Diapositive 1

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Jacques BabotHead of sector Directorate
General Information Society New Working
Environments Unit eEurope, i2010 WITFOR
Gaborone August 2005
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Organisation of the European Commission
P O L I T I CAL Economic
Financial Affairs Taxation Customs
Agriculture Justice Internal
Affairs Environment Internal Market
Competition Fishing
Education Culture Regional Policy
Employment Social Affairs
Research Energy
Transport Health Consumers Protection
Enterprises Information Society
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Foreign
Affairs Trade EUROPAID Development
Enlargement
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• Directorate General Information Society and Media
• Policy Regulatory Framework
• e-Europe 2005 new i2010
• Telecommuncation regulatory framework (GSM, 3G,
  ...)
• IST Information Society Technologies Programme
• 3.825 B budget over 4 years (2002-2006)

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Research activities and the European Commission

• Supported through successive four year periods
  called Framework Programmes (FP)
• Major strategic reorientations and financial
  scope decided at the beginning of each FP
• FP6 covers 2002 to 2006
• FP7 will covers 2007 2013 (7 Years)

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The nine RTD priorities of FP7
Commission proposal of July 2005
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From eEurope to i2010

• From eEurope 2005 to i2010...
• Shall provide the political chapeau for
  activities on...
• the regulatory framework (including relevant
  legal and regulatory questions outside the
  communications area),
• the audiovisual and media sectors...
• ...and for research and innovation in relevant
  areas
• Reinforce the contribution of ICT to Europes
  performance...
• Creating a favourable environment for
  competitiveness and growth...
• Increase the welfare of European citizens through
  increased use of ICT...
• Broadened scope all electronic communications,
  services and media sectors
• Stating objectives and benchmarking performance

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i2010 Three priorities

• A Single European Information Space
• The completion of a Single European Information
  Space which promotes an open and competitive
  internal market for information society and
  media
• Innovation and investment in research
• Strengthening Innovation and Investment in ICT
  research to promote growth and more and better
  jobs
• Inclusion, better public services and quality of
  life
• Achieving an Inclusive European Information
  Society that promotes growth and jobs in a manner
  that is consistent with sustainable development
  and that prioritises better public services and
  quality of life.

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I) A single information space

• A Single European Information Space offering
  affordable and secure high bandwidth
  communications, rich and diverse content and
  digital services.
• Challenges
• Speed, rich content, interoperability, security
• Actions
• Review electronic communications framework,
  modernising legal framework for audiovisual,
  European content support, strategy for secure
  European Information Society targeted actions on
  interoperability

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II) Innovation and investment in research

• World class performance in research and
  innovation in ICT by closing the gap with
  Europes leading competitors
• Actions
• Research increase prioritise for ICT, launch
  bottleneck-solving initiatives measures to
  encourage private investments
• eBusiness policies barrier removing
• Support tools for new patterns of work

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III) Inclusion, better public services and
quality of life

• An Information Society that is inclusive,
  provides high quality public services and
  promotes quality of life.
• Actions
• Policy guidance on eAccessibility and broadband
  coverage eInclusion initiative proposal, Action
  plan on eGovernment demonstrator projects three
  flagship initiatives on Quality of Life-ICT

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Member states should...

• ...define Information Society priorities
• Through the Lisbon National Reform Programmes to
  be adopted by mid-October 2005
• In line with the Integrated Guidelines for growth
  and jobs
• The Guidelines stress the importance of ICT
  uptake, ICT infrastructure and ICT for jobs and
  education.
• ...subsequently report annually on achievements
• Report in the Implementation Reports on the
  National Reform Programmes according to the new
  Lisbon governance cycle.
• Progress on these will be analysed in the
  Commissions Annual Lisbon Progress Report.
• This will not entail new reporting mechanisms for
  Member States outside their Implementation
  Reports on the National Reform Programmes

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On the web

• http//www.europa.eu.int/i2010

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Jacques.Babot_at_cec.eu.int Tel
3222963594 European Commission DG Information
Society www.cordis.lu/ist and
europa.eu.int/i2010 EU delegation in Gaborone
www.delbwa.cec.eu.int