Vice-President Mourinho Félix’s areas of oversight include the blue economy, Funding and Treasury, Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), InvestEU (implementation, jointly with Vice-President Czerwińska), the Just Transition Mechanism (on a project level in consultation with sectoral oversights), the Recovery and Resilience Facility, project eligibility, technical and economic assessment, economic research, financing of the migration response, financing operations in Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Latin America, Cuba, the Caribbean States and the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC). Vice-President Mourinho Félix also oversees relations with rating agencies, national promotional institutions (NPBs), the European Long-Term Investors Association (ELTI), the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Eurostat, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and think tanks.
Digitalisation in the European Union: Progress, challenges and future opportunities
The COVID-19 crisis prompted a surge in the digitalisation efforts of EU firms. According to a new report, Digitalisation in Europe 2022-2023: Evidence from the EIB Investment Survey, more than half (53%) of EU firms took steps in 2022 to enhance their digital presence, such as offering services online. The European Union has also narrowed the gap with the United States in adopting advanced digital technologies. In 2022, 69% of EU firms implemented advanced digital technologies, such as advanced robotics, big data analytics and artificial intelligence, compared with 71% of US firms. The gap has narrowed steadily over the last four years.