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Key
new elements, now
available, on the ESIS
Knowledge Base
(http://www.ispo.cec.be/esis):
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Two
exclusive reports
focusing on
Information
Society
development in the
15 Member States
of the European
Union:
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Two
updated
information
packages
concerning
Information
Society
development in the
Central and
Eastern European
Countries (CEEC)
and the
Mediterranean:
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Updated
series of
country
reports and
regional
synthesis
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Updated
database of IS
projects,
promotional
activities and
key person
contacts and
organisations
The
ESIS initiative is
funded under the
PROMISE programme of
the Information
Society Directorate
General of the
European Commission. |
PUBLIC
STRATEGIES FOR THE INFORMATION
SOCIETY IN THE EU MEMBER
STATES
The
report provides an overview
of Information Society
strategies in the Member
States and the
implementation actions.
Some
key points highlighted in the
report :
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Information
Society is now a top
priority for all
Governments.
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All
of the Member States of
the European Union have
devoted significant
resources in awareness
raising, developing
infrastructures, defining
regulatory frameworks,
establishing education
programmes and investing
in application and service
pilots.
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Key
words are competence,
skills, confidence,
security, accessibility,
quality of life and
modernisation of public
administration (eGovernment),
ecommerce and life-long
learning and training.
The
report involves a short
introduction to the IS
strategies being developed and
implemented by the 15 Member
States of the European Union.
In addition, short national
state-of-play overviews are
provided. Also historical
background information is
provided through description
of the main national
milestones in IS strategy
formulation. Clear web
references have been provided
for access to the original
material.
The
latest version (November 2000)
includes full contributions
from the EFTA/EEA countries,
Norway and Iceland.
REPORT
ON INFORMATION SOCIETY
INDICATORS IN THE EU MEMBER
STATES
This
new report provides statistical
analysis of the development
over time of
telecommunications and the
Internet in the 15 Member
States of the European Union.
Statistical data and analysis
are provided per country and
for the area as a whole.
This
has been achieved through the
development of key
indicators of information
society development such
as:
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Key
Internet and e-commerce
indicators
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Main
actors and competition
indicators in the European
telecommunication and Internet
market
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Key
ICT equipment indicators
(professional and domestic)
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Indicators
for the development of the
European telecommunication
landscape (service and
equipment; conventional lines,
ISDN channels and mobiles
phone subscriptions)
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Voice
communication tariff
indicators (local and long
distance)
UPDATED
REPORTS ON THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
INFORMATION SOCIETY IN THE
CEEC AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
AREA
Five
series of updated reports are
now available on the ESIS Web
site (published in November
2000). They present the
developments that have taken
place between July and October
2000 on different aspects of
the Information Society in the
CEEC and the Mediterranean
area.
Reports
are presented by country, and
regional synthesis. Key
elements are:
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a
review of regulatory
developments
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a
study of the development of alternative
networks : major
public service networks that
have the potential to offer
communication and IS services
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an
overview of recent changes
concerning the principal
actors and organisations
in the IS environment.
-
an
overview of events
and activities promoting
the development and general
awareness of the Information
Society
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statistics
on web
site developments within
selected categories of
organisations: schools,
universities, museums, local
and regional authorities,
hospitals, etc.
UPDATED
DATABASE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE INFORMATION SOCIETY IN THE
CEEC AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
AREA
The
ESIS database of Information
Society projects, promotion
activities and key person
contacts and organisations has
been updated to include new
elements and improvement to
existing entries. The database
now contains 512 projects, 935
promotional activities
(publications, conferences,
calls for projects, expert
groups, etc.) and 5 288 key
person contacts and
organisations.
ESIS
PROJECT UNDERWAY IN SLOVAKIA
The
ESIS project has been extended
to cover Slovakia. Information
on the development of the
Information Society in the
country will be available on
the ESIS central Website in
February 2001. For further
information, please see the
ESIS web site.
FURTHER
INFORMATION
ESIS
consists of:
-
an
inventory of IS projects,
promotional activities and a
who's who of Information
Society
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reports
on several aspects of the
IS developments at the
national and interregional
levels
Data
collection is carried out in a
decentralised manner through
the ESIS network of
contractors ensuring high
quality research built on
local knowledge, contacts and
understanding. ESIS is funded
under the PROMISE programme of
the Information Society
Directorate General of the
European Commission with the
support of an external project
management team in charge of
the co-ordination, data
centralisation and synthesis,
database and web management.
Project
Management Contacts
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Project management
support team
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SEMA
GROUP
9
bd Charles de Gaulle
92126
Montrouge Cedex - France
Isabelle Joinovici
Tel:
+33 1 40 92 40 87
Fax:
+33 1 40 92 48 40
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LL&A - Louis
Lengrand & Associés
21,
rue de la Pourvoierie
78000
Versailles - France
Isabelle Chatrie
Tel:
+33 1 39 07 26 62
Fax:
+33 1 39 07 26 61
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Contact:
esis2@ll-a.fr
ESIS
web site:
http://www.ispo.cec.be/esis
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