{"id":12928,"date":"2018-07-06T16:31:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T13:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=12928"},"modified":"2018-07-06T16:35:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T13:35:22","slug":"digital-transition-partnership-was-presented-at-sofias-place-at-webit-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/digital-transition-partnership-was-presented-at-sofias-place-at-webit-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Transition Partnership was Presented at SOFIA&#8217;s PLACE at Webit 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12920 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMAG0833.jpg\" alt=\"Digital-transition-partnership-Webit-Sofia-2018\" width=\"354\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMAG0833.jpg 2688w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMAG0833-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMAG0833-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMAG0833-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMAG0833-600x339.jpg 600w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMAG0833-258x146.jpg 258w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMAG0833-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMAG0833-133x75.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>The <em>Digital Transition partnership<\/em>\u00a0Programme was presented at SOFIA&#8217;s PLACE in the exhibition area of Webit.Festival Europe 2018. The partnership is part of the EU initiative <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Urban agenda for the EU<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Sofia was selected as a co-coordinator of the partnership at the end of 2016 with Estonia and Oulu, Finland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project\u2019s coordinators Veronika Manova and Mika Rantakokko presented the objectives <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the program \u2013 to identify and implement new measures and solutions for improving the legislation in Europe, to finance urban policies and training programs to facilitate digital transition in Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The European administrations, together with society and businesses, should envisage in the action plan of the program activities to provide better public services to citizens, promote innovation and create new business opportunities for growth for the European cities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12924 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMAG0816.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMAG0816.jpg 2688w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMAG0816-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMAG0816-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMAG0816-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMAG0816-600x339.jpg 600w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMAG0816-258x146.jpg 258w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMAG0816-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMAG0816-133x75.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/>The team of Sofia Investment Agency initiated the presentation of the project at Webit 2018 because of the importance of its goals for the future of cities, society and business, as well as its similarities with the goals of Digital Cities Challenge (DCC), another project of the European Commission which Sofia will take part in. The DCC initiative aims to support the 15 European cities in initiatives for digital transformation of the urban environment and society. The implementation of the project is coordinated by a team of Sofia Investment Agency. Joint working meetings with the Digital Transition team are scheduled in July and September, as stakeholders in both projects are the institutions, the academic community and the private business. We believe that their guidelines and cooperation in the initiatives will help to identify specific implementation projects that are beneficial to the goals of both programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The development of the action plan for the partnership on Digital Transition is in its final stage. An introduction to the draft action plan is available <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/futurium\/en\/digital-transition\/introduction-draft-action-plan-partnership-digital-transition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the presentation of the coordinators Veronika Manova and Mika Rantakokko at Webit 2018 &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Digital-transition-partnership-Webit-Sofia-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can read more about the Digital Transition partnership on the EU\u2019s website for the program: <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/futurium\/en\/digital-transition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/futurium\/en\/digital-transition<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Introduction to the Draft Action Plan of the Partnership on Digital Transition is available <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/futurium\/en\/digital-transition\/introduction-draft-action-plan-partnership-digital-transition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Locally, the initiative is coordinated by Sofia Development Association &#8211;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sofia-da.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.sofia-da.eu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Digital Transition partnership\u00a0Programme was presented at SOFIA&#8217;s PLACE in the exhibition area of Webit.Festival Europe 2018. 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