It was published for the first time in August 2023 and measures progress in digital policy at federal level on a quarterly basis. According to the report, 200 digital policy projects are currently being implemented (60%), while 36 have not yet been started (11%). “After a good start to the year, the second quarter of 2024 is disappointing. Many legislative projects have been massively delayed,” says Bitkom President Dr. Ralf Wintergerst. “Digital policy is literally stuck at the moment. But even if it continued at the current average pace of 15 completed projects per quarter, the federal government would only get just over half of its projects over the finish line in 15 months by the end of the legislative period.” The federal government would have to pick up the pace massively if it wanted to achieve the goals it had set itself before the elections.
For example, little progress was being made on digital identities or the digitalization of the administration. Despite the agreement on OZG 2.0, the financing of key projects remains unclear. In contrast, the Digital Pact for the Elderly, for which the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs has now reached all targets, is praiseworthy. Progress is also being made in the digitization of the judiciary, for example with the law to promote video conferencing technology in civil and specialist courts. Significant milestones have also been reached in the “Startup Factories” funding competition organized by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection. The Telecommunications Network Expansion Acceleration Act, on the other hand, is stuck between the Digital Ministry and the Environment Ministry.
For the “Digital Policy Monitor”, Bitkom regularly reviews the implementation status of 146 projects from the digital strategy, 186 digital policy projects from the coalition agreement and two other key additional projects that the federal government has subsequently set up.The 334 digital projects in total are examined and classified in terms of their implementation status, their significance for the digitalization of the economy, society and the state and the complexity of their implementation: www.monitor-digitalpolitik.de
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Further links
👉 www.bitkom.org
👉 Digital Policy Monitor
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