Mr. Kristjan Järvan
Minister of Entrepreneurship and
Information Technology
Ministry of Economic Affairs and
Communication
Kristjan Järvan,
Fellow Digital Nations representative,
Portugal takes up, this year, the Presidency of the Digital Nations group. Under
our chairmanship, we would like to welcome Estonia, greet you personally and
express our confident wishes for a successful year.
Our nations have been collaborating closely, sharing experiences, and
exchanging knowledge with a common goal of harnessing the potential of digital
for the benefit of our societies.
In this spirit, we consider it essential to increasingly strengthen our network
and reinforce our commitment to developing conjoint solutions and approaches
to continue delivering valuable solutions for our citizens, businesses and
governments.
Together, we can affirm the Digital Nations group as a beacon of digital
development, a community of pioneers demonstrating how, through collective
effort and strong dedication, we can take advantage of technologies to create
a more sustainable and inclusive future.
With this in mind, we hope - Portugal hopes - to work with you, under the motto
Better Data, Better Society. We have a demanding agenda encompassing
transversal topics that have a great impact on society and the economy, among
which we highlight: ethics, privacy, transparency and responsibility.
We will strive for concrete results that respond to the common objectives of
Digital Nations countries through the work of Thematic Groups on Digital
Identity, Sustainability, AI, Data and Governance.
Portugal is also a country that stands out for its investment in the innovation
ecosystem and for hosting one of the most remarkable moments of reflection
about the future and, more specifically, about a future strongly intertwined
with digital: the Websummit, whose next edition will take place in Lisbon
between 13th and 16th November, 2023.
In this regard, we request you to save the above date in your agendas while we
finalize the details of the program of the Digital Nations annual ministerial
meeting, which we intend to organize back-to-back to the Websummit, so that
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our group can make the most of Portugal in the discussion about the areas that
unite us.
Until then, we hope to meet you bilaterally in this first semester to discuss
challenges, opportunities and perspectives and thus ensure an effective,
relevant and fruitful cooperation in 2023.
We will promote an open dialogue and we have the highest expectations for
this year of work.
Sincerely,
Mário Assinado de forma digital por
Mário Campolargo
Campolargo Dados: 2023.03.05 20:45:17 Z
Mário Campolargo
Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Administrative Modernisation
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