Digital Decade 2026 country report: Croatia's Digital Progress

          Council of the EU
          
            · June 23, 2026
          
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The European Commission has published the Digital Decade 2026 country report assessing Croatia’s progress and policy response.

Main announcement: The Commission’s staff working document assesses Croatia against the Digital Decade targets, noting 13 national targets (77% aligned with EU 2030 targets), 54% of roadmap measures on track, and public funding commitments such as EUR 1.5 billion from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (21% of the RRF) and EUR 0.9 billion under cohesion policy for digital transformation. It flags the termination of 17 RRF broadband contracts that reduced planned coverage from ~124,000 households to about 40,136 households and highlights the operationalisation of the Croatian Competence Center for Semiconductors (starting 2026).
Background/details: The report documents specific initiatives and budgets: CroQCI quantum communication deployment and a cross-border quantum ground node with German partners (launched Jan 2026); 75 edge nodes estimated by 2025; voucher and finance measures including an earlier EUR 9.5 million voucher call, a planned EUR 3.92 million voucher scheme (June 2026), and an AI Industry 4.0 financial instrument of at least EUR 48 million; and timelines such as the planned roll-out of the European Digital Identity Wallet using state funding by end 2026.