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GI opportunities in Europe

GI opportunities in Europe. Martin Littlejohn DG Information Society. Agenda. eEurope eGovernment Information Strategies eContent European GI Policy IST. eActions galore. eEurope. Bring every citizen, school, business and administration on-line - quickly

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GI opportunities in Europe

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  1. GI opportunities in Europe Martin LittlejohnDG Information Society

  2. Agenda • eEurope • eGovernment Information Strategies • eContent • European GI Policy • IST eActions galore

  3. eEurope • Bring every citizen, school, business and administration on-line - quickly • Create a digitally literate and entrepreneurial Europe • Ensure an inclusive information society

  4. Draft eEurope Action Plan • A cheaper, faster and secure Internet • Investing in people and skills • Stimulate the use of the Internet • eCommerce • eGovernment • Health online • Digital content for global networks • Intelligent transport systems A basis for discussion and action

  5. Draft eGovernment Action Plan • Essential public data online (2002) • Simplified online administrative procedures for business (2002) • Develop a co-ordinated approach for public sector information (2000) • Pan-European portals of interactive public services (mid 2001) • Promote use of open source software in public sector (2001) • eCommission: • All basic transactions with the European Commission online (2001) Adopted by the Commission 24-5

  6. Digital Content for Global NetworkseContent • Exploitation of public sector information (€75M) • Experimental projects • Public/Private Partnerships • European data collections (e.g GI) • Linguistic and cultural customisation (€60M) • Market enablers (€10M) • Promote Internet start-ups • Multimedia rights trading • Support Actions (€5M) • Preparatory actions call - close 7 July More European Content on the Net

  7. Green Paper Public Sector Information • Green Paper published 20 January 1999 • Green Paper Follow on • eGovernment Information Strategies • a Communication • Summary of the replies • Proposals for action

  8. eGovernment Information Strategies • Improving the legal framework • Drawing benefits from the most advanced schemes • Catalysing developments • Sectoral initiatives: GI, Libraries • High Level Group European Commission - Directorate general “Information Society”

  9. European GI Policy DevelopmentEGIP • Replacing defunct GI2000 • Tagging on to • eEurope • eContent • eGovernment Information Strategies • IST

  10. EGIP Main Actions • eGovernment Information Stategies • Communication • Adopt European Reference system • Mandate National GI agencies to produce European data • Single point of access • Affordable price • COGI • Commission inter service group on GI • Better access to GI • Joint acquisition of GI • Benefits • Common data policies

  11. GI/GIS: Harmonisation & Interoperability • JRC project in FP5 • Support to EGIP/COGI • Market Study for COGI • Workshops & Expert panels • Web site & EGIP discussion list • Data policy experimentation • IMAGE2000 & CLC200

  12. IST: 1st Call - GI proposals KA3 • 40 submitted • GI Projects selected • Hypergeo : mobile GI • Faster : Statistics, Tables and Electronic Resources • ETEMII : European Territorial Information Infrastructure

  13. IST: 2 & 3 Call - GI proposals KA3 • 2nd call • 16 submitted • 3 ranked • 3rd Call • 8 submitted

  14. GI in Workprogramme 2000 • 4th call, June 2000 • I Environment • III Authoring • III Visualisation • III Working groups

  15. Cross Programme action • New/improved user friendly info-mobility services. • Mainstreaming GI • New models, concepts and functionality • 5th call, September/October 2000

  16. GI Proposal 2001 • Testbeds/Demo projects to validate new approaches • ESDI • Thematic applications • Location based services for DSS • Interoperability, semantics, ontologies • Business models • GSDI, OGC, ISO etc

  17. Summary • eEurope is umbrella initiative • eContent replaces INFO2000 • eGIS is a Communication • Green Paper on Public Sector Information • EGIP replaces GI2000

  18. Conclusion • GI is everywhere • Many opportunities • GI political initiative still possble • eGIS • Time to move on after 10 years

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