SEN@ER experts invited to a European Commission workshop on post-i2010, 15 May 2009 in Brussels
DG Information Society and Media, Unit "Lisbon Strategy and i2010" invited SEN@ER to a half day interactive workshop to prepare the launch of a public consultation on the post-i2010 strategy.
The i2010 strategy is the EU's ICT (Information and Communications Technology) strategy over the period of 2005-2010. Due to the fast moving pace of ICT developments these strategies are usually short in order to reflect market developments and changing public attitudes and needs. i2010 focuses on 3 strands:
- to create an open and competitive single market for information society and media services within the EU
- to increase EU investment in research on information and communication technologies (ICT) by 80%
- to promote an inclusive European information society.
The workshop offered the opportunity to discuss the main themes that European ICT policy should address over the coming five to ten years in the successor programme to i2010.
The themes that have been identified for the public consultation included:
- Future networks and future internet
- Services of public interest, e-Inclusion and quality of life
- International issues
- ICT R&D and innovation
- ICT for sustainable development
- The digital Single Market.
The workshop was organised into two rounds of parallel workshops, followed by a feed back session and a buffet lunch. From the SEN@ER network Kathryn Griffith, North West England Region and Paula Osés, Extremadura participated in the workshop.
