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HEStaff exchange2022–2026

ODDEA · Overcoming Digital Divide in Europe and Southeast Asia

Horizon Europe — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2022-12-01 → 2026-11-30
EU contribution
€1,352,400
Participants
9
Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-SE

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Results in brief

Overcoming Digital Divide in Europe and Southeast Asia

The ODDEA project investigates the state of digitalization in the EU with special focus on Central and Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia, specifically in Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Its primary goal is to contribute to understanding of the digital divide by analyzing its socioeconomic and technological factors which contribute to it. The project also aims to establish a systematic, standardized approach to measuring the digitalization progress in Southeast Asia. To achieve these objectives, the project facilitates knowledge exchange and collaboration between European and Southeast Asian researchers. Interdisciplinary research teams, including doctoral students, are trained to conduct original research and to build a cohort of academic experts to drive digital transformation. The project is also focuses on the identification of institutional and economic barriers to digitalization so as to provide actionable recommendations based on the research findings to shape digital transformation policies. The ultimate goal of the ODDEA project is to enhance economic and social development through overcoming digital divide which exists between selected Central European and Southeast Asian countries on one hand and digitally most advanced countries of the world on the other hand.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

Digitalization has been in the epicenter of interest during the hard times of COVID-19 and has enabled governments and individuals to cope with the scientific and socio-economic problems created by the pandemic. Both, basic and advanced digital technologies, as well as digital skills have been engaged to sustain the functioning of the economy and society by allowing the work to continue, tracking the spread of the virus, and accelerating research for medications and vaccines. COVID-19 pandemic has shown, more than anything else, the utmost importance of digital assets and the need for further development towards a resilient digital transformation. Strengthening the digital economy and society has been one of the 6 strategic priorities of the 2021 European Commission work programme with a goal of making this Europe’s digital decade. Digitalization is the relevant issue in EU associated countries as well. Digital transformation might help EU associated countries to speed up convergence project and catch up developed EU economies. Even particularly topical problem is digitalization in developing countries. The digital transformation and its support would lead to higher economic growth and, sustainable development and the increasing of the quality of life. The proposed project is as timely as ever considering the current situation of digitalization in the EU, EU associated countries (Montenegro) and developing countries in Southeast Asia region (Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand). The focus of the project is the cooperation of the academic staff and doctoral students to engage in the research in the field of digitalization, exchange their knowledge, ideas, and provide meaningful outputs and establish research collaboration in the field of digitalization.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • EKONOMICKA UNIVERZITA V BRATISLAVE · BratislavaCoordinatorSlovakia
  • AKADEMIA GORNICZO-HUTNICZA IM. STANISLAWA STASZICA W KRAKOWIE · KrakowPoland
  • BADAN WAKAF UNIVERSITY ISLAM INDONESIA (AL DJAMI'AH AL ISLAMIYAH AL INDONESIA) · YogyakartaIndonesia
  • INSTITUT SAVREMENIH TEHNOLOGIJA CRNE GORE · PODGORICAMontenegro
  • NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION · BANGKOKThailand
  • SZECHENYI ISTVAN EGYETEM · GyorHungary
  • UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA (UiTM) · SHAH ALAM SELANGORMalaysia
  • UNIVERZITET DONJA GORICA PODGORICA · PodgoricaMontenegro
  • UNIWERSYTET EKONOMICZNY W KRAKOWIE · KRAKOWPoland

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union