March 2021

March 2021

International Women's Day on March 8 was highlighted with updated Jämix results which showed continued high levels of gender equality among participating Womentor companies.  EA new one section of The Vitecherupp podcast focusing on gender equality in the sector was released. Maria Norberg, CEO of Teknikvinnor, participated.

The article Strong measures needed for skills supply is published in Framtidens karriär IT & Data on March 9.

In March, Almega and IT&Telecomföretagen presented the report " How service companies view public procurement ", which shows that many service companies today refrain from participating in public procurement, even though the public sector is a natural customer. In response to the report, Dagens infrastruktur published the following article on March 10: Time-consuming formalities, focus on the lowest price and too many and irrelevant requirements.

On March 11, the Office held a joint dialogue with Digital Europe on common priority issues.

At the Telecommunications Council's meeting, also on March 11, the members discussed with MSB the proposal for a new communication network for actors in order and security, the so-called Rakel Generation 2.

On March 15, IT&Telecom companies' business policy expert Martin Savén participated in Ants Tech Recruiters TechRek podcast to present the IT skills shortage report together with Carl-Johan Hamilton.

On 16 March, the association participated in the government's collaboration group "Digitization / Climate" where we submitted proposals for measures in the field of digitization to promote the contribution of the industry and the whole of society to sustainable development. The meeting will be followed up in April.

On March 17, the Government Offices of Sweden responded to the European Commission's proposal for a regulation on batteries.

On March 19, IT&Telecom companies had a dialogue with the chairman of the industry association Digitaliseringskonsulterna about Fossilfritt Sverige and roadmaps.

On March 29, the number of newsletters will be increased to two; one general to non-members and one to members with targeted content.