The Digital Strategy for Wallonia at the heart of the «Marshall Plan 4.0» Benoit Hucq Directeur Général Agence du Numérique ICT Spring 2017

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1 The Digital Strategy for Wallonia at the heart of the «Marshall Plan 4.0» Benoit Hucq Directeur Général Agence du Numérique ICT Spring 2017

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3 3 The «Marshall Plan 4.0» The «Marshall plan» is the corner stone of the economic policy of the walloon regional government This plan aims since 2005 to boost Wallonia in a new era where innovation in crucial sectors is fueling the regional growth The 3rd release of this plan has been approved in May The «4.0» naming refers to the fourth revolution where the digitalization plays an important rôle This release integrates then for the first time a specific axis promoting a strategy called «Digital Wallonia»

4 Digital Wallonia: We have a vision (as approved by Regional Government in 12/2015) Making Wallonia a connected and smart territory, where digital companies are recognized as global leaders and drivers of a successful industrial transformation, and where digital innovation works for high quality education, open public services and the well-being of citizens. Video presentation in english vimeo.com/

5 From March to July 2015, over 240 proposals through a crowdsourcing website and more than 200 people from 140 organizations or companies, gathered in 13 thematic working groups. An innovative process Digital Conference September 18, Based on the works of the Digital Conference, and with the support of Roland Berger, the Digital Board presents a proposal for a Digital Strategy in Wallonia to the Minister in charge of Digital. Digital Board Collaborative and bottom up process for the definition, the adoption and the implementation. Deployment Digital strategy From January 2016, phased deployment of the actions, identification of stakeholders, definition of the partnerships, budget allocation, implementation of the online platform, brand communication,... Walloon Government December 10, "Digital Wallonia. Digital strategy for Wallonia is adopted by the Walloon Government, with a clear commitment of each Minister to act within the framework of this strategy. Adoption of the first actions. 5

6 Values of this Digital strategy Openness. Wallonia's digital policy framework on which different policies must rely. Agility. Integration of new measures or adjustment of existing measures to guarantee their alignment with the strategic objectives and their relevancy with the technology innovation. Consistency. Collaboration and alignment with other digital policies (Wallonia, Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Federal Government, Europe), but also with private initiatives coming from the digital ecosystem. Transparency. Wide communication about the strategy so that every citizen or company can be part of it. Publication of monitoring indicators. 6

7 1 strategy // 5 major topics Boosting the Walloon economy depends on a strong and fast increase of digital maturity of our companies. Digital business Smart and connected to broadband networks, our territory must offer an unlimited access to digital innovation and act as a driver for the industrial and economic development. Smart & connected territory A strong digital sector and an cutting-edge research, able to capture and maintain the added value of the digital transformation on our territory. Digital sector Skills and education Each Walloon citizen must become an actor of the digital transformation by acquiring strong technological skills and adopting an entrepreneurial attitude. Publics services A new generation of open public services, acting transparently and being by themselves an example of the digital transformation. 7

8 > 500 million over 4 years ( ) 8

9 5 topics / 9 objectives / 23 axes 9

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24 More info Global Website Walloon Digital Strategy Open Data data.digitalwallonia.be Video presentation in english vimeo.com/

25 Walloon Digital agency Agence du numérique facebook.com/digitalwallonia Benoît Hucq