“The DEI strategy has to continue to ensure reinforcing the EU's competitiveness in digital technologies so that any industry in Europe, big or small, wherever situated and in any sector can fully benefit from digital innovations to upgrade its products, improve its processes and adapt its business models to the digital change”
"The EC communication “Digitising European Industry: Reaping the full benefits of a Digital Single Market”1 aims to reinforce the EU's competitiveness in digital technologies and to ensure that every industry in Europe, in whichever sector, wherever situated, and no matter of what size can fully benefit from digital innovations.
The materialization of the Communication takes place in the DEI action plan and its three working groups2 and is pictorially represented by the following figure, including the “Digital Innovation Hubs”, “Partnerships & Platforms”, “Skills & Jobs” and “Regulatory Framework” quarters, interconnected by a network (multisided platform) of national and regional initiatives.
In the H2020 LEIT ICT WP2018-2020, the section “Platforms and Pilots” is launching the six calls (DT-ICT-07 to DT-ICT-12) for implementing next generation Digital Platforms in four basic industrial domains: Manufacturing, Agriculture (and Rural Areas), Energy (and Smart Homes / Grids) and Healthcare (Smart Hospitals). Moreover, outside of the specific suggested DT topics, the development of EU Digital Industrial Platforms (a battle Europe cannot afford to lose) is a key priority also e.g. in Smart Systems (Smart Anything Everywhere SAE), Robotics, Photonics and Process Industry (SPIRE2030).
Innovation Actions funded under the above six topics are expected to develop their workplan according to four main innovation streams: Platform Building, Large Scale Piloting, Ecosystem Building, Standardisation." source
