EU Digital Decade 2026 report: Slovenia digital readiness assessment

The European Commission publishes the annex to the State of the Digital Decade 2026 assessing Slovenia’s digital progress and investment mobilisation.

• Main announcement: The European Commission presents an assessment of Slovenia‘s Digital Decade progress, noting 14 national targets aligned with EU 2030 goals, a total public budget associated with roadmap measures of EUR 184 million (33% of the roadmap public budget), and that 44% of the measures will come to an end by the end of 2026. The annex reports key Digital Decade KPI values (e.g., FTP coverage 79.6%, basic 5G coverage 97.7%, AI adoption 20.9%) and lists national allocations including EUR 0.5 billion from the RRP and EUR 0.3 billion from cohesion policy dedicated to digital transformation.
• Background and implementation details: The document summarises Slovenia’s participation in EU initiatives (AI Factory / SLAIF, AI Competence Center, Tech4Cure IPCEI, IPCEI-ME/CT, IPCEI-CIS, EuroHPC JU, Chips JU, multiple EDICs), highlights strengths in connectivity and AI uptake, and identifies gaps in SME digitalisation, ICT specialists (4.3%), and scale-up conditions (no unicorns). Timelines: national roadmap trajectory points for 2025 are reported (46% on track) and measures’ end-date status reported as of end-2026. (This entry is an official annex publication, not an opinion piece.)