Approved Orientation Paper of the Partnership on Digital Transition, endorsed at the DG UM meeting held on 4 April 2017.

This Orientations Paper presents the Partnership on Digital Transition of the Urban Agenda.

It focuses on the topics related to urban policies which affect citizens and businesses most directly and which have the capacity to offer the highest growth potential for EU urban areas.

The partnership wishes to work on the topics where digitalisation can have the most profound effect in transforming:

1. Urban governance,

2. Quality and fulfilment of life of its citizens and

3. The most advantageous business and growth opportunities for the businesses.

It also focuses on five vertical themes: Future Health and social care services, eGovernment, Urban Planning, Future learning & skills development, and 5G / other KETs. Two horizontal enabler themes are cross-cutting the verticals: Data & Standardization and Business Models. The objective is to provide better public services to urban citizens, new innovations and create business opportunities for European cities.