Digitalisation in the Regional Context
Digitalisation in the Regional Context

The Case of E-Government Services in Latvia

Summary/Abstract: This article examines problems related to digital trends in economies and societies from two perspectives: the extension of a digital economy to social dimensions, and the role of digital government services in regional cohesion perspectives in Latvia. Thismethodological approach could serve as a tool for integrating a number of main goals related to the digitalisation trends in the EU,that require support of societies as well as the improvement of social welfare at the regional and national levels. The contribution aims to offer insight into the concept of social investment and innovationas well as co-creation concept and the impact of digitalisation of public services on regional cohesion. The study observes the seimplications in relation to the need to expand and adapt the contentand approach of the digital services implementation. The further digital decision-making related to social evelopment as a precondition for diminishing regional and wellbeing divide, facilitating administrative processes for people and entrepreneurs, as well as e-services availability in Latvia is discussed. The article concludes that efficient investment and innovation for improving social welfare at regional and national levels needs implementation of digitalised services in a wider scale as they inevitably become more important due to theincreased digital competitiveness of countries.

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