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SUMMARY:Germany\, the third place for investing in digital transformation
DESCRIPTION:Germany\, the third place for investing in digital transformat
 ion 		\n		The Next Generation Organization of the European Union (NGEU) h
 as allocated 117 billion euros for digital transformation\, with Italy le
 ading the way with 42 billion euros\, Spain with 19 billion euros and Ger
 many with 12 billion euros.\nAccording to the European Commission's Joint
  Research Centre\, the European Union's Next Generation Organization (NGE
 U) and its Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) account for 70% of all 
 investments in digital transformation. EU Next Generation is an economic 
 recovery package from the European Commission to support EU member states
  to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic\, especially the worst-hit countri
 es\, and has now been given additional tasks. Of the €117 billion allo
 cated by the NGEU to digital transformation\, €23 billion is allocated 
 to digital public services\, €14 billion to basic digital training\, an
 d €13 billion to electronic health record. Only 4.4 billion euros have 
 been allocated to artificial intelligence in this budgeting\, while accor
 ding to forecasts\, artificial intelligence is expected to inject more th
 an 11 trillion euros into the global economy by 2030. Italy\, Spain\, Ger
 many\, and France are leading countries in investing in digital transform
 ation in 2023. Investment strategies in digital transformation vary sign
 ificantly among EU members\, ranging from direct research and development
  (R&amp\;D) funding to indirect support via business and public service d
 igitalization.
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