The UJI Chair of Digital Divide and Territory calls for differentiated legislation for the digitization of the rural world



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## The UJI Chair of Digital Divide and Territory calls for differentiated legislation for the digitization of the rural world

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The Chair of Digital Divide and Territory of the Jaume I University presented its '2020 Report' today through a webinar. The research team, made up of professors Emma Gómez, Xavier Ginés, Marina Requena, Joan Palomares and Joan Sanfélix, has presented the document. Among other conclusions, it calls for differenciate legislation to address the needs of the rural world, "fleeing from the urban-centrism” in the field of the digital divide. The document is the result of an investigation by the Chair, and there it is highlighted that living in a town or in a city is conditioned by the possibility of access to services or infrastructures unevenly distributed in the territory, from health, education or social services to banking, public transport or culture. The access gap to digital transformation "hampers some services that are at the basis of a worthy citizenship of the European societies of the 21st century." And without neglecting that this digital transformation cannot make services precarious, but rather must generate some that are more accessible as well as more dignified for the citizens of rural areas.       
  
The webinar was presented by Jesús Lancis, Vice-Rector for Research at the UJI, and María Muñoz, General Director of Fight against the Digital Divide. Next, the deputy for Rural Development of the Castellón Provincial Council, Santi Pérez, spoke about 'The digital transition, a key tool, given the demographic challenge of the Castellón regions'. Pérez has presented the Digital Transition Plan, which the Provincial Council has recently awarded, along with other aid for digitization. The deputy has announced the creation of a new online sales platform, "a marketplace of proximity products that are part of Castellón Ruta del Sabor." According to Pérez, "the administrations have to correct the existing imbalances that the technology companies and operators always leave for last, when it comes to implanting in the territory".             
  
Subsequently, a round table of actions against the digital divide in the territory was held, with the participation of Tomás Sánchez and Lucas Corrales (Conectados - Luquilú de Villafranca de los Caballeros Foundation in Toledo) and Helena Brau and Ana Agustí de Penyalab (laboratory social of technological creativity in the rural world of Vistabella). In the first case, they have shown the work of Conectados to make it possible to access the network for free to homes with situations of vulnerability, while Penyalab has emphasized the learning tools they offer and that enhance skills digital data of children in the interior of the province of Castellón.       
  
Finally, the director of the Chair, Vicent Querol, was in charge of closing the session, highlighting that "territorial space is one more layer of inequality that must be reduced with initiatives such as those presented by the Luquilú Foundation or Penyalab".

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