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Europe's Information Society
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PRESS RELEASE
Video Games: Commission welcomes progress on protection of minors in 23
EU Member States, but asks for improvement of industry codes (22 April
2008)The European video games sector is dynamic, with expected revenue
of EUR 7.3 billion by the end of 2008. However, public concerns that
video games can cause aggressive behaviour, heightened by school
shootings such as in Helsinki (Finland, November 2007), have led several
national authorities to ban or block video games such as "Manhunt 2". In
response, the European Commission has surveyed existing measures
protecting minors from harmful video games across the 27 EU Member
States. 20 EU Member States now apply PEGI (Pan European Games
Information), an age-rating system developed by industry, with EU
support, since 2003. In the Commission's view, industry must invest more
to strengthen and in particular to regularly update the PEGI system so
that it becomes a truly effective pan-European tool. Also, industry and
public authorities should step up cooperation to make classification and
age rating systems better known and to avoid confusion caused by
parallel systems. A Code of Conduct for retailers should be drawn up
within two years on sales of video games to minors.
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
ePractice Mid-Term Workshop
19 May 2008 Brussels,BelgiumDiscussions around the cases will allow
participants to network and learn from each other and to share their
views with the Commission on three hot topics: one-stop-shops
(eGovernment session), local authorities agenda (eInclusion session) and
eHealth procurement (eHealth session). ePractice.eu is a portal created
by the European Commission, which offers a new service for the
professional community of eGovernment, eInclusion and eHealth
practitioners, empowering its users to discuss and influence open
government, policy-making and the way in which public administrations
operate and deliver services.
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Europe after Lisbon: Intertwining Sustainability and Competitiveness
25 April 2008 - 26 April 2008 Ljubljana, SloveniaCompetitiveness has
been a key concept of the Lisbon strategy. Efforts to strengthen
European competitiveness influence many political decsisions, those
related to the economy as well as those related to the education system.
The conference will discuss the long-term aspects of competitiveness.
How can competition support achieving sustainable development on the
European and the global scale?
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FACTSHEET
A resource for innovators: 122 case studies of innovative projects from
Cohesion policy In order to support the exchange of experience amongst
innovation practitioners in Europe's regions and cities detailed case
studies of 122 different projects co-financed under the Cohesion Policy
of the European Union are now available. These case studies concern the
26 RegioStars 2008 finalists and 58 further case studies from the
Objective 1 and Objective 2 programmes 2000-2006. The new project
descriptions complement the 38 cases from the regional programmes of
innovative actions 2000-2006 published already in 2007.
The case studies present the objectives and activities of the projects,
the strategic context, the innovative aspects, partnership, obstacles in
terms of design or implementation, problem-solving practices, results
and lessons learned
REPORTS AND STUDIES
Boosting investment in eHealth across Europe Discover new insights on
wise decision-making, sources of financing, and good practices for
securing success and sustainability of eHealth investments. In order to
give stakeholders the opportunity to learn from existing experience, the
Financing eHealth study examines investments in eHealth across Europe.
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eHealth - Studies:
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/health/studies/index_
en.htm
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