Digitalisation, Eurispes: a balanced approach with the person at the centre is needed

On the one hand the technological development, which is moving forward, and on the other the need to govern it with programmes and more training for adults and young people with particular attention to the impact of social. Lights and shadows on digitalisation in Italy that Eurispes, the institute of political, economic and social studies, points out in "Il rapporto delle persone con il digitale. Lights and shadows of a social phenomenon'. It is a work that starts with an analysis of data collected from several sources and indicates as central the issues related to the digital divide and the abuse of social.

The 2030 target

"The digital transformation in Italy and Europe is changing the way we live, think and relate to each other day by day," the report states. "To meet this challenge, the EU has developed, through the Programme for the Digital Decade 2030, a strategy that aims to create a just, inclusive, sustainable and resilient digital society. Recalling that "the main objectives of the programme focus on four key areas: digital human capital, secure and sustainable infrastructures, the digitisation of businesses and the modernisation of public services" and that "Italy has made these objectives its own through tools such as the NRP, which provides for investments in connectivity, 5G, digitisation of the Pa, simplification of services and the enhancement of digital skills", the study points out that, despite the fact that in the educational sphere reforms have been "initiated to include digital education in school curricula", "this collective action is still very unbalanced towards the technological aspect, leaving the protection of the individual in the background".

7 million disconnected

One of the elements that emerges from the study is the fact that more than 7 million citizens, especially elderly people living in peripheral and inland areas and in low-income households, are still excluded from the net. There is also another element: the risk of 'continuous symbiosis' between young people and the Internet, which is why it should be 'fundamental to promote forms of intergenerational digital education'. One of the other aspects highlighted is the fact that 'over 36 million citizens have active Spid credentials, but the rate of use is irregular: only 37 per cent of holders use Spid regularly to access public administration services'. Moreover, on the business side, 'only 6% of Italian companies use artificial intelligence, compared to 10% of the EU average, while cloud computing is adopted by 22% of Italian companies, against an EU average of 34%'.