Transformative Power of Digital
The project addresses the topics of digital transformation, transatlantic digital partnership, and the development of EU digital policies with a special emphasis on the perspectives of the CEE countries.
Digital transformation is at the core of the EU’s renewed push for competitiveness and economic resilience. As Europe strives to secure its position in a rapidly evolving global digital landscape, the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region holds untapped potential that could significantly contribute to this effort. This project focuses on unlocking that potential, offering insights into how CEE can accelerate digital development to drive prosperity, stability, and security.
In today’s turbulent geopolitical environment, digital policy is increasingly tied to global influence, innovation, and security. As a result, the EU is placing greater emphasis on strengthening its digital competitiveness and technological resilience. Ensuring open collaboration, economic stability, and secure digital ecosystems is crucial for long-term prosperity. In this context, it is essential to focus on the path forward that benefits everyone, rather than short-term reactions that could create more challenges down the line.
By bringing a CEE perspective into these discussions, we highlight how the region can play a more significant role in shaping EU and global digital policies. Through research, expert engagement, and policy recommendations, we seek to provide practical solutions that promote competitiveness, cooperation, and long-term resilience.
LATEST
New CEP Report! Seeking Opportunities and Mitigating Risks: The Way Forward for CEEs Digital Transformation
Our latest report: Seeking Opportunities and Mitigating Risks - The Way Forward for Central and Eastern Europe's Digital Transformation is out! Much has changed in transatlantic relations and digital cooperation since we began working on this report in early 2024....
Stronger Together: Improving Europe’s Competitiveness Through the Transatlantic Relationship
How to improve Europe's competitiveness through transatlantic relations? This was the guiding question for a discussion we co-organised with the Atlantic Council in Warshaw on 29 May 2024. This was one of the discussions organized as part of the series promoting our...
Discussion on improving Europe’s competitiveness
It's been a week since CEP, in collaboration with the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE), hosted a discussion in Brussels focusing on improving the EU's competitiveness. During this event, we officially unveiled our latest publication titled:...
PUBLICATIONS
NEW PUBLICATION IS OUT!
Centre for European Perspective launched a new publication titled: Seeking Opportunities and Mitigating Risks – The Way Forward for Central and Eastern Europe’s Digital Transformation
In the publication, authors are exploring different areas where the countries of the CEE region could play a more prominent role in advancing digital transformation and strengthening the EU’s competitiveness as well as other new possibilities for coopreation. All articles in this publication conclude with policy recommendations, offering policymakers some ideas on how to navigate the challenges of digital transformation.
You can access the publication here.
In April 2024 Centre for European Perspective launched a new publication titled: Improving Europe’s Competitiveness: Role of Open Markets, Emerging Technologies, and Strategic Alliances.
In the publication different authors are exploring the critical role of AI and emerging technologies, as well as open markets and strategic alliances for bolstering the EU’s competitiveness.
You can access the publication here.
The publication focuses on the opportunities and hurdles of the strategic transatlantic partnership and its future while also taking note of the EU and US quest for reaching global standards in AI and securing the digital future via strengthening transatlantic and CEE cooperation.
Read here.
In November 2021 the Centre for European Perspective – CEP released a publication titled ‘Paving the digital path in Central and Eastern Europe – Regional perspectives on advancing digital transformation and cooperation’, featuring articles from expert authors Theodore Christakis (AI-Regulation), Fredrik Erixon and Oscar Guinea (ECIPE – European Centre for International Political Economy), Soňa Muzikárová (GLOBSEC Policy Institute), Christian Kvorning Lassen (EUROPEUM), Ewelina Kasprzyk and Kamil Mikulski (Kosciuszko Institute), Katja Mohar Bastar and Jaka Repanšek (Slovenian Digital Coalition), Márton Ugrósdy (IFAT – Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade) and Mindaugas Ubartas (Infobalt) with a foreword by Minister of Digital Transformation of Slovenia, H.E. Mr Mark Boris Andrijanič.
Together with the Kosciuszko Institute, the Centre for European Perspective – CEP is proud to announce a joint report, Transformative Power of Digital: Central and Eastern Europe’s leap towards greater prosperity, innovation and resilience.
The report provides an overview of crucial needs and areas for CEE countries to leap to a digitally-enabled future and overcome centuries-old fragmentation and disjointment of infrastructure that hampers its development. The publication aims to define a strategic direction that has to be pursued so CEE can emerge as a cohesive region that enables dynamic, profitable and innovative intra-regional cooperation.