,
standards landscaping and roadmaps, and use
cases.
Technology trends arise at an ever increasing
pace and those here of strategic importance