Europese Commissie zoekt bijdragen voor evisie

The European Commission’s view of the challenges that need to be addressed in a European Information Society strategy up to 2010 are set out in a Commission communication on “Challenges for Europe’s Information Society beyond 2005: Starting point for a new EU strategy”, adopted on 19 November 2004.

This communication highlights the need to step up research and investment in information and communication technologies (ICT), and to promote their take-up throughout the economy. ICT should be more closely tailored to citizens’ needs and expectations, to enable them to participate more readily in socially fulfilling and culturally creative virtual communities. The Commission communication identifies a number of challenges that will remain relevant for Europe’s future Information Society policy, such as electronic inclusion and citizenship, content and services, public services, skills and work, ICT as a key industry sector, interoperability, trust and dependability and ICT for business processes.

This public consultation is part of the broad policy debate on an EU Information Society strategy beyond 2005 launched by the European Commission in May 2004 with Member States in the eEurope Advisory Group. Below are various documents which give an indication of the main areas where EU level policy on ICT can make a difference. The Challenges communication is a major component of the reflection process that will lead to the adoption of a new strategy during 2005.

Contributions are invited by email and should be submitted by 16 January 2005. To email, please click here.

Issues for an Information Society policy beyond 2005:
Content and services
eInclusion and citizenship
Public services
Skills and work
ICT as a key industrial sector
Interoperability
Trust and dependability
Exploitation of ICT by business

Source: eEurope2005