ABOUT US
Overview
The EU-India Digital Policy Dialogue was launched in 2023 in support of the EU-India Trade and Technology Council’s (TTC) Working Group 1, to advance digital cooperation between the European Union and India. The project is jointly funded by the European Commission and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation (BMDS) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), through a dedicated secretariat based in New Delhi, India. The Dialogue engages key stakeholders, including India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), EU Member States and the EU Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT).
Through structured exchanges, inclusive consultations, and technical cooperation, the Dialogue contributes to:
Objectives
- Support the EU-India Trade and Technology Council (TTC) Working Group 1 and advance shared digital priorities under the Team Europe approach.
- Align regulatory frameworks across priority digital domains to bring the digital economies closer and foster good governance.
- Facilitate multi-stakeholder collaboration, bringing together government bodies, industry, academia, and think tanks to exchange insights, and identify opportunities for collaboration.
- Promote a human-centred and climate-aware digital transformation, aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement across key areas, such as digital governance, emerging technologies, and infrastructure.
- Promote long-term partnerships that strengthen digital cooperation between the EU and India, guided by shared values and mutual priorities.
Alignment with EU-India Trade and Technology Council (Working Group 1)
The EU–India Digital Policy Dialogue and its Secretariat directly support Working Group 1 of the EU–India Trade and Technology Council (TTC) which focuses on strategic technologies, digital governance and digital connectivity. Through this collaboration, ite facilitates policy alignment and cooperation across six priority areas: artificial intelligence, digital skills, digital public infrastructure, telecom and IT standardisation, high-performance computing and quantum computing, and microelectronics and supply chain resilience.
- Link for First EU-India Trade and Technology Council focused on deepening strategic engagement on trade and technology - May 16, 2023
- Link for Joint statement on the second meeting of the EU-India Trade and Technology Council - Feb 28, 2025
- Link to the Joint Communication on a new strategic EU-India Agenda
