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[Hugh O'Neill]

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 e-Inclusion Newsletter | Information Society and Media DG <http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/templates/einclusion/images/e-inclusion_banner.jpg> 
30 January 2008

Latest News


NEWS ARTICLE 

ePractice.eu reaches 12,000 members <http://epractice.eu>  


(17 January 2008)Since its launch on 5 June 2007, ePractice has built a large community of eGovernment, eHealth and eInclusion practitioners, reaching 12,000 members today. The online library has over 700 publications, contains some 3,000 news items, lists over 500 events per year, and arranges monthly workshops in high demand topics decided by the community. ePractice.eu is an interactive initiative that empowers its users to discuss and influence open government, policy-making and the way in which public administrations operate and deliver services.



NEWS ARTICLE 

eTEN  <http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/eten/projects/project_of_the_year/2007_election/index_en.htm> project of the year 2007 elected 


(22 January 2008)The Helping Answers Decision Service (HANDS) project has been elected as the eTEN Project of the year 2007 in an online public voting open at ePractice.eu between 21 December 2007 and 21 January 2008. This result reflects the consortium?s capabilities to communicate the project?s goals and achievements in a clear manner. It also underlines the usability of the project website. Second came eBooks on Demand (EOD / DoD) while EUropean PAYment circuit (EU Pay) was third. The eTEN European Community programme supported the deployment of trans-European e-services in the public interest. Since 2004, the programme has featured a project each month and organised an online election for selecting the Project of the Year at the end of each year.

See also: View  <http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/eten/projects/project_of_the_month/index_en.htm> all eTEN projects of the month

NEWS ARTICLE 

ANEC  <http://www.anec.eu/attachments/ANEC-DFA-2007-G-057final.doc> and EDF call for horizontal e-Accessibility Legislation 


(24 January 2008)ANEC and EDF have issed a joint position paper that urges the European Institutions and Member States to carefully consider the unacceptable low level of accessibility of mainstream ICT products and services in Europe which they believe calls for horizontal e-Accessibility legislation at European level. 

See also: EDF website <http://www.edf-feph.org> 

NEWS ARTICLE 

All  <http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=3861> Hungarian Parties commitment to e-Inclusion 


(24 January 2008)All Parties of the Hungarian Parliament demonstrated their commitment to the e-Inclusion issue. Peter M?rfai (Socialist Party), chairman of the Informatics Subcommittee of the Parliament, called for establishment of a 5 parties committee aiming at the contribution of e-Inclusion, reducing digital gap and realising digital equal opportunity in Hungary. In parallel with this the Hungarian Democratic Forum and the Young Democrats issued a statement about supporting e-Inclusion.

Contact: Secretary General at  <mailto:dombi.inforum at gmail.com> Inforum 
See also: e-Inclusion  <http://einclusion.hu/e-befogadas-eve-2008-magyarorszag-e-inclusion-year-2008-hungary/> Hungary Website

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 

epractice Workshop:  <http://www.epractice.eu/workshop/usersvoice> eInclusion - the Users Voice 


22 February 2008 Brussels, Belgium

The good news on the eInclusion front is that significant progress is being made towards realizing the objective of an ?inclusive knowledge society?. The bad news is that there is still a significant proportion of EU citizens -over 40% - who are not actively engaged in using ICTs. There is a prevailing argument that so-called Web 2.0 technologies will change this situation. In social networking sites, people feel emotionally involved and spread the word about innovations. This is what Business Week described as "the power of us". This Utopian vision is not without its detractors. There is strong evidence to suggest that significant numbers of young people remain at the margins of the knowledge society, challenging the ?cyberkid myth?. This workshop will explore these and other issues that lie at the heart of engaging users in the evolving knowledge society.



EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 

eChallenges e-2008  <http://www.echallenges.org/e2008> Conference 


22 October 2008 - 24 October 2008 Stockholm, Sweden

The goal of e-2008 is to stimulate rapid take-up of Research and Technology Development (RTD) results by industry and in particular SMEs, and help open up the European Research Area (ERA) to the rest of the world. A Call for Papers has been published - all extended abstracts and workshops should be submitted online by 29 February.




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