EC PSI Actions 2010
The Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) published on 21st January 2010 the Calls for proposals under the 2010 work programme of the Information and Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007 to 2013) (2010/C 15/09)
The European Commission has announced that the ICT Policy Support Programme: the 4th call for Proposals based on the 2010 Work Programme is now open, The deadline for submission of proposals is the 1st June 2010. The call for proposals opened on the 21st January 2010.
The presentations from the Information Day on the 4th Call for Proposals, based on WP2010 that was held on 14th January 2010 in Brussels have been published.
The call includes the publication of the 2010 work programme titled: COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME (CIP) ICT POLICY SUPPORT PROGRAMME ICT PSP WORK PROGRAMME 2010.
The programme refers to public sector information and states on page 4 under the heading: 2.2. OBJECTIVES OF THE ICT PSP
“The uptake of ICT and exploitation of digital content in areas of public interest like health, inclusion, cultural heritage, public sector information, learning, public administrations, and energy efficiency requires more proactive policies. The major hurdles for the wider and better use of ICT in these areas include the unavailability of ICT-based services, the lack of interoperability of solutions across the Member States as well as the market fragmentation of the information space and of ICT-based solutions.
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On pages 48 and 49 under the heading: Studies, other measures, conferences and events
Studies
A series of studies or actions addressing economic and social analysis of different topics concerning the development of the information society will be launched. The themes to be addressed would include:
- The impact of broadband
- Coping with an ageing population
- Web services
- Concept of identity in the future digital environment
- Relevant indicator to monitor re-use of Public Sector Information (PSI)
- Assessment of the different models for PSI
- Enhancing Procurement of ICT solutions for Healthcare
- Collaborative Production in eGovernment
- Support to the final evaluation of the ICT PSP
Other measures
- Awareness raising campaign on the benefits of broadband
- Platform on Public Sector Information: It is intended to support the follow-up of the PSI Platform to promote a dynamic PSI re-use market across the EU in the 2011-2014 timeframe.
- Common repositories, "ePractice.EU" portal: It is intended to support the continuation and extension of the ePractice portal "ePractice.EU", which facilitates the identification, peer review and showcasing of good practices.
- Preparation and organisation of the eGovernment awards.
Studies and the above other measures repositories will be entirely implemented through calls for tenders. Unless specified otherwise in the above list, the calls for tenders will be launched in the 3rd calendar quarter of 2010.
APIE participates in EC PSI Indicators Meeting
PSI Group: June 2009 minutes published
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