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Subject: Information Society Newsroom Update 10-10-2003
INFORMATION SOCIETY NEWSROOM UPDATE
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--------------------------------------- Education and Training
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/library/theme/edutra/index
_en.htm
-- NEWS ARTICLE
The European Commission at Telecom World (12-18 October 2003) (9/10/2003)
The eEurope 2005 Action Plan focuses on six high priorities areas in the
public sector where government action can make a significant difference :
modern online public services (e-government, e-learning, e-health), a
dynamic e-business environment, widespread availability of broadband access
at competitive prices and a secure information infrastructure. You will have
the opportunity to attend a range of presentations on the Commission stand,
each of them addressing one of these specific eEurope policy priorities
(stand 5159 in Hall 5).
--------------------------------------- Economy and Work
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/library/theme/ecowor/index
_en.htm
-- EVENT
26 - 27 November 2003
MultiMediaville 2003
Bordeaux, France
Yearly conference organised by the Association of French major cities. In
the focus will be the strategies of metropoles and regions in the deployment
of Information Society infrastructures and services.
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-- EVENT
14 October 2003
eAccessibility workshop
Brussels, Belgium
Commissioner Liikanen has invited representatives from Industry and user
groups to discuss how more accessibility for people with disabilities in
Europe could be achieved. The chairman of the EDF (European Disability
Forum), Mr. Vardakastanis, will introduce "the users point of view".
Industry and Standardisation organisations will present possible ways
forward to improve accessibility in different areas.
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-- PRESS RELEASE
Public investment in information technology generates real cost savings,
says Commission study (9/10/2003)
Public investment in pan-European information technology infrastructure for
governments leads to substantial quality-of-service and productivity gains
for enterprises and taxpayers, worth up to EUR1.8 for each euro invested,
says a new report by the European Commission's Interchange of Data between
Administrations (IDA) programme. Technological change has long been
considered an important driver of productivity growth and enhanced
competitiveness. This study, on IDA's Trans European Services for Telematics
between Administrations (TESTA) project, estimates annual costs at EUR4.8
million and annual benefits at EUR8.6 million.
-- PRESS RELEASE
Commission says a skilled and adaptable labour force is the key to future
employment and productivity growth (9/10/2003)
An adaptable skilled workforce, with access to training, career development,
job mobility, flexible work organisation, and with a sense of job security
is key to increasing productivity within Europe and encouraging job creation
and higher employment rates. So says the Commission's report Employment in
Europe 2003. Changes in the European labour market since the late 1990s
rising female and youth participation, increasing education levels and
greater range and use of flexible working methods have allowed it to be more
resilient in the face of economic slowdown than in the last recession in the
early 1990s. Active labour market policies, such an unemployment insurance
systems and investment in human capital can help compensate for increasing
employment instability and encourage further labour market flexibility
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http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/library/theme/isind/index_
en.htm
-- PRESS RELEASE
Electronic Communications: European Commission launches infringement
proceedings against eight Member States (9/10/2003)
After the entry into force of the new framework for electronic
communications, the Commission has taken decisive action to ensure
enforcement of the new framework by opening infringement proceedings against
Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and
Portugal for failure to notify transposition measures. Erkki Liikanen,
Commissioner for Enterprise and the Information society, said: "Following
liberalisation of the European telecommunications markets in 1998, which has
driven growth and innovation and the widespread availability of services to
the public, the Commission now regards it as a priority to encourage timely
transposition of the new framework for electronic communication. In addition
to providing the legal predictability and regulatory flexibility necessary
for continued investment in the sector, this will complement the eEurope
objective of achieving competitive local access for internet services over
broadband networks as cheaply as possible on a sustainable basis."
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http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/library/theme/isres/index_
en.htm
-- EVENT
12 - 14 December 2003
New generation of wearable systems for health: Towards a revolution of
citizens' health and life style management?
Pascoli, Italy
The workshop addresses the major problems relating to smart wearable and
implantable health systems and seek solutions by involving researchers,
industrials and decision makers from biomedical engineering, telemedicine,
micro and nano technologies, mobile and wireless telecommunications, public
health and medicine.
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---------------------------------------- NEXT I.S. EVENTS --------------
-- 22 September - 10 October 2003
First exhibition on future Member States organised by Information Society
Directorate-General
Avenue de Beaulieu 24, Brussels, Belgium
DG INFSO is organising a series of presentations on the future Member States
and the first exhibion will be on the Czech Republic.It will start on
September 22 and will be opened by Mr. Fabio Colasanti, Director General of
Information Society, and Mr.Pavel Telicka, Ambassador of the Mission of the
Czech Republic to the European Communities. The exhibition will be open to
the public from September 23 during 3 weeks. It will be held at the
Information Resource Center (IRC) of DG INFSO.
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-- 7 - 10 October 2003
International Congress on Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and
Environment
Izmir, Turkey
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-- 9 - 10 October 2003
Conference on the transposition of the e-commerce directive in the new
Belgian law on
electronic commerce
Namur, Belgium
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