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Digital Spain 2025

ESPAÑA DIGITAL 2025

Strategy State lawSouthern Europe · ESadoptedNot AI-specific

Espana Digital 2025 is a strategic national agenda designed to drive Spain's digital transformation through ten strategic axes, including digital connectivity, 5G deployment, digital skills, cybersecurity, public sector digitalization, enterprise digitalization, sectoral economic projects, the audiovisual hub, the data economy and artificial intelligence, and digital rights. The plan outlines approximately 50 structural measures and aims to mobilize around 70,000 billion euros in public and private investments between 2020 and 2022. It seeks to accelerate economic recovery, reduce social and territorial inequalities, and strengthen technological sovereignty in alignment with European digital policies.

Summary and content fields are drawn from the document text and are pending editorial review.

Who issued it

Gobierno de EspañaGovernment (executive) · ES
Lead issuer
Legal forceAspirational
Under whose authorityState law
Judged fromfull text

Who it governs

National governmentGeneral publicPublic sector bodiesCompaniesAI developers and providersAI deployers and usersResearchers and academics

This document is for policymakers, public sector bodies, businesses, researchers, and citizens interested in Spain's national digital strategy and roadmap for technological modernization.

Sectors
Cross-sectorPublic administration · Digitalizacion del Sector PublicoTelecommunications and digital services · Telecomunicaciones y 5G

What the document contains

What's covered

The document addresses ten core areas of digital policy including broadband and 5G connectivity, digital skills training, cybersecurity enhancement, public administration digitalization, enterprise and startup support, sectoral transformation projects, the audiovisual sector, data economy and artificial intelligence, and digital rights.

What's missing

The text does not provide binding statutory definitions or specific punitive enforcement mechanisms for non-compliance, functioning instead as a high-level strategic roadmap and investment plan.

Key takeaways
  • Espana Digital 2025 is structured around ten strategic axes aimed at fostering sustainable and inclusive growth through digital transformation.
  • The plan emphasizes universal digital connectivity and the early deployment of 5G infrastructure across the country.
  • It prioritizes enhancing basic and advanced digital skills for citizens, students, and the workforce, with a strong focus on reducing the gender gap.
  • Measures include accelerating the digitalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and establishing a favorable ecosystem for start-ups.
  • A national Artificial Intelligence strategy, data economy framework, and a Charter of Digital Rights are core components to ensure trustworthy digital development.
Principles it states
Respeto a los valores constitucionales y europeosProteccion de los derechos individuales y colectivosNeutralidad tecnologicaLibre concurrencia, no discriminacion y transparencia
Outline
0. Introduccion y Resumen Ejecutivo
1. Conectividad Digital
2. Impulso de la Tecnologia 5G
3. Competencias Digitales
4. Ciberseguridad
5. Transformacion Digital del Sector Publico
6. Transformacion Digital de la Empresa y Emprendimiento Digital
7. Proyectos Tractores de Digitalizacion Sectorial
8. Espana, polo de atraccion de inversiones y talento del Sector Audiovisual
9. Economia del Dato e Inteligencia Artificial
10. Derechos Digitales
Gobernanza de Espana Digital 2025
ANEXOS
Issued2020
Length27,861 words
FormatNot recorded
Scopenational

How it scores

Pending review

Each score is backed by a quote verified against the document text. Editorial review has not yet confirmed them.

Accountability

4/5

Clear responsibility for AI outcomes

El Gobierno creará en la Administración General del Estado la Oficina del Dato, que aprovechará la amplia experiencia existente en la Administración y optimizará el uso de los recursos existentes. Tendrá un Chief Data Officer (CDO) al frente, que será el responsable de garantizar la buena gobernanza en el uso de los datos públicos

9. Economía del Dato e Inteligencia Artificial

screening score · 2026-10-23

Human Oversight

0/5

Humans remain in control of consequential decisions

screening score · 2026-10-23

Privacy

4/5

Protection of personal data and private life

En todo momento se garantizarán y serán prioritarias la seguridad y la privacidad de los datos personales de la ciudadanía.

5. Transformación Digital del Sector Público

screening score · 2026-10-23

Enforcement

4/5

Consequences and compliance mechanisms with real force

La trasposición del Código debe efectuarse a través de la tramitación y aprobación de una nueva la Ley General de Telecomunicaciones

1. Conectividad Digital

screening score · 2026-10-23

Topics

digital_strategy connectivity artificial_intelligence cybersecurity digital_skills