The German Presidency of the European Union submitted a "Berlin Declaration on the Digital Society and Value-Based Digital Transformation" to the member states.
Adopted in December 2020 by the ministers of the EU member states responsible for the digitization of public administration, this Berlin Declaration proposed common guidelines for digital transformation in Europe, articulated around seven commitments.
- Respect for fundamental rights and democratic values in the digital world
- Promoting social participation and inclusion
- Promotion of digital skills
- Confidence in digital technology through security
- Digital sovereignty and interoperability
- Innovative human-centered technologies
- Resilience and sustainability
The report provides initial results based on a battery of 44 indicators. " These indicators will evolve over the next few years to better reflect the actions of administrations in relation to the most recent technological advances.
The Gazette des Communes has studied the report. It observes that "France is well rated on the promotion of fundamental rights and democratic values in the digital world (93%, against an EU average of 72%), thanks in particular to the existence of the National Digital Council and the drafting of an educational kit for digital citizens carried out by the CNIL and Arcom .
It also receives a good score on the trust created by online security, enabled by FranceConnect and the existence of a governmental open data portal, as well as work to raise awareness about user access to the data they generate.However, France is far from the European average in terms of accessibility of its services for the general public: it obtains an average score of 40% when the EU average is close to 70%, according to the findings of the National Interoperability Framework Observatory (NIFO), a European organization. It also still has progress to make on the implementation of automated decisions. While the transparency of personal decisions made by administrations using algorithms is guaranteed by law, France is far from achieving the same level of implementation of artificial intelligence standards and consideration of the human element (22%, compared to an average of more than 40% in other countries).Références :
