Digitization: The key to Austria's growth in the new year!

Digitization: The key to Austria's growth in the new year!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - The ISPA, the umbrella organization of the Austrian Internet economy, has welcomed the recently presented government program, as ots.at. Secretary General Stefan Ebenberger emphasizes that the challenges of the current economic situation are now being addressed. The uniform coordination of digital and infrastructure policy is particularly important. The ISPA sees positive approaches to digitization, which could act as a growth engine for Austria, and calls for the reduction of bureaucratic hurdles to promote new companies for data management and AI development. Gotten The framework conditions are favorable, this could even be cost -neutral for state finances.

At the ISPA's Christmas party, Ebenberger spoke about the political developments of the past year, which have also influenced digital policy. In 2024, an intensive year was accompanied by creating a position paper for a future in digital policy in order to address the need for specialists and the challenges through new technologies such as artificial intelligence, such as Isspa.at reports . President Harald Kapper said that the industry urgently needed additional workers to remain competitive. In 2025, the ISPA will continue to deal intensively with basic topics such as innovation, media literacy and the protection of fundamental rights in the digital world.