It is one of the seven pillars of the European 2020 strategy (European Commission, 2017) as well as one of the main themes in the programme of the Swedish Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers for 2018 (Nordic Council of Ministers, 2017) and a subpart of the UN Sustainable Goal 9. Indeed, access to an open, secure and advanced digital infrastructure has become one of the most important performance multipliers towards a more inclusive, sustainable and innovative society (ibid.). High digital penetration rates in society relating to digital government initiatives (i.e. eGovernment), clearly demonstrate the region's maturity in terms of digital readiness, placing it in the top tier of adopters among its international peers (European Commission, 2017).