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© Depositphotos/SergeVo In what manner is Monaco going digital?

by Milena Radoman

The health crisis linked to the Covid-19 pandemic fast-tracked digital transformation in many countries. In
Monaco as well, which sees this transformation as a pillar of its attractiveness.

The conclusion is unequivocal. “The measures countries, the increase in internet traffic shot up and also of offering concrete services to the
taken to contain the COVID-19 pandemic to 60% shortly after the start of the pandemic…” population in their daily lives”, explains Frédéric
profoundly changed digital technologies in Since then, this has continued to accelerate. Genta, Country Chief Digital Officer in charge of
OECD countries. Never before has the global Digital Transition and Attractiveness.
reliance on digital technologies so affected Government strategy In every state, the race for digital transformation
all aspects of society – from education to Many States have defined a national digital is being led at full speed. It is a question of
health, observes the Organization for Economic strategy. In Monaco, this strategy was defined competitiveness and attractiveness. And in
Co-operation and Development (OECD) in its in 2019 and was boosted by the Covid crisis. this race, Denmark, Finland and the Republic
report “Digital transformation in the time of “In March 2018, the Principality had very few of Korea unsurprisingly top the 2022 Digital
Covid-19”. The world massively turned to cyber government online services for health, transport Government Ranking of the 193 UN Member
space: schoolchildren with a home internet and daily and administrative amenities, for both States, achieving the highest scores in terms
connection adopted distance learning; many residents and commuters. The country’s internal of the scope and quality of online services,
employees started teleworking, and a multitude digital infrastructure and computer equipment telecommunications infrastructures, and existing
of companies adopted economic models based were obsolete and not secure. Monaco was human capacity. Other finalists are New Zealand,
on digital technology which enabled them to exposed to digital risk. With the launch of the Sweden, Iceland, Australia, Estonia, Netherlands,
continue their activities and save revenue. Extended Monaco program by the Sovereign United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, United
At the same time, mobile applications were Prince in April 2019, the Government has Arab Emirates, Japan and Malta… all ahead of
developed to monitor the pandemic’s evolution succeeded in instilling a digital dynamic in the Monaco, which is in 73 place.
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and researchers increasingly used artificial Principality. (…) Today, for digital technology, it
intelligence (AI) to understand the virus and is above all a question of being one of the main A sustainable approach
advance the development of a vaccine. In some drivers of the recovery plan for our economy, Beyond infrastructure (access and connectivity),

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