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Josephine Schnee
Project officer
Disclaimer: This text has been automatically translated and may contain inaccuracies.
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The project Inclusive digitalization in the EU (IDEU) has set itself the goal of actively involving EU citizens in the digital transformation process and collecting their opinions on EU digital policy. The focus is on digital inclusion to ensure that no one is left behind in the digital future.
Despite important advances in EU digital legislation, such as Digital Markets Act and that Digital Services Act , the digital divide remains a key problem that particularly affects disadvantaged groups.
IDEU gives citizens a strong voice and turns them into crucial actors in shaping a fair and inclusive digital society.
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Inclusive digitalization in the EU – The project
Digital citizen participation serves to collect perspectives and experiences from different EU countries and to develop concrete recommendations for action for political decision-makers as part of a crowdsourcing process.
Six European countries are taking part in digital crowdsourcing: Spain, Germany, Belgium, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania. These countries were selected for their historical, economic and digital diversity to provide a differentiated picture of the digital reality in Europe.
Digital transformation is fundamentally changing how we live, work, learn and communicate with each other. It opens up new freedoms and rights and enables EU citizens to interact across geographical and social borders.
As part of the Europe’s Digital Decade 2030 clear goals are pursued to make digital transformation accessible to everyone. This includes promoting digital skills, expanding safe and sustainable infrastructures and digitizing companies and public services.
Despite these efforts, a central challenge remains: digital transformation can not only advance technologically, but also must socially fair be designed. Right here sets Inclusive digitalization in the EU to. The project ensures that citizens are actively involved in shaping the digital future.
Inclusive digitalization in the EU goes beyond political framework conditions and contributes to ensuring that digital transformation is not just top-down, but rather together with the citizens takes place. This will make Europe’s digital future more inclusive and fair.
All citizens are invited to participate in the crowdsourcing process and contribute their experiences and ideas on digital transformation. Together we can shape a digital future that excludes no one.
The first of four participation phases has already begun.
Siegburg, the lively district town in the heart of the Rhein-Sieg district, relies on innovative forms of citizen participation - especially in the digital area. With a modern approach, Siegburg promotes active participation in urban development via the digital platform siegburg. mitmachen. de . This digital participation model enables citizens to take part in important discussions and projects regardless of time and place. In this way, Siegburg creates sustainable and inclusive urban development that includes all citizens.
As a local partner in Germany, the district town of Siegburg supports the project “Inclusive digitalization in the EU”, co-organizes the kick-off event and actively supports the crowdsourcing process on the topic of digital transformation.
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Digitalization opens up new opportunities for democracy: digital petitions, online consultations, virtual protests.
But what about the people who cannot take part in these digital processes? A lack of digital skills can lead to the exclusion of participation.
This is exactly where the project comes in IDEU to. After the first phase – collecting problems – we are now starting the next round: developing solutions for inclusive digitalization.
On our platform you can now:
- submit your own suggested solutions
- vote for your favorites
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Kick-off event in Siegburg, Germany
Review: Digital Democracy – Participate, Help Shape
Date: March 6, 2025
Location: Siegburg City Museum
On March 6, 2025, the district town of Siegburg and Democracy International e. V. Invited to the Siegburg City Museum for a themed evening about digital citizen participation. Numerous interested guests accepted the invitation to find out more about current developments in the area of digitalization and participation at the local and European level.
You can find more information about the event here .
You can find pictures of the event on our website Flickr channel .
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This project is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CERV. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
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