Asociación Multisectorial de Empresas de la Electrónica, las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación, de las Telecomunicaciones y de los Contenidos Digitales
AMETIC
Defensa de los legítimos intereses de los asociados, tanto industriales como de servicios, en todos sus ámbitos, así como promover el desarrollodel sector económico y empresarial incluido en la Asociación y cooperar para la definición y fomento de tales intereses
ID: 240327652351-26
Lobbying Activity
Response to Report on the review of the Digital Decade Policy Programme
22 Dec 2025
AMETIC, represents the main companies of the IT sector. Feedback on current DDPP objectives and targets Relevance and completeness: The four cardinal points (skills, infrastructures, business digitalisation, public services) remain valid and comprehensive. The legal framework (Decision (EU) 2022/2481) and the KPI Implementing Decision provide clarity and comparability across Member States. Execution gap: The 2024 and 2025 State of the Digital Decade (SDD) reports show the EU is offtrajectory in several areashighquality connectivity (FTTP/VHCN and 5G StandAlone), enterprise uptake of cloud/AI/data analytics, semiconductors, and the availability of ICT specialistscalling for strengthened collective action and better alignment of funding and governance. Spain as an illustrative case: Spain performs strongly in digital public services and AI uptake by enterprises, while cloud adoption among firms and the share of ICT specialists remain below EU expectations. This duality underlines the need to place talent and SME adoption at the centre of acceleration policies. 2) How to accelerate progress A. Talent at scale: Talent 360 National Network of Digital Talent Observatories: realtime labour intelligence (by region/sector), feeding curriculum updates, reskilling incentives and hiring policies; integrated with employment and statistics services; publishing open dashboards for policy and industry use. Inclusive Reskilling Alliance: DigCompbased microcredentials for adults (women in STEM, 45+, rural talent, migrants), delivered through local centres/EDIHs with strong industry placement. Certification recognised via the Sectoral Joint Structure (EPS) to ensure portability and employer trust. Talent Spain Tech 2030: attraction/retention of advanced talent (returnees and digital nomads), scholarships and industrial placements in AI, cybersecurity, data and cloud; stronger universityindustry pathways and dual models. B. SME adoption flywheel Public procurement as a lever: require DDPPaligned outcomes (skills certification, secure cloud, data governance, accessibility) in relevant calls and framework contracts. 3) Keep, adjust or deprioritise and why Keep: 80% of EU citizens with at least basic digital skills and 20 million ICT specialists add quality & equity lenses (posttraining employment at 6/12 months; female participation; recognition via microcredentials). 4) New areas for monitoring and targetsetting (indicator proposals) Talent quality & inclusion: posttraining employment (6/12 months); % women and 45+ in digital tracks; # microcredentials issued/recognised (EPS); DigComp proficiency distribution in adult population. Ecosystem traction: # pledges and people trained per year via the Digital Skills & Jobs Coalition; bestpractice replications; followup metrics for Digital Skills Awards Spain (replication/scale). 5) Governance and implementation; reducing administrative burden Onestop DDPP windows (EU & national) with interoperable templates a report once, use many times principle across DDPP/RRF/Cohesion/DIGITAL/CEF/Horizon, and autopopulation from authoritative registers to reduce compliance costs. Formal seats for the National Digital Skills & Jobs Coalition and the Sectoral Joint Structure (EPS) in DDPP national steering bringing social partners and industry directly into skills pipelines, certifications and sector curricula decisions. 6) Stakeholder engagement; regional & local authorities (RLAs) Create Territorial DDPP Councils (regions, cities, employers, unions, academia, EDIHs, civil society) to codesign reskilling itineraries, coselect MCP priorities, and channel local case studies into national policy via the Coalition/EPS. Use AlianzaTalento as a national exchange platform that showcases RLA success stories and links them to funding and procurement opportunities; integrate outcomes into the annual DDPP reporting cycle.
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