Europe faces some daunting challenges—an aging population, sluggish growth, an influx of migrants and refugees—yet in the age of data-driven innovation, it also has powerful new tools to help address them, writes Nick Wallace in EurActiv.
Europe
October 3, 2016
Data-driven innovations can help tackle pressing social challenges in Europe if policymakers break down regulatory barriers and devote more resources to bridge digital inequalities, according to a new report from ITIF's Center for Data Innovation.
October 3, 2016
Data-driven innovations have the power to address some of the most pressing social challenges in Europe by better informing policy and program design, improving service delivery, and spurring social innovations.
July 22, 2016
Daniel Castro writes in Parliament Magazine that with its decision to leave the EU, the UK now has an opportunity to replace innovation-limiting EU privacy regulations with a more forward-looking set of rules.
July 22, 2016
The European Commission should repeal its "cookies law” because it’s expensive for online businesses and a burden for Internet users, write Alan McQuinn and Daniel Castro in EurActiv.
June 6, 2016
A high-standard Trade in Services Agreement can update the rules governing services trade for the digital age, and in doing so, provide economy-wide improvements in productivity and innovation.
May 25, 2016
Timely access to information is crucial for informed decisionmaking, but official government statistics are often months or years old by the time they are published. In addition, government statistics can be expensive to produce, burdensome on respondents, and sometimes even inaccurate or imprecise—all factors which limit their usefulness to policymakers, businesses, and others. To address this problem, some researchers are experimenting with using alternative data sources to complement or replace traditional government statistics.
May 12, 2016
In light of Panama Papers, Europe has a long way to go before corporate data is truly accessible to the public and should follow the UK's lead, writes Daniel Castro in EurActiv.
April 8, 2016
As the digital economy enters a new phase, Europe is well-positioned to establish itself as a world leader, if it can avoid succumbing to protectionist urges, writes Joshua New in InformationAge.
March 10, 2016
European Commission Vice President Andrus Ansip’s visit to Boston this week highlights that what Europe does with its digital single market is likely to have considerable impact on U.S. technology companies, writes Rob Atkinson in Huffington Post.
March 4, 2016
To unlock the potential of the data its governments are sitting on, Europe should agree on a European Open Data Charter modeled on the G8 Open Data Charter, writes Paul MacDonnell in EurActiv.
February 29, 2016
In Europe’s capital cities and in Brussels, policymakers have not yet fully embraced data-driven innovation as a core driver of economic and social progress.
February 29, 2016
Join ITIF's Center for Data Innovation at the inaugural event for its Brussels office where it will host a thoughtful discussion about the future of data policy in Europe, including opportunities to build and expand on successes to increase the use of data throughout the public and private sector.
February 27, 2016
While fears about data generate the most headlines, the biggest impact for consumers will come from its array of benefits, writes Paul MacDonnell in TechCrunch.
February 15, 2016
Advances in data analytics are the perfect opportunity for European companies to take the lead in the global Internet economy, if regulators get out of the way, writes Paul MacDonnell in the Wall Street Journal.
February 8, 2016
Anti-GMO activists have erected barriers to agricultural biotech innovation that could cost the poorest nations on earth up to $1.5 trillion through 2050.
February 4, 2016
To maximize the benefits of the Internet of Things, Europe needs a comprehensive strategy with public sector investment and a wider program to ensure there is no lag in the adoption, writes Paul MacDonnell in Europe’s World.
February 4, 2016
ITIF will host a discussion with FTC Commissioner Julie Brill on Thursday, February 4, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. EST, to explore this new agreement, weigh the reactions of privacy regulators on both sides, and delve into challenges still ahead for Europe and the U.S. to promote transatlantic data flows.
February 2, 2016
We commend U.S. and European negotiators for completing an agreement that avoids disrupting the transatlantic digital economy.
February 1, 2016
While we are encouraged by the progress made to date, we are disappointed that U.S. and European negotiators did not reach an agreement on a new Safe Harbor framework by the January 31 deadline.
January 22, 2016
To become the world’s innovation leader, it takes a culture and regulatory environment that embraces disruptive innovation—which Europe does not have—says Rob Atkinson in Europe’s World.
January 20, 2016
Europe needs to cash in on the data economy—and in a lot of ways, it already is, argues Paul MacDonnell in EurActiv.
January 19, 2016
Rob Atkinson writes for the German Marshall Fund that many of the European Commission’s proposals under the Digital Single Market seek to achieve one goal that will make it harder to achieve other goals.
December 18, 2015
The EU’s new data protection regulation is a missed opportunity to fix data transfers with the United States, writes Rob Atkinson in EurActiv.
December 7, 2015
ITIF offered recommendations to the European Commission for its transition to a single market for mobile communications.