Paper/Speech Details of Conference Program for the 31st NISPAcee Annual Conference Program Overview Main Conference Theme Author(s) Petar Milutinović Institute of European Studies Belgrade Serbia Title Digital public policy and e-governance as factors of the enhanced socio-economic cohesion in the European Union File Paper files are available only for conference participants, please login first. Presenter Petar Milutinović Abstract The author will examine how public policies in the domain of digital transformation and e-governance have contributed to the socio-economic cohesion in the European Union (EU) and its Member States by considering the DESI measurement indicators and eGovernment benchmarks in the period from 2016 to 2021. By using the methods of data analysis and document content analysis, the main argument is that the process of the digitalization of the EU’s single market and public services of the Member States’ governments have had an impact on the economic productivity and capacity resilience of the Member States’ economies, thereby reducing economic differences and promoting social development. The author concludes that the digital public policies and e-governance have profoundly affected the economic sectoral integration processes thus enhancing the state of the socio-economic cohesion in the European Union and its Member States.
