State of the Digital Decade 2025 report

The European Commission has published its State of the Digital Decade 2025 report. The assessment shows modest progress in Slovakia alongside several challenges:

Key findings for Slovakia:

• Digital skills: Slovakia remains below the EU average, with gaps in advanced skills and women's participation in IT.
• Infrastructure: improved high-speed internet access, but substantial regional disparities and bureaucratic obstacles.
• Businesses: SME digitalisation is progressing slowly; the barriers are a shortage of experts and concerns about investment.
• Public services: a growing range of e-services, but low user-friendliness and take-up.

The Commission's recommendations:

• accelerate the roll-out of high-speed networks,
• support SME digitalisation and the adoption of AI, cloud and data analytics,
• develop digital skills and lifelong learning,
• strengthen cybersecurity and the quality of e-services.

83% of Slovakia's targets are aligned with the EU's 2030 targets, confirming that the country is heading in the right direction, although the pace needs to increase.