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PRESS RELEASE
Women's careers and ICT: An untapped potential (8 March 2007)The
proportion of women graduates in information and communications
technology (ICT) in Europe is falling, especially compared to other
regions of the world. To promote women's careers in ICT, the Commission
presented on 8 March, International Women's Day, the video diaries of 6
young women who were given the chance to accompany a successful female
engineer or technologist for a day. These show the promising career
prospects that are possible for women in ICT.
Women's careers and ICT : Frequently Asked Questions:
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/95&forma
t=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
PRESS RELEASE
Danuta Huebner launches "RegioStars 2008" awards for innovative projects
in regional development (8 March 2007)Regional policy Commissioner,
Danuta Huebner, launched on 8 March RegioStars 2008, the new annual
awards event for innovative projects in regional development. RegioStars
are significant to the 268 regions of the EU as they provide the
opportunity to identify, highlight and share good practice. Applications
for RegioStars 2008 can be sent by 29 June 2007. The launching of the
new award took place in Brussels, at the conference "Regions for
Economic Change: Fostering competitiveness through innovative
technologies, products and healthy communities" (see IP/07/299)
organised by the European Commission in partnership with the Committee
of Regions and Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur (PACA region in France).
Examples of regional innovation projects:
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/cooperation/interregional/ecochange/
studies_en.cfm?nmenu=5
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Continuity, Collaboration, Communication:
Challenges for Healthcare and Opportunities for eHealth
24 May 2007 - 25 May 2007 Rome, ItalyThe conference explores the
concrete issues on "3C" (Continuity, Collaboration, Communication) and
their influence on the eHealth infostructure (e.g. dissemination and
customisation of clinical pathways, clinical datasets, reference
terminologies vs. value sets, patient summaries).
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Free demonstration for people with Parkinson's disease
27 March 2007 London, United KingdomThe ParkService project (supported
by the eTEN programme) will be demonstrating the use of
Internet-connected television and the INDIGO walking aid at a free
public event on 27 March in London.
The event will be aimed at clinicians, people with Parkinson's and their
carers. ParkService is validating the European market for a new service
supporting people with Parkinson's disease in their own homes.
ParkService web site: http://www.parkservice.biz/
CALL FOR TENDERS
Study on Indicators for media pluralism in the Member States - towards a
risk-based approach
(Deadline: 31/05/2007) The primary objective of the study is to define
sets of indicators in order to measure: (1) policies and legal
instruments that support pluralism in Member States; (2) the range of
media available to citizens in different Member States; (3) supply side
indicators on the economics of the media, together with some analysis of
how new technology is affecting existing industry structures, for
instance convergence. Taken together, the indicators should be placed
within a risk-based analytical framework; (4) for assessing pluralism
across the Member States. Media includes radio and TV broadcasting,
national and regional press, magazines, together with Internet media.
However, the scope of the study should not exclude book publishing
sector insofar as the sector could be part of the editorial and
commercial strategy of certain multimedia operators.
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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Beyond e-Government: time for delivery
14 March 2007 - 16 March 2007 Barcelona, SpainThe Eurocities Forum on
Knowledge Society, formerly known as Telecities, promotes every year 4
events consisting of a conference and thematic workshops (e-Care,
eGovernment, Broadband, eCitizenship). These events provide a platform
for its member cities and business partners to share knowledge and
ideas, exchange experiences and analyse common problems. The focus of
this event will be the strategies and practices of cities to effectively
provide integrated ICT-based services to the citizens.
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http://europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/cf/newsbytheme.cfm?dis
playType=library
AUDIOVISUAL
Video: IT Girls - Great careers for great women
The European Commission has organised a series of "shadowing days"
together with five leading technology companies to show young women that
technology is not just "strictly for geeks" and to help promote careers
in IT. Six young women were each paired with a successful career woman
working in Information Technology. The students followed their mentors
for one day as they went about their daily work.
IT Girls web site: http://ec.europa.eu/itgirls
SPEECH
Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for
Information Society and Media: The Network Industries in the 21st
Century: Regulating for
Growth and Competition in the Internal Market
European Government Business Relations Council, Brussels, 5 March 2007
SPEECH
Danuta Huebner, European Commissioner responsible for Regional Policy:
RegioStars - 2008 Regional Innovation Awards
Regions for economic change: "Fostering competitiveness through
innovative technologies, products and healthy communities", Brussels, 8
March 2007
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